Happy Birthday Project-GC
This Community Celebration Event is dedicated to celebrate Project-GC's birthday. Though Project-GC's actual official birthday is on the 9th of May we decided to celebrate it on the 8th since that's on a Weekend (Sunday). And since Project-GC was born in 2012 it's not just any birthday, it's the site's tenth birthday!
Geocaching itself also started in May. The first Geocache was hidden on May the 3rd back in 2020, which means that Geocaching itself is 12 years, and a few days, older than Project-GC. Another year and our big brother is only twice our age. Let's all hope for at least another 20 years of Geocaching in the world.
The event
The event will be hosted near a smaller lake in the middle of Scania (Skåne). There will be a shelter in case of rain and we plan to keep a campfire or two running. The parking slot is quite big and should have room for enough cars. Nearby the event there are two clusters of Challenge caches for those who wants something to log in the vicinity of the event. The clusters aren't within walking distance, but not too far as an activity outside the event times. There are also rumors that new Challenge caches will be published before the event day. Please note that there are a limited amount of parking slots around the challenge cluster by magma1447. The cluster just north of us has a bit bigger parking area though.
We found it fitting to host the celebration of Project-GC in this area due to the fact that there are many challenges here. Project-GC is the first, and only, partner allowed to host the Challenge checkers which has been a requirement for Challenge caches published after the Moratorium was lifted in May 2016. Note that this also happened in May, so we will definitely take the time to celebrate this as well.
Event activites
The plan is to:
- provide some form of social activity.
- provide the option to bbq sausages.
- sell discounted Project-GC geocoins. Cash/Swish only.
- provide great summer weather.
The list is subject to change, especially the weather. Keep an eye on updates of the event desciption and announcements.
But most of all we want to provide a social event where people can meet and talk about anything related, or unrelated, to Geocaching.
Interested?
We urge everyone interested in the event to log a Will attend to be able to receive announcements, alternatively, use the watch function. We are still forging our plans and we will use the announcement feature to communicate any added information that we have.
Community Celebration Events - 2020
This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 20 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between May 2, 2020 and December 31, 2022. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.