Comments on: Our First Geocaching Adventure http://www.lolindrath.com/2006/03/10/our-first-geocaching-adventure/ Another joe, in the trenches, trying to Get Things Done Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Carey http://www.lolindrath.com/2006/03/10/our-first-geocaching-adventure/#comment-28 Carey Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:32:34 +0000 http://lolindrath.com/2006/03/10/our-first-geocaching-adventure/#comment-28 <p>Don't be discouraged! It took me about 2 weeks before I finally got to a decent find rate. I'm looking back at my log, and I only found 5 of my first 12 attempts. There was even one that I went back and looked for 7 times before I finally found it. Of course I only logged one "DNF" (did not find).</p> <p>It doesn't seem like the kind of thing you get better at as you go along, but it is. Also regarding the cache you were looking for, when you're first starting out, look at the logs before you give it a try. I would stay away from ones that have a quarter or more of the people unable to find it, or ones that the last 2 people couldn't find. At the very least to keep you from getting discouraged :)</p> <p>I don't think I ever told you this, but geocaching.com isn't the only game out there. There is a site called terracaching.com, which lives by the mantra "quality, not quantity." I haven't tried any yet, I figured I would when I found all the caches in Baytown. You might also want to search for a local caching message board. I visit the East Side Cachers message board, and a lot of the time they post a link to the cache before it's even approved on geocaching.com :)</p> Don’t be discouraged! It took me about 2 weeks before I finally got to a decent find rate. I’m looking back at my log, and I only found 5 of my first 12 attempts. There was even one that I went back and looked for 7 times before I finally found it. Of course I only logged one “DNF” (did not find).

It doesn’t seem like the kind of thing you get better at as you go along, but it is. Also regarding the cache you were looking for, when you’re first starting out, look at the logs before you give it a try. I would stay away from ones that have a quarter or more of the people unable to find it, or ones that the last 2 people couldn’t find. At the very least to keep you from getting discouraged :)

I don’t think I ever told you this, but geocaching.com isn’t the only game out there. There is a site called terracaching.com, which lives by the mantra “quality, not quantity.” I haven’t tried any yet, I figured I would when I found all the caches in Baytown. You might also want to search for a local caching message board. I visit the East Side Cachers message board, and a lot of the time they post a link to the cache before it’s even approved on geocaching.com :)

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