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That was really quick. Here's my email to Dave Ulmer: His answer: So now I ask, respectfully, TPTB of this site, Why is Dave Ulmer, the father of geocaching, referred to as a someone in this sites version of the history of geocaching?

Thanks for those links. It's here...daveulmer El Diablo I have his real email address and I have submited my question directly to him. Please don't clutter his inbox with a lot of________contacting you from GC.com. If he responds, I'll post here with the details.

Bold added for clarity. Ask Dave. Wasn't he the one who wanted his name removed? Prime Suspect, you've been around long enough to know; I know there were some differences of opinion between Dave and Jeremy. I've done considerable research on the history of geocaching, and communicated with Mr. Ulmer several times by phone and email and this is the first I've heard that he wanted his name removed. Was the name Dave Ulmer ever included in the official history presented on this site? From what I've learned, this site has never recognized him by name. Frankly, I think the father of geocaching deserves better than "a someone."

Or, if you prefer, a meter = the distance traveled by light (3.28083990 feet) in .0000033 seconds (in a vacuum), approximately. Also, one meter = one metre. Maybe the imperialists have something in their yards; you never hear anyone quarreling about how to spell yard., or exactly how many feet, or inches are in one.

Any way you spell it, a meter is the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Or the rythm of a poem, or some mechanical device that measures anything and sometimes takes your money, according to my mater.

I found one on a street sign in a park. It wasn't a bolt, though. It was a round reflector about 4" in diameter attached magnetically to the pole below the sign. I'm not sure exactly how it was made, but you unscrewed the reflector face from the back and there was room for a logbook inside. I even put my hand on it several times before I realized that it would detach (it was fastened with a strong magnet).

Oh, that one's easy. You can see exactly where it is on Google Earth; it's designated quite clearly with a question mark!

Me too. I hate these serial topics, where you have to wait to see who done it.

At an event, I found a cache 30 ft. up in a tree (while approx. 50 other cachers, in a 50 ft, radius, were looking either at the ground or their GPSrs).

Wow! That sounds like my kind of night cache! Don't archive it. (Maaaybe) Add to the cache page that a certain neighbor is very proud of his piece. If I ever get to geocache in Texas, I want to do this one (with you). (Maybe we can get that crazy dude known as 9Key to go with us.)

The United States' State Department recognizes 192 independent countries around the world. Geocaching.com recognizes a few more than that (there are 238928 active caches in 220 countries). I know this website lists Antarctica (not a country) in their search for cache by country feature on their main page; what other countries listed there are not countries? I have been fortunate to find caches in two countries. How many countries are on your list?

This topic is more than a year old now. It is common knowledge that Dave Ulmer, widely known as the father of geocaching, placed the first ever geocache. So why does the history presented on this site and linked to in the OP refer to him as “a someone?” Bold added for clarity.

You forgot the brandy.

Kind of like those lottery winners! You need to consult an attorney before you announce your claim to the big prize.

Geobeacon is what you have for breakfast before geocaching and a decoy is the wooden duck you bring home after an unsuccessful day of hunting.

Given my nym, you might think I'm an authority on this subject. The truth is, I know very little about bags of doot, but I've discovered that in North Carolina (and some other places) it is common to hang a baggie of water outside your window to keep the flies away. Maybe this is a similiar concept.

Shuck! I missed it by two (400,002).

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It could be difficult determining the person who actually has the 400,000th post. If you'll notice, the number of replies does not update with every new post; it must be a timed update in the software.

Sometimes a community changes its norms and ideals; things previously considered taboo become not only acceptable, but commonplace. This *unauthorized* history of geocaching explains: Apparently, Dave Ulmer, the father of geocaching, was actually banned from posting in these forums. I can remember when you couldn’t say Navicache in these forums; the word was automatically censored, just like s*** or d***.

So you're saying you and MadMarty are one in the same? I apologize.

How many meters has this little Uluranian? Answer: About 1.3 meters. (Photo taken at Uluru)

Of course, in Australia, there are other things besides metric measurement and the sky that cause you to believe you're on a foreign planet!

Same thing happened to me after a month in Australia. It's amazing how quickly you adapt... After nine months in Australia, and returning to the U.S., I figured the imperial system would just pop back into my head. What really happened was I continued to use metric on my bike computer and GPSr for nearly a year. It just seemed more natural. I never did grasp, naturally, the centigrade thing. Something else I could never get used to was the fact that (in Australia) when you look at the sun, you're facing north, not south. This little irregularity causes perceived east to be west and vice-versa.

I love micros and anything smaller. Having said that, any cache that encourages the destruction or alteration of its surroundings is a bad idea. This also applies to traditional caches with social trails.