The first geocache was placed on May 3, 2000, by Dave Ulmer, a resident of Beavercreek, Oregon. He then posted the coordinates and invited others to go locate it. From that time forward it has become an explosive hobby that people everywhere participate in with new people joining every year. Anyone can place a geocache and share it on sites like Geocaching.com so that other intrepid adventurers can find it. You never know what you’re going to find in a geocache, often they contain notebooks for leaving personal messages for the next to locate it, or little treasures with a ‘take one, leave one’ philosophy to it. What will you find when you seek out your first geocache? Geocaching Day encourages you to go find out. I'm a bit intrigued by it, but not enough to actually go outside.
It’s a good old fashioned wholesome past time. And with planning, you can find yourself near a country pub every time ..
I got into this about 15 years ago and loved it. Found lovely places on our door step that i never new existed .
In the late 70’s, early 80’s, we used to find old porno mags in hedges and woods. Was that geocaching? Or had Barry Haynes been to Somerset?
We've been doing it since 2009. Great way to explore new places. The kids love it, another focus for them & another incentive to get to the top of a mountain!
