Maintenance help!

[+BunnyandClyde0106]

Hi, is anyone available to help with maintenance of an out of area cache located in Stuart, Iowa. Please let me know, headquarters needs a name of someone that can help us. Please message us back . Thanks

[+Touchstone]

It might be more productive to look at some of the nearby caches of where you submitted your cache in Iowa, and contact Cache Owners in that area. Chances are, you won't get very many responses in the Forum for such a specific location.

 

For future reference, for a first time cache, it's a good idea to stick closer to home. Some folks find out that their just not cut out own caches, and if it's not something you have the time or inclination for, it's easier just to pick up the cache, Archive the Listing, and be done with it.

 

Good luck finding a local to help out.

[+wmpastor]

Touchstone got it right. You seem to be in Indiana, so why place your first cache in Iowa?

[Pup Patrol]

Hi, is anyone available to help with maintenance of an out of area cache located in Stuart, Iowa. Please let me know, headquarters needs a name of someone that can help us. Please message us back . Thanks

 

Perhaps it would be better to let local cachers place caches in that location.

 

I hope you're not travelling, and decided to drop a container along the way.

 

One also hopes that you are able to retrieve any containers that you have dropped.

 

Reading the Guidelines thoroughly before getting into hiding caches is highly recommended. You would have known about the issues before placing a cache.

 

https://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx

 

2. Geocache Maintenance

 

Owner is responsible for visits to the physical location.

 

You are responsible for occasional visits to your cache to ensure it is in proper working order, especially when someone reports a problem with the cache (missing, damaged, wet, etc.), or posts a Needs Maintenance log. Temporarily disable your cache to let others know not to search for it until you have addressed the problem. You are permitted a reasonable amount of time – generally up to 4 weeks – in which to check on your cache. If a cache is not being maintained, or has been temporarily disabled for an unreasonable length of time, we may archive the listing.

 

The region in which a cacher is considered able to maintain caches responsibly will vary from person to person. A cacher who has previously logged caches within a wide range of their home may be considered able to maintain a geocache 200 miles (322 km) away. However, someone whose geocaching activities have primarily been within 25 miles (40 km) of home may not be able to maintain a geocache this far from home. This factor is determined at the discretion of the cache reviewer or Groundspeak.

 

Because of the effort required to maintain a geocache, please place physical caches in your usual caching area and not while traveling. Caches placed during travel will likely not be published unless you are able to provide an acceptable maintenance plan. This plan must allow for a quick response to reported problems, and might include the username of a local cacher who will handle maintenance issues in your absence. Alternatively you might train a local person to maintain the cache. Document your maintenance plan in a Note to Reviewer on your cache listing. This should include contact information of the maintainer. The note will auto-delete on publication.

 

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