NightThree Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I'm sure people will have different opinions about this, but I've always wondered what people consider the best part of Geocaching. Quote Link to comment
Iwuzere Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I nearly asked this yesterday! My options were going to be : Exploration, Finding new places? A good excuse to get out and about? The hide and seek aspect? Simply playing with the GPS toy? Trading trinkets? Secrecy - knowing something most others don't? The Score - getting competitive? Or maybe all the above aspects (and more) all combine together in such a great way that it's just irresistable? Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 It all comes together. Mostly though it's the hunt. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+Desert_Warrior Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 It all plays a part. But for me, it is the journey! I hike way more than I geocache. I like the hike. Finding the can is nice. Past the logbook, what is in the can may or may not matter. Of course, the geocaching community is a great bunch of people... Mike. Desert_Warrior (aka KD9KC). El Paso, Texas. Citizens of this land may own guns. Not to threaten their neighbors, but to ensure themselves of liberty and freedom. They are not assault weapons anymore... they are HOMELAND DEFENSE WEAPONS! Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I like the techno-geekie hunt. I didn't vote though. I don't understand the traditional within two hundred feet thing. Why is that on there? Are you suggesting that those interested in the hunt only like drive-bys? My very close second would be location/hike. Pepper playing nice! Mokita! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 If there was an "All of the above", I would have selected that. It's all good. Since I had to choose, I chose "Finding a new and cool place or hike". Of all the selections, this was the one that really got us interested in geocaching. It's really amazing all the places I've never been to that are so close to home. It makes you wonder why you even need to travel elsewhere when there are so many neat places close to home. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 My best reason to GeoCache is that it gives me reason to get off my butt and go do something! Like, I hate walking because walking in a circle seems pointless, but when you Cache, you have a reason to get up off your butt and move around! Quote Link to comment
NightThree Posted June 10, 2003 Author Share Posted June 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by leatherman:I don't understand the traditional within two hundred feet thing. Why is that on there? Well, I was talking as opposed to virtual caches. In other words, getting down in the leaves and branches and stumps and trying to find the container. I personally like virtuals just as much as traditionals. For me, it's all about going to new places; the container part of it doesn't really matter to me, since either way you log your visit on the site. Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 i can't vote on this one. there should be an option for all of the above, plus some things you haven't mentioned. i even like the whining. it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six. Quote Link to comment
NightThree Posted June 10, 2003 Author Share Posted June 10, 2003 Or... think about it this way. Would Geocaching still appeal to you if the "cache" part was taken out, ie, all that was listed on the site was virtual caches? (Has anyone ever asked this before?) I was mostly saying that if it's getting off your butt and going to a new place, that's option 1. If you like finding the actual cache hidden at the place more, that's option 2 (or 3). Hopefully that's a little clearer. Quote Link to comment
+emike Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 Night Three said "Or... think about it this way. Would Geocaching still appeal to you if the "cache" part was taken out" Yes! I hunt Benchmarks. Its the planning then the hunt I enjoy. Quote Link to comment
TT120 Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I like playing with the GPS and riding my bike into places I would never go. TechnoGEEK Quote Link to comment
+The Wombles Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 Location, location, location. I like being guided to a largely unknown location of interest or beauty. The GPS is a great tool to achieve the mystery part. If there were no traditional caches I'd miss them, but would still cache for virtuals. Dave Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I thought there were quite a few good reasons in this thread, but I voted for finding new places. Oh, that's kind of what the other thread was about as well... Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
martmann Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 I like a lot of things for different reasons, but one of my favorite things is when a cache is really hard to find, and I'm just about to give up, but give it a few more minutes, and find it, then I wonder why I was so close to giving up. I hate giving up. _________________________________________________________ If trees could scream, would we still cut them down? Well, maybe if they screamed all the time, for no reason. Click here for my Geocaching pictures and Here (newest) Quote Link to comment
Micqn Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Pulling all of the stickers from the weeds out of my socks when I get back to the car. Don't Drink And Park: Accidents Cause People. Quote Link to comment
Team Kender Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by EMIKE:Night Three said "Or... think about it this way. Would Geocaching still appeal to you if the "cache" part was taken out" Yes! I hunt Benchmarks. Its the planning then the hunt I enjoy. Good point! I definately like looking up the maps, figuring out what the area and terrain is like, if it's urban figuring out the timing of when to grab the cache. I also like that it is a surreptitious hunt that the rest of the world doesn't realize is going on. My first cache find was a micro under a tree on the side of a busy road. What a heady feeling to know I was directed to a spot which had something there that noone else around me knew about. Team Kender - "The Sun is coming up!" "No, the horizon is going down." Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 All of the above for me. I've seen so many areas that I'd have never known about otherwise, some being truly amazing locations with a ton of history behind them. Now that I have a fully suspensioned mountain bike given to me by my dad (who decided road biking was more fun), I have even more reason to go for caches furhter out in the boonies. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
BeDoggy Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 I really like two things the most about geocaching. First is getting to see places you didn't know about, and second is the sense of anticipation when you're on your way to a cache. Will I be able to find it? What's going to be in there? Who's been here before me? Will the cache site be what I imagined it to be? I like the idea of going off to do something knowing that the outcome is not certain. Ask not for whom the cache waits....It waits for thee. Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 One thing is going places I would never otherwise go. Another thing temporarily on hold, is getting out in the woods each weekend. (I am taking a tick break - those parasites started freaking me out, so I'll be doing some urban caching for a while.) DustyJacket Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case... Quote Link to comment
Bender Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 I would say my favorite part of geocaching is getting all those Mctoys without having to eat all those happy meals Bender Searching, for the lost Xanadu Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 The blank look on faces when I say I am going Geocaching...."Geocaching? What's that?" Quote Link to comment
+ScurvyDog Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 My most favorite part of Geocaching is making the cache. Planning something to make others really think like you (I) do. When I put the hints to the cache, it's like I want to tell them but not wanting to say anything. Making the cache look like a tree root growing out of the ground is so cool. Using trash in an area to hide the cache in is also neat for me. I do like finding the spot where someone has taken the time for me to see. Quote Link to comment
ExactlyAmy Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 quote:fly46 My best reason to GeoCache is that it gives me reason to get off my butt and go do something! Like, I hate walking because walking in a circle seems pointless, but when you Cache, you have a reason to get up off your butt and move around! This sounds good, but what seems hilarious to me is that while walking in a circle seems pointless, that is what usually happens to me when I'm looking for a cache. I end up walking in circles! hehehe Quote Link to comment
+timpaula Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 one of my favorite things... the mutual tick check afterwards at home. (i'm not joking) <timpaula> Quote Link to comment
+jollybgood Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 The look on my wife's face when I come stumbling home Saturday afternoon with covered in mud, scratched and bleeding and a goofy grin on my face. Jolly R. Blackburn http://kenzerco.com "Never declare war on a man who buys his ink by the gallon." Quote Link to comment
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