+NLBokkie Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) And doing so acutely, Without warning upfront, Without discussion, Without any kind of communication upfront? Just because they can? How can you do that? Killing the little that was left of geocaching old days in one go . . . ? I'm speechless! See here, section 2.17 and possible mails in jour inbox if you have hitchhikers on your watchlist (or are the owner of one). Edited May 22, 2017 by Keystone Fixed bad link Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Looks like it: Geocaching HQ is archiving this traveling geocache and offering the cache owner an option to convert it to a trackable with a special icon. For more information, please see this Help Center article. <click> By 2017 fewer than 100 traveling caches remained active. Because the number of complaints and disagreements over these few caches were disproportionate to their number, Geocaching HQ decided to archive them. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) We're not all as clued-in as you are. What? EDIT: Thanks grouchy. Edited May 22, 2017 by Viajero Perdido Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I have been geocaching around 10 years and have never got close to one of these cache types, and from what I have seen they are a PITA for HQ and the CO's. I like the option HQ offered for the special icon, so effectively nothing has changed with the pocket caches. Quote Link to comment
+NLBokkie Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Well, we have plenty of them circling around here (The Netherlands). With the majority not being kept as pocket caches at all, but regularly showing up in other caches and at events. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 See here, section 2.17 and possible mails in jour inbox if you have hitchhikers on your watchlist (or are the owner of one). Thanks, but that frontier search link didn't help me one bit... Another posted a few days ago, just noticing that you can't double-log any more, so I expect a few to stop in the next couple a days. Funny, that evening I finally deleted all the moving caches that were on watch (almost all). Only a few still meeting their mission anyway, most simply passed at events, so a Trackable fits. Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 And doing so acutely, Without warning upfront, Without discussion, Without any kind of communication upfront? Just because they can? How can you do that? Killing the little that was left of geocaching old days in one go . . . ? I'm speechless! See here, section 2.17 and possible mails in jour inbox if you have hitchhikers on your watchlist (or are the owner of one). That's a bummer. This is probably the issue where I have the strongest disagreement with management in my several years as a member. I'm glad I had the good fortune to find one...and by the way, I found it in the field (woods, actually), not in a coffee shop! Quote Link to comment
+NLBokkie Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Thanks, but that frontier search link didn't help me one bit... It's the last sentence: "By 2017 fewer than 100 traveling caches remained active. Because the number of complaints and disagreements over these few caches were disproportionate to their number, Geocaching HQ decided to archive them." Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) That includes Ye Ole Survey Monuments which was debated heavily here in the new logging rules thread (as that cache used to get multiple finds, per monument). The owner was going to keep it going with people logging notes, but this new directive kills it completely. That cache had no issues/disagreements (other than the stopping of multiple logs). Oh well. Edit: Sorry I see there is another thread. I saw this one first. Edited May 22, 2017 by redsox_mark Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Thanks, but that frontier search link didn't help me one bit... It's the last sentence: "By 2017 fewer than 100 traveling caches remained active. Because the number of complaints and disagreements over these few caches were disproportionate to their number, Geocaching HQ decided to archive them." Okay, I got that after Keystone corrected that bad link. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+lee737 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Lucky we found one just a week or two ago..... Quote Link to comment
+humboldt flier Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 (edited) And doing so acutely, Without warning upfront, Without discussion, Without any kind of communication upfront? Just because they can? How can you do that? Killing the little that was left of geocaching old days in one go . . . ? I'm speechless! See here, section 2.17 and possible mails in jour inbox if you have hitchhikers on your watchlist (or are the owner of one). Hmmmmmm, Edited May 24, 2017 by humboldt flier Quote Link to comment
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