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THE HISTORY OF GEOCACHING
- May 1, 2000 - President Bill Clinton's executive order
to discontinue "Selective Availability" allowing users to receive a
non-degraded GPS signal globally was executed.
- May 2, 2000 - at approximately midnight, eastern savings
time, the switch controlling "Selective Availability" was thrown.
Twenty-four satellites around the globe processed their new orders,
and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold. Tens
of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an instant
upgrade.
- May 3, 2000 - Dave Ulmer placed the very first geocache, a five-gallon bucket, in the
woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon. Along with a logbook and pencil,
he left various prize items including videos, books, software, a
slingshot, and the very famous original can of beans aka OCB. He shared the waypoint
of his "stash" with the online community on sci.geo.satellite-nav,
and Geocaching was born.
- November 4, 2000 - Alberta's First geocache (GCA6 - Strathcone Wilderness 1) is placed (2nd
cache in Canada) right in our own backyard and the addiction starts
to spread at an exponential rate
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Geocaching is 10 years old this
weekend. There are events being held around the world April 30th to
May 3rd. This event is going to be one of the officially sanctioned
"10 Years!" Events. A new icon has been created
by Groundspeak for the "10 Years!" Events and everyone who attends
this event will earn a find on this unique new icon.
WHEN
Make plans to join us Friday April
30th at noon until whenever you want to leave. Please
list how many of you will be attending.
SCHEDULE
- 11:40am - get fire going and bbq
- 12:00pm (noon) - 10 Years! event begins
- 12:05pm - Eat
- 12:35pm - Group picture
- You can leave right after the group photo if you need to get
back to work or stick around. Lots of great caches in this
area.
LOCATION
Jackie Parker Recreation Area in Millwoods, just west of 50 St and
south of Whitemud.
N53 29.034 / W113 25.341
(Dog friendly area)
SIGNUP SHEET
- Hot dogs - Viajero Perdido
- Buns - mwellman
- Many Hot dogs sticks - OldEddy
- Condiments - Celestial_Badger
- Plates/cups/utensils - mwellman
- Napkins - G & E
- Firewood - cwelt
- Drinks - Gotta Go Play Outside
- Paper plates - G & E
- Chips - TheMcGrizwalds
- Veggie tray - rubiconrunner
- Big sign for group picture - KappaAlpha
- Alumninum foil for group picture - Bush Creatures, Lost
Leopards
- Camera - KappaAlpha, OldEddy
- Event Logbook - KappaAlpha
- Propane BBQ - Bush Creatures, G Kindree
OPTIONAL SIGNUP
I think it would be great if someone had a barbeque (camping
grill?) to cook many hotdogs at once. Would need to come setup at
11:40am to get it warmed up and the hotdogs cooking right away.
This will especially help those who are popping by during their
lunch hour and have to go back to work.
THE EVENT
Bring your stories, travel bugs, etc. but most importantly yourself
so we can get a nice group picture at 12:35pm. Should be a nice
relaxed lunch time (and afternoon for those wishing to stick
around). This event does qualify for the special 10 year icon! Hope
to see you there.
THEME
As a tenth anniversary usually has a theme for a unique gift of
aluminum, I was thinking that we can all make aluminum hats or
other objects to wear for the group photo.
RULES
There are some rules to be followed for us to claim our ‘10
years!’ icon:
- At least 10 people must attend the event. (should be no
problem)
- A video or picture must be taken at the event.
At least 10 attendees must be in the video/photo along with a
legible sign showing the event coordinates and location name.
(I will take care of this)
- The people in the video or photo should be festive. Be
inventive! But please keep it family friendly. (We'll get
everyone to make an aluminum hat)
I am hoping many of you can make it out during your "lunch hour"
this friday (April 30).
We'll have hotdogs going so you can grab one.
Group photo at 12:35pm SHARP. Please don't be late for it, this is
the most important part.
RAIN OR SHINE... SHOW UP! The event must happen, we must have at
least 10 people attend, and we'll get that new icon! 