2014
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 2014:
The first Giga-Event was held in Munich, Germany.
Alamogul became the first geocaching account to log 100,000 finds.
Archaeologists uncovered the oldest known temple from ancient Rome.
A Malaysian Airlines plane disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. There was no crash site, and 239 people on board went missing.
In June, the average price for a gallon of gas peaked at $3.66,
Americans paid an average of $25,464 for a new car.
The 2014 Winter Olympics took place in Sochi, Russia.
The cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad was $4,000,000.
Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Indy 500.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500.
San Francisco Giants won the World Series.
Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl.
San Antonio Spurs were NBA champions.
The Stanley Cup was won by the Los Angeles Kings.
The asteroid 2014 RC safely passed within 21,126 miles of the Earth.
NASA’s Maven spacecraft reached Mars.
Jay Leno hosted The Tonight Show for the last time.
Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Kiss, Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt, and Cat Stevens were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Americans drove an average of 9,772 miles.
Guardians of the Galaxy was the highest-grossing film.