Cache Rescue v cache removal

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:24 pm

Just wondering:

Why not, as a cache rescue, replace a wet log instead of removing the cache as was done today for GC1KTRA?

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:40 pm

A cache log gets wet for a reason. Usually, it is a leaky container and should be replaced. If the CO isn't doing Maintenance when the NM log is posted, or isn't responding to a Reviewer message, it detracts from the quality of caches in Wisconsin.
If it is a good spot for a cache, there will be another one placed there, by a new CO. I removed one a week ago, and 24 hours later, there was a new placement!
If you perform the CR task, that is all that is required. If there are any issues, it will be between the Reviewer and the CO.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:43 am

Thanks Jim ... I was prepared to swap out the whole thing. Once I got there, I was no longer sure that it needed to be removed, therefore the phone calls.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:56 am

Will all the caches that were archived in Waushara Cty will now appear on the Cache Rescue list?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:07 am

I would believe that owner archived caches tend to not go cache rescue as the owner is active in some way and immediately responsible to remove containers that they archive. if the CO needs assisstance in removing them, they can submit CR reports. the CR listings for removal are most often submitted by the reviewers when they archive a cache for lack of response from the owner.

WGA Member Joined: 2007-11-26 Posts: 3258

Remember that the WGA and groundspeak are not the same. Basically the archival came first by groundspeak. So at that point the only rescue mission that was possible was to remove the debris.

Groundspeak itself does not have a rescue/repair process except for the owner of the cache. Basically their stance is that if a cache owner ignores a bunch of logs from cachers who point out problems, and then ignore a message from a reviewer that there are problems to be fixed, groundspeak no longer wants that piece of trash listed on their site--which is really all that the archival process is.

WGA Member Joined: 2007-11-26 Posts: 3258

Chatauqua560 wrote:

Will all the caches that were archived in Waushara Cty will now appear on the Cache Rescue list?

No. Labrat is correct, and neither should owner archived caches be removed even if they are found in the field because they may be listed on another site.

Only force archived caches should fall under CR removal missions, because in those cases the CO can be assumed to have abandoned their junk by virtue of lack of reply, and that the majority of force archived caches have condition issues.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:53 am

Perhaps the plan for the caches under discussion is to move them over to OpenCaching or TerraCaching. The move just has not occurred yet.

D'oh! You just said that. Shocked