+EXMAN Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 i consider myself a fairly active cacher and i'm finding myself spending A LOT of time with this. i like the dimension that trackables adds to the game, so part of my routine involves searching them out and then verifying whether or not they are even in the cache. so......between - searching on-line for the caches in the area - searching those caches to eliminate those that don't fit my criteria of the day. - uploading to the GPSR. - the caching itself. - logging finds - admiring my stats - admiring the stats of others etc......etc......etc QUESTION / POLL - how many hours a week do you think you spend on this addiction of yours? Me ???? it comes in spurts, but in my 9 months of caching i'd guess 2 hours a day. so 2 hours x 180 days 360 hours so far this year. it's hard to guesstimate though. Quote Link to comment
+A & J Tooling Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 30 minutes to an hour each day. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm not addicted at all. I can quit any time I want. Quote Link to comment
+BMndFul Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I guess pretty addicted...it replaced my cocaine and hooker habit. I try to look for at least one cache a day if I am in the mood. I don't freak out if I have something else calendared that prevents me from searching during the weekdays or weekends. If I have a free weekend day...then I might plan for 20 or more. Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 This is not an addiction its a passion. Quote Link to comment
+TheLoneGrangers Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 +1 above Quote Link to comment
+GeoReapers Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm not addicted at all. I can quit any time I want. Denial is not a useful step in the healing process. At least five hours a week. That is on a slow week. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 QUESTION / POLL - how many hours a week do you think you spend on this addiction of yours? If you mean outside, doing the actual hunting, it would average out probably no more than 5 - 6 hours a month. If you wanted to add on the time MrB spends on "voluntary geocaching work" on his laptop and I spend waffling around in these forums... Oh heck... I don't want to guess... MrsB Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm not addicted at all. I can quit any time I want. Denial is not a useful step in the healing process. I am not in denial. Quote Link to comment
+Team Dennis Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm not addicted at all. I can quit any time I want. Denial is not a useful step in the healing process. I am not in denial. About being addicted or being in denial? Quote Link to comment
+Redfist Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 twitch... twitch... Hey look! Squirrel!!! (runs in opposite direction) Quote Link to comment
+Frank Broughton Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm not addicted at all. I can quit any time I want. Ya me too...... Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm not addicted at all. I can quit any time I want. Denial is not a useful step in the healing process. I am not in denial. About being addicted or being in denial? I deny both. (let me get serious for one very brief second: Accusing someone of being in denial is very similar to the witch trials of old.) Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Does forum use count? Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Does forum use count? Yes it does.. Its still about geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Flintstone5611 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Between actually caching and then messing around on forums and working on new hides and scouting locations and looking for caches at upcoming vacations spots, I .... am so addicted. I probably spend about 2.5-3hours a day doing something related to geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+EXMAN Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Between actually caching and then messing around on forums and working on new hides and scouting locations and looking for caches at upcoming vacations spots, I .... am so addicted. I probably spend about 2.5-3hours a day doing something related to geocaching. you sound like me. i'm retired and as of june we are full-time RVers. thatmeans i'm now on permanent vacation. since july i've added 6 provinces and 9 ? states to my list. i had visions of racking up big numbers too, but in the interest of staying married i've been limiting myself to as few as 1 cache in each area. i can't imagine the hours it takes to have completed 10,000 or more caches. saw a profile where a group did a cross country trip in a rental car. over 10,000 miles in 11 days. unbelievable. Quote Link to comment
+Team Dennis Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Between checking out the forums, thinking of fun twists on caches, working in the lab on physical caches that I plan to place, looking at maps of areas I would like to hit, trying to solve puzzles and actually getting out in the field I am sure I spend somewhere in the area of 20 hours per week on Geocaching or Geocaching related projects. Quote Link to comment
+WI CavalryScout Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Depends on the week for me and the season. Spring and fall I have more time to geocache because I have other hobbies in winter and summer. I have only found ten of them so far, but I am already too far gone to quit. Quote Link to comment
+Team Firenze Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I am new to this but I would say 12 hours or a week. That include: Cache research Forums Browsing and buying equipment and swag And of course in the field time Quote Link to comment
+swissgreys Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Actually not that much. I cache on Friday mornings with my youngest, so I do plan those trips a bit. But we just got back from a 2 week holiday to Portugal, and I planned to visit a couple of caches whilst there. I downloaded the details of 4 great looking caches before we left (no Internet whilst on holiday), and we did 2 of the 4. And I was pretty happy with that. I love Geocahcing (so do the kids) but I can also step back, and don't want to spend my holiday scrabbling round road side services and under lamp post skirts. I enjoy it for what it is meant to be - a chance to visit new and amazing places. Not a chance to make my stats look better. Quote Link to comment
+EXMAN Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) Actually not that much. I cache on Friday mornings with my youngest, so I do plan those trips a bit. But we just got back from a 2 week holiday to Portugal, and I planned to visit a couple of caches whilst there. I downloaded the details of 4 great looking caches before we left (no Internet whilst on holiday), and we did 2 of the 4. And I was pretty happy with that. I love Geocahcing (so do the kids) but I can also step back, and don't want to spend my holiday scrabbling round road side services and under lamp post skirts. I enjoy it for what it is meant to be - a chance to visit new and amazing places. Not a chance to make my stats look better. Edited October 13, 2011 by EXMAN Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 In my experience, those who are most addicted tend to burn out and leave more quickly than those who can moderate their activity level. Of course, there is always an exception to every rule (*cough* Alamogul *cough*). Quote Link to comment
+BMndFul Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 In my experience, those who are most addicted tend to burn out and leave more quickly than those who can moderate their activity level. Of course, there is always an exception to every rule (*cough* Alamogul *cough*). My moto is basically....Excess in moderation. It serves my OCD tendencies...yet it stays in check with the wife and kids. Quote Link to comment
+JeepFreak81 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I am definitely addicted but as with most of my hobbies and especially new ones I tend to come in hot then peter out a bit. Although I have to say, after the first week of frantically trying to make time for caching, I've decided to just chill out and plan to find a few caches on my day off each week. The time spent on the website, in google earth, and recently looking at benchmarks......OH and the forums......AT LEAST 2-3 hours a day. I check the forums on my lunch break usually, look at my email to see if I got any notifications, then check again when I get home, then spend at least an hour or more in the evening reading on the forums and playing around with mapping and searches, PQ's etc. etc. Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Between actually caching and then messing around on forums and working on new hides and scouting locations and looking for caches at upcoming vacations spots, I .... am so addicted. I probably spend about 2.5-3hours a day doing something related to geocaching. Finally, an honest answer. Me too. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 In my experience, those who are most addicted tend to burn out and leave more quickly than those who can moderate their activity level. Of course, there is always an exception to every rule (*cough* Alamogul *cough*). Yeah, that seems to be a good general (*cough* Bobcam *cough*) rule of thumb. Quote Link to comment
+taggdog Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I work 40 hours a week, so I am on the website and looking at the forums about 37 of those hours. Don't tell my boss! Just kidding it is more like 10 of those hours. I really hope my boss isn't a secret cacher. Quote Link to comment
+A & J Tooling Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I work 40 hours a week, so I am on the website and looking at the forums about 37 of those hours. Don't tell my boss! Just kidding it is more like 10 of those hours. I really hope my boss isn't a secret cacher. Just like now, when I am running a macro pulling up important data to look into 'issues', I can surf here at the same time and get paid for it. I don't count this time because it's on someone else's dime... Quote Link to comment
+TheLoneGrangers Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Tomorrow I will have been caching for a year...i have 650 finds (neither good or bad nor bragging just saying)...because of geocaching I traded in the best car I have ever owned, one I took to car shows, drag races, a 2010 camaro, (I had it for 9 months) I now drive the best car I have ever owned a 2007 jeep wrangler, its my geomobile. Geocaching has got me mountain biking, which in turn has got me into road biking, I've also taken up hiking and backpacking, and I just returned from a 3 day canoe trip this past weekend with a friend to...you guessed it, geocache. The weekend before that we went camping for only the second time of our adult lives at a popular fishing state park....to you guessed it, geocache. You could say we are addicted, lol. that doesnt count the many hours a day i visit the forums at work, and scout out places I want to visit on the maps lol Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Being bike only[no cachemobile] and having found pretty much everything within a 2 hour ride its hard to be addicted. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I won't comment on if it's an addiction or not but it's definitely a way of life. I can't really imagine life without caching, it just a part of me and my life. I have no idea how much time I spend on caching related things, I'm sure it's quite a lot. Between caching, placing caches and events, volunteering, planning caching, logging caches, forum reading and posting, and Waymarking, who knows? Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I'm not addicted. I can quit anytime. As a matter of fact, a few months ago I was on Route 66 and I quit caching over 800 times. Quote Link to comment
+the4dirtydogs Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Caching isn't an addiction for us but more a way of life like Ambrosia said. It's just part of our daily lives now. The best part of caching to this point is the friends we have met and the different places we go on the weekends. Quote Link to comment
+Legochugglers Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I knew I was relatively addicted but when I typed a note on a completely unrelated computer record at work today and without realising pressed save with 'TFTC' typed at the end I really had to take a good look at myself. Quote Link to comment
+FloridaFour Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Generally, I go once a week, for about 3 hours. Occasionally, I'll run out to place a coin, do maintenance on my caches, or grab a FTF, and that might add another hour per week, but that's only a few times a month. It was more at first when I was doing a lot of reading online on how to do it, etc. Quote Link to comment
+RhinoInAToga Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 It depends on what else we've got going on, but it also depends on what we've got going on in the geocaching world as well. I've usually got caching on the mind, & if time spent thinking about it counts..I'm going to need professional help. Right now we have a series of caches coming out that has turned into a 15 cache series with a LOT of research involved. So it's become somewhat akin to having a part-time job at the moment. But a job I like. So much that I don't get paid for it. I like sinking my teeth into these big projects because I don't get to go out caching as much as I'd like. It's a good way to get the geo-fix. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 - how many hours a week do you think you spend on this addiction of yours? Just enough. Goodnight. Quote Link to comment
+BMndFul Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I am probably more addicted than I previously stated, just snagged another 8 caches tonight after 9:00pm. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Does forum use count? Yes it does.. Its still about geocaching. Actually off-topic is not about geocaching and that's where I spend most of my forum time. I don't even want to take a guess as to how much time I spend over there. Hey! Keeps me off the streets. I used to spend 4 hours a week just writing up the caches for the weekend. I finally had to buy a paperless GPS or quit geocaching. Guess which I did. So I don't know how to say how much time I spend caching at this point. Last weekend I only found one cache, but I spent an entire day doing it. Well I also happen to tour an old abandoned mine shaft while I was there, and tour another area of old mining equipment and stop at a really nice waterfall. The time also included driving some two hours or so each way to get there, maybe more. So was the time spent caching the time it took to find the cache, or the entire day's activities, plus getting ready for the trip? I guess caching has become an integral part of my life right now, so it's just like eating or something. Is that addicted? No. It's a lifestyle. Quote Link to comment
CACAHUETES Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 CACHING IS MY PASSION. Quote Link to comment
DannyCaffeine Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I thought a bolt on a bus was a nano because I was sleep deprived. I was sad when it wouldn't unscrew with my fingers. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 OK, I will admit it... I AM in denial. I'm not addicted, but I am in denial about being addicted. Quote Link to comment
tttedzeins Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I'm not addicted at all. I can quit any time I want. Denial is not a useful step in the healing process. I am not in denial. In fact I have never even been to Egypt. So there Quote Link to comment
TorgtheViking Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Very addicted! I found one geocache since last June. My total count is now up to 1. Quote Link to comment
piper2323 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 on the weekends i think about caching alot Quote Link to comment
+abiherts Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I spend a couple of hours looking at geocaching related stuff: puzzles, forums and where other people have been or where I could visit in the future! Ideally I would cache every day but as I don't drive have to fit my caching in around kids and husband. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 CACHING IS MY PASSION. Caching is *A* passion. I have other passions as well. Quote Link to comment
+derbygeocacher Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 It's my latest obsession of many and I'm already looking forward to the weekend! Quote Link to comment
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