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I know I am reviving an older post about replacing a cache, but my question has to do with firstaid on a cache. Would you rather I replace the log and bag if wet, or contact the owner? What do I do with the soaked log? If the log is full, do I just add another with it? Do I replace the cache if found and damaged, providing I have what is needed? Sorry for so many questions, I don't want to step on others toes. Thanks.
Personally I really appreciate it when someone replaces a wet or full logsheet on one of my caches. I try to do the same when I'm out caching too.
Anything that saves me a trip is appreciated. I carry spare logs, notepads, baggies, a container or two and a few o-rings in case I find one that needs attention. If I replace a log thats not a wet blob, I offer to get it back to the owner when it dries.
If you have a spare with you, it is much appreciated if you go ahead and replace it. Just put a note when you log it and hopefully the cache owner will thank you for saving them a trip.
BTW Thanks for the few you replaced of mine in case I forgot to mention it :oops:
I have replaced several over the years, but I don't carry them with me like I used too. I barely remember all the things that I used to carry when caching; spare batteries, logsheets, baggies, extra pen...
Just getting to old for all the extra weight that I am now carry around my middle.
Thanks for bringing up the old topic, it is good to talk about geocaching on this forum.
Just make sure you don't take it to the extreme that a fairly well known cacher at one time use to do. He prided himself on his ability to make self-proclaimed " better caches than anyone else". So when he'd find one that needed a bit of maintanance, he'd completely re-do it to meet his "better" criteria .... even if the owner was a perfectly active cacher.
Stuff like hiding in a "better location", switching to a "better container", doing some major "better camoflague" .... in other words, it wouldn't even be anywhere close to the same cache after he got done with it.
I think he'd usually send the owner an email saying he'd made his cache into a "better cache", so there was no need for him to come do any maintannce on it. Needless to say, that was just plain arrogance & wasn't long before cache owners were telling him to just leave their's alone, even if it was busted up & laying in the middle of the road. :lol:
I almost always carry extra stuff with me to fix full or wet logs or the like. Astrodav is right about not changing someones cache, but I know that when someone replaces a wet or full log for me, instaed of posting a "Needs Maintenance", I very much appreciate it. Ron White even went so far as to replace a bison tube O-ring for me last week! That's awesome!
Another thing that I have done on occasion, is to replace one that is obviously missing. That doesn't happen very often, but when it even says it is a skirt lifter and it isn't there, I would go ahead and replace it, with the knowledge that when I notify the CO that I did that, they may ask me to delete the found log. It has never happened that way, but I know it could. I know WAAAY more cache owners would be appreciative than not, so I usually go ahead if I am SURE.
Hope my 2 cents worth is helpful. :D :D :D
All of those that do not want any help with their cache please make a list. :D
I really appreciate it when someone replaces my log or my cache (but only after a few DNFs on a low difficulty in an obvious place). I have replaced a few caches in my life after multiple DNFs and the cache was supposed to be in a very obvious place. I also send an email and if the owner protests, he/she is more than welcome to go grab my cache and keep it. I just know how frustrating it is to not find a cache after hunting for a while and feel a duty to keep that from happening to others.
To all those that have replaced my wet logs in caches that aren't as waterproof as I thought, I APPRECIATE IT!!! Your assistance is of infinite value to me.