+Tonylama Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Despite what you have been told about the history of geo caching, I have discovered that the person who was the first ever to hide a cache was BOO RADLEY According to a cacher by the name of "Scout", he (BOO) placed two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain and a knife in the cache [he apparently did this before knives were taboo]. The FTF went to a cacher who apparently signed the log book as "JEM". Who says you can't learn anything by watching TCM? There was a foot of snow here on the East Coast this weekend - shut us out from caching so I was forced to watch old movies. Its all right there - in BLACK AND WHITE! Tonylama Quote Link to comment
+fishingdude720 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I thought the first cacher was Dave Ulmer who "claims" to have invented it. but I guess he is wrong! Quote Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Don't know if he's a cacher or not, but U are a disgrace to the community if you let just a measely FOOT of snow keep you home. The caches are still there! GO GIT 'EM! Quote Link to comment
+Tonylama Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 Don't know if he's a cacher or not, but U are a disgrace to the community if you let just a measely FOOT of snow keep you home. The caches are still there! GO GIT 'EM! The call of the cache was overshadowed today by the sound of my kids asking me to "push them on the sled" [We almost never get this kind of snow in MD] The results were the same however, I come home after dark, I'm wet, and tired! (and happy). I will not let such minor accumulation of snow stop me again - Quote Link to comment
H to the Bizzle! Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 A local geocacher from my area has this in her signature - "Was Boo Radley the first geocacher?" Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Way back when, (just after dirt was invented), I had a cat named Boo Radley. We had a macrame (sp?) plant hanger by our front door, and he would play with it until someone rang the door bell. then he would tear a** down the hall, jump over the couch, and slam into the sliding glass door.....every time. That cat didn't have both oars in the water. Quote Link to comment
+DocDiTTo Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Ok, I'll bite, who was Boo Radley and why would he have been considered the first geocacher? I'm sure the answer is obvious to everyone but me, so I'll just claim stupidity and be done with it... Quote Link to comment
+Googling Hrpty Hrrs Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I believe a character from To Kill a Mockingbird. Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 That's not Boo Radley -- that's Robert Duvall. If Robert Duvall is a geocacher, we should merge this cache with the "Are there any famous geocachers" thread. Quote Link to comment
+ecocyclist Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Ok, I'll bite, who was Boo Radley and why would he have been considered the first geocacher? I'm sure the answer is obvious to everyone but me, so I'll just claim stupidity and be done with it... Boo Radley is a character in To Kill a Mockingbird who the two main characters, Jem and his sister Scout are afraid of. They find items (the two soap dolls, etc) that Boo puts in a tree knot. I read this book last year for school! Quote Link to comment
+Davispak Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sorry, but you are all wrong. the first geocacher Pharo King Narmer. He started caching back in 3100 BC. Of course he only placed one and it was a large cache and a Puzzle cache at that! The FTFinder is not known as the log book was lost, but apparently the FTF prize was a Doozy! But as with all caches it deteriorated over time and is now archived. The co-ordniates were lost when CG.com was doing a file save and the disk was placed near the office stereo and was partially damaged by the speaker magnets. Now the original location of the "King Narmer cache" are lost to geocaching History. Quote Link to comment
+altosaxplayer Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sorry, but you are all wrong. the first geocacher Pharo King Narmer. He started caching back in 3100 BC. Of course he only placed one and it was a large cache and a Puzzle cache at that! The FTFinder is not known as the log book was lost, but apparently the FTF prize was a Doozy! But as with all caches it deteriorated over time and is now archived. The co-ordniates were lost when CG.com was doing a file save and the disk was placed near the office stereo and was partially damaged by the speaker magnets. Now the original location of the "King Narmer cache" are lost to geocaching History. Thanks for the history lesson. You always learn something new. Quote Link to comment
+Tonylama Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sorry, but you are all wrong. the first geocacher Pharo King Narmer. He started caching back in 3100 BC. Of course he only placed one and it was a large cache and a Puzzle cache at that! The FTFinder is not known as the log book was lost, but apparently the FTF prize was a Doozy! But as with all caches it deteriorated over time and is now archived. While you may be technically correct Davispak, the "Narmer" cache of 3100 BCE was not ever officially approved, since finding it did require special equipment, including pointy objects. Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sorry, but you are all wrong. the first geocacher Pharo King Narmer. He started caching back in 3100 BC. Of course he only placed one and it was a large cache and a Puzzle cache at that! The FTFinder is not known as the log book was lost, but apparently the FTF prize was a Doozy! But as with all caches it deteriorated over time and is now archived. While you may be technically correct Davispak, the "Narmer" cache of 3100 BCE was not ever officially approved, since finding it did require special equipment, including pointy objects. Everyone must have forgotten it was "grandfathered" in. Even if it didn't conform to the Guidelines, it was there before they went into effect. Quote Link to comment
+Bill & Tammy Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Are you all going to make me rehash my published coordinates argument again? Quote Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Don't know if he's a cacher or not, but U are a disgrace to the community if you let just a measely FOOT of snow keep you home. The caches are still there! GO GIT 'EM! The call of the cache was overshadowed today by the sound of my kids asking me to "push them on the sled" [We almost never get this kind of snow in MD] The results were the same however, I come home after dark, I'm wet, and tired! (and happy). I will not let such minor accumulation of snow stop me again - Yes! God made the world to enjoy in all kinds of weather- and kids to enjoy it with. have fun diggin out, even in places where snow is not uncommon, everyone forgets that it is slick and how to drive in it every season. I like caching in the snow- peace, quiet, solitude... xcellent caching weather (and the sledding is a LOT better in the snow. Quote Link to comment
+DocDiTTo Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Ok, I'll bite, who was Boo Radley and why would he have been considered the first geocacher? I'm sure the answer is obvious to everyone but me, so I'll just claim stupidity and be done with it... Boo Radley is a character in To Kill a Mockingbird who the two main characters, Jem and his sister Scout are afraid of. They find items (the two soap dolls, etc) that Boo puts in a tree knot. I read this book last year for school! Ah! That was one of the classics I was never forced to read, which explains my ignorance. Thanks for the enlightenment. Quote Link to comment
+Jeeps the Squirrel Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Hi, guys! Just so's you know... Neither Mr. Radley or that Pharoh guy were the first geocachers! Us squirrels were caching long before there were any two-legged cachers around! We'd hide treasures in the woods, sometimes in hollow trees, but we're allowed to bury our caches, and we can even have food in our caches onaccountabecause that's a squirrel's most favoritest thing to find in a cache! And then we'd have lots of fun all winter hunting the caches that we hid! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 The Celts were fond of making Bog caches out of their unwanted enemies. That predates everthing but the squirrels. Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I hate to bust your bubble, but I am the first geocacher....not really....but honestly.....lets cache and leave the history to the books like "Everything I learned I learned from dropping an ammo can on my head" or "Nanos: The Death Continues" or the classic "McMicro" Quote Link to comment
+Torry Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Ok, I'll bite, who was Boo Radley and why would he have been considered the first geocacher? I'm sure the answer is obvious to everyone but me, so I'll just claim stupidity and be done with it... Boo Radley is a character in To Kill a Mockingbird who the two main characters, Jem and his sister Scout are afraid of. They find items (the two soap dolls, etc) that Boo puts in a tree knot. I read this book last year for school! Ah! That was one of the classics I was never forced to read, which explains my ignorance. Thanks for the enlightenment. Force yourself. One of my favorite books of all time and movies as well. Quote Link to comment
Moonsovrbend Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Speaking of movies and geocaching - I'm sure he wasn't the first but the character Red in the Movie Shawshank Redemption was certainly geocaching (without the GPS of course) when he went to the Buxton (wasn't it Buxton?) hay field - great movie too! Quote Link to comment
+Tonylama Posted February 14, 2006 Author Share Posted February 14, 2006 when he went to the Buxton (wasn't it Buxton?) hay field Under a stone that had no business being there... yes. Quote Link to comment
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