2012
This series is dedicated to the first 20 years of geocaching and celebrating the community it created around the world.
The caches in this series should be pretty easy finds. The fun part should be reading the fun facts and historical notes on each page.
The fun part should be reading the fun facts and historical notes on each page.
As always, be safe and watch out for nature’s hazards like wild animals, snakes, poisonous plants, and stinging critters.
As you log these caches, please feel free to share any fun facts, trivia, or memories about this particular year.
In 2012:
Project: GeoGames becomes the first geocaching event with over 3,000 attended logs.
Alamogul became the first geocaching account to log 80,000 caches.
Three adult geocachers, a 24-year-old woman and her parents, were trapped in a cave and rescued by firefighters in Rochester, New York, United States, while searching for an ammo can.
Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term.
The average monthly rent was $1,045.00.
A gallon of gas cost $3.91.
Unemployment hovered around 9%.
The spacecraft Curiosity landed on Mars.
The cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad was 3.8 million dollars.
Dario Franchitti won the Indy 500.
Matt Kenseth won the Daytona 500.
World Series Champions were the San Francisco Giants.
Super Bowl Champions were the New York Giants.
NBA Champions were the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Stanley Cup Champs were the Los Angeles Kings.
Barack Obama was Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year."
Exxon-Mobil retook the title of America’s largest corporation.
Maxwell House coffee was $4.99 for an 11-ounce can.
Ground beef was $4.29 per pound.
Wonder Bread was $3.69 per loaf.
Oreo cookies were $4.59 for a 15.5-ounce package.
Toyota began recalling 700,000 vehicles because of safety concerns.
The Avengers was the #1 movie.