Are You A Geocaching Junkie?
This idea has been used in a number of places and so I thought I would test it out here.
The point is this - you want to show the world that you are NOT addicted to Geocaching and the only way is NOT to find / log this cache!
Now since we are all honest, clean-living folk (“I’m not addicted” I hear you exclaim), I guess we can remain confident that this cache log will stay empty, forever.
Before embarking on this non-quest, test yourself...
Be honest - has Geocaching taken over your life? Ponder over the following and see if they apply to you..
CONFESSIONS OF A GEOCACHE JUNKIE TEST
(count your "yeses")
- Each time you enter the supermarket, you feel drawn to the Tupperware section?
- If it's not the Tupperware, it's the toy / party section, looking for items small enough to fit inside Tupperware containers?
- You tell a fib every now and then so that you can leave work or a commitment early, just to nab that FTF?
- Every pile of stones, or hollow tree seems to scream out a potential Geocache hiding place?
- You check your e-mail many times a day for new caches in your area. You might even set your phone to automatically check your e-mail so that you do not miss a newly published cache?
- You've had, or still have, your GPS confiscated "for your own good"?
- You no longer refer to places and areas in terms of streets and addresses but rather cache locations?
- No matter who you are with, you can't resist pointing out a nearby cache when passing?
- You realize you can now read the hints without clicking “Decrypt” or looking at the key?
- You get distracted watching telly because you keep scanning the background scenery, thinking, “That’d be a GREAT place for a cache!”?
- You can spend hours at a time in front of geocaching.com planning your next caching expedition?
- The location of nearby caches is one of the most important considerations when planning a holiday?
- Your heart starts pounding faster when a new cache gets published and you break out into a cold sweat when you are racing for FTF?
- You call your car a Geomobile and memorize other Geocachers' number plates so you know if they are shooting for that same FTF?
- You carry TWO sets of spare batteries around for your GPS “in case of emergency”?
So how did you do?
0-5= Congratulations! It appears that you are free from the affliction.
6-10= There is still hope. If you fight it, you may still be able to avoid “the dark side”.
11-15= Sorry, you are a hopeless case. Your Geolife has clearly taken over.
If you come here, make sure the only reason is for a long walk along the Wildcat Trail. The cache is not exactly on GPS GZ and that doesn't matter. Look around you, it should be easy to NOTfind this! It is near the beginning of a very pleasant route in which you can go find some great caches.
Dig deep and ask yourself this: Can you show the world that you are NOT an addict to Geocaching and resist finding this cache??
There is no First to Find prize awaiting you.
There is no praise given for finding this.
In fact, the cache is a dull container holding just a logsheet. Knowing our weather, it's probably damp too! Inside the cache is one real pence of pirate treasure, just to pull your Geocaching strings!.
I am so confident that no one will log this that I did not even bother to put in a pencil.
Resist the temptation and show the world that we are NOT addicted to Geocaching!!
(Thanks to fellow Geocacher, IndianaJanes for the inspiration behind this cache).
Good luck on your mission!
