On October 21, 1971 the shopping centre in Clarkston was the scene
of a major gas explosion, which killed 22 people and injured around
100. There is now a plaque up on a wall near where the incident
happened and a tree at the local library, to commemorate those who
lost their lives. This cache has been hidden close to the tree
planted near the library (there isn't a suitable hiding place close
to the actual site of the disaster).
If you want to see the plaque then go to N55 47.363 W004
16.573.
The disaster itself was centred around : N55 47.395 W004
16.626.
As the cache is a 35mm film cannister please remember to take
a pen or pencil!
One Degree of Separation
This project was launched to unite the entire geocaching
continuum together at one point using the "Small World Theory" as
it pertains to geocaching.
If even half of the nearly 13,000 caches originally released on
5/26/2006 get placed as a geocache, no geocacher in the entire
world (with even 1 find) should be able to go much beyond 3 degrees
of separation from every other geocacher in the world, but the REAL
object of this project is to bring that number down to 1 degree for
as many geocachers as possible.
One Degree of Separation is a project that has been taking shape
and GROWING for nearly 3 years. It's a variation of the "Small
World" concept that was proposed in the early 20th century. Many
people are familiar with the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, but
few know just how far back the idea goes.
For more information on this project and the Small World Theory
go to: ODS
website
To visually see how the project grows over time check the ODS:
PRIME! geocaching profile stats at:
ODS
website
Many other goals will be posted as the project grows, but here
are a few.
#1 To have an active ODS cache hidden on ALL 7 continents.
#2 To have an ODS cache hidden in all 50 states.
#3 To have an ODS cache hidden in a number of foriegn countries, by
milestone, 10 countries at a time. First milestone 10 then 20 and
so on.
#4 To have an ODS cache hidden in every county in Texas.
More goals will be posted on the ODS website....
Thank you for participating in what is sure to be a noteworthy
point in geocaching history.