What Is The Average Age Of A Geocacher?

[ozarksearchers]

Im 41 my wife is 35 the kids are 10 and 12 and we all enjoy caching

[+Turtlebug]

We're 35, 40 and 9. That gives you an average of 28, though few of us act it! <grin>

[+TheAdventureBhoys]

I'm 39, and the balance of Adventure Bhoys are 14,12,10,8 and 6. The honorary Adventure Ghirl is 12.

[+FerrisFamilyof5]

I personally will be celebrating the 12 th anniversary of my 25 th birthday in February 2007. the DW is not to fond of the hobby but my 6 year old is OK as long as his feet don't hurt..my 3 year old is a trooper...only hear complaints if he has to go potty...

 

my soon to be 17 year old thinks it's funny we use multi-million dollar satellites to play hide and seek.

 

Scott 1/5 of FFof5

[+Rev Loonfarmer]

Hi I'm 59 and get into the hunt when ever Ican Ispent my 58th birthday in the hospital after quadrupal by pass surgery and now if I'm away from the truck for more then 15 minutes my wife goes into orbet (she make me carry a two way radio (cb) with me and makes me check in ever 20 min. If I don't she tells me if the caching don't kill me she will.

 

Enjoy tne Great Outdoors

The REV loonfarmer

[+pbkelley]

I'm 30.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

556 responses now - has anyone done the math to answer the question?

[+maggieszoo]

I don't think I've replied to this one before. I am 40 (it just snuck up and smacked me in the head), hubby is 31. No kids, but the dog sometimes goes with me. She's 12.

[+Snifferhound]

I'm 52 and just got started in this madness this fall. I had heard about it a few years ago, but thought that there wouldn't be many caches around. Boy, was I wrong! I got into it because I wanted a hobby that would get me a little exercise, and I hate to walk just for the sake of walking. I think I have hoofed it more miles in the last month than I have in the last 20 years!

[+Lighteye]

556 responses now - has anyone done the math to answer the question?

Ahhh... I believe that piece of work is for the OP

[+TheSmokingMonkeys]

My wife and I are early 40s

[+Cladius]

51

[Via Con Ardillos]

18 yea son

[saopaulo1@hotmail.com]

25

[nvsbl_hntr]

23

[+TwoTrekkers]

TwoTrekkers here, both 71 and having lots of fun!

[+Arndtwe]

i'm 15

dad 45

mom 45

bro 21

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

The never-ending thread! Has anyone calculated an average age yet from these 570 posts?

[+Lucky46]

My wife and I met when we were both 5. Ran around together for 13 years. Went our own ways for the next 36 years, and have now been married for 6 years. You figure it out.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

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Edited February 6, 2007 by TheAlabamaRambler

[+Dakota Jim]

Calculated Average Age.

 

Yes, I have spent much time keeping track of the age of each of the 570 posts. My calculation made me realize that there are several ages: internal and external.

 

Internally, the average age is 11.57 years old. Externally is somewhat older, but really not worthy of calculation for its the internal age that is the one of value.

[+Team Woodward]

52, 50, 14

[+lacey38655]

I am 30, my hubby 35 and our daughter 4.

[+Dakota Jim]

I suppose I should have added to my post that externally I am 73, but internally I am about 14. Its the internal that counts.

 

[+Sierra Rat]

If 35 - 50 is old, then I guess I must be dead. But at 61, I'm still walking around and geocaching.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

As of this post geocachers have reported 971 ages.

 

There are:

17 aged 1

6 aged 2

16 aged 3

12 aged 4

19 aged 5

21 aged 6

19 aged 7

28 aged 8

19 aged 9

29 aged 10 - 186 Ten and under.

15 aged 11

18 aged 12

17 aged 13

16 aged 14

23 aged 15

14 aged 16 - 289 Sixteen and under (Driving age).

16 aged 17

10 aged 18

15 aged 19

5 aged 20 - 149 Seventeen to twenty.

11 aged 21

17 aged 22

12 aged 23

15 aged 24

8 aged 25

11 aged 26

25 aged 27

11 aged 28

24 aged 29

17 aged 30 - 151 Twenty-one to thirty, 486 thirty and under.

16 aged 31

25 aged 32

23 aged 33

29 aged 34

29 aged 35

15 aged 36

22 aged 37

12 aged 38

21 aged 39

25 aged 40 - 217 Thirty-one to forty.

15 aged 41

16 aged 42

7 aged 43

14 aged 44

20 aged 45

22 aged 46

12 aged 47

8 aged 48

9 aged 49

12 aged 50 - 135 forty-one to fifty.

6 aged 51

15 aged 52

7 aged 53

5 aged 54

3 aged 55

2 aged 56

9 aged 57

8 aged 58

7 aged 59

15 aged 60 - 77 fifty-one to sixty, 429 thirty-one to sixty, 915 under sixty

4 aged 61

4 aged 62

8 aged 63

6 aged 64

3 aged 65

2 aged 66

3 aged 67

3 aged 68

3 aged 69

3 aged 70 - 39 sixty-one to seventy.

4 aged 71

3 aged 72

2 aged 73

1 aged 74

2 aged 75

1 aged 76

1 aged 80 - 14 seventy-one to eighty.

1 aged 81

1 aged 82

1 aged 89 - 3 eighty-one to eighty-nine, 56 sixty-one to eighty-nine, 971 under 89 (Total Ages Reported)

 

for whatever that's worth!

 

Ed

Edited February 6, 2007 by TheAlabamaRambler

[+Cyclosarin]

I'm currently 27, though I will turn 28 this April. Augh.

[+Sequoia_2]

43 here...My daughter is 5. Also got my sister hooked, age 41 and my dad, age 66.

[+CajanCacheMan]

43 here...My daughter is 5. Also got my sister hooked, age 41 and my dad, age 66.

you're never to old to do anything,age is just a number,even geocaching at 51..

[+Y2KOTA]

Let me add my 2 cents, 47 years of age.

[+ThirstyMick]

I'm 23, boyfriend just turned 24

[danoshimano]

44

 

When I started caching I was 41, and when this thread started I was 43.

 

Sometimes I am accompanied by my 41 year old bride.

 

Now I'm 45.

[Uberquandary]

23, started when I was 19.

 

On a related note, has anybody noticed that (almost) everybody with 3000+ finds is a graying man? My theory is that they're retired, get obnoxious around the house, and their wives kick them out and tell them to 'do something productive' rather than putz about the house.

[+Traderdell]

TraderDell-55

TibberDoo-48

Mike the dangerously handsome AUCADO-10

[TriptychR]

23 here.

[Tracker Tom]

I just turned 43 - I've been doing it for about 4 years

[+'39 Geezer]

Born in '39, you do the math.

[+Corez]

You guys are so old! I'm 18 going on 19.

[The John]

Myself = XXIX

Wife = XXVI

 

Caching since V:XIV:MMVII

[danoshimano]

You guys are so old! I'm 18 going on 19.

 

Keep working at it and slowly, year by year, you'll get there too!

[+TacRat]

24!! And already going bald!!!

[+faststepper]

56 AND GOING STRONG

[+Machuco]

47 in a few days...

[+krisandmel]

I'm 0011001100110000

My wife is 0011001000111001

 

~k

[+kd solo]

50,46

[TreeRaiser]

38 (39 next Wed), wife 40, kids 8, 6, 2

[+HaLiJuSaPa]

Just staring at the responses (I'm somewhat of a Math wiz and really good at staring at a bunch of numbers and taking a decent guess at the average), I would say the average age is right around 40, but with a pretty wide "standard deviation", no major "cluster" around that mean.

 

(Though it means that I and the other adult member of our crew are very very "normal" ). (I think we already posted, but since I don't want to go through 12 pages of entries nor look at my hundreds of entries, the answers are 39 (me), then 42, 6 and 4 (well, OK very very soon on the last 2). I guess almost a "dupe" of the previous poster

Edited May 19, 2007 by HaLiJuSaPa

[+cheech gang]

I am 60 so I guess my average age is 30?

[+TreeSqueezers]

That would mean I average out to an even 20.

[samsong]

i am a very active newbe at 72 soon to go on first cach. any sug. as to the gps that is best?