A Farewell to ALRs - Long Live Challenge Caches Traditional Cache
KJKlock: Making room for a new Challenge Cache.
A Farewell to ALRs - Long Live Challenge Caches
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This cache was originally placed to be an Additional Logging Requirement (ALR) cache. But, while trying to get it published, I learned that ALRs were no longer allowed in geocaching.com. So, this is now just another traditional cache, placed along ALR alley. It should be really easy to find.
According to the publisher, the following guidelines now apply:
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Logging of All Physical Caches
Geocaches can be logged online as Found once the physical log has been signed.
If it is appropriate for your cache location or theme, you may ask the cache seeker to accomplish an optional and simple task, either close to the cache site (normally within 0.1 miles or 161 meters) or when writing their online log. For example, wear the goofy hat inside the cache container and upload a photograph. Cache finders can choose whether or not to attempt or accomplish optional tasks. Cache owners may not delete the cache seeker's log based solely on optional tasks.
This guideline change applies immediately to all logs written from April 4, 2009 and going forward. Older caches with "additional logging requirements" (ALRs) are not grandfathered under the older guideline. If you own an existing cache with mandatory additional logging requirements, we request that you:
" Cease deleting logs based on additional logging requirements.
" Review your own cache listing to see if the ALR can be made into an optional and simple task, or whether it must be removed altogether.
" Adjust your geocache listing by editing the text then contact a reviewer to change the cache type, if appropriate.
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Many ALR’s are actually “Challenge Caches” and are still OK under the new guidelines as long as we refer to them as Challenge Caches and not ALRs. These are the best type of ALR’s anyway… ones that require you to have accomplished a geocaching related task or meet a particular geocaching goal before qualifying to go find and log the Challenge Cache.
I need to give proper credit to dndsterns and chefstern for the original inspiration for this cache. I have gone to great lengths to satisfy the requirements for several of their ALR caches (now Challenge Caches) in the past. And, I’m still working on the requirements for some of their Challenge Caches right now. At one point, I had an idea for a new ALR; but, I guess chefsten had the same idea, because he ended up publishing that ALR 2 days later. This time, I just got this cache out just a little too late to become an ALR.
Be sure to check out all the Challenge Caches along this road. You may already qualify to log some of them; and you could have a lot of fun working toward some of the ones that you don’t yet qualify for.
Have fun while caching!
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