What Is Your Greatest Fear While Geocaching?

[+CharlieP]

Not really fear, just some things on my mind:

 

1) Not finding the cache

 

2) Taking the wrong route and having to backtrack a long distance

 

3) Chiggers

 

4) Ticks

 

5) Injury, such as a sprained ankle, esp. in a remote area where the cellphone does not work and I am alone

 

6) When my small dog is with me - large unleashed dogs

 

7) Bad people

 

8) Wildlife that bites - snakes, bears, wasps, and spiders.

Edited April 19, 2006 by CharlieP

[+clearpath]

Is anybody scared that if you take your wife or girlfriend, they may want to do the 'wild thing' when you are alone in the woods?

[+Mule Ears]

Is anybody scared that if you take your wife or girlfriend, they may want to do the 'wild thing' when you are alone in the woods?

 

Terrified

[+Frettchen_2006]

Is anybody scared that if you take your wife or girlfriend, they may want to do the 'wild thing' when you are alone in the woods?

 

Nope, but I am scared of other cachers' wives/girlfriends wishing to do so There are just some things you don't want to stumble across...

[+anlufu]

I'm from Africa and Africa is not for the weak. The greatest fear is ticks!!

Tick-bite fever is NO FUN!! Oh and running out of drinking water on a long hike to a cache.

[+Henki]

 

 

 

Both spotted at nearby caches.

[Ellylidan]

Choking on a femur while stripping the flesh off the leg of some miserable sack of fetid lard geocacher who thought finding my cache would be ‘easy’ or ‘fun’.

[+clearpath]

Choking on a femur while stripping the flesh off the leg of some miserable sack of fetid lard geocacher who thought finding my cache would be ‘easy’ or ‘fun’.

I ain't skeert ...

[+olbluesguy]

My biggest frar is not having Any TP at the right time and bieng surrounded by fire ants and poison Ivy.

And not bieng able to find that roll the cute little bear on TV has attached to a tree.

[+wuvablepebbles]

1. Losing my kids

2. Kids getting hurt

3. losing myself

4. spiders

5. poisonous snakes

6. getting stung/bittn by something else

 

Not afraid of:

not finding a cache we don't mind not fiding em.. numbers don't matter to us... well just the numbers of memories

[+headybrew]

micros

[+katsbear]

I have three fears:

 

1. Rattlesnakes

 

2. Cops

 

3. Running into someone who wants my GPSr more than I do after the cop has left.

[+az_pistolero]

#1. Running out of daylight.

 

#2. Running out of water.

 

#3. Not having something for the kids to trade when we find the cache.

 

Planning for the trek and carrying the right gear is important. There was another thread on "what's in your gear bag?" a while back.

 

From the handle, you might guess that my wife and I feel more comfortable if someone in our travelling group is carrying. Open carry's OK in Arizona for most places other than National Parks, though I'm more comfortable carrying concealed, as are most folks who would never know otherwise.

Edited April 21, 2006 by az_pistolero

[+Barnacle Bear]

My greatest fear in geocahing is/are Cheech Gang, KCBoom and Hyndckr, in that order.

[+chuckwagon101]

MUGGLES...MUGGLES....MUGGLES!

 

It is not necessarily a fear, just a concern. I don't want to EVEN be the cause of a cache going missing to

muggles.

 

So far, I have been very successful at thwarting potential muggles. The worst ones I have encountered are the 13-14 year old generation. They ride bikes and skateboards and are often around cache areas.

 

Oh well, I will just have to continually be on my toes in those city parks full of vim and vigor puberty teens!

 

Chuckwagon

Edited April 22, 2006 by chuckwagon101

[+clearpath]

My greatest fear in geocahing is/are Cheech Gang, KCBoom and Hyndckr, in that order.

Sounds like something worse than West Nile Virus ...

[GlfWrVt]

People.

 

Always armed. Always Prepared.

 

If you meet me you will never know.

 

Mark.

[+Vanillahip]

TICKS!

 

It is perfect that "ick" is part of the name. Today I took my kids straight back to the truck after getting 3 ticks on us in 10 feet of walking. I am trying not to freak them out or pass on my hang-ups but MAN they are so FREAKIN NASTY.

[+Vanillahip]

On a scale of 1 to 10, with an all-out phobia being a 10, I say ticks are a solid 7 with me! No, make that 7.5!

Edited April 22, 2006 by Vanillahip

[hannieIII]

All the survival stuff on the web never mentions humans and surely they are the worst problem.

 

Read Bill Bryson's "A walk in the woods"

[hrhcalico]

Since my husband and I just started caching on our own, we haven't tried to involve the kids yet. So, my fear/concern is that the kids won't like it! Which would be a shame because my husband and I enjoy it so much so far and would love for the kids to enjoy it too.

 

"Real" fears?

 

I hate flying, stinging bugs of any kind. So, I don't like having to go in an area that has wasps or bees buzzing around it. My husband doesn't like spiders, so he is anxious if a cache is in a space that would be attratcive to spiders!

[+edscott]

Since geocaching is an outdoor activity, it seems a bit strange that so many that enjoy it seem to be afraid of what they find in the outdoors. Maybe I am starting to see the need for lamp post micros. Better to get zapped by an exposed live wire, or squashed by some Soccer Mom in her Hummer, than see a snake, bear, cougar or some nasty spider. Hey it's raining today.. maybe I'll get to see some nifty lightning or climb on some slippery rocks.

[+edscott]

Just Googled a few interesting statistics that will certainly change my approach to caching. Never, never, never, cache while wearing a hooded sweatshirt or while on roller skates. Either of these activities have triple the chance of death from snakes, spiders, cougars, and bears combined. Lightning (89 US deaths per year) and bees (50) are more dangerous than skates and hooded sweatshirt drawstrings combined (27) ..this data is only as good as the site I got it from :?:

Edited April 22, 2006 by edscott

[+Cabinwood]

I wasn't afraid till reading this thread and seeing all that could go wrong

 

No really. I've thought about meeting bad people out in the woods or snakes and spiders. I haven't really been worried about animals as for the most part, they'll leave you alone if you leave them alone. Weather does worry me a bit. I got caught a couple miles out in a very bad thunderstorm last year while geocaching and had a very large tree come crashing down the mountain in front of me (about 20 yards) last year. That was quite scary.

[+The_Proffens]

Like everyone else the things we hope not to run into, especially with 2 small kids are:

 

-Snakes

-Ticks

-Spiders

-PI

 

You know the usual stuff

[+Team LaLonde]

My biggest concerns are ticks and falling from cliffs/ledges.

[+clearpath]

All the survival stuff on the web never mentions humans and surely they are the worst problem.

 

Read Bill Bryson's "A walk in the woods"

Excellent book! Probably the funniest book I've ever read.

[+TeamAO]

Over the last couple of years, many have expressed their concerns regarding various factors associated with geocaching. Some geocachers encounter snakes others are concerned with landscape and environmental factors. What is it you fear the most while geocaching. Those of you that aren't afraid of anything, well, we don't believe you. Everyone is afraid of something ... what is it?

 

That the cache will be crappy.

[+TeamAO]

Either that or a scene from Deliverance starts to unfold...in which case I drop GPS and run...

[+Snoogans]

Either that or a scene from Deliverance starts to unfold...in which case I drop GPS and run...

 

HAhahahaha!

 

Then don't try for the caches that I mention in THIS thread.

Edited April 22, 2006 by Snoogans

[+TeamAO]

Either that or a scene from Deliverance starts to unfold...in which case I drop GPS and run...

 

HAhahahaha!

 

Then don't try for the caches that I mention in THIS thread.

 

Wilderness caches are awesome!

[+Snoogans]

What Is Your Greatest Fear While Geocaching?

 

Spilling my drink at an event. DOH!

[+TeamAO]

Finding a cave cache, and coincidentally finding the cache the same time a grizzly bear wakes up from hibernation.

[+CAESAR657]

On a scale of 1 to 10, with an all-out phobia being a 10, I say ticks are a solid 7 with me! No, make that 7.5!

 

I'll bid 8.

 

Wait.........make that 8.5

 

I can't stand not seeing what's coming for me. It may be a "woods" tick. They are a bit bigger as ticks go and you can actually feel them crawling. The Deer ticks creep me out the most. The are just too small and carry all of the nasty diseases.

[+planetrobert]

dead battery AFTER A HUNT...in the car

[+Nerves]

My biggest fears are:

 

Running into weirdos of the human sort.

 

Injuring myself again. I've already broken my leg and laid in the dirt for what seemed like an eternity until the EMTs found me. Worst part - the recovery is still ongoing and it's been 6 months already. One slip and your life is changed.

[+sbeng]

My biggest worry.. right now it's that my inexplainable fascination with geocaching could be an indication of adult onset geekiness..

[+Vertumnis]

Signing on to the forums to read some serious geocaching information and seeing threads like this one.

[+Snoogans]

Signing on to the forums to read some serious geocaching information and seeing threads like this one.

 

 

Just read your profile.

 

Click the link in my sig line and you'll have LOTS more to rant about.

Edited April 23, 2006 by Snoogans

[+Texsox]

Muggles. I swear that guy was watching me. Then when he used his cell phone, I know he was calling the police. I was working on my story, deciding to come back later and return the cache, when I saw an opening and returned it and left. A cop was across the street, I swear he was watching me. I think that guy over there is undercover . . .

 

The wilderness stuff is easy, I spend a lot of time backpacking and camping, but the urban stuff creeps me out.

 

And that sea weed is actually arms reaching up to drag you to the depths below. It is part of some underwater monster.

[+wheeldoctor]

Good question! I think my worst fear is getting lost out in the boonedocks by myself in an area that I'm not familiar with. Not to mention the sun is going down at the same time. that's a bit scary!

[+FlatEarthSociety]

I went 2 for 4 today, I also went 2 for 4 last time out. My fear is going 2 for 4 everyday, again and again, like groundhogs day.

I need to read the hints and logs better I guess.

[+Team Dubbin]

I was out and about by myself today (13 out of 14) and for some reason had a fear that I was going to get mugged. Kinda strange since I never felt that way before.

[aqx99]

I am not so scared of injuries or animals, but I am scared that I might bring some bugs home that will infest my cat.

[+TotemLake]

My greatest fear is that I will eventually stop having fun at this game.

[+dingermcduff]

My biggest fear is that I might run into some freak out there when I'm caching with my son. If I'm alone and I have to off some weirdo, fine, but I don't want to have my son's safety be the issue.

 

I've never been caching in an area with rattlesnakes and I'm going to cache in the western Dakotas with my wife and son this summer, so I'm kind of worried about this. I don't even really know if there are many snakes there, but I'm guessing there are. I think my wife will be done caching for good if we see one and I'm afraid my boy might try to catch it.

 

Here in northern Minnesota we have bears (no worry), moose (little more worry), wolves (lots of 'em, shouldn't worry but the thought is always in the back of my mind), and the rare cougar (doubt I'll ever see one in the woods, but if I did I'd soil myself).

 

I'd really hate to run across a meth lab. We have some remote forests and bogs up here, but I don't get lost very easily, so I don't think that's an issue.

 

Every year I think it might be the year I get Lyme or West Nile.

 

Why do I cache again?

[+The Waldo's]

I fear that Dunkin' Donuts will run out of coffee and that they start putting healthy stuff

in Slim Jim's.

[+The Waldo's]

Is anybody scared that if you take your wife or girlfriend, they may want to do the 'wild thing' when you are alone in the woods?

 

I fear that it won't happen!

[+One of the Texas Vikings]

Is anybody scared that if you take your wife or girlfriend, they may want to do the 'wild thing' when you are alone in the woods?

 

Yes, Im afraid your girlfriend might want to do the wild thing while we are alone in the woods !

 

(sorry, had to say that)

[+clearpath]

Is anybody scared that if you take your wife or girlfriend, they may want to do the 'wild thing' when you are alone in the woods?

 

Yes, Im afraid your girlfriend might want to do the wild thing while we are alone in the woods !

 

(sorry, had to say that)

I'm afraid my girlfriend may want to 'do it' when I'm geocaching with my wife ...