+diddydoit Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) How long can a cache be disabled for? I need to be away for a few months due to family matters and I may need to disable some of my caches in the meantime. What length of time can i do this for without having to archive them? Edited April 30, 2017 by diddydoit Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 It depends. As long as you communicate with your reviewer (give clear information in the Temporary Disable log, occasionally post a note with updates), you should be fine. There are caches I've seen that are disabled during the winter months, being under water in Ontario. So a cache can be disabled for longer than a month with reasons. But a "regular" cache where the CO gives no information? The reviewer would question that sooner. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 If you're away just a few months, why not just do nothing for now? Leave them enabled, and if any maintenance issues do pop up, then you could disable as needed. Best of luck with the family issues. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Sorta agree with Viajero Perdido, if it's not gonna be "forever", and you've had good luck with your quality containers (and people...), temp disable your caches if a problem arises while you're gone. I sometimes take a month or better for vacation. Friends/family know, and if an issue comes up, they'll try to handle it for me. If they can't, then I'd temp disable, explaining why. Hasn't happened yet... Quote Link to comment
+diddydoit Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Thanks everyone! Yes I am hoping that if i stock them up well with log books they will be all ok, and hopefully i will not need to do anything. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Others have already said pretty much the same thing, but I had one of my caches disabled for several months when the site was unavailable due to construction. Construction delays postponed the re-enabling, and then unexpected changes to the site postponed the re-enabling again when I had to rework the camouflage. I got a couple "reminders" from a local volunteer reviewer, but I just needed to post notes explaining the current situation. It can be done if necessary. Quote Link to comment
+WearyTraveler Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Others have already said pretty much the same thing, but I had one of my caches disabled for several months when the site was unavailable due to construction. Construction delays postponed the re-enabling, and then unexpected changes to the site postponed the re-enabling again when I had to rework the camouflage. I got a couple "reminders" from a local volunteer reviewer, but I just needed to post notes explaining the current situation. It can be done if necessary. Exactly Darin. A proactive / responsible / whatever word CO will prevent almost all he issues beingbantred abou in these forum threads. Quote Link to comment
+edexter Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Tip of the Hat to you for thinking of others and doing preventive maintenance. Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 How long can a cache be disabled for? If you are a reviewer, you get special treatment and can disable your cache for eleven years. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 How long can a cache be disabled for? If you are a reviewer, you get special treatment and can disable your cache for eleven years. It's gonna happen, man. Someday. Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 How long can a cache be disabled for? If you are a reviewer, you get special treatment and can disable your cache for eleven years. It's gonna happen, man. Someday. It's such a joke. If it wasn't a reviewer's cache, it would have died within 60 days. There are several caches in GA that have been disabled for YEARS, but because they are owned by reviewers, they are allowed to stay perpetually disabled on some faint hope that they'll be allowed some day. The problem is there are no actual caches at these locations...so these listings are essentially permanent placeholders so that if the NPS ever allows caches in these areas, the COs will have first dibs...with the benefit being the COs (and finders) can CLAIM these are super old caches even though they are technically brand new - new containers, new logs. Quote Link to comment
+Team DEMP Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 How long can a cache be disabled for? If you are a reviewer, you get special treatment and can disable your cache for eleven years. I just marked it NA ... using the old log page of course ;-) Seems like I'm not the 1st so if I had to bet $1, I'd say the NA entry gets deleted. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 How long can a cache be disabled for? If you are a reviewer, you get special treatment and can disable your cache for eleven years. I just marked it NA ... using the old log page of course ;-) Seems like I'm not the 1st so if I had to bet $1, I'd say the NA entry gets deleted. wee-ooo, wee-ooo, wee-ooo Quote Link to comment
+WearyTraveler Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 How long can a cache be disabled for? If you are a reviewer, you get special treatment and can disable your cache for eleven years. I just marked it NA ... using the old log page of course ;-) Seems like I'm not the 1st so if I had to bet $1, I'd say the NA entry gets deleted. Start logging finds... that'll teach them! There are 3 in that area owned by the same cacher... Quote Link to comment
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