At 11:10 AM 7/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>them temporarily disabled them in response.  The latest visitor to Fore and
>Four Tenths appears to be clueless about trail closures though.  What is not
>to understand about a trail closed sign?  Maybe we should log notes to those

While I may or may not agree with the forest closures, the fact remains 
that the forest is closed, and the fine for being caught out there is VERY 
steep.  I think that keeping the status of the cache updated is just a 
normal part of cache maintenance.  If the area is closed, then the cache 
should be disabled and it should be the responsibility of the cache 
hider/owner to keep current on that.

>caches that are in closed areas and/or communicate with the cache owners.  I
>can see if the cache owner is from out of town that they might not know the
>conditions near their cache, which is one reason the latest version of the
>rules indicate not approving caches by people on vacation in an area who
>can't easily maintain their caches.

With the exception of virtual caches, I think it is a pretty decent idea to 
not place a cache while on vacation.  I am not sure that it should be a 
rule, as I don't think that there should be rules with geocaching, but it 
is a good guideline.



Scott

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