The Significance of May the 3rd Mystery Cache
The Significance of May the 3rd
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The cache is not at the above
coords.
But this maybe a good place to park for your search
So what is
the the significance of
May the 3rdanyway. Well
this is the day that the hobby we all know and love
started. When the
GPS signal degradation called Select Availabilty (SA) was
removed by the Clinton Administration May 1st, 2000, it
opened up the possibility of games like this one.
The text below sums it up:
On May 3,
2000, a five-gallon bucket was placed outside of Portland, Oregon
by Dave Ulmer. It contained Delorme Topo USA and 2 CD Roms, a
cassette recorder, a "George of the Jungle" VHS tape, a Ross Perot
book, 4 $1 bills, a slingshot handle, and a very famous can of
beans (now the O.C.B. T.B.!) The coordinates were then listed on
the Internet and modern-day Geocaching was born.
Here's the original post to the internet newsgroup
sci.geo.satellite-nav that started it all.
LINK
The original cache called "Stash #1" was damaged beyond repair by
a Oregon road crew mower. It's gone now. But a group of west coast
cachers using the original coords placed a plaque in tribute to the
original cache that started it all. Itself is a cache. Please see
HERE .
On a side note the first cache in Vermont was Waypoint GC86. And
it is still active today. LINK
This cache is memorialized on the new VAGUE geocoin. Coming to a
cache near you soon.
So what is the significance of May the 3rd. Well this year it is
the 6th anniversary of geocaching.
To celebrate the anniversary, this cache was placed as a way to
bring the day to people's attention. You'd think I'd place a
traditional cache. Well it is kinda, for me. To locate the cache
please solve the following code.
And if you find it on May 3rd, please wish geocaching a happy
anniversary!!
As an incentive for folks to get out and find it. I am giving away
one of my new VAGUE geocoins. They are not in yet. But I will getit
to the FTF'er when they arrive in my mailbox.
Clue ===>>>
HERE
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