{"id":16389,"date":"2013-05-06T05:46:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=16389"},"modified":"2016-01-15T16:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:39:40","slug":"the-very-first-first-to-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/the-very-first-first-to-find\/","title":{"rendered":"The Very First – First to Find"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sometimes
Sometimes a find leads to this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let\u2019s set the scene. You\u2019ve heard a few friends talk about this thing called \u201cgeocaching\u201d and you fancy you might be pretty good at it. After all, you are fairly certain that your uncanny ability to locate lost car keys must mean that you have pirate\u2019s blood coursing through your veins.<\/p>\n

With your handy-dandy smart phone in hand, you set off to find the nearest geocache. According to your GPS you are right on top of it – but wait! Where\u2019s the X marks the spot? You search high and low. You are on the verge of giving up when you spot a rock that doesn\u2019t quite look like a rock….and yes, you\u2019ve found it!<\/p>\n

\"Finding
Finding a geocache feels kind of like this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now rewind the clock to a time long, long ago – a time without smartphones, Facebook, or (gasp!) geocaching. Thirteen years ago today Mike Teague became the first person to find the first geocache<\/a> (at the time called a \u201cstash\u201d). It’s an adventure shrouded in lore. The word “geocaching” hadn’t even been invented yet. You can read much more about Mike Teague and the history of geocaching here<\/a>. But the sense of wonder the first geocacher felt, is the same sense of wonder that now ripples through six million more geocachers. Are you one of them?<\/p>\n

Share the story of your first geocaching find below in comments!<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s set the scene. You\u2019ve heard a few friends talk about this thing called \u201cgeocaching\u201d and you fancy you might be pretty good at it. After all, you are fairly certain that your uncanny ability to locate lost car keys must mean that you have pirate\u2019s blood coursing through your veins. With your handy-dandy smart…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,81,35,137],"tags":[154],"series":[],"class_list":["post-16389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-geocaching-com-souvenirs","category-movie-references","category-news","tag-souvenirs"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

The Very First – First to Find<\/a><\/blockquote>