omaha bike trail

[shrek and fiona]

shrek & fiona along with chris2537
we placed 6 caches within 2 miles on the bike trail
I got a note from the approver that this was to many caches in one area
If i was out for a bike ride I would like to make my trip worth the ride not one cache for every 10 miles
I was also told to make these multi rather than single caches

what is your thought is this to many in one area

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Isn’t the rule a block apart? (One-tenth mile). Six in two miles would be less than that, wouldn’t it?

We’re hoping to do that series fairly soon, hope they don’t make you move them!

[Sean Connery]

😛 Well, 2 miles of trail should theoretically be able to hold 20 caches- each one being .10 miles apart. However, that is in theory only. But no, 6 does not sound like Too many – in theory.

[Team Honeybunnies]

I have yet to read the new and unproved 😉 cache placement guidelines, but I remember hearing something that a single cacher placing a string along a trail in this fashion was going to be frowned upon. Saturation by multiple cachers rather than just one I guess. No linky unfortunately…

[Team Deejay]

Was this a rejection or just a suggestion that “it would be better if” you made the caches a multi?

[Team Bear Bear]

[Team B Squared]

@Team Honeybunnies wrote:

but I remember hearing something that a single cacher placing a string along a trail in this fashion was going to be frowned upon.

Yeah, because doing that is way worse than placing a skirt lifter or guard rail cache 😕

[manparuby]

We, too, are very frustrated with a similar situation. We recently submitted 10 caches in a DNR-managed wildlife area and have received the same story, power caches. These are located in a 6 square mild wildlife area. This gentleman suggested turning this series into a multi. I, for one, would not be as inclined to spent a significant amount of time to go to 10 caches and only get credit for 1. We were asked not to put out park and grabs and were encouraged to put them in parks. Well, more hoops to jump through.

[ecorangers]

❓ I have a suggestion? You could list the caches under a multi as waypoint and then allow the finders to log each stage as a find, assuming each stage has a logbook to sign. Rpaske has/had something like an 11 stage multi in Pike Lake State Park and all the stages have logbooks and he gives the geocacher the choice to log each stage as a find or just the final. We hunted Randy’s when it first came out so don’t know if it is still current or not. Tami

[Bushwhacking Queen]

In Chicago they have a series of many (I’d be lieing if I said how many), however, you either have to walk or bike the 8+ miles and there are more than 20 caches I believe. If the caches meet the guidelines established by GC.com the caches should be approved. If it is something that the approver doesn’t want to do though it meets the guidelines then that is showing a bias.

I know our approvers are volunteers and it seems like a thankless job, however, to do the job you have to follow established guidelines (a.k.a. GC.com) and not what they want to see happen with geocaching.

[kbraband]

@shrek & fiona wrote:

shrek & fiona along with chris2537
we placed 6 caches within 2 miles on the bike trail
I got a note from the approver that this was to many caches in one area
If i was out for a bike ride I would like to make my trip worth the ride not one cache for every 10 miles
I was also told to make these multi rather than single caches

what is your thought is this to many in one area

Since you asked… yes, it’s too many. A cache should be a reason to let someone discover a cool location. One cache on a 2-mile stretch of bike trail can do that.

[LDove]

I know of several bike trails here where the terrain and views change as you mosey on along. I would be thrilled if there were MORE caches on bike trails as it would get my rear-end out there and my bike out of the spiderwebs in the basement to go find them. I personally also think that if it follows the cache placement guidelines, they should be allowed, and not be rejected because the approver may not find it enjoyable to them personally. We all like different things, that is why geocaching is fun. I would much rather be on my bike seeing different parts of a trail/park, than finding another guardrail cache where I simply hop out of my car and sign the log, yawn… (sorry to all the guardrail lovers 😉 ) Continue to spread the fun, let them place their caches! 😀

[PCFrog]

My personal preference would be that I would like to see 10 caches than 2 or 3 multis. I HATE doing a multi and spending an hour finding caches then the last one or second last stage is missing. This is one reason I shy away from them and have few in my find list. If 1 out of 9 traditional caches is missing then I was still able to find 9.

[shrek and fiona]

what is your thought is this to many in one area[/quote]

Since you asked… yes, it’s too many. A cache should be a reason to let someone discover a cool location. One cache on a 2-mile stretch of bike trail can do that.[/quote]

you need to review a little before you bark

one cache is parking
an old school
tunnel
beaver dam
benchmark
trail head
where train killed one
where train went into the river killed 3
ghost
small town history
thees are not the names of the caches but what there about

do all of thees sound boring along a bike trail

[Cathunter]

I like what I see coming from the reviewers.

Geocaching.com has allowed a cache saturation problem to build and now steps are being taken to correct it. Too many caches have been placed that do not concur with what the majority of geocachers consider a “great” cache.
As geocaching continues to evolve, so will the rules that apply to the game.

Approvers are educated and experienced geocachers. They understand the “WOW” factor that makes a good cache. Let’s not complain about the people that are working to improve the sport. Our time would be better spent educating those with poor placements. All too many cachers continue to log compliments on poorly thought-out cache placements. Every cache should have a certain “WOW” factor. Build on that.

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