Geocaching Trivia!

[+Inmountains]

I am not sure if this information is obtainable on Geocaching.com so I thought I would post a few questions that I have always wondered about. I have been to the site that rates Cachers by how many caches found, so I know about that, but what about these questions.

 

1. Which Geocache has been "in the field and active" the longest, without having been muggled, replaced or otherwise met it's demise?

 

2. Which Geocache has been found the most times (by the most different cachers)?

 

3. Which Geocache is the highest (Mt. Whitney?) and the lowest (Death Valley)in the US? The World?

 

4. Which Travel Bug has verifiably gone the most miles? Visited the most states? Most countries?

 

5. Who is the oldest geocacher?

 

6. Who has HID the most geocaches?

 

Maybe you can think of other interesting questions, and maybe you have some verifiable answers. Maybe Groundspeak can even have a "Trivia Page" and people can submit trivia information for the page. We all know who has found the most Geocaches, which state has the most, but all that information would be of interest to all cachers, novice and expert alike!

 

Inmountains

aka Mike

Edited June 29, 2006 by Inmountains

[+Team GPSaxophone]

I am not sure if this information is obtainable on Geocaching.com so I thought I would post a few questions that I have always wondered about. I have been to the site that rates Cachers by how many caches found, so I know about that, but what about these questions.

 

1. Which Geocache has been "in the field and active" the longest, without having been muggled, replaced or otherwise met it's demise?

Mingo (GC30)

[CacheNCarryMA]

3. Which Geocache is ... the lowest (Death Valley)in the US? The World?

 

If you're only counting caches that are on land, Cache ha Shishi (GCKFRJ), hidden by a noted cacher from eastern MA, is the lowest. It's near the Dead Sea in Israel.

 

There is a cache hidden near a thermal vent at the bottom of the ocean. It can be reached by mini-sub. I don't think that one has a logbook, though.

Edited June 29, 2006 by CacheNCarryMA

[+Isonzo Karst]

6. King Boreas

[+Clan Delaney]

6. King Boreas

 

I see that his next cache placed will be his 1000th. And his first cache is still out there. Cool.

[+13coach13]

I am not sure if this information is obtainable on Geocaching.com so I thought I would post a few questions that I have always wondered about. I have been to the site that rates Cachers by how many caches found, so I know about that, but what about these questions.

 

1. Which Geocache has been "in the field and active" the longest, without having been muggled, replaced or otherwise met it's demise?

 

2. Which Geocache has been found the most times (by the most different cachers)?

 

3. Which Geocache is the highest (Mt. Whitney?) and the lowest (Death Valley)in the US? The World?

 

4. Which Travel Bug has verifiably gone the most miles? Visited the most states? Most countries?

 

5. Who is the oldest geocacher?

 

6. Who has HID the most geocaches?

 

Maybe you can think of other interesting questions, and maybe you have some verifiable answers. Maybe Groundspeak can even have a "Trivia Page" and people can submit trivia information for the page. We all know who has found the most Geocaches, which state has the most, but all that information would be of interest to all cachers, novice and expert alike!

 

Inmountains

aka Mike

 

#3 - I was just reading about this cache . . . I think it would qualify . . . "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents" (GCG822) it is 2300 metres (1.43 miles) deep in the Atlantic Ocean, on the ocean floor (Portugal). It was hidden July 19, 2002 and no one has ever logged a find for this one (Gee, I wonder why?!).

[Mr.Yuck]

3. Which Geocache is ... the lowest (Death Valley)in the US? The World?

 

If you're only counting caches that are on land, Cache ha Shishi (GCKFRJ), hidden by a noted cacher from eastern MA, is the lowest. It's near the Dead Sea in Israel.

 

There is a cache hidden near a thermal vent at the bottom of the ocean. It can be reached by mini-sub. I don't think that one has a logbook, though.

 

Sounds awesome! So after I checked it out, I just innocently clicked on nearby caches to see what the heck else was near the Dead Sea in Israel, and it looks like in 2008, someone had to go and out-do him, and put a lower cache in Jordan: The Lower-est cache on earth

[jholly]

3. Which Geocache is ... the lowest (Death Valley)in the US? The World?

 

If you're only counting caches that are on land, Cache ha Shishi (GCKFRJ), hidden by a noted cacher from eastern MA, is the lowest. It's near the Dead Sea in Israel.

 

There is a cache hidden near a thermal vent at the bottom of the ocean. It can be reached by mini-sub. I don't think that one has a logbook, though.

 

It also available for a FTF.

[+wimseyguy]

It would be really rude to delay logging that FTF in an attempt to get more cachers to rush out to find it too.

[+42at42]

http://www.geocaching.com/profile/Default....76-24249b7c495e

 

He now has 2255 hides.

[+addisonbr]

2. Which Geocache has been found the most times (by the most different cachers)?

GCKN5P in the Czech Republic is nearing 4000 finds.

 

6. King Boreas

I see that his next cache placed will be his 1000th. And his first cache is still out there. Cool.

I believe he's hidden over 2000.

Edited January 5, 2010 by addisonbr

[+bflentje]

It would be really rude to delay logging that FTF in an attempt to get more cachers to rush out to find it too.

 

LOL..

[+bflentje]

I would like to know what the World's BIGGEST geocache is. And I don't mean those silly pictures of the giant plywood ammocan. I mean for real. Pictures would be nice.

[+loande]

#5 I cache on a weekly basis with a cacher who is 83 yrs. old. He has been caching since 2004 and has found over 2700 caches. His geoname is wsax.

[sdarken]

For #3, in the U.S there's a cache on top of Whitney ( GC75C3 Peak-A-Boo: Mt. Whitney) that may have the highest elevation since it looks as though there isn't one on Mt McKinley. I presume (without looking) that the lowest is a cache in Death Valley.

 

Worldwide, there is an archived cache on Everest (that might still physically be there). The next highest one I could find is GC1V4AN Khare, Mera Peak - 5200 meters or 17,093 ft. Perhaps there is a higher one that I don't know about.

 

For #5 - CenturyOldCacher was said to be caching at 101 (now deceased).

 

I've got some other similar trivia (most northerly, most southerly, most remote etc) on my GC.com profile.

Edited January 6, 2010 by sdarken

[+The Leprechauns]

#3 - I was just reading about this cache . . . I think it would qualify . . . "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents" (GCG822) it is 2300 metres (1.43 miles) deep in the Atlantic Ocean, on the ocean floor (Portugal). It was hidden July 19, 2002 and no one has ever logged a find for this one (Gee, I wonder why?!).

Breaking news! There is now an FTF for "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents!" Even better, someone else was there to capture the entire event in a video.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

Breaking news! There is now an FTF for "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents!" Even better, someone else was there to capture the entire event in a video.

Whoo Signal go! That is funny, thanks for pointing it out.

[+larzanth]

#3 - I was just reading about this cache . . . I think it would qualify . . . "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents" (GCG822) it is 2300 metres (1.43 miles) deep in the Atlantic Ocean, on the ocean floor (Portugal). It was hidden July 19, 2002 and no one has ever logged a find for this one (Gee, I wonder why?!).

Breaking news! There is now an FTF for "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents!" Even better, someone else was there to capture the entire event in a video.

 

You might want to check that one again. Looks like a DNF.

[Clan Riffster]

I would like to know what the World's BIGGEST geocache is. And I don't mean those silly pictures of the giant plywood ammocan. I mean for real. Pictures would be nice.

Not sure how you qualify what is, and what isn't a geocache. I know of one in Merrit Island that is a simulated ammo can, made from wood, (including plywood), that is listed on this site, contains swag, (a whole BUNCH of swag), and a logbook. Not sure of the dimensions. Maybe 4' long, 3' high & 2' wide? Would that count, or does that fall into the realm of silly?

[+Taoiseach]

#3 - I was just reading about this cache . . . I think it would qualify . . . "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents" (GCG822) it is 2300 metres (1.43 miles) deep in the Atlantic Ocean, on the ocean floor (Portugal). It was hidden July 19, 2002 and no one has ever logged a find for this one (Gee, I wonder why?!).

Breaking news! There is now an FTF for "Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents!" Even better, someone else was there to capture the entire event in a video.

 

You might want to check that one again. Looks like a DNF.

 

Thank God! I was afraid I had missed my chance! I thought I had booked that sub for nothing

[+DanOCan]

I would like to know what the World's BIGGEST geocache is. And I don't mean those silly pictures of the giant plywood ammocan. I mean for real. Pictures would be nice.

 

Why exactly is a giant wooden ammocan not considered "real"?

[+addisonbr]

Why exactly is a giant wooden ammocan not considered "real"?

I believe the GWAC in question was designed as a float in a parade and wasn't a listed geocache.