2013
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 2013:
The two millionth cache was published.
The first Stratocaching event was held in Prague and was successful. Ten caches and two "radioseeds" went up to 30 km (19 mi) into the stratosphere on a gondola called Dropion module carried by a high-altitude balloon. The caches and seeds then fell to earth for people to find.
Over 1,100 events in over 30 countries were held to celebrate the launch of a Soyuz rocket taking Rick Mastracchio (AstroRM) to the International Space Station. He brought with him a special TB and was FTF on the ISS geocache placed by Richard Garriott.
The National Security Agency began collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers.
The average price for a gallon of gas was $3.49.
The price of a first-class stamp was 46 cents.
Shrimp was $11.99 a pound.
Crisco Shortening cost $6.49 for a 48-ounce canister.
Eggs were $2.39 a dozen.
Bill Gates regained his position as the world's richest man.
Detroit, Michigan filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
Microsoft purchased Nokia for $7.2 billion.
Sony launched the Playstation Four and sold over one million units on the first day.
Tony Kanaan won the Indy 500.
Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500.
World Series Champions were the Boston Red Sox.
Super Bowl Champions were the Baltimore Ravens.
The NBA Championship went to the San Antonio Spurs.
The Stanley Cup was won by the Chicago Blackhawks.
Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” was Pope Francis.
PayPal mistakenly credited $92 quadrillion ($92,233,720,368,547,800) to Pennsylvania PR executive Chris Reynolds.
Sunday Night Football was the highest rated television show.
Frozen was the highest grossing movie.