When: February 29th, 2012 @ 6:15a.m.
Where: At the posted coordinates (inside Village Inn on
Northern Lights)
Gear: Your appetite for breakfast – and a
smile!
Celebrate Leap Year by having breakfast with GeocacheAlaska!
Cachers working on filling in their calendar have been waiting for
four years for this date to roll around - and you'll have to wait
four more if you miss out now! There's no entry fees (except for
what you order off the menu), some bling to give away, and a great
chance to start Leap Day in good company. Sure, you can go find any
cache today, but why not make it an event cache? Today's schedule
includes breakfast, midday & evening events, so don't get a
late start on the fun!
This is taken from the Groundspeak newsletter:
“In the 11 years and 9 months since the first
geocache was placed, there is single date on which only a small
fraction of geocachers have ever logged a cache. We suspect that's
because this particular date has only happened twice in geocaching
history; it's February 29, also known as leap day. Given our
penchant for all things that leap (frogs, gazelles, lizards,
excited geocachers), we wanted to mark the third leap day in
geocaching history — February 29, 2012 — by seeing how
many accounts can log a cache that day. Last February 29, way back
in 2008, 36,696 distinct accounts logged an "Attended" or "Found
it" on a cache. Given the growth of the geocaching community since
then, we think we can double that number this year. But 73,392
distinct accounts logging a cache is a lofty goal; it's the second
highest number of accounts to log a cache in a single day. The
current record, 78,313, was set on 10/10/10. Considering that
10/10/10 was a Sunday and February 29 will be a Wednesday, it is
going to require a huge push to reach our goal.
As an added bonus, according to Groundspeak, everyone who
logs a "Found it" or "Attended" this February 29 will receive the
Leap Day Souvenir on their profile. Hope to see you all
there!
