Narrowing Down The Possabilities
- Sonic the super bird
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Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Hello fellow cache collectors,
It is I, Sonic the super bird!
Well, I'll get straight to the point:
Junior was curious about who was the first geocacher and who made it.
Who were the first 5 cachers? Who was the first to 100 caches???
We want to know!
So we were wondering if all you cachers out there could help us narrow it down to the answers and even if you only know a little bit of information (for instince, who told you about this and who started before you) please post a note.
I'll start:
Kmiatae told me about it and I know that Cheesy pigs, Gorbak, nomad_penguin, stealth_ninja_penguin, Snuva and a million of other cachers certainly joined before me.
Thanks,
SONIC THE SUPER BIRD.
P.S. Sorry about spelling if it was wrong, I was in a bit of a rush!
It is I, Sonic the super bird!
Well, I'll get straight to the point:
Junior was curious about who was the first geocacher and who made it.
Who were the first 5 cachers? Who was the first to 100 caches???
We want to know!
So we were wondering if all you cachers out there could help us narrow it down to the answers and even if you only know a little bit of information (for instince, who told you about this and who started before you) please post a note.
I'll start:
Kmiatae told me about it and I know that Cheesy pigs, Gorbak, nomad_penguin, stealth_ninja_penguin, Snuva and a million of other cachers certainly joined before me.
Thanks,
SONIC THE SUPER BIRD.
P.S. Sorry about spelling if it was wrong, I was in a bit of a rush!
- NotHisRealName
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
I stumbled across this YouTube video about Dave Ulmer and what is apparently the first ever geocache...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMHZcgM11GU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMHZcgM11GU
- CraigRat
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
In what region? World? Australia? Tasmania?Sonic the super bird wrote: Junior was curious about who was the first geocacher and who made it.
Who were the first 5 cachers? Who was the first to 100 caches???
- CraigRat
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Here's a good rundown on the history of geocaching: http://geocaching.gpsgames.org/history/
- Richary
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
A lot of that info is already in the Introduce Yourself topic - at least about us as individuals and how we got into it.Sonic the super bird wrote:So we were wondering if all you cachers out there could help us narrow it down to the answers and even if you only know a little bit of information (for instince, who told you about this and who started before you) please post a note.
But yes, would be interested in the history of some of the early caches/cachers myself. We had NSW's first ever placer turn up at our last Geocaching meeting here in Sydney.
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
I only know who was the 1st to 100 in Tassie for some reason http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2250
Ahh, those were the days
Ahh, those were the days
Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Well I'm pretty sure that geocaching started in Seattle.
Will let you know later after some research.
Will let you know later after some research.
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Don't know where you got Seattle from, it started in Portland, Oregonstringy wrote:Well I'm pretty sure that geocaching started in Seattle.
Will let you know later after some research.
See my link above: http://geocaching.gpsgames.org/history/
- Sonic the super bird
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Thanks CraigRat. THE WORLD! Thanks for the website too.CraigRat wrote:In what region? World? Australia? Tasmania?Sonic the super bird wrote: Junior was curious about who was the first geocacher and who made it.
Who were the first 5 cachers? Who was the first to 100 caches???
- Sonic the super bird
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Of course you knew who was the 1st to 100 in Tassie!!! Ha ha!CraigRat wrote:I only know who was the 1st to 100 in Tassie for some reason http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2250
Ahh, those were the days
Be proud, proud.
Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
I believe Lyn Pat and Nathan would have placed WA's first geocache Albany Quarantine. We logged first a GCA listed cache Blair Witch in WA.
Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Some where, can't remember. Oh well that does not matter anyway.CraigRat wrote:Don't know where you got Seattle from, it started in Portland, Oregon
Well that explains that CraigRat.CraigRat wrote:See my link above: http://geocaching.gpsgames.org/history/
- caughtatwork
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Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Seattle is the home of Groundspeak which may have been the confusion.
Melbourne is the current home of GCA (well our server anyway), but caching in Australia started in Lane Cove in Sydney.
Look at some of the graphs and stats (under Caches or Cachers) to see some interesting history based purely on numbers.
Melbourne is the current home of GCA (well our server anyway), but caching in Australia started in Lane Cove in Sydney.
Look at some of the graphs and stats (under Caches or Cachers) to see some interesting history based purely on numbers.
Re: Narrowing Down The Possabilities
Thats where I got it from thanks.caughtatwork wrote:Seattle is the home of Groundspeak which may have been the confusion.
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Ahh, don't be fooled into thinking Groundspeak either invented the game or were the 1st website, not the 1st communal place to list geocaches.... Its something not a lot of new players are aware of.........stringy wrote:Thats where I got it from thanks.caughtatwork wrote:Seattle is the home of Groundspeak which may have been the confusion.