I didn't even know what geocaching was in June of last year. I didn't hear
about it until a USAToday article in late July or August last year.
Bruce
From: Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GeoSTL] Re: a year ago Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 21:07:17 -0500
Yea, the good ole days when you could count the number of cacher in the world above 100 on 2 fingers and above 90 on 1 hand!
Amazing how far we have come so quickly.
Glenn
-----Original Message----- From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of RGS Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:07 PM To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GeoSTL] a year ago
Found this on the forums tonight. 6 of the names are locals, and BruceS isn't even on the list! **************************************************************************** *******************
Here were the Stats for geocache finds as of almost a year ago:
"Here they are !! Geocacher Rankings, by number of caches found, as of
6-11-2001.
This list will be updated weekly. If you know of someone that has been
missed, leave
their handle and a cache they have been to, and upon verification it will be
added.
GEOCACHER # OF CACHES
erik 109 wtmrn 101 Gumby & Pokey 92 GLNash 92 denali 87 JoA 77 KF Quad Explorer 63 bent_twigs 63 erik881-r 59 Hasbro 57 AndiM 52 Daviskw 49 Moun10Bike 48 bunkerdave 47 Hillwilly 47 HFJohn 46 Wit Camp 44 hunt4elk 44 Bufford 42 metro 41 Buxley 40 deuce 40
compiled by peanuthead mjbraz@xxxxxxxx June 11th, 2001."
And:
On the same thread from almost a year ago this from Jeremy Irish:
"posted 25 June 2001 09:26 AM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Check the "about geocaching" section. It has a running tally on active geocaches each day. We just exceeded 3,000 caches over the weekend. Jeremy"
How far has Geocaching come in a year ?? WOW !!
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