ID: GIER03

 Date Identified: 3 Apr 20
WBS Item:

 

 Threat: Lost caches. Rating

Low
Severity:

Marginal

 Context:

The last time many of the caches on Goat Island were last found in 2016.  Flooding and time may have removed many of them.  It is common for lonely caches to go missing, especially in an aggressive environment like on an island in the middle of the Missouri River.  By the rules of Geocaching, cache hunters are not allowed to log physical caches as finds until they find the container and sign the log.  They are not to replace someone else’s cache without their permission.

 

 
Probability:

Occasional
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Owner:

 
Trigger:

This a risk inherent to cache hunting.
Risk Responses:
Mitigate: Mr. Eric Kriech from the Geocachers of Iowa Facebook group reports that we have permission from Static Tank to replace his missing and broken containers and that Geoboss is no long active.  Since these two cache owners own many of the caches on Goat Island, the severity reduces from “Critical” to “Marginal” and the probability from “Occasional” to “Unlikely.”  This, in turn, reduces the overall risk rating from “High” to “Low.”  An item on the packing list would be replacement containers of varying sizes.  If the permission covers all cache containers, this will eliminate the risk completely.
Accept: This is a risk inherent in all geocaching excursions.
   
Risk Controls:
Mitigating: On 1 Dec 19, kilroy18 contacted Eric Kriech asking about the extent of the permissions.  For now, the probability is listed as “Occasional.”
Accepted: This is a risk inherent in all geocaching excursions.
   
Status:

Risk will remain open until receipt of proposals milestone.

 

 

 
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