Friday, 28 May 2010

Who is geocaching NOT for?

Crafty Turtle asked this question: Who is geocaching NOT for?
I like this answer best:

DragonsWest
Post #16


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Geocaching is not for
  • Hoarders, this group includes people who take swag but leave nothing, steal caches and keep trackables
  • Cheaters, this includes people who 'find' caches they haven't
  • The very foolish, this group includes people who go out unprepared and/or are potential Darwin Award Candidates.
  • Vandals, this group includes people who alter or damage public and/or private property to hide or find a cache.
  • Whingers, shut up, use your eyes, not your mouth.
  • People with no sense of humor, if you can't look back upon that one incident and laugh, you're going to hate this game.
  • Hypochondriacs - Out in the open air, touching unsanitary caches, moldy logs, mosquitoes, urushiol, etc.
  • Rule breakers - Placing caches where they should not, violating park hours and generally giving the game a bad reputation.
  • The utterly careless - Leave caches in the open, fail stealth when stealth is essential, don't properly close caches, or report cache issues to COs
  • Poor cache-crafters - Those make caches which look to the average uninitiated like a pipe bomb.
  • Abandoners - If you decide to leave the game, please retrieve or put your caches up for adoption.
  • Those lacking common sense - may be one or more of the above.
Geocaching is for
  • People who like to have fun
  • People who like to meet other like-minded people
  • People who are trustworthy, observe rules
  • People who are crafty cache-crafters
  • People who are cagey puzzle writers
  • People who love the thrill of the hunt
  • People who love to solve puzzles
  • People who prepare themselves for their outting
  • People who want to give back to the game

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