This is a puzzle for the Community Event on

August 22, 2020.

It is to commerate the 20 years of geocaching.

What actually happened in the year 2000?

Geocaching started!

Match the event to the date.The letter will go with the given number at the end of the date given. For example:  Z. Geocaching.com has 80 full time employees.   Today (9)    Z=9

N 41 09. ABC  W 096 02. DEF

A  Geocaching.com is created with 75 geocaches placed at that time

B. Twenty four satellites around the globe improved GPS technology

C. Jeremy Irish discovers Mike Teague website which then leads to the idea of  Geocaching.com

D. First article written about geocaching by Slapshot, an online magazine for techies. Geocaching grew from word of mouth.

E. First container hidden by Dave Ulmer

F. Matt Stum coins "geocaching" on the mailing list of "GPS Stash Hunt"

May 2, 2000   (7)

May 3, 2000   (5)

May 30, 2000   (7)

July 2000   (4)

Sept 2, 2000 (0)

Sept 25, 2000   (1)