May 2nd, 2000
The Government upgraded every GPSr in the world by flipping the Big Blue switch, and turning off
Selective Availability is a built in program that adds intentional, time varying errors of up to 100 meters (328 ft) to the publicly available GPS navigation signals. This was designed to deny an enemy the use of civilian GPS receivers for precision weapon guidance. The amount of error was "set to zero" on May 2, 2000 following an announcement by U.S. President Bill Clinton, allowing users access to the error-free L1 signal. This change happened after the U.S. military developed a new system that provides the ability to deny GPS (and other navigation services) to hostile forces in a specific area of crisis without affecting the rest of the world or its own military systems.
The first "Geo-Stash" was hidden on May 3rd, 2000, by Dave Ulmer of Beavercreek, Oregon. The location was posted on the Usenet newsgroup sci.geo.satellite-nav, and by May 6, 2000, it had been found twice and logged once. According to Dave Ulmer's message, this cache was a black plastic bucket that was partially buried and contained software, videos, books, food, money, a slingshot and the infamous Can of Beans.
The Original Stash Tribute Plaque now sits at the original site.
We have reached Capacity seating inside at Dockside Willies Restaurant (formerly Coal Shed Willies).
Thank you for logging your "will-attend"s.
They do have a "take-out" window and overflow seating if anyone else wants to come out and join us, but Party section is now Official FULL !
We are planning a great time with food, talk and fun. We will discuss geocaching, swap stories, trade or discover Travel Bugs, Geocoins, Geotags, etc.
This is a high muggle area, but stealth is not required, and we are all welcome. We will be ordering from the menu, and it will be separate checks.
Dockside Willies Restaurant is located at 400 William Street, Wiarton in Bluewater Park.
| List of people who attended |
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RickOnTheRange
The Happy Bee
RubberRabbit
LU Forester
Link&lady",
FerretingtheEarth
gypsy625
Mississauga Misfits
4YOUNGcachers x2
tazzyed
ruralrootz x2
Res2100
Ellesche2100
TK2100
JAKE-39
jeff-trex
Brook22 x3
TochiHunt x3
Fababoo
Micd
Yogi Mamma
northernpenguin
1Lunch x2
Willie & Wilma x2
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HISTORY OF THE FIRST GEOCACHES:
1. May 3. GCF-The Original Stash. Dave Ulmer created the Great American GPS Stash Hunt and placed a black bucket in the woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon, near Portland.
He posted coordinates of N 45° 17.460’ W122° 24.800’ on the Internet at sci.geo.satellite-nav.
2. May 7. GC4-Mike's First
3. May 7. GC5-Secret Lava Bed
4. May 8. GC10-Divine stash
5. May 9. GC6-Rivertracks
6. May 9. GC1C-LAX
7. May 11. GC30-Mingo
8. May 12. GC12-Brightwood, OR
9. May 12. GC45-Rotorua, New Zealand
10. May 13. GC28-Beverly
Sept. 2, 2000 - The Geocaching Dot Com website went live with the collection of the first 75 geocaches.
Here is a bookmark list of the first 100 geocaches.
Come join in our Geocaching Celebration.
See you there.
