Would you give up caching?

3.7k · June 6, 2012

I wouldn't.

Not too long ago I found a cache near a very fancy large house with a huge property. The owner peaked out of their door as I parked my car and hopped out. The cache was a small lock n lock hidden under a fern with a little worm wriggling on the lid. Now you wouldn't think finding something that small could give a person such joy but it did. Pure bliss! It occurred to me at that moment that they could have offered me their house right then and there in exchange for me promising to never cache again. And you know, I would have just walked away.

5.2k · June 6, 2012

What? All that money and not able to cache? No way. I'd rather be poor and caching than rich and bored.

2.8k · June 6, 2012

In a heartbeat.

3.2k · June 6, 2012

For that kinda money, I'd even start w aymarking.

Edited June 6, 2012 by baloo&bd

3k · June 6, 2012

Would you give up caching? for 20 million dollars

Would, and actually did.

Twice. Long story.

22k · June 6, 2012

I wouldn't.

Not too long ago I found a cache near a very fancy large house with a huge property. The owner peaked out of their door as I parked my car and hopped out. The cache was a small lock n lock hidden under a fern with a little worm wriggling on the lid. Now you wouldn't think finding something that small could give a person such joy but it did. Pure bliss! It occurred to me at that moment that they could have offered me their house right then and there in exchange for me promising to never cache again. And you know, I would have just walked away.

Sorry that was me. Didn't mean to interrupt your search.

3.6k · June 6, 2012

Oh yes, I would give up caching, I got other hobbies in my life to keep me busy. I don't wrap all my time in one hobby. Never will.

19k · June 6, 2012

Would you give up caching? for 20 million dollars

Would, and actually did.

Twice. Long story.

We've got the time.

3.7k · June 6, 2012

Would you give up caching? for 20 million dollars

Would, and actually did.

Twice. Long story.

I'd be interested in hearing it.

19k · June 6, 2012

I would. In a heartbeat. There are other things in life... really. I have seen the photographs.

June 6, 2012

I would. In a heartbeat. There are other things in life... really. I have seen the photographs.

This. I may have even taken a photograph or two.

June 6, 2012

You better believe I would. Could I still stay on the forums?

3k · June 6, 2012

Would you give up caching? for 20 million dollars

Would, and actually did.

Twice. Long story.

I'd be interested in hearing it.

I'd love to share, but I'm right in the middle of negotiating a pretty substantial deal with a well known publisher, and my lawyers are advising to stay quiet.

June 6, 2012

ah, totally would. to be debt free .... no college loan debt, no mortgage, no living paycheck to paycheck .?! Absolutely . I'd do it for my 4 y/o daughter and 6 m/o son. then I'd wait a few months until the dust had settled, make a new geo-name, and get my ace back out there. lolol

June 6, 2012

Just send me one Million. You would never catch me with a GPS in my hand again.

2k · June 6, 2012

Hrm. Currently can't afford to leave my 2 or 3 state area with current income...with that kind of money? See the world and any place I want. A find only goes so far.

June 6, 2012

Hmmm... evidently I am cheap. I quit for much less. It only takes three or four DNF's in a row to make me quit. For the day. :unsure:

3.6k · June 6, 2012

If I had a choice, yes I would quit. Though I love where caching takes me, I can't afford to travel like some do. I would like to go to other places and explore and put down my caching urges. Still would carry my GPS so I won't get lost.

June 6, 2012

If you went to a competitor's site, would you still be officially geocaching?

For 20 million, I would give up caching. It would be very hard. All those trees with nooks in them, all those hollow logs, all those potential hiding places I would see as I travelled the world (seems that most of us have world-travel on our list of things to spend that money on).

But with my handy-dandy GPS, I could still do this: The Degree Confluence Project

June 6, 2012

For 20 million dollars, would you take up Challenges? One a day, say, forever.

1.1k · June 6, 2012

>For 20 million dollars

I do what ever you want, no limits.

just show me the green

10.1k · June 6, 2012

If you went to a competitor's site, would you still be officially geocaching?

For 20 million, I would give up caching. It would be very hard. All those trees with nooks in them, all those hollow logs, all those potential hiding places I would see as I travelled the world (seems that most of us have world-travel on our list of things to spend that money on).

But with my handy-dandy GPS, I could still do this: The Degree Confluence Project

You're lucky. I used to have a cache at one of those...

For the record: for that kind of money, I can find a new hobby.

6.2k · June 6, 2012

As others have said I'd give it up for a lot less than $20mill, there are a lot of other hobbies/pastimes out there which I could take up with that kind of dosh.

Conversely if I happened to come up in the lottery and won that kind of money with no strings attached I'd blow a lot of it on caching around the world.

8.4k · June 6, 2012

For 20M. :huh:

Financial security for me and my family for the rest of our lives....

I wouldn't even post a goodbye geocaching thread. One heartbeat, I'd be here and the next, I'd be a puff of smoke and a distant memory.

I would quietly donate my massive sig item, geocoin & pathtag collections, to Groundspeak for the maze exhibits and any future Groundspeak museum plans.

I would quietly archive my caches and notify the local reviewers that my prime spots with lots of favorites are up for grabs.

Then scoot through the back door and not let it hit me in the arse or give a single look back.

6.5k · June 6, 2012

For $20 million? Sure.

Then I would pay a couple of you to go and hide dozens hundreds of letterboxes in my area so I would have something to do in my free time.

And I might build an amazing destination geocache like someone else did so that the rest of you would come and visit. That wouldn't really be geocaching would it?

1.2k · June 6, 2012

After spending 4.5 hours on a DNF yesterday I would have take $20 to quit.

1.2k · June 6, 2012

Oh yes, I would give up caching, I got other hobbies in my life to keep me busy. I don't wrap all my time in one hobby. Never will.

+1

4.5k · June 6, 2012

I would give up geocaching for far less, say a measly 5% of that 20 million. Would go even less if i could keep some of the things that go along with geocaching such as getting to continue the comraderie with geocaching friends. Luckily there are a few, imo, good quality (challenging, creative, placed in scenic areas) caches still being placed. Otherwise, it would take no reimbursement/compensation/bribe whatsoever for me to give the actual caching part up...

June 6, 2012

Just pay off my student loans and you've got a deal.

6.7k · June 6, 2012

Yes

2.6k · June 6, 2012

Yes, but I wouldn't be real happy about it.

June 6, 2012

I definitely would. With that kind of money I could hire someone to cache for me

I finance world travel, he/she finds the caches, my inner cacher continues to live vicariously through my serf. Win win

4.6k · June 6, 2012

I'd take the money, and keep on caching in non-extradition countries.

Somewhere with palm trees...

5.9k · June 6, 2012

How about a counteroffer? For, say, $3 million, I'll give up opencaching, terracaching, munzees, pathtags, and any of the other weak sisters and just stick to geocaching.

Wait, what do you mean you know I already don't do those? Hey! Come back here with that check!!

3.6k · June 6, 2012

Oh boy Hzoi! I see the ban stick. Doesnt take much to get kicked out of this site. They force you to give up caching. :unsure:

6.1k · June 6, 2012

I'd immediately geocide with a rant about zombies burying nanos in cemeteries, and then go out looking for caches with a new pair of socks..

19k · June 6, 2012

I haven't cached all week... still haven't seen my check. Is it at least in the mail?

June 6, 2012

Need to see the money first....

that would be enough to buy a new sock, and who would know?

June 6, 2012

I'd take the 20 million, move to another area and you would never see the name 'Legochugglers' on a log again.

....you may see a new account start up in the new area about a month later though.

3.6k · June 6, 2012

I'd take the 20 million, move to another area and you would never see the name 'Legochugglers' on a log again.

....you may see a new account start up in the new area about a month later though.

The question is.. give up caching, not give up your screen name.

1.5k · June 6, 2012

For $20 million dollars? In a heartbeat.

I'd just take up new hobbies - such as body painting nude supermodels.

June 6, 2012

Sure. I'd buy an RV and visit all the good places in http://www.roadsideamerica.com/.

Just to be clear, the terms need to be defined. Like, define "geocaching" for the purposes of this exercise. Of course, there's always the option to just... not log the caches, I guess...

ETA: I could in theory hand the offer over to my husband, who would take it without hesitation. Then I could keep caching with the kids and Silvertongue.

Edited June 6, 2012 by Lady Loki

June 6, 2012

Sure. For a LOT less, in fact...pretty much for free. Many, many other entertainment options out there, some of which are already seriously eroding interest and time in this one.

4.2k · June 6, 2012

A friend of mine once told me that he had stopped collecting caches and was collecting (visiting) countries instead. I would be glad to pursue a similar collection in lieu of caching should someone want to make sure that my daughter gets through college and no one comes after my house.

3.7k · June 6, 2012

I haven't cached all week... still haven't seen my check. Is it at least in the mail?

I always assumed dogs didn't have bank accounts. Look for a large package that smells like bacon.

6k · June 6, 2012

For that kinda money, I'd even start w aymarking.

Ditto

7.9k · June 7, 2012

I once 'gave up' caching for six months...no strain, no pain.

For even 1 million I would never look back. Geocaching is not my life, and I do have other passions to take up my time.

June 7, 2012

Easily. I love geocaching, but 20 MILLION DOLLARS???? Yeah, I can get a new hobby.

June 7, 2012

I would give it up, get the 20 million, use that money to hire very good lawyers.. then keep on caching.

20 million would make some VERY good caches.. and pay for guards to protect them from muggles.

Shaun

June 7, 2012

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't. I discovered caching almost a year ago, and wish I had found it sooner. For me, it's the perfect hobby. I have been doing puzzles for years, and it has been getting harder and harder to find a challenge. Many of the geocaching puzzles are so creative and different, and I love the rush of finding a difficult cache. As for the finances - I've been lucky in that I've saved well, and am happy living a comfortable lifestyle without a lot of extras, and geocaching with my husband has definitely added much pleasure to our lives. I don't miss what I don't have, and want more than anything to have fun experiences. My biggest wish the last few years is that I could join my husband in retirement, but because I want more time to spend pursuing our hobbies, geocaching being at the top of the list! So even though the 20 million dollars would bring on retirement faster, it would be a curse for the rest of my life. And I'd miss seeing all my geocaching friends at the events. No, I'm pretty sure I would turn it down. (Anyone want to offer it to me to see if I'm wrong? :lol: )

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