Vingrom Pond - A Tribute to the First Cache Multi-Cache
Vingrom Pond - A Tribute to the First Cache
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Vingrom Pond - A Tribute to the First Cache
Cachen er ikke plassert ved de oppgitte koordinatene, men leder til første oppgave. Du finner koordinatene til cachen ved å besøke de oppgitte veipunktene.
Eng:The cache is not placed at the given coordinates. They lead to the first task. To find the cache you must visit the given Waypoints.
Vingrom er et tettsted i Lillehammer kommune i Oppland. Tettstedet har 490 innbyggere (januar 2013) og ligger på vestsiden av Mjøsa omtrent ti kilometer sør for Lillehammer by. Vingrom kirke og Vingrom skole ligger her. Det er en opparbeidet badeplass i tilknytning til et større friareal på Vingrom. Det er en naturlig fin sandstrand med skjermet badedam og mulighet for å bade direkte i Mjøsa. Kilde: Wikipedia.
Dave Ulmer - Inventor of Geocaching
Den 2. mai 2000 ble GPS-signalene descramblet og nøyaktigheten til GPS-enheter økte ti ganger over hele verden. Dagen etter, 3. mai 2000, ble verdens første geocache lagt ut i USA av Dave Ulmer på koordinatene N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800. Cachen var en sort plastbøtte som inneholdt et topokart over USA, 2 CDer, en kassettspiller, en "George of the Jungle" VHS-kasett, en Ross Perot bok, 4 $1 sedler, en sprettert, en boks med bønner og en loggbok. Utenpå loggboken stod reglene: "Skriv i loggboken. Ta noe. Legg igjen noe".
Han publiserte på internett "Great American GPS Stash Hunt" med følgende tekst: "Vel, jeg gjorde det, skapte den første stash jakten stash og her er koordinatene: N 45 17.460 W 122 24.800. Masse godbiter for finnerne. Se etter en svart plastbøtte begravd i bakken. Ta noe, legg igjen noe! Skriv i loggboken. Ha det gøy!"
Mike Teague fant denne bøtten først og han loggførte funnet på sin private hjemmeside der han startet å samle på lignende utlegg som andre gjorde rundt om på kloden.
GPS STASH #1
7. september 2003 ble det montert en plakett om den første cachen til Dave Ulmer på stedet hvor bøtten ble gravd ned. Denne plaketten og en ammokasse like ved ble til cachen GCGV0P Original Stash Tribute Plaque . Dave Ulmer var til stede og logget først. Les loggen hans. . Kilde: Geocaching.com.
Plaketten/The plaque
Vingrom is a village in Lillehammer in Oppland. The village has 490 inhabitants (January 2013) and is located on the west side of lake Mjøsa about ten kilometers south of Lillehammer city. Vingrom church and Vingrom school is located here. There is a built bathing place adjacent to a larger open space in Vingrom. Natural fine sandy beach whth sheltered swimming pond and swimming opportunities directly in Mjøsa. Source: Wikipedia.
On May 2, 2000, at approximately midnight, eastern savings time, the great blue switch* controlling selective availability was pressed. 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.
On May 3, Dave Ulmer, a computer consultant, wanted to test the accuracy by hiding a navigational target in the woods. He called the idea the "Great American GPS Stash Hunt" and posted it in an internet GPS users' group. The idea was simple: Hide a container out in the woods and note the coordinates with a GPS unit. The finder would then have to locate the container with only the use of his or her GPS receiver. The rules for the finder were simple: "Take some stuff, leave some stuff." On May 3rd he placed his own container, a black bucket, in the woods near Beavercreek, Oregon, near Portland. Along with a logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos, books, software, and a slingshot. He shared the waypoint of his "stash" with the online community on sci.geo.satellite-nav: N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800 Within three days, two different readers read about his stash on the Internet, used their own GPS receivers to find the container, and shared their experiences online. Throughout the next week, others excited by the prospect of hiding and finding stashes began hiding their own containers and posting coordinates. Like many new and innovative ideas on the Internet, the concept spread quickly - but this one required leaving your computer to participate. Within the first month, Mike Teague, the first person to find Ulmer's stash, began gathering the online posts of coordinates around the world and documenting them on his personal home page.
The placement Team
September 7th 2003 it was fitted a plaque on the first cache to Dave Ulmer at the place where the bucket was buried. This plaque and ammobox near by became the cache GCGV0P Original Stash Tribute Plaque. Dave Ulmer was present and signed first. Read his log. Source: Geocaching.com.
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