This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only.
This Boxing Day, it will mark my 7th year as an active geocacher. In that time span, I have seen a lot of changes to this hobby. In fact, I have seen changes in the way I interact with this hobby. In my early days, I was more about going out and getting as many finds as I could get. It seems that now, I’m more into the events, and picking off caches here and there that I might be interested in.
It also got me to thinking about how I have seen many new cachers both join the fun and leave all within that time frame. It seems that as time goes by, there are waves of new cachers who join the fun, get into it for awhile, and then walk away. We always see folks who start quickly and end quickly but there also seems to be a trend of people who are really active for quite awhile and then seemingly disappear.
What are your thoughts on what makes some cachers stick to the sport and keep going at it, while others decide that after a year or so, they’re done?
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