Why do you Geocache?

[+Team A & M]

We are really new to this, and were wondering, why do you Geocache? We do it for the hunt, the adventure, and that it has brought us closer. We'd love to hear what everyone has to say!

[gunnerdog2]

It's the adventure of the hunt. It gets you off the couch and gets you to exercise without even knowing. Well until today. I sure knew it, walking up hill, down and up again. Trying to get my husband into it. Like you said, get the two of us together away from other things.

[+jbar]

I started Geocaching as a way to rehab from CHF. It got me out walking. Now that I'm doing better I love being out in the woods and love the challanging hides. Now I've got my wife hooked and I'm desperatly trying to mainatin my lead.

Edited August 30, 2009 by jbar

[+Team A & M]

I love how many couples and friends do this together. Matt and I are all about that. We do so much with our friends as it is, and Geocaching is a way for just us to get away for a few hours.

[eaglestrikeforce]

Half of it's creeping around looking conspicuous ... the other half is a mix of sweat and cheap endorphin thrills .

 

It gets you off the couch and gets you to exercise without even knowing. Well until today. I sure knew it, walking up hill, down and up again.

 

You should check out this blog entry about getting off the couch - hilarious!

[+Casting Crowns]

I have given this topic much thought and attention several times. Geocaching was just a simple "fit" for me since I've been obsessed with finding stuff growing up as a child. If you said you lost something then I had to devote all the time it took to try and find it. Earing.....money......keys......remote control......didn't matter.

 

So, I thought about that also.....WHY do I need to find these things? I guess it all boils down to needing/wanting praise.

 

Adventure....being outdoors.....that's just natural for me as I've grown up in that sort of environment my whole life. I enjoy being in those same invironments today but it's still about finding that "thing in the woods". I have to set time limits on some caches because I don't want to walk away with a DNF. It's a sickness.....

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

We like fish......................... so we geocache for the halibut!

[+Smithbats]

We do it because it is something we can do as a family. Usually us going out involves us watching junior do something like playing on the park etc. This we all do and we love it.

[+raslas]

For us it's about the places we go, the people we meet and all the memories we make. It also gets us exercise in an enjoyable way. It's also fun to be able to find something that someone else has hidden.

[+Knight2000]

I just like to tell people that I am looking for a lost contact lens when they see me wandering around in the woods. I cache just to see the look on their faces!

[+Team A & M]

I agree, it is a sickness, a definite addiction! It's all we ever want to do anymore. We ran into some potential cacher's tonight as we were under a bridge. They thought it was so cool that we were out in the dark looking for a tiny hidden box.

[djc114]

Why do we do it? Because it's awesome! haha.

 

My husband & I love being in nature and we love being outdoors and I've always wanted to be a Goonie and hunt for treasure We get to spend time together, get exercise, and be a part of something that people all over the world are a part of.

[+stampcoin]

For the Smilies.

[dediles]

geocaching is the closest thing I can see to a weekend adventure. every cache is different, they take you to amazing places, you get to meet new people , solve puzles, and you get to find tresure that most people don't know exist. So if you ask me why I geocache, why anyone geocaches, the answer is that everyone wants some adventure in there lives. who wants to collect stamps as a hobby when you can say that you are a high-tech treasure hunter

[+bittsen]

We are really new to this, and were wondering, why do you Geocache? We do it for the hunt, the adventure, and that it has brought us closer. We'd love to hear what everyone has to say!

I geocache because its cheap entertainment, gets me out of the house and deistracts me from remembering I'm too ugly to have a romantic social life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(just kidding about the last one)

[+mfamilee]

We love spending time outdoors. Prior to finding out about geocaching we always enjoyed taking back road rual drives through the country... so now caching has combined the two. A great combination!

[+dakin55]

I started caching a couple months ago, went to find a cache in the woods and realized I didn't save my location before going in. My Blackberrry has a find next button but not a find last so I just keep going!

[Rocky31186]

I geocache for the adventure.. Its like a worldwide treasure hunt. Its like easter egg hunts on easter!

 

I think its pretty cool that you drive by something a hundred times a month and never knew there was something in the lightpole!

[linus84]

I do it for the adventure and I have always liked to walk in the nature, so thats a other reason. And ofcourse its very fun

[+Knight2000]

I have nothing else to do.

[+TheChagnons]

We geocache because it is something my whole family can do and enjoy TOGETHER, from my husband and I all the way down to my 4 year old. Plus, it gets my preggo butt off the couch for at least a few months until the snow flies! The kids love finding the treasure, and my husband loves the hunt, and I just love the closeness it brings caching with my family, extended family and friends!

[+DENelson83]

Simple. It gives me a productive—well, to me, anyway—reason for me to use my GPSr. Plus, it's getting me some well-needed exercise.

[+pimp my taco]

I like the idea of me knowing something that knowing else knows about. Like when I drive by a certain cache and think that know one has a clue about it. Kind of covert.

[+skeezicks]

I enjoy the hunt and I have also found really awesome areas to hike and backpack,etc...because of geocaching.I have an area that I hike deep into a few hidden mountain lakes to fish...this year I did an overnight camping trip there...that I would never have known about if it wasn't for a cache placed here that I found a couple of years ago.I,in turn,have tried to find out of the way places to hide a few caches so that I can bring others to areas that they might not realize are here.

[Nick1011]

I'm on Search and Rescue so its good training with a GPS cause we use them alot. And i Love the great out doors, just something to make hikes/walks more exciting!!

[Eyeplant]

I Geocache because when I first found out about it, it sounded like the greatest activity in the world. My hypothesis was right. I love puzzles, hidden secrets, and exploring. Geocaching has all those things.

 

How I first found out about it:

 

I fell off the side of the mountain on my ATV. Luckily there were people there with a Jeep parked on the side. They helped get the ATV off my head/helmet. While I was waiting for the ATV company to pull the ATV out from down the mountain, I chatted with them about why they were there. They told me all about geocaching. What a lucky adventure eh? I'm so glad I fell off that mountain.

[+manfromwillow]

i cache because its fun, get you out of the house and besides someone needs to find all that tupperware!

[+jeffbouldin]

The voices commanded me. And we must obey the voices!

[+Jimmy System]

I'm a 'cleaner' for the local mob, so it gives me a chance to find new places to hide things...

 

Really, I've always liked out of the way, interesting places and old cemeteries. Geocaching gives me a chance to see even more places like that. I've even been taken to places in my home town that I never knew existed.

[+WRASTRO]

It is really a challenge to try to explain to someone why it is fun to wander around hunting for "who knows what". It just is.

[+burtsbodgers]

I cache because i have a GPSr and its all i can do with it

[+Dragonsbear]

We are really new to this, and were wondering, why do you Geocache? We do it for the hunt, the adventure, and that it has brought us closer. We'd love to hear what everyone has to say!

 

Because i can......

 

Read Life Anniversary Caching Hike

Edited November 14, 2009 by Dragonsbear

[+NatureGuy360]

I’m… so... addicted! I think I need to turn my self into cachers-anonymous clinic.

[+Mredria]

We do it because we're nerds and this thing we do is as close to a "quest" as we'll ever get in the real world.

[asdfni]

Because I'm afraid of getting addicted to World of Warcraft if I ever get tempted to try it...

And it's pretty much the same thing, right? (:

Edited November 14, 2009 by Jeannine"

[+FatherAndProgeny]

Because I'm afraid of getting addicted to World of Warcraft if I ever get tempted to try it...

And it's pretty much the same thing, right? (:

 

It is the same thing except for all that magic, killing, raiding parties, monsters, mauling, dying and resurrecting stuff. All in all its pretty close.

[+diodedude]

I like to go caching for the adventure and also it releases stress and get my mind off other things.

[+Twitch Hugs Trees]

I like it because its the only "sport" I can actually participate in. I'm severely asthmatic so anything that involves anything but walking is out. Plus, exercise videos are boring. This actually has a purpose, and I like that.

[+Coyote's Girl]

I cache because what else would I do with my time? Clean my house?

[+tinaforte]

its fun , its a hobby thats not all that expensive , and think of the alternaitve sitting at home stareing at the tv....ill take the geocaching ....

[+kayakers2]

We cache because it ties in nicely with all of our other endeavours....kayaking, hiking, biking, travel, photography x-country skiing, snowshoeing.....we're in our 60's but we ain't dead yet!!!!! But it wouldn't have been so much fun if it wasn't for all the wonderful characters we've met along the way. For the most part we're able to say to every geocacher we've met that, "Yeah, we'd like to spend the day caching with you." Scenic hikes/paddles & fun searches with other like-minded people...what more could you want.

[+Swampbilly]

I am in the Army, so when we move to a new location, we don't know much about the area. Since we started geocaching, we have been introduced to history lessons, new parks with hiking trails, great views and so forth. It's not that expensive, and the whole family can get out of the house and enjoy it while spending time together. I saw in an earlier post of how someone started geocaching. Maybe that would be a good idea for a new topic.

[Rocketsteve]

I love being outdoors, and geocaching has taken me to many beautiful places that I may not have gone to if it wasn't for the fact that I was out looking for a chunk of tupperware.

[+Wacka]

I'm a 'cleaner' for the local mob, so it gives me a chance to find new places to hide things...

 

Really, I've always liked out of the way, interesting places and old cemeteries. Geocaching gives me a chance to see even more places like that. I've even been taken to places in my home town that I never knew existed.

 

OK Mr. Wolfe.

[+Team Idasam]

Its the thrill of the hunt! Its getting out and seeing new places and once in a great while I get to meet someone new. I just love the hunt, it never gets old. I've heard some people calling geocaching a fad that has fallen by the wayside like all the others, not hardly. I like the fact that you can play the game in so many different ways too. It's not about winning, or losing, or competition. It's all about the fun. To me caching is like an addiction, I can never get enough.

Edited December 13, 2009 by Team Idasam

[Hyger]

I take up geocaching a few months ago... First, we were with school somewhere at the trip and my friend was geocaching... I came with him (like a muggle) and I got feelings that geocaching is sick!

Later, I bought a GPS and became a geocacher .

I really like visiting new places and now I have next reason to visit them . And it's better than do nothing... I like hiking and cycling, so I can do it and geocaching together.

[lancasterjames]

I do it because I love treasure hunting. It's what my comic book is about even.

 

www.stellararcana.com

 

I'm hoping to make some that are engaging. I have some good ideas, but I hope they're not too off the wall for the way it's supposed to be. Hey, does anyone have a rock that can roll after the geocachers after they got their cache???

[+achsinohio]

We are really new to this, and were wondering, why do you Geocache? We do it for the hunt, the adventure, and that it has brought us closer. We'd love to hear what everyone has to say!

Why do we"my nearsighted brother and I", do it. First and foremost it brings us closer together. Second the thrill of the hunt, something primal in mankind that a lot of us do not want to admit to. Third the exercise, I've done things geocaching that I never thought I was capable of. Fourth learning about the land we call America I've learned a lot of history while caching, not the big events we all know of,but the little things that are gone now and will never return. I've been to a jail in my state that was erected in 1897 and used into the 1980s. Finally its just plain FUN !!

[+LandStar]

We must cache! Why? Because they are hundreds of thousands of them out there just waiting for us to find them!

Besides, cache is always better than credit!

[NeecesandNephews]

I cache because the little man who lives behind my eyes and screams into my brain told me people were hiding things from me and I should do something about it!!!

Edited January 28, 2010 by NeecesandNephews