I looked to see which cache it was of yours and considering the container I would delete their log. However, I would send them a message and give them a week to go back and do so. Every cache isn’t for everyone. If they are not “agile enough” to do a hide like this there are plenty more to hunt.

If it’s a terrain 2, it should be pretty accessable. An older or less agile cacher should reasonably expect to be able to get to it. If they can’t, the terrain rating might be wrong. Since we’re not talking about a know-it-all noob with an entitlement complex, I would leave the log.

I can say from first hand experience…I had a S|S cache in my hands (with photographic evidence of me in the hidy hole) but I failed to sign it as I didn’t recognize it as the container….a note was posted. Had I logged it as a find and had it deleted I would have been cool with that.

@Lostby7 wrote:

I can say from first hand experience…I had a S|S cache in my hands (with photographic evidence of me in the hidy hole) but I failed to sign it as I didn’t recognize it as the container….a note was posted. Had I logged it as a find and had it deleted I would have been cool with that.

That was a nice picture.

I’m 6’3″ I tend to to place my caches above my head(to keep them winter friendly ya know.0 Now is someone who is vertically challenged, they may have an issue. I would let them claim it as a find. But them some of my hides I do raise the difficulty a bit if was part of the challenge of the cache was in the retrieving. Sorta like putting a cache on an island or over the cliff.

Here is one example of mine. They did find the cache after wards also.

If they gave it the “Old Collage Try” and effort, I’d let the log stand.

I tend to believe most cachers are honest and if they see a cache high up in a tree, they’ll at least attempt a climb. They may get halfway there and realize it’s beyond their ability. Or maybe it’s the last few inches which get them. Or the first few inches. Maybe they don’t even start.
As the cache owner, you get to decide if they get an 🙂 for effort. If you feel like their “try” equates enough to what you intended the cache to be, let the log stand. If you feel as though reaching the cache and signing the logbook is what makes it a find, then delete the log and tell the cacher why.

I don’t look at the “sign the log book before you can claim a find” rule as anything but a means of verification in case of a dispute. If an owner wants to be a hardliner about it and check the physical log and delete any finds there is no signature for, that is their choice. Personally, I’m more flexible and would give the matter some thought before making a decision. I’m not going to just invoke the “no sign=no smiley” guideline. But, that’s me.

Just weighing in on the topic on this topic since we just had a similar experience. As a finder, we worked through a multi and got to the final location. The area was flooded but we managed to fish the container out of the water but for the life of us, we couldnt open it. It was all slimy, muddy and algae covered. Short of coming back with some monkey wrenches the top wouldn budge. We emailed the owner explained the situation and asked if we could log it as a find, even though we could not sign the log.

We have done this with other caches that are either frozen in place or in one case the ammo box was covered in ice. In all cases so far, we have explained the situation and the owners have given us the nod.

On the other hand as a hider, we have seen logs that indicate the finder did not sign the log. This would upset me that they claimed the find but didnt explain why they couldnt sign the log. Finally, I decided, if that is how they want to play the game, its their prerogative. If they can live with themselves knowing they didnt sign, what does it affect me? It might change my opinion of a cacher, but I have not asked anyone to delete their log.

The one exception to my statement above was one cacher did claim a find, then wrote me a nasty note for putting a cache so far up a tree that he didnt feel comfortable climbing (he was a noob and was quite upset about a number of things about the cache). I tried to nicely point out that the point of a level 4 terrain was to climb the tree and I did not consider it a find. He deleted his log.