Holidays and vacations caches

[GrouseTalesParticipant]

Hello everyone,

This weekend marks the start of some busy travel time. Deer hunters hitting the woods, followed by Thanksgiving, then next thing you know…Christmas time.

If you plan on geocaching in your travels, keep in mind the vacation rule if you place any caches. It really stinks when we can’t approve a cache because it’s out of your home range. Besides not ever being found, it may become geo-trash.

Here is a quote from the guidelines regarding vacation caches:

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Placing caches on vacation or outside of your normal caching area is unacceptable and these caches may not be listed. As the cache owner you are obligated to be in a position to manage your caches, and caches placed on vacation require someone else to maintain them for you. It is not uncommon for areas to be cleared, trails to be blocked or closed, objects used for multi-cache or puzzles to be moved or removed, etc. You must be able to react to negative cache logs and investigate the location quickly. Please be responsible. This guideline applies to all types of caches.

The territory in which a geocacher is able to maintain caches responsibly will vary from one person to the next. An active geocacher who regularly visits areas hundreds of miles apart can demonstrate their ability to maintain a cache 100 miles from home. A geocacher whose previous finds and hides are all within 25 miles of their home would likely not see their cache listed if placed 250 miles away from their home.

If you have special circumstances, please describe these on your cache page or in a note to the reviewer. For example, if you have made arrangements with a local geocacher to watch over your distant cache for you, that geocacher’s name should be mentioned on your cache page.

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Have a safe hunt, and happy Thanksgiving!

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“There are two kinds of hunting: ordinary hunting and grouse hunting.”
-Aldo Leopold, A sand county Almanac

Brian
WGA President
Grousetales at wi-geocaching dot com
KC9GMW

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