THIS 15 FOR 15 SERIES WAS PLACED AS A COLLABERATION OF MrBEE&WILLOWTREE, SUPERCHUCKLEZ, AND 74V.W.BUSFAMILY. WE WANTED TO PLACE A SERIES OF 15 GEOCACHES TO CELEBRATE 15 YEARS OF GEOCACHING. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE VARIOUS TYPES OF HIDES. FROM MICROS TO LARGES CAN BE FOUND. HAPPY BURFDAY GEOCACHING!!
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 RECIEVER. 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 LEFTVARIOUS 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:
N45* 17.460 W 122*.24.800
THE REST IS HISTORY!
THE SERIES LIST
- 15for15 Connected to the Outside World
- 15for15 Frustrating you since 2000
- 15for15 An Entomological Tour of Garfield Park
- 15for15 Original Stash Tribute
- 15for15 Lower Letterbox
- 15for15 How Bad You Want a Banana?
- 15for15 Ahoy Matey
- 15for15 Witch Woods
- 15for15 Arlo's Cache
- 15for15 Peaceful Place
- 15for15 Nigel goes hunting
- 15for15 goes to mitchell park
- 15for15 meets Achemed
- 15for15 NIGEL got junk in his trunk
- 15for15 meets ProfNigelz