ARE YOU A GEOCACHE JUNKIE?
I got this idea from a cache in Singapore! They stole
it from somewhere else and the idea appealed. This shouldn't be too
hard for you busy, busy people! You will not have time to find this
cache anyway! So don't even consider wasting your time. I've given
it a five star difficulty rating to rate the resistance to do
it.
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 being law-abiding folks (I am sure you
are), There should be a clean logsheet anytime I bother to check
it.
Let's see... before you embark on this non-quest, how can you test
yourself first?
Well, be honest about this: Has Geocaching taken over your life?
Ponder over the following and see if they apply to you:
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CONFESSIONS OF A GEOCACHE JUNKIE
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Yes/No
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Each time you enter the supermarket, you feel drawn to the
tupperware section.
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If it's not the tupperware, it's the toy / party section
looking for items small enough to fit inside tupperware
containers.
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You tell a fib every now and then so that you can leave
work or school early just to nab that FTF.
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Every pile of stones seems to be a potential Geocache
hiding place.
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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.
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You've had your GPSr confiscated "for your own
good".
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You no longer refer to places and areas in terms of streets
and addresses but rather cache locations.
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No matter who you are with, you can't resist pointing out a
nearby cache when passing.
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You realise you can now read the hints without clicking
“Decrypt” or looking at the key.
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You get distracted watching movies because you keep
scanning the background scenery, thinking, “That’d be a
GREAT place for a cache!”
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The police have taken an interest in your suspicious
behaviour while caching.
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While everyone else takes a teabag out of the office pantry
container, you take out a teabag and leave a Travel Bug.
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The location of nearby caches is one of the most important
considerations when planning a holiday.
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You heart starts pounding faster when a new cache gets
published and break out into a cold sweat when you are racing for
FTF.
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You call your car a Geomobile and memorise other
geocachers' licence plate numbers so you know if they are gunning
for that same FTF.
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You have cached in your pyjamas (with or without dressing
gown)
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You always have spare batteries in case your GPS goes flat
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Your phone is set to remind you whenever a new cache is published
and you drop everything to fit a FTF in.
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Dig deep and ask
yourself:
Can you show the world that you're not an addict
to Geocaching and resist finding this?
Anyway the co-ordinates are probably at least 20 metres
out.
There is no invigorating walk although a short steep climb is in
order for those junkies who can’t resist
temptation.
There are no breathtaking views just a breathtaking short slope but
no fences to climb.
There is no First to Find prize awaiting you because someone else
will have nabbed it.
In fact, the cache is probably a micro and contains nothing but a
boring logsheet.
And knowing our weather, it's probably damp too.
That’s if no one has muggled it, or I’ve forgotten to
put it out.
I
am so confident that you will not log that I didn’t even put
in a pen.
Curb your enthusiasm at once and show the world that New
Zealand geocachers (incl. tourists) are NOT addicted to
Geocaching!
Good luck on your mission !