11 Years of Geocaching

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11 Years of Geocaching

Post by DudleyGrunt » Tue May 03, 2011 10:37 am

Today is the anniversary of the first "stash" placed by Dave Ulmer. The term "geocaching" was suggested a few weeks later (May 30) by Matt Stum.

If you're not familiar with the early history of geocaching, you can start with this HISTORY page at GPSGames.org.
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Post by zstatman » Wed May 04, 2011 10:02 am

And here is an interview done with him about 7 years ago

http://www.todayscacher.com/2006/mar/people.asp
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Post by DudleyGrunt » Wed May 04, 2011 10:38 am

Thanks. Hadn't seen that one.
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Post by Mr.Yuck » Sat May 07, 2011 10:15 am

DudleyGrunt wrote:Thanks. Hadn't seen that one.
I too had never seen that particular interview with Dave Ulmer, thanks!

I always thought the history of Geocaching, as told by Scout of GPSgames.org (DudleyGrunt's link in the first post), was a little on the harsh side. But it certainly gets the point across that that other website did not invent either the game, or even the name Geocaching itself. Of course there's probably a couple million account holders over there who think they did. :D
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