+Wrong Way Ron Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Just was wondering how many women are into geocaching? Is this a guy thing. Quote Link to comment
+Ladycacher Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I am a women and just starting out, but my mother-in-law does it as-well. Quote Link to comment
+greyhounder Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 female cacher here! Bec (that would be short for Becky) Quote Link to comment
+Wrong Way Ron Posted March 25, 2004 Author Share Posted March 25, 2004 I have met a couple of women. I know there are alot of cachers out there I just don't spot them is all. I guess that because Im always looking down for those caches. Have a nice night ladies Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 another woman here. Quote Link to comment
+JamesJM Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Women are better at it than us men. Faster too, at least on rural caches. Men lose a lot of time marking our territory. - JamesJM Quote Link to comment
+greyhounder Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Women are better at it than us men. Faster too, at least on rural caches. Men lose a lot of time marking our territory. - JamesJM Bec Quote Link to comment
+Imajika Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Just was wondering how many women are into geocaching? Is this a guy thing. I am a woman cacher. My caching team (Team Yatta) has 5 female members and one male (my hubby). So, no, it's not just a guy thing. Quote Link to comment
+Perrin Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 My girlfriend Faile is definitely a woman. We've also met a LOT of female cachers in our area. Some seem to have trouble getting their guys involved if you can believe that Quote Link to comment
+rjo Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 My wife caches with me now She hasn't reg'd a name yet, I imagine she will eventually Quote Link to comment
ravenwho Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Woman here in Charlotte,NC! Always looking for others to go out 'caching with! Peace, Raven Quote Link to comment
+ShowStop Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 We have several female cachers here in So-Cal that have topped 1000+ finds. This is definately not a sport for just us guys. EMC of Northridge, CA Ranboze There are probably more, but its late and my brain isnt working well. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 (edited) Check out this thread on this subject. You'll find there are a lot. In fact the #1 geocacher, CCCooper agency is a female. Another prolific geocacher, Lil Otter, is also a female. Edited March 25, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 (edited) [personal attack and profanity deleted] Edited March 25, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I am not but got beat this last weekend,Midwest Invitational Geocaching Competition by one,bldebabe,Way to go gals. My wife TIGGR is a cacher. I have another (girl) friend who is in the processes of learning how. Grandma,88, is one of the Oldest cachers(Benchmark hunter) she goes out with me once and a while. Crossroads 2 is a girl. So I do not think is is just a guy thing. Quote Link to comment
+JeepCachr Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 My wife TIGGR is a cacher.I have another (girl) friend who is in the processes of learning how. Does your wife know about your girlfriend? Sorry I just couldn't let that one pass... Quote Link to comment
+Melrose Plant Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I am not, although you might think so at first by reading my user name. My wife found out about this, bought the GPSr, and then promptly lost interest. She's not a real outdoorsy type anyhow. Only when it's not too hot or too cold, and there's no bugs. Which is about three days a year here in Iowa. Those are the same three days when you can roll the top down on your convertible. Anyhow, now I'm stuck with this name. I suppose I could change it, but then nobody would know who I am. At the last caching meeting I went to, there were four or five women, which was about 10% of the people. People whose profession had something to do with the computer industry far outnumbered anybody else. Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 (girl) friend not girlfriend LOL I seen that one coming. Yes it is her friend too. But she has the worry that I am gonna meet some young caher girl and cache off into the great cache beyond the sunset just kidding. I did tell her about bldebabe........ What guy would not love to get (beat) by the oppisite sex anyway? pun intended. It was fun too. Quote Link to comment
+Sulis Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Myself, my mom, sister and 4 year old niece are all cachers. (Ok, I'm the only "active one" but the other 3 are quickly becoming obsessed--they have been on many finds already) Believe it or not, we're actually trying to get my dad involved--didn't think it would be so tough. But for now, in our family its all estrogen on our caching expeditions. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I like women, I like them a lot. Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I like women, I like them a lot. Hey me and the Criminal are on the same page. Quote Link to comment
whitey action Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Woman here, seeking man, into geocaching... Quote Link to comment
+CurmudgeonlyGal Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I like women, I like them a lot. I keep trying to get him to go caching with me, but he ain't biting... (in the right places) Obviously a grrl here... Most of the women I run into cache as pairs with their spousal units. My hubby is willing in a limited capacity (I don't share his love of model railroading so I can't fault him for not liking MY hobby). He'll come along if the hike is worthy, if there is biking involved (this is a sure win-win situation) or if there is high-tourist value in the cache we're going after. If I'm not out caching with my kids (three grrls, one boy), I am out with another female friend of mine... and then I do seem to have my pick of men who are always up for a quick romp through the forest. It's tough, I tell you... having to pick from all these men who are ready, willing, and able. (All kidding aside, I have some fabulous caching partners who put up with a lot to cache with me.) -=- michelle Quote Link to comment
+PeachyPA Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 My older daughter was a student at Penn State when she became interested in cachiing. She encouraged us to try the lone cache in our area; took two days to find the thing! But then, it was Easter weekend, and I did have a meal to prepare. I have since been given a GPS unit for my birthday, have over 35 finds and am preparing to adopt that one cache and place more on the new local rail trail. And I have one FTF. I need to find a caching partner who is available during the week, as my hubby and sons are busy with work and school. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Just was wondering how many women are into geocaching? Is this a guy thing. It's by far a Sausage Fest. We try to dilute that a little bit. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Note to self: when attending MissJenn's CITO Event, sign up to bring charcoal for the picnic. Don't bring cocktail wieners or the female geocachers will laugh at me even harder than they already do. Quote Link to comment
+Wander Lost Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Ron, You are actually in SHE Cacher central. The Northwest has quite a few very active female cachers and we have an especially high concentration here in South King County. Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 (edited) I'm noticing more and more women showing up caching. The men still greatly out number the women though. Edited March 25, 2004 by carleenp Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 ... You are actually in SHE Cacher central. The Northwest has quite a few very active female cachers ... the more I hear and see of the Pacific NW, the more I fall in love Quote Link to comment
+Latitude 26 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Women are better at it than us men. Faster too, at least on rural caches. Men lose a lot of time marking our territory... Hey - We mark territory so we can find our way out of the woods if the GPS batteries go dead!! "Bassmedic" Quote Link to comment
+Chance Encounter Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 (edited) I recently enjoyed the Texas Challenge 2004, attended by more than 200 cachers from around the state. I'd say at least one-third of the adults were women, some attached, some not. I can certainly say that out of all the sports I've participated in over the years, the gender distinction is much less pronounced in geocaching circles. At TC2004 I led four Southeast Texas teams on a six-mile hike to the far side of Lake Raven, searching for little wooden tokens hidden in the middle of the woods. Of those four teams, the only one that found the assigned token was a two-woman team (Pineywoods Rooters). Without them, we'd have been skunked! Edited March 25, 2004 by Chance Encounter Quote Link to comment
+CurmudgeonlyGal Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Northwest has quite a few very active female cachers and we have an especially high concentration here in South King County. We are awesome, aren't we? (That's a proverbial and all-PNW-encompassing 'we' thing there!) MissJenn - come ovah! -=- michelle Quote Link to comment
+Team Shibby Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Whitey Action....Will you be coming to the USA anythime soon Kar of TS!! Quote Link to comment
+Old Fogies Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 No way is it just a guy thing. In fact there is a special cache here in Idaho specifically for women called Back to Basics 1. It's filled with dainty and crafty things. I left emery boards. I eventually plan to hide one called Ballerina Booty with dance things inside. I pity the macho dude who finds this one! Somewhere there is another post asking your same question. Hundreds of women have responded. Tons of aging girl scouts are into this. This hobby is for anyone who likes the outdoors. That's what makes it so great, young and old, male and female alike can enjoy it. Quote Link to comment
+greyhounder Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Women are better at it than us men. Faster too, at least on rural caches. Men lose a lot of time marking our territory... Hey - We mark territory so we can find our way out of the woods if the GPS batteries go dead!! "Bassmedic" But you see women don't have to mark territory to find things -- apparently the uterus is a tracking device. Men are always asking us to find the things they've lost! Bec Quote Link to comment
+Red Clover Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 * looks down.. Yep Im a woman! Quote Link to comment
+Latitude 26 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Women are better at it than us men. Faster too, at least on rural caches. Men lose a lot of time marking our territory... Hey - We mark territory so we can find our way out of the woods if the GPS batteries go dead!! "Bassmedic" But you see women don't have to mark territory to find things -- apparently the uterus is a tracking device. Men are always asking us to find the things they've lost! Bec Okay - you got me on THAT one...I have no rebuttal! "Bassmedic" Quote Link to comment
+greyhounder Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Women are better at it than us men. Faster too, at least on rural caches. Men lose a lot of time marking our territory... Hey - We mark territory so we can find our way out of the woods if the GPS batteries go dead!! "Bassmedic" But you see women don't have to mark territory to find things -- apparently the uterus is a tracking device. Men are always asking us to find the things they've lost! Bec Okay - you got me on THAT one...I have no rebuttal! "Bassmedic" s'allright -- still love you guys dearly though! Without men, there would be no maps -- only men could devise something where an inch is equal to a mile..... (normally, I'm not this on top of things with the jokes. You just caught me on a good day ) Bec (perhaps it's obvious from my comments this evening, I'm still single.... ) Quote Link to comment
+Night Stalker Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 A while ago I was caching and met a family caching. The husband told me that it was his wife'd idea and that she drug him all over the place, so you can't make any assumptions about which member of the family starts the whole thing. My wife got me started, I think because this gave her an excuse to go shopping..... Quote Link to comment
+JamesJM Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 s'allright -- still love you guys dearly though! Without men, there would be no maps -- only men could devise something where an inch is equal to a mile..... (normally, I'm not this on top of things with the jokes. You just caught me on a good day ) Bec (perhaps it's obvious from my comments this evening, I'm still single.... ) Wow, Greyhounder hit the ground running with this one huh? Good job Greyhounder, I'm proud of ya. - JamesJM ("Abject Silliness" virgin) Quote Link to comment
+Latitude 26 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Women are better at it than us men. Faster too, at least on rural caches. Men lose a lot of time marking our territory... Hey - We mark territory so we can find our way out of the woods if the GPS batteries go dead!! "Bassmedic" But you see women don't have to mark territory to find things -- apparently the uterus is a tracking device. Men are always asking us to find the things they've lost! Bec Okay - you got me on THAT one...I have no rebuttal! "Bassmedic" s'allright -- still love you guys dearly though! Without men, there would be no maps -- only men could devise something where an inch is equal to a mile..... (normally, I'm not this on top of things with the jokes. You just caught me on a good day ) Bec (perhaps it's obvious from my comments this evening, I'm still single.... ) I like the humor... I won't be single after tomorrow!! Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I, too, am a woman. And I learned how to geocache from MIT the Nomad and his GIRLfriend Sugarfree. I've done most of my caching with my father, though, although his girlfriend actually wants to go nexttime we go, which will be when it stops raining!!! (My mother went once but only after telling me I'm strange and whatever else) None of them are registered, though. Quote Link to comment
IronMaiden Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Yep I'm a gal that has lived all my life in PNW. I mainly go out with my hubby Ironman114 but I've been branching out and doing a bit of caching while he's at work. I've got a few that I want to get when I have my days off and have the time. Unfortuantely, Spring is here and I suffer from asthma. So I have to pick and choose my days. I can hardly wait for Fall and Winter Quote Link to comment
+RJFerret Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Checking logbook from our Beach event last Summer... 40% female to 60% male. At the event in February I remember a significant number, but don't have numbers. I remember a forum thread a long time ago talking about encouraging spouses to join in the fun--about half the respondants were of each gender. I guess that means that the ratio of women to men not appreciating caching is roughly 50/50% too!! Heh, Randy Quote Link to comment
+Kwester Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 I'm new to this too. But my wife has been with me for everyone. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 I've met a number of women caching, but they all turn and run away.....go figure. At the cache event I went to in October it was about 50/50. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 I've met a number of women caching, but they all turn and run away.....go figure. You may need to get your teeth fixed. Based on your picture, that's the best suggestion. Everything else looks fine. Quote Link to comment
GFource2004 Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I am not but got beat this last weekend,Midwest Invitational Geocaching Competition by one,bldebabe,Way to go gals.My wife TIGGR is a cacher. I have another (girl) friend who is in the processes of learning how. Grandma,88, is one of the Oldest cachers(Benchmark hunter) she goes out with me once and a while. Crossroads 2 is a girl. So I do not think is is just a guy thing. We are a husband wife team. Truth be known ... I am more addicted than hubby! Quote Link to comment
+Galbion Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Hey, I'm a woman and I'm into geocaching. I don't think it's so much a gender question as it is: Who's a nerd?! Major nerd sport! Yippee for all of us outdoor enthusiast nerd heads. Can't get more techno swamped than geocaching! Let's hear it for us kick-a** women geocachers! Quote Link to comment
+RJFerret Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Major nerd sport! I just read a writeup in a local paper defining the cachers as geeks multiple times. I'm sorry, but that doesn't describe many I know. I think more are outdoorsy-types than geek-types. Heck, as the recent discussions of "ghost" cachers attest to, you can get coords from a buddy without knowing how to use a computer, and there are some who don't use GPSrs either... Then look at the puzzle caches, the more nerdy the fewer visitors... However, caches in beautiful locations with good trade items get lots of traffic. Now let me whip out my PDA and generate some percentage numbers on all this. Heh, Randy (outdoorsy-nerd) Quote Link to comment
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