Geocaching is boring!

[+jeepdelfuego]

Just kidding.

 

It's only boring when there isn't enough time to go out and find some. I've been a little too busy lately and my stats are starting to suffer. I am going to have to pick up the pace this summer, if I am ever going to reach 1000 finds this year.

[+brslk]

I am a member of a camping website where someone posted a question asking people if they Geocache.

Several people said they did and one member posted that he tried it once and found it boring.

 

Someone responded that if they find a hike and finding stuff boring that they would like to know what they find exciting?

 

I guess it can be boring to some people. Much like quilting is boring to me but excites others.

 

I myself have become obsessed with Geocaching.

 

Quilting and needlepoint... not so much...

[BCProspectors]

We've been caching for about three years now and we've found 21 caches as of April 22nd, 2010.

[+ngrrfan]

You are right.... I find it so boring that I continue to do it to see if it will generate any kind of excitement at all. So far the jury is still out so I guess I"ll have to continue my analysis.

[+jeepdelfuego]

I am a member of a camping website where someone posted a question asking people if they Geocache.

Several people said they did and one member posted that he tried it once and found it boring.

 

Someone responded that if they find a hike and finding stuff boring that they would like to know what they find exciting?

 

I guess it can be boring to some people. Much like quilting is boring to me but excites others.

 

I myself have become obsessed with Geocaching.

 

Quilting and needlepoint... not so much...

 

I'm just obsessed.

[+bittsen]

I am a member of a camping website where someone posted a question asking people if they Geocache.

Several people said they did and one member posted that he tried it once and found it boring.

 

Someone responded that if they find a hike and finding stuff boring that they would like to know what they find exciting?

 

I guess it can be boring to some people. Much like quilting is boring to me but excites others.

 

I myself have become obsessed with Geocaching.

 

Quilting and needlepoint... not so much...

 

I'm saving quilting and needlepoint for when I'm too old to cache.

I've already done my stint at crocheting and cross stitching (which is different from needlepoint, I think) as well as fabric paints.

[BCProspectors]

I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but it is something I am very interested in. Unfortunately I don't get very many opportunities to go Geocaching, thus the 21 finds in three years.

[+roziecakes]

I quilt and needlepoint AND I geocache. What does that make me? Heck, I knit too! We've been doing it a little over four years, and we're still not quite at 1000 yet. It's all that working 70+ hours a week, really gets in the way of my caching Our goal is to get 1000 by Geowoodstock at the very least. Only a little more than 100 to go!

[+narcissa]

I cross-stitch and have recently taken up quilting, but those things are enjoyable and rewarding in a different way than geocaching is.

[Mr.Yuck]

I am a member of a camping website where someone posted a question asking people if they Geocache.

Several people said they did and one member posted that he tried it once and found it boring.

 

Someone responded that if they find a hike and finding stuff boring that they would like to know what they find exciting?

 

I guess it can be boring to some people. Much like quilting is boring to me but excites others.

 

I myself have become obsessed with Geocaching.

 

Quilting and needlepoint... not so much...

 

I actually met a guy at a picnic once who noticed the GPS on my belt loop. This picnic was a couple hundred miles from my house, so of course I cached on the way. He was a GPS owner, and ATV enthusiast. We were talking about the GPS, and of course I told him I was a cacher. He said he tried it, but wasn't interested. I kid you not, he said all the caches near his house were in parking lots. And this was the summer of 2005!!!!!

 

Are mine and brslk's posts actually on topic, seeing at the OP was trying to trick us with the title?

[+J the Goat]

I quilt and needlepoint AND I geocache. What does that make me? Heck, I knit too! We've been doing it a little over four years, and we're still not quite at 1000 yet. It's all that working 70+ hours a week, really gets in the way of my caching Our goal is to get 1000 by Geowoodstock at the very least. Only a little more than 100 to go!

 

You should be able to knock out a few around here in the beginning of May

[+roziecakes]

Absolutely!! We're looking forward to it. Some of our favorite caches have been found down your way. Some great hiders in Mendocino County

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Just kidding.

 

It's only boring when there isn't enough time to go out and find some. I've been a little too busy lately and my stats are starting to suffer. I am going to have to pick up the pace this summer, if I am ever going to reach 1000 finds this year.

 

I'm in the same boat. In my first two years I averaged about 105 caches days a year. Last year I had 65. So far this year I've only cached on 8 days and have only found 17 caches since the first of the year.

[+Dread_Pirate_Bruce]

When I have free time and am not out geocaching, I like drilling holes in wood. Now, that is boring.

[+godavid]

When I have free time and am not out geocaching, I like drilling holes in wood. Now, that is boring.

not finding anything is boring !!!

[+HawkLawless1]

I haven't been out going on 4 weeks now and it's driving me nuts! Geocaching is a great corallary to hiking...or is it the other way around...either way it gets me off the couch and out the door. Boring? Absolutely not! Sitting at home watching a poker tournament on <insert favorite sports channel> on a sunny Sunday afternoon...now that's boring.

[+mountainman38]

I am a member of a camping website where someone posted a question asking people if they Geocache.

Several people said they did and one member posted that he tried it once and found it boring.

 

Someone responded that if they find a hike and finding stuff boring that they would like to know what they find exciting?

 

I guess it can be boring to some people. Much like quilting is boring to me but excites others.

 

I myself have become obsessed with Geocaching.

 

Quilting and needlepoint... not so much...

 

I found out quickly that caching gets boring when you go to the same type of hides, in easy to access places, over and over and over (obviously, this applies to me -- this type of experience seems to thrill the willies out of a lot of other cachers...).

 

To keep the game interesting, I now go for caches that require a hike, climb, bike ride, tree climb, good head scratching, paddle, or swim.

 

Ideally, as many of these together as possible would yield the bestest caching!

[+mountainman38]

We've been caching for about three years now and we've found 21 caches as of April 22nd, 2010.

 

You might want to change your search method.

 

For instance, look under three or four lamp post skirts in most any large parking lot, and you're almost guaranteed to find treasure.

 

Plus, if you act stealthy about it, you might get to see your local bomb squad in action! Bonus!

[vagabond]

Just kidding.

 

It's only boring when there isn't enough time to go out and find some. I've been a little too busy lately and my stats are starting to suffer. I am going to have to pick up the pace this summer, if I am ever going to reach 1000 finds this year.

 

Have you been to the Palm Springs area lately

Edited April 23, 2010 by vagabond

[+journey4truth]

Caching only seems boring to me when it's located in the middle of a Walmart parking lot. Seriously?

 

Ironically enough, it was exactly that kind of "boring" hide that almost turned me off to the hobby forever, because the geocache was placed only a few feet away from poison ivy.

 

The next three weeks were spent alternating from screaming, ranting, cursing, taking long scorching hot showers, to plotting to hunt down the cache owner so I could spank him with a horse whip him till he cried.

 

I'm feeling MUCH better now though.

Edited April 23, 2010 by LincolnAdams

[hoosier guy]

I am a member of a camping website where someone posted a question asking people if they Geocache.

Several people said they did and one member posted that he tried it once and found it boring.

 

Someone responded that if they find a hike and finding stuff boring that they would like to know what they find exciting?

 

I guess it can be boring to some people. Much like quilting is boring to me but excites others.

 

I myself have become obsessed with Geocaching.

 

Quilting and needlepoint... not so much...

 

Are you on "sleeping in tents"? I had asked that question some time ago.

[+CortandTrent]

I don't see how people can find geocaching boring. Its so diverse, you could be hiking, kayaking, walking down town, driving around in parking lots, etc etc. I love it!

[+brslk]

I am a member of a camping website where someone posted a question asking people if they Geocache.

Several people said they did and one member posted that he tried it once and found it boring.

 

Someone responded that if they find a hike and finding stuff boring that they would like to know what they find exciting?

 

I guess it can be boring to some people. Much like quilting is boring to me but excites others.

 

I myself have become obsessed with Geocaching.

 

Quilting and needlepoint... not so much...

 

Are you on "sleeping in tents"? I had asked that question some time ago.

 

I am on a few but not that one. The one I was referring to was rv.net.

[+The Jester]

When I have free time and am not out geocaching, I like drilling holes in wood. Now, that is boring.

Am I the only one who thought that was a very funny pun? Come on ... drilling holes - boring ... that's some serious funny!

[+gesharp]

I have lots of unfinished crochet, cross stitch and tatting projects. At least when you find a cache you can say I finished that one!

[+BigAl437]

Okay, maybe I'm obsessed, but maybe I'm not. No matter what I just love to get out caching. I just hit 100 last weekend and want to hit 250 by the end of this year. I started last year. I am thankful that there are so many different kinds of caches in my area. Did I mention I love to cache? Well I do. I got out of the hospital on 5/2 (after a heart ablation) and I found two caches on 5/6 with my wife. They were Cache and Daches in a parking lot, but that was the only kind my wife would let me do, which was okay under the circumstances. I am getting better each day and plan on being out soon for some REAL caches. So get out there and hit those caches. Keep your GPS calibrated, your feet accelerated, and cache on.