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<\/a>Can you believe that geocaching turned 11 years old this week? Neither can we! Geocaching has come a long way since the first geocache was placed on May 3, 2000. Here are some fun facts and a timeline of the history of geocaching:<\/p>\n\u2022 The first geocache was not called a geocache at all, but a “GPS Stash.” Although the original geocache is no longer in place, there is a plaque<\/a> marking its location and a physical container with a logbook for visitors to sign.<\/p>\n \u2022 September 2, 2000: September 2, 2000: Geocaching.com launches. The site lists 75 geocaches worldwide.<\/p>\n \u2022 August 30, 2001: The first Travel Bug\u00ae is released by Jeremy<\/a>. TB1 is a rubber ducky named “Deadly Duck: Envy<\/a>.” Fun fact: The image on the Deadly Duck’s Trackable page is Photoshopped to replicate this mug shot<\/a> of a famous Seattle-area entrepreneur and philanthropist in his younger, “wilder” days.<\/p>\n \u2022 September 30, 2001: Moun10Bike places the second Geocoin<\/a> in a cache near Deception Pass, Washington. He keeps the first Geocoin<\/a> in his personal collection. Watch<\/a> him tell his story.<\/p>\n \u2022 December 31, 2007: Geocaching.com reaches 500,000 active geocache listings.<\/p>\n \u2022 March 8, 2010: Geocaching.com reaches 1 million active geocache listings. The number of listings on Geocaching.com has grown by 37% since then.<\/p>\n \u2022 May 3, 2011: There are currently over 1.3 million geocaches listed on Geocaching.com. They are hidden in almost every country in the world.<\/p>\n \u2022 May 3, 2025: The first geocache is placed on Saturn to commemorate the 25th anniversary of geocaching.<\/p>\n Okay, so the last one is probably not true. But it could be. How do you think geocaching will change in the next 5, 15, 25 years? Share your thoughts on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy 11th Birthday Geocaching! Can you believe that geocaching turned 11 years old this week? Neither can we! Geocaching has come a long way since the first geocache was placed on May 3, 2000. Here are some fun facts and a timeline of the history of geocaching: \u2022 The first geocache was not called a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[137],"tags":[158],"series":[],"class_list":["post-4209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-weekly-newsletter"],"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":"Groundspeak Weekly Mailer – May 4, 2011<\/a><\/blockquote>