Geocache on PBS

[RangerBoy]

I have my DVR set to record any shows that have the key word “Geocache” or “Geocaching” in them. Sure enough a couple days ago it snagged a documentary off PBS. It did however miss a recent episode of Numb3rs that featured caching.
Anyway the documentary was filmed at a Geowoodstock and even had interviews from Jeremy Irish. The other teams I identified were as follows.

Bikely & Wifely
Binrat
BlazerMan
CCCooperAgency
Clan Mroczko
Dark Star
Dave Ulmer
DLiming
fluffy&itchy
GeoPirat
GeoWorms
Greasepot
grey_wolf & momcat
H2Nut
HoustonControl
IceCreamMan
Jeremy
JOYROSE AND HUBBY BULL
jtee
kimbest
KingJR
klce
Leapin’ Lee
McDLT
Moun10Bike
Mtn-Man
Nate Irish
NetworkCacher
paintfiction
R.O.B.
Roland_oso
sardogmisty
shirconn
Snoogans
Tahosa and Sons
Team Shydog
Team U-turn
Team360
Tennessee Jed
TheAlabamaRambler
Travis Rollins
TX Diva
txfiredog
Zartimus
ZSandmann

[Lostby7]

So was it telling about all the buried treasures or did it do a good job on reporting?

[RangerBoy]

It stressed the common rules like no burying, but it did have interviews from park managers that, in my opinion, over exaggerated the “dangers” of having a cache off a trail thus creating new trails. Some of the managers came across with a “how dare these people actually use the public park” sort of attitude.

The other subject I was not expecting was that geocaching attracts many people that have Obsessive-compulsive disorder issues. I guess that explains some of the participants that are really into the numbers, or making sure they get every cache in a given area, or being first to find.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

The OCD thing doesn’t surprise me. Part of our team could probably meet that diagnosis in a borderline sort of way, and would probably even admit it. The flip side of that is that for folks who lean that way, this is a healthy way to channel those behaviors.

I didn’t see the program, but I’d guess the park managers are concerned about the environmental impact of volunteer trails. That happens here on our bluffsides, and the disastrous rainfall this summer has left huge gashes in bluffsides where a “trail” of sorts was created, not by geocachers, but in some cases, weather runoff or manmade trails…like roads. There might also be fragile plant communities or animal habitat that gets compromised, which is why it’s a good thing we check with the DNR before placing our caches. I’m sure geocachers don’t intentionally set out to destroy habitat, but unless we know that this area is the last nesting ground of the Himalayan Snowcock—no, I did not make that up! LOL—we could place those poor birdies in danger’s way.

I wish I’d seen the program. I wonder if they will rebroadcast, seems like PBS often does that.

[kbraband]

@RangerBoy wrote:

The other subject I was not expecting was that geocaching attracts many people that have Obsessive-compulsive disorder issues. I guess that explains some of the participants that are really into the numbers, or making sure they get every cache in a given area, or being first to find.

Interesting. This is something I suspected about some geocachers I have met but I didn’t want to assume anything because I’m no expert in that field.

[Lostby7]

@kbraband wrote:

@RangerBoy wrote:

The other subject I was not expecting was that geocaching attracts many people that have Obsessive-compulsive disorder issues. I guess that explains some of the participants that are really into the numbers, or making sure they get every cache in a given area, or being first to find.

Interesting. This is something I suspected about some geocachers I have met but I didn’t want to assume anything because I’m no expert in that field.

…guilty as charged.

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