British American Transatlantic Geocache - American Multi-cache
MadMin: I attempted to contact the owner of British American Transatlantic Geocache - American to find out about the status of this cache on 10/13/2009. I have received no response from the owner on the cache page or via email. I also asked the caching community to help this one out, but got no response from anyone regarding the maintenance of this cache. Because of that I'm afraid I have to archive this cache.
I will be more than happy to review this cache again and (hopefully) reinstate it once you have corrected any issues with the cache. please contact me via ma.reviewer@gmail.com to do so.
Please note that unarchiving a cache page places it through the same review process as a newly proposed cache, using the cache placement guidelines currently in effect.
MadMin
Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer
British American Transatlantic Geocache - American
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(See also British American Transatlantic Geocache - British Page in
England.)
Welcome to the first (that we know of) International Geocache site!
Actually, it's a pair of sites, one in the U.S., one in the U.K.
We've set this up in the spirit of international cooperation and in
recognition of the long-standing friendship and ties between our
two countries. "We" are actually a group of two of us in the U.S.
and five in the U.K. who found each other through geocaching.com
and thought this might be rather fun!
This is a two-step geocache. To find the second cache (the final
prize!), you will need a geocaching partner on the other side of
the Atlantic. We'll help you find a partner through this cache page
and the corresponding British page.
The way the process works is as follows:
The first part of the process is to find the first cache, located
at the coordinates at the top of the page. There is nothing in this
first cache except two coordinates: the latitude of the second
cache in England and the latitude of the second cache in New
England. (As a result, the container may be rather small). Your
partner in England will find, in their first cache, the longitudes
of both the second cache in England and the second cache in New
England. So….you won't be able to find the second cache in the U.S.
and your partner won't be able to find the second cache in the U.K.
until 1) both of you find the first caches and 2) you get in touch
with each other via email and exchange the necessary coordinate
information. Sound easy enough?
Some relevant information:
1) The driving distance between first and second caches in the U.S.
is about 15 minutes.
2) The first cache in the U.K. is located in a town with the same
name as the first cache in the U.S. Likewise, the locations of the
second caches in both countries share the same name. So be sure to
exchange place names (or suspected names) with your tranatlantic
geocaching partner!
How to find a partner across the bonnie seas:
1) Log yourself in. Then check the notes below. If a Brit,
searching for a partner, has posted a note on this page, contact
them via the geocaching.com email system by clicking on the
individual's name just above their note, which will bring you to
the User's Profile page. Click on "Email this user" and follow the
instructions. Post a note yourself indicating you are tentatively
pairing up with the person in Britain posting the note, in case it
takes a few days to establish contact. (If you are not familiar
with how to post a note, log your visit as if you had found the
cache. However, under "What type of log?", click "Other" instead of
"Found it". Geocaching.com will not count it as another cache
found.) Be sure to indicate what country you live in - it will get
very confusing otherwise!
2) If no British geocacher has posted a note below, go to the
British American Transatlantic Geocache - British Page, log in, and
post a note indicating you are searching for a British partner to
do this cache. Be sure to indicate what country you live in - it
will get very confusing otherwise! You will have to wait until
someone from the U.K. contacts you. (Again, if you are not familiar
with how to post a note, log your visit on the British page, as if
you had found the cache. However, under "What type of log?", click
"Other" instead of "Found it", so that it will not be counted as
another cache found.)
3) If you initiated the partnering note in 2) above and have formed
a geocaching partnership, you should immediately remove your note
from the British page, or else others may try to contact you to
find a partner.
4) At times, there may be more Americans waiting for partners in
England than vice versa. If you have been waiting for a while
without a British partner contacting you, you can email the
"Lunchbox" group in England (see the British American Transatlantic
Geocache -British page). The "Lunchbox" group are the cache hiders
in the U.K., and they would be glad to email you with the longitude
of the second U.S. cache at your request.
If you'd like to see some examples of how this whole system should
work, please refer to the following web page:
http://home.comcast.net/~jennings.dh/geocaching/brit_us_dialog.htm
Be sure to take a picture of yourself with the camera at the
second cache, and take some time to explore the fascinating area
around the cache. Once you have found the second cache, be sure to
log your find on this page and notify your transatlantic partner of
the find. You may want to post a note on the British page as well.
Have fun!
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