Due to Mother Nature losing her battle to the expansion of luxury condos, this series will be archived on July 31, 2020.
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What’s the puzzle? Each cache page requires you to solve for the true north coordinates. Some of the caches contain a hint to find the Pink Finale. You need to complete both ribbons before attempting the Pink Finale.
Ribbon 1: GC65RYJ Pink #1: The Pink Panther, GC65T4R Pink #2: Pink – the singer, GC65T6Y Pink #3: Pretty in Pink, GC65T80 Pink #4: Pink ribbon, GC65T90 Pink #5: Pink flamingo – the plastic bird, GC65TJR Pink #6: Pink – All about pink
Ribbon 2: GC65XWQ Pink #7: Pink Floyd, GC65XXA Pink #8: Pink Slug, GC65XXT Pink #9: Pink Lake of Senegal, GC65XY1 Pink #10: Pink river dolphin, GC65XYC Pink #11: Pink Manganocalcite, GC65XYK Pink #12: Pink – Translation
Pink #7: Pink Floyd;
Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965 by students Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. They gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s. Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and a successful debut album. David Gilmour joined as a fifth member in December 1967; Barrett left the band in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the band's primary lyricist and, by the mid-1970s, their dominant songwriter. Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd; Wright rejoined them as a session musician and, later, a band member. The three produced two more albums and toured until 1994. Pink Floyd reunited with Waters in 2005 for a performance at the global awareness event Live 8. Barrett died in 2006 and Wright in 2008. The final Pink Floyd studio album, recorded without Waters and based on material recorded in 1993 -1994, was released in November 2014.
Pink Floyd were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. By 2013, the band had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million certified units in the United States. In 2004, MSNBC ranked Pink Floyd number 8 on their list of "The 10 Best Rock Bands Ever". Rolling Stone ranked them number 51 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Q named Pink Floyd as the biggest band of all time. VH1 ranked them number 18 in the list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and musically influential groups in the history of popular music.
When was Pink Floyd inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
a) 1996 (.052)
b) 2004 (.037)
c) 2005 (.045)
N 37° 5.XXX W 76° 23.898
Congratulations to GeoBlox and Scottish Cavalryman on a well deserved FTF on a cold rainy night!
This geocache series won a Bronze - Outstanding Cache Series/Geo-Art Hidey Award at the 10th Annual Milestones Meet-n-Greet & Hidey Awards.