Caching Topics A to Z # 8 Hobby

Mix · Post by **Mix** » 25 September 06 12:19 am

From GeoWiki

Is geocaching a sport or a hobby?

thatÃ‚â€™s all it sayÃ‚â€™s

I think we can do better than that, I mean we may never agree on an answer butÃ‚â€¦

lets hear your thoughts

ZED! · Post by **ZED!** » 25 September 06 12:39 am

pastime

An activity that occupies one's spare time pleasantly
or
a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport

zactyl · Post by **zactyl** » 25 September 06 2:37 am

For me it's a hobby, but I can certainly accept that some people approach it as a sport. I think it depends on how much energy and enthusiasm you put into the finding of caches, as to how you'd classify it.

Bundyrumandcoke · Post by **Bundyrumandcoke** » 25 September 06 3:46 am

It could also be called a Game, or an Obsession.

fehrgo · Post by **fehrgo** » 25 September 06 11:17 am

Personally I would consider it a hobby, as it does not have the strong regulatory structure, or well defined rules and regulations of a "sport". Also, I suspect that most of the people who are not in in for the competition wouldn't consider it to be a "game". Sure, there are game related components of it, but, as seems to be the rule for geocaching, it is all in how the individual chooses to interpret it.

Post by **CraigRat** » 25 September 06 11:34 am

For Me:
Hobby, Game, Obsession

Dunno about 'sport'

Magpie · Post by **Magpie** » 25 September 06 11:49 am

Hobby; Sports need some sort of defenition of "winning".
Some chase numbers, others fun or hard caches but no one ever "wins".
You could say that finding the cache is "winning", but are the next 200 people who find it also the "winners"? Sports just don't work that way, one person or team wins and the others just lose in a diferent order.

The Garner Family · Post by **The Garner Family** » 25 September 06 11:55 am

According to the wiki it <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hobbies">is a hobby</a>. The wiki has spoken.

TeamTandoori · Post by **TeamTandoori** » 25 September 06 12:27 pm

For us its a sign(four or more) from above guiding us in the right dirction to find happyness (unless the cache is muggled).
and a hobby but we do call it a sport,i think its really a hobby of sorts....who cares it's FUN!

fehrgo · Post by **fehrgo** » 25 September 06 5:45 pm

Magpie wrote:Hobby; Sports need some sort of defenition of "winning".
Some chase numbers, others fun or hard caches but no one ever "wins".
You could say that finding the cache is "winning", but are the next 200 people who find it also the "winners"? Sports just don't work that way, one person or team wins and the others just lose in a diferent order.

I guess if Geocaching is a sport, it is the Special Olympics

EcoTeam · Post by **EcoTeam** » 25 September 06 7:12 pm

Mix wrote:From GeoWiki
Is geocaching a sport or a hobby?
thatÃ‚â€™s all it sayÃ‚â€™s

I think we can do better than that, I mean we may never agree on an answer butÃ‚â€¦

lets hear your thoughts

If you compete against other players (finds, FTF, etc) then it's a "sport".
If you just do it for the fun of it, it's a "hobby".

For me Geocaching started as a hobby, became a sport for while, and is now a hobby again.

EcoDave

traineediplomat · Post by **traineediplomat** » 12 October 06 11:37 am

A religion?

Dik: · Post by **Dik:** » 12 October 06 6:23 pm

If fox hunting is sport, then surely cache hunting is sport.

It's just that cache hunting is more humane

The Wackys · Post by **The Wackys** » 12 October 06 6:53 pm

Addictive hobby that makes you wonder what you were doing with all your time before you started geocaching!

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