GEOCACHING ANONYMOUS

3.8k · July 5, 2003

My name is Richard and I'm a Geocacher.

Sometimes I say I'm going to do something else and then I look for, or hide caches.

I have even contrived an alias (sept1c_tank) to use so geomuggles won't know who I am.

I often times plan my daily activities around geocaching.

I dream about geocaching.

Geocaching is all there is.

"Tanks."

1.7k · July 5, 2003

Hi my name is Desert Viking and I am a geocacher.

We don't wish to be cured of our addiction. We like our fixes of geocaching.

Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes

On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:

"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --

"Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"

Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898

July 5, 2003

My name is Kirk and I am a Geocacher.

I found the "stuff" in March of 2003 and have been "using" ever since.

I don't deny I have a problem.

I am not angry about it.

I could care less about any negotiation or deal making, unless it is a trade up.

I accept that I geocache.

Having gone through those classic steps, I see now that it is not a serious problem; and that I have no need for clinical help nor support groups to get me away from it.

I think that I will continue to cache and hang out with my "friends".

I'm fine.

Kirk out.

July 5, 2003

Hi -- I'm OuttaHand and I'm a geocacher.

Whenever my wife wants to go somewhere, I check to see if there's a cache nearby.

I read the discussion boards (you bunch of enablers!) just about every day.

I have 3 GPSr's when I only need one.

I have no intention of changing .. um.. I mean.. I recognize I have a serious problem and I intend to rehabilitate myself.

yeah, right!

3k · July 5, 2003

My name is BP and I'm a geocacher.

I intend to remain a geocacher; geocaching isn't the problem ... it's these forums; they're a sickness, a disease ... a CANCER upon an otherwise respectable sport.

I'm outta here; gotta go cachin'!

2.3k · July 5, 2003

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First time I ever saw that in here!

My momma named me TEAM 360, and I am a Geocacher. All of the specialists say that it is an abnormality in the DNA structure. I just can't stop it. Sometimes when I geocache and get angry because I can't find a Level 4 microcache, I turn green and get so big that all my clothes tear off, except for my pants, for some family-based moral reasons. No cure has been found.

1.4k · July 5, 2003

Hi,

We are Chris&Cindy and we are Geocachers.

We don't have a problem though. We can quit whenever, we just don't want to.

I think the world is to harsh about geocaching.

They could see how great it is if they just tried it.

Here you want to try it? Just try it once is all...I will take you on your first hunt for free.

July 6, 2003

I'm Mark and also a geocacher.---- HI Mark.

i don't think i have a problem. i'm just here to get my wife off my back. in fact i think i will cut this short and maybe hit a cache on the way home. denial? what's that.? remember folk's you only have a problem if YOU think you do. cache on.

July 6, 2003

My name is Richard and I am a geocacher.

I am also a geocache 'dealer' because I've hidden caches, and a 'pusher' because I've gotten others into the addiction.

And I'm dadgum proud of it!

RichardMoore

www.geocities.com/richardsrunaway

July 6, 2003

Hi my name is Nick and I'm a geo-cacher.

My mom came home one day and said "Hey I found something that you might like!" I've been caching ever since.

I've even gone so far as to get my girlfriend addicted so she won't bother me about my addiction. I've managed to push the stuff on my little brother's girlfriend who is trying to get my brother hooked too. I recently went to a family gathering and preached about the virtues of geo-caching so my aunt and uncle will become addicts too.

Geo-caching is not a problem that I have. It's an obsession my family has and we like it that way! Gotta go cache now.

Signature? I don't need no stinkin signature!!!!

July 6, 2003

Hello, My name is .....err...OG, and I was born with the cache gene. I'm not sure if it was my dear mother, or my blasted father who passed it on. My family denies it's existance. There is whispered talk at family gatherings suggesting cures. I hear mumbled references to various support groups, family intervention and ge-gnome therapy.

I do NOT have a problem! I can handle it!!

Please do not lable me!

OG

Prophetically Challenged (or is that Pathetically?)

July 7, 2003

I am what is classified as a newbie but I have some serious symptoms that maybe you could help me to find out what is wrong with me. I go to cook I use tupperware,I go to use my mobile phone I grab my gpsr,I try to put the gpsr down I break out into a cold sweat and start to shake,I try to drive to work and find myself inexplicably heading for the nearest cache.worst of all I,ve bought all these little trinkets I have no use for that I stick in my backpack which by the way I am unable to remove from my back.Is something wrong with me maybe you can help me please?

don,t touch my dog there he doesn,t like it

July 8, 2003

My name is Matt and I'm a geocacher. I found out I was adicted when I kept getting

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and still kept trying to get my "stuff" from my "supplier".

"Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?"--George Eliot

3.8k · July 9, 2003

"Tanks" for the support.

1.4k · July 9, 2003

My name is Web-ling, and I don't have a geocaching addiction. I can quit any time I want.

Really.

I mean it.

I can...Oh, who am I kidding? I'm hopelessly addicted! Help me mr. Wizard! Help me! Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaase...

July 9, 2003

My name is Phil, and I'am a geocacher.

I tka emy GPS to work, just incase there is a new cache to be found at lucnh or on the way home, or both.

Don't sweat the petty things, don't pet the sweaty things.

July 9, 2003

Hi my name is pnew and I'm a geocacher

I made the mistake of finding my first cache a week before college finals

now I'm broke, homeless, and missing my arm at the elbow

all I have is a gps and a can of cheese wiz

*runs out of the class crying*

*bangs elbow on the door frame on the way out*

The Department of Redundancy Department

A geocache a day keeps the debtors away (cause your never home to take the call...)

July 9, 2003

Hi my name is... my name is... my name is...Liz. I have many aliases due to geocaching. On the trail I am Eli. My home page is Geocaching.com. I go to sleep thinking of caching, I wake up and it's the first thought of the day. My kids just roll their eyes and pretend to listen when I start talking about my cache hunts. I've tried to get them addicted but the one time they went with me, it didn't hook them like it did me. I give my 6 year old grand-daughter a healthy dose every chance I get, trying to get her totaly addicted like me. The dog is hooked, he is usually the first to find the cache. I got my friend in CA. addicted when I went to visit her for two weeks, we did 16 caches . I don't believe I have a problem, therefore...I DON'T. At least I don't think I do!?! Please tell me it's not a problem!!! How can fresh air and a healthy hike be a problem......I could go on and on.......Let's talk geocaching.....

The harder you work,the harder it is to give up.

Vince Lombarde

21.9k · July 9, 2003

Hi, my name is Bubbles and I am co-dependent. I enable other people's geocaching addiction by approving their new caches. And when they mess up and break a rule, I help them. It is a whole different disease, what I have, and I really really wish that there was a companion group for us. Maybe called "GeoAnon." There, we could be issued copious amounts of gamma aminobutyric acid which is proven to help overcome the physical cravings.

Oh wait, we already have a group.... off to the admin forum...

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Saving the day and approving all the caches... before bedtime!

Edited June 27, 2004 by Keystone Approver

July 9, 2003

My name is Fred. I'm a geocacher.

I take my GPSr with me everytime I leave the house. I watch it instead of my speedometer, thanks to a mounting bracket and power cord. As soon as I get a bicycle mount, I'll have a complete set of GPS 315 mounts. Do they make a mounting bracket for a waterbed yet? Don't really need it since the coordinates for the bed, kitchen and bathroom are saved in the waypoints. I check the forums here at least 3 times a day at work and twice in the evening. I need to go out and look for more caches and plant the one I have planned, but I have to find the Magellan cache first.

The only 12-steps I'm interested in are the last 12 to a cache!

Maps?!? I don't need no stinking maps! I got coordinates!

July 9, 2003

HI. I am Team Sand Dollar. I have a caching problem. I can't get my wife to let me cache as much as I want. I just can't convince her that 40 caches a month is not enough. HELP!

24.7k · July 9, 2003

Hello, my name is Renegade Knight. I am a geocacher.

Can I log this event cache now?

1.1k · July 9, 2003

Hello.

My handle is logscaler.

I have been cache free for 26 days. I am trying to break my addiction.

100 plus caches a week.

Out of bed at 3:00 am to get a couple FTF and staying out till 10:00 pm.

Several thousand of unaccounted for miles.

Three backpacks with "stuff".

Boxes of "AA"s.

Wading snow melt swollen streams after a 10 mile bike ride.

Buying new laptops with bigger hard drives.

More mapping programs.

Boxes of printouts.

Is it time to leave and do something else?

Must Find The Answer.

logscaler.

July 9, 2003

Hi my name is Cache-potato....

My sponsor thought I should attend a meeting.

I have started the 12 step program

hmmmm only 12 steps? must be one star.

July 9, 2003

Hello,

Im James and I am a cacheaholic. Its been almost 2 months since my last fix. Im starting to have jitters from withdraw. I refuse to try and resolve my addiction. I am just going to admit I have a problem.

July 10, 2003

Hi,

My name is GeoWhiz...I don't belong here...I don't really know why I was invited...I have four different groups I geocache with...family members, park people, work people, and friend people....I don't have a problem...they do!!! OH, wait!!! I forgot the fifth group...the geocacher people....they're the best!!! They don't have a problem either

"Joy in looking and comprehending

is nature's most beautiful gift."

-Albert Einstein

July 10, 2003

My name is Mike.

I do not have a geocaching problem.

People with probelms go to meetings.

I do not.

I will run through the brush with my kids all I want.

You cannot stop me.

I do not have a problem.

My batteries are going dead.

Ok, I have a problem.

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I have never been lost. Been awful confused for a few days, but never lost!

July 22, 2003

One Magellan 330x: $275 (2001 prices)

One ammo canister: $6 bucks at army supply center

Miscellaneous items to stick inside canister: $20

Bug spray, cammo tape, camelbak, picnic basketflashlighthikinmgbootsfirstaidsuppliesgastollsmembershipfees: 200.00

stumping the best geocachers out there: priceless

william

An arundo donax is a reed, often confused with bamboo which is used in the making of musical instruments. In others words it lets hot air create a lot of noise. Who knew?

2.7k · July 23, 2003

My name is evergreenhiker!

I am definitely a cacheaholic to the third degree!

Seems like I hit a box every other day or every day at times.

Wonderful game...met a lot of really nice people, but I've gotta slow down somehow!

1.6k · July 23, 2003

Hi, my name is canadazuuk. I'm a geocacher. I've been a geocacher for 10 months. In a way, obsessions have also been driving me. Mad sometimes. I can be mean when I geocache. But normally, I'm pretty fair. Bad company corrupts they say, and I try to get people into geocaching.

I usually cache alone, and sometimes go on extended binges. Caching in the morning is not uncommon. Caching into the wee hours of the night is typical. I am frequently foregoing other simple pleasures in order to cache. I sometimes spend my mortgage money geocaching.

Geocaching gives me confidence. After a few geocaches, I feel invincible. Until the caches run out. Or I can't find any.

I know that I need help. Fellow geocachers sometimes say I need to take my meds. I have become delusional. I see things in a different light. Sometimes my socks start talking to me like puppets. I often confuse perceptions with reality.

When I geocache, I'm looking for a new high. That's why I've taken to geocaching on mountains. Or am I just hiding from my problem? I can see for miles around me, but I've forgotten to look inside.

Geocaching consumes me. It's not just a game. It's every waking moment. I incorporate it into my daily routine. I even have to hide geocaches in my car, so they are always at hand.

I know I can't change on my own. I need help. That's why I'm here. Please.

July 23, 2003

Hi, my name is Huntnlady.

I'm really only here for the coffee and cookies. I don't think I have a problem, you guys all sound so extreme. Is it a problem when every time I log online, it is to geocaching.com? So my hunting web site has been a little neglected, does that constitute an addiction? I never check my other hunting email any more, I'm always checking the one that has 38 new watch list notifications every time I open it. I've been hiding tupperware in the woods and devoting time to a my new geocaching web site...

*sniffle* Every time my daughter and I go somewhere, I just happen to have to coordinates to a geocache in the area, and she says, "Why am I not surprised?" That doesn't mean I am an addict, does it? *breaks down sobbing*

_______________________________

Why is it called tourist season if you can't shoot them?

http://www.geocities.com/cacheinon

July 23, 2003

My name is Rick and I thought this was about Geo Caches.

Really I do not find the need to chech out every cach I go buy and I hardly ever go out of my way to find one.

I can go at least a day or more before checking my email for new caches in my area.

You see I dont have a problem, Its my wife, she thinks that this is adictive. She just dont understand.

Is that a new GPS? Does it have a color screen? How much memory does it have? What colors does it come in? Hay Wait a minute. Whats this white coat for? I only wanted to touch it! Just a second! Hospital! Hay check and see if a cache is there.

I'll be BAcKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

Rick

July 23, 2003

Please define the following:

obsessive

compulsive

addicted

compelled

manic

fixated

According to my definition - just because I continually dream of placing/finding a non-existant object and can reassure myself upon awakening that I do NOT need to follow a non -existant thread during waking hours nor explain the relevency thereof..

I am therefore not addicted, obsessed with nor complelled to explain ANYTHING TO ANYBODY without a GPS in their hand! And if they have a GPS in their hand - I don't need to explain!

And no - we're not going to commit ourselves to any CRAZY house or going to any darn meetings either!

Besides, we can't agree which one of us is addicted and which one would have to be in the support group.

"Geocaching expands your horizons - not your butt!"

July 23, 2003

Hi I am Heart~point to caspian ~ Its all his fault he will have to pay for the 12 step program........ i have even addicted the kids.....am I going to burn in hell? Well maybe only id there ia a away-point marked

MAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

To cache or not to cache...is there a question?

July 23, 2003

Hey Heart!!! Don't blame me!!!! I am just the one who..... what a minute the lighting has stopped and there is just enough light for one more today. BRB

July 23, 2003

~look what he did to me ~ I need a shower I feel dirty ....WAIT.......!is my GPS waterproof????????????????????????? how the heck to I get to my shower anyways there are no coords!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME HELP....................................

To cache or not to cache...is there a question?

GEOCACHING ANONYMOUS

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