I have a hard time finding someone to go geocaching with me, so I often go alone. But, I do find having someone else with me helps... extra set of eyes, etc. I've had only one instance when I became a bit scared. I was geocaching in Cairns, Queensland, Australia on a very hot day. I had walked a long way and was excited to find a certain cache I knew was big enough for one of the TBs I had brought along from California and needed to drop off. The cache was in a marshy area off the road and as I started to walk into the trees I noticed a lot of blue tarps and then some tents... all in the direction of where the cache was. I had found a homeless encampment! Well, needless to say, I turned around and never found the cache. I just didn't feel comfortable going in there alone. I wrote my story in the log for the cache and later the owner disabled the cache until a safer place for it could be found.
Unfortunately, I never did find a cache big enough for the traveler I had (it wanted to go to the Philipines) so I had to bring it back to California with me. Now I am searching for a cache around here that will help it get to its goal.
