+CM-14 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 At what point (how many caches), do you start to not recall the details for some of your older cache hunts? I have only found 46 over 5 months so far and can remember all the hunts in detail at this point. I'm wondering when the day will come that I look at a cache on my found list and say to myself: "I have absolutely no recollection of that event..." Quote Link to comment
saopaulo1@hotmail.com Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 To the appall of my girlfriend I'll point out locations along a street of where we cached. She'll just roll her eyes LOL Quote Link to comment
+Blue Power Ranger Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 The great caches, I remember no matter how many others I have found or how much time has passed. The less-than-great caches, I often forget within a couple of weeks. To me it isn't a matter of "how many" or "how long". If you have to look back to the cache page to be reminded of what a particular cache was all about, it probably wasn't all that great of a hunt. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I remember most of the ones I have been too. I scrolled through my list of found ones the other day and remmbered visiting virtually all of them. Of course I rarely do more than 5-6 in a day. Quote Link to comment
Shiraz-mataz Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 It's weird - I have trouble remembering "important" stuff like coworker's names, deadlines, history... but I can generally remember most details about the caches I've visited. Granted, I only have a couple hundred finds but I do read through my old log entries once in awhile for fun. And like another poster, I will be driving around with my wife and say, "Guess what!!! There's a cache stuck to the back side of that pay phone over there!" Of course she too rolls her eyes and says, "GEEK!" Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I don't even remember the topic of this thread. Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 After you find 4 or 5 micros hidden under lamppost skirts you stop remembering every cache you've visited Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 At about 500 I started having some difficulties. Of course I'm now 5 years older than when I started caching so it may not just be the number of caches. At 1000 there is no question I can't recall them all. Something has to make them stand out. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) Pretty much what RK said. I've even twice re-hunted caches, uncertain until I find my name in the log that I've found it before. In my defense one was an urban micro that had moved between my first find and second, and the other was an ammo can that I found in the normal "on trail" way when it was a new hide (and apparently forgot to log) and then bushwhacked over to it a couple of years later with a buddy. Neither of us was sure if we'd found it before, and BOTH of us had. I try to do a better logging job so I don't find myself hunting the same thing twice. edit typo Edited January 22, 2007 by Isonzo Karst Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 At nearly 1,000 I can remember MOST of the caches well enough to go back and find without a GPS or talk somebody through the find via phoen if needed. The ones I don't remember are the ones I somewhat regret doing - a park'n'grab here, a lame cache (not only micros) there, etc. Luckily I've been failry selective in my caches which is why: 1) It's taken me 3 years to get to 1,000 2) I can remember most of the caches 3) I haven't burned out like others with high numbers that I know I'd much rather caches slower (meaning not finding as many) and have the memories, then hit every cache and have more smilies than memories. Quote Link to comment
+OzarksJim Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Every since my very first cache find, I've taken pictures of my caching experiences for every single cache hunt (including the DNFs). I not only take pictures of the cache container, but also the scenery I saw on the way to the cache. Granted, sometimes the "scenery" isn't all that impressive (like a shot of the front of a Wal-Mart), but it helps to jog my memory most of the time. Jim Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I remember a good many of our hunts. The ones I have troubles remembering are when we find a lot in one day. Like we got 38 in a day and they kinda all seem like a blur to me. But when we just stop and grab 5 or less I remember a lot more details. Good ones always stand out. Quote Link to comment
vagabond Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 At almost 6 years of caching and over 2700 caches, some stand out in my mind. But I can drive by an area and it will jog my memory and I think oh yeah there's a cache over there. Quote Link to comment
+GPS Derek Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 To the appall of my girlfriend I'll point out locations along a street of where we cached. She'll just roll her eyes LOL Do women go to a special school to learn this... my wife does the same and in her absence my daughters will do it for her. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I still remember each and every hunt, and can USUALLY return to a cache site without a GPS - sometimes on a much easier path. I say usually because there was one time without a GPS that I couldn't even find my OWN cache. Quote Link to comment
+CM-14 Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 I still remember each and every hunt, and can USUALLY return to a cache site without a GPS - sometimes on a much easier path. I say usually because there was one time without a GPS that I couldn't even find my OWN cache. I was once with my wife when she placed a cache. I went back by myself about a week later, WITH my GPS, to "find" it and couldn't find it. Quote Link to comment
+macpacfam Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 The great caches, I remember no matter how many others I have found or how much time has passed. The less-than-great caches, I often forget within a couple of weeks. To me it isn't a matter of "how many" or "how long". If you have to look back to the cache page to be reminded of what a particular cache was all about, it probably wasn't all that great of a hunt. I could not agree more... Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 It befuddles my caching partner that I can not only remember almost all of the thousand caches that I've found, but also the five hundred benchmarks. "Hmm... There's a cache right over there. Wanna go find it and log it?" Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I can remember every one. Sometimes I need a little nudge, like re-reading the cache page, but once I've done that I can picture the hunt, location and usually the container. Quote Link to comment
Neos2 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I'll let you know when I get there. So far, I remember all of them. Even the uninspired ones. Of course, I'm a "half-full glass" kind of person. Quote Link to comment
+gof1 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 So what is this site all about? Geo-sumth'n aint it? Quote Link to comment
+Destitute Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I still remember each and every hunt, and can USUALLY return to a cache site without a GPS - sometimes on a much easier path. I say usually because there was one time without a GPS that I couldn't even find my OWN cache. There was a local cacher that couldn't find one of his hides and he temporarily disabled it. I think he went back with a metal detector and found it. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I was doing just fine with remembering each and every find prior to summer 2004. I especially recall one day when I was stuck in a continuing education seminar, bored out of my mind. I wrote down the names of every cache I had found -- at the time, around 230. I didn't miss any. What happened in summer 2004? I found 240 caches in a day. Ain't no way I'm gonna remember all of those, so I let go of worrying about it. Yet, I still remember MANY of the caches I found that day, because they were hidden creatively or featured interesting locations. I would guess that, with the exception of that day and a few other "cache runs," I could still recall the details of a good percentage of my cache finds (as in 85 percent plus) if given just the cache name. Even a ho-hum cache can be made memorable if you're with the right company, or if you find it at night or during a snowstorm, or if you're FTF, or if you don't use a GPS. Whatever it takes to keep it interesting and memorable. Quote Link to comment
Trinity's Crew Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 <snip> Even a ho-hum cache can be made memorable if you're with the right company, or if you find it at night or during a snowstorm, or if you're FTF, or if you don't use a GPS. Whatever it takes to keep it interesting and memorable. Exactly! Would you mind posting this in one of the "lame cache" threads? Quote Link to comment
+Super_Nate Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I have 1,045 cache finds....and I have been able to remember cache locations just fine! The only ones that I am sketchy on are caches that I found while on a long cache run.....such as 60 in one day! Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I'm at about 2850 and am forgetting many names of the caches except the memorable ones. Sometimes when I drive past, I'll remember the cache there. Quote Link to comment
TEAM NICKELBACKERS Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I have just over 300 finds, and I can drive my newbie friend nuts when he asks me help on a certain cache. I can always remember where it was AND the name of it. He will say "why do you remember all of this stuff?" I tell him that my mind is a plethera of useless infomation. Ask away.... Quote Link to comment
+cmiked Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Similar to saopaulo, we'll be driving around and I'll point out where a cache is to my wife. Drives her crazy. Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 At about 500 I started having some difficulties. Me too. At 500 I could remember all of them and actually tested myself on this a couple of times. But after that the memory overloaded and huge blocks of caches fell off the face of the earth. But I still have very clear memories of many great caches. Quote Link to comment
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