I do not know any of the backstory behind either of these caches, nor have I seen any GC Admin archived caches in our area. I don’t recall ever seeing the protocol on the chain of command for archiving caches, but maybe those who wanted these archived don’t have GC memberships, and they decided to contact Geocaching directly, not knowing any other way. As a cacher, if I ran into this situation, I would put a Needs Archived log on the cache and the reason why (neighbors don’t want this here, on private property or perceived private property, dangerous location… whatever). That way both the CO and the reviewers get to see what is going on and can keep the solution local instead of GC HQ handling the situation from afar. (Was there any private notification to the COs on these?)
