1. How did you first hear about geocaching? I first heard about it about a year ago from a fellow amateur radio operator on a 2 meter repeater in the State College area. It got my interest right away.
2. Tell me about your first cache? I'm still really new but I found my first cache the day before yesterday. It was in an area I spent a lot of time around as a child which brought back a lot of fond memories. It was a relatively easy find but it was still very exciting being that it was my first find.
3. Have you had any bad/scary experiences caching? I had one yesterday that made me nervous but maybe not entirely scared. I had to climb up on some snow covered rocks around an obstacle and back down to get to the cache. Once I got up on them I decided I didn't want to risk going back down the other side and I had to think for a while how I was going to get back down the way I came. Needless to say I took my time. I'm going to try it again when the snow melts though.
4. What is the #1 reason you geocache? It's a good excuse to get out and enjoy the outdoors which I don't do enough anymore. The thrill of the find is fun too.
5. Do you prefer to hunt or hide? For now I prefer to hunt. I haven't hidden a cache yet but after I get some more experience in the hobby I plan on putting a few caches out there eventually.
6. What was your favorite cache place? Why? The first one I found yesterday afternoon near a local creek. It was just such a beautiful spot and the snow on the trees made it even more spectacular.
7. What was your worst cache? Why? I haven't been in the hobby long enough to have any truely bad experiences or bad caches.
8. Have you ever attened a cache event? No but I probably will eventually.
9. Tell me your best caching story? Oh the story about the snowy rocks I mentioned on question #3. It was one of those, "Oh poo, what did I get myself into?" situations...lol
