Where are the most remote caches?

February 10, 2008

I'd like to see the most remote caches. I've done some looking, but I'm sure there are more. I'd like to see the most far away form civilization cache that has ever placed... if there is one that could claim that distinction.

February 10, 2008

I'll start if off. GCZG1K was published Nov 23 2006, but hasn't had a FTF yet... very cool!

February 10, 2008

There is/was one in Antarctica... on Mt. Erebus... sounds pretty remote to me.

14k · February 10, 2008

I'll start if off. GCZG1K was published Nov 23 2006, but hasn't had a FTF yet... very cool!

It's not that unusually if you look at some of the caches in Africa. For example, GCJVAZ in Zimbabwe was placed on in April, 2004 and has not yet been found. Go to the "Hide and Seek a Cache" page then try selecting caches by country. You'll find quite a few countries on the list which have no caches at all. Zimbabwe has 13 caches and only 7 of them have been found. I found the one at Victoria Falls in November and was within a mile of another that hadn't been found yet but couldn't really get near it.

2.2k · February 10, 2008

Someone once posted a picture of the most remote spot in the lower 48, meaning the furthest from a road. Someplace in Idaho, I think. Can't remember if it was an area that allows geocaches.

February 10, 2008

there are over 20 on in the Arctic and at least on on mount everest.

February 10, 2008

GCG822 is quite remote, both in distance from other caches and depth.

10.2k · February 11, 2008

There are boatloads of remote caches in Canada (not just in the arctic), many that have never been found. I'll look some up if anyone is really that interested. :blink:

Edited February 11, 2008 by TheWhiteUrkel

38.2k · February 11, 2008

I'd like to see the most far away form civilization cache that has ever placed

I think there are a few in Detroit.

2.9k · February 11, 2008

Id actually think that these two caches stand a chance.

Teal Inlet

and

Falkland Islands 2nd Albermarle Harbour

The nearest cache searches on both yield no results.

18.9k · February 11, 2008

Someone once posted a picture of the most remote spot in the lower 48, meaning the furthest from a road. Someplace in Idaho, I think. Can't remember if it was an area that allows geocaches.

Actually in Wyoming - near a place called Throughfare Cabin. It is a wilderness area in the National Forest - so no caching.

February 11, 2008

I think there are a few in Detroit.

:blink:

2.2k · February 11, 2008

I think the most remote cache around here is this one:

GCB059: Ram Glacier Cache

35km hike each way and its been waiting for the FTF since August of 2002.

February 11, 2008

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...5a-5daa33bce3b5

this is one of the oldest unfound caches in Ontario. people have tried but can't get there. Others wonder if it is there or not.

February 11, 2008

There are a lot of remote unfound or rarely found caches in Utah, but two that come to mind that are very(relatively speaking) close to your hobo2 are :

N 39° W 112°

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...cd-282035e0c002

and

Lost with a view

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...54-ce379fcdb000

February 11, 2008

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...5a-5daa33bce3b5

this is one of the oldest unfound caches in Ontario. people have tried but can't get there. Others wonder if it is there or not.

From what I read, it doesn't sound like the owner is willing to help on this one. Maybe the owner has quit, or maybe he never placed it at all, ether way, from the looks of it it looks like an archive is in order on that one.

February 11, 2008

Actually in Wyoming - near a place called Throughfare Cabin. It is a wilderness area in the National Forest - so no caching.

Niel Armstrong was asked, "what was it like to be on the moon". His reply was, "have you ever stood in the middle of Wyoming on a clear night". I know what you are saying, my family is from Wyoming, I know it well.

Edited February 11, 2008 by Hobo2

February 12, 2008

GCG822 is quite remote, both in distance from other caches and depth.

I wonder if that cache has a log book?

Or was it grandfathered in before log books becamee mandatory? (where they ever NOT mandatory?)

February 12, 2008

The Northernmost cache out there (purportedly):

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=22531

StumpWater

February 12, 2008

GC10MYP.. near delta junction ,alaska.

3.3k · February 12, 2008

I'll start if off. GCZG1K was published Nov 23 2006, but hasn't had a FTF yet... very cool!

Try GC15D (zero finds)

There are a few remote caches that i've had on my watchlist:

Anasazi Ruins (40 miles R/T hike deep within the Grand Canyon)

Gem & Estelle....2 Lakes At Once

Labyrinth (Egypt)

Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents (arguably the remotest place on Earth) middle of the ocean, and 7500 feet deep.

February 12, 2008

Try GC15D (zero finds)

There are a few remote caches that i've had on my watchlist:

Anasazi Ruins (40 miles R/T hike deep within the Grand Canyon)

Gem & Estelle....2 Lakes At Once

Labyrinth (Egypt)

Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents (arguably the remotest place on Earth) middle of the ocean, and 7500 feet deep.

Very, Very, cool. On one of the logs someone gave reference to GC15D. It has now been over 6 years and still no FTF for this cache.

Edited February 12, 2008 by Hobo2

February 12, 2008

This is one of the really remote caches around.

Another Read the cache description for an idea of how remote this one really is.

These caches are not under water or in freezing enviroments, they are just so far off the beaten track that not many people can get them. These tracks are not to be travelled lightly. Every year a few people die while trying to traverse them (under prepared tourists)

Hopefully next year....

February 13, 2008

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...5a-5daa33bce3b5

this is one of the oldest unfound caches in Ontario. people have tried but can't get there. Others wonder if it is there or not.

From what I read, it doesn't sound like the owner is willing to help on this one. Maybe the owner has quit, or maybe he never placed it at all, ether way, from the looks of it it looks like an archive is in order on that one.

the owner only has one find. the general concencus is that the cache was never put out. One cacher had a thought to make a group trip Via Helicopter to go anad get it. We figure we we get enough people to share the cost of chartering the helicopter it could work.

9.4k · February 13, 2008

I'd like to see the most remote caches. I've done some looking, but I'm sure there are more. I'd like to see the most far away form civilization cache that has ever placed... if there is one that could claim that distinction.

Tahosa has several in remote parts of Colorado.

February 14, 2008

There is Seagull's Misery in Michigan that depending on the water level of Lake Michigan - could be remote. It is 3/4 mile off shore. GCGJ3

If oyu ever up in the Traverse City area - you have to attempt this cache. It is worth the trek.

10.2k · February 14, 2008

Easter Island (belongs to Chile), is said to be the most remote inhabited place on earth, and this cache is the self-proclaimed most remote cache on earth. There's a bookmark list on the page, and it looks like there are 5 or 6 caches on Easter Island.

February 14, 2008

Pitcarin Island. GCKY5J Very remote and difficult to get there. Chalked up a DNF there.

February 14, 2008

Easter Island is not so remote anymore, at least by my definition. They land 767's there daily. Then only a tour bus ride away from the caches. We've been there.

3k · February 14, 2008

There are a few caches located in Remote, Oregon. Do they count?

Remote 1

A Bridge to Nowhere

Emergency response

February 27, 2008

Recently, a brain surgeon and a rocket scientist took a hike to the top of Mt Hood, in the winter with a storm coming. The only bright thing was that they brought a cell phone. They got near the top and the storm hit. They were in white-out conditions and tried to dig a snow cave. They had no idea where they were when they called for help. While digging the snow cave they found a geocache which had the coordinates on it which assisted greatly to their survival.

5.6k · February 29, 2008

Recently, a brain surgeon and a rocket scientist took a hike to the top of Mt Hood, in the winter with a storm coming. The only bright thing was that they brought a cell phone. They got near the top and the storm hit. They were in white-out conditions and tried to dig a snow cave. They had no idea where they were when they called for help. While digging the snow cave they found a geocache which had the coordinates on it which assisted greatly to their survival.

At least get your story straight...

March 1, 2008

hawaii is the worlds most remote POPULATED land mass....we have 783 caches here...so they are technically all pretty remote......however.....according to radio australias website:

A panel of experts has identified the island nation of Kiribati as the world's most remote location.

Researchers, including cartographers and explorers, who were commissioned by Disney to carry out the study to mark the DVD release of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End', chose Kiribati on the basis of its isolation, unusual location and unpredictable weather conditions.

The island nation is more than 14 hours by plane and more than 2,500 miles from the nearest land mass.

Other locations considered in the course of the research included the Bermuda Triangle, Cape Horn and the North Pole.

i suppose any caches near there would be considered the MOST remote

see: GC10N0F, GCHRF0 and GCHRJB

these are on Fanning Island......part of Kiribati....they all have recent finds.....most remote perhaps but not the most difficult.

2k · March 1, 2008

This cache, GC8801, is one of mine. It has been found 16 times in the last 6 years. It requires a 700' climb, of which the last 300' there is not trail. When you get to the cache you are standing on top of a large stone arch. It is not as remote as some caches listed, but it is still pretty challenging.

March 1, 2008

My sister, Av8trx, found Above the Clouds (GC8752)...

which is near the summit of Killamanjaro, in Tanzania...

3.9k · March 1, 2008

Recently, a brain surgeon and a rocket scientist took a hike to the top of Mt Hood, in the winter with a storm coming. The only bright thing was that they brought a cell phone. They got near the top and the storm hit. They were in white-out conditions and tried to dig a snow cave. They had no idea where they were when they called for help. While digging the snow cave they found a geocache which had the coordinates on it which assisted greatly to their survival.

Wow! The above post is a GREAT lesson in how to totally mess up (i.e., confabulate) almost every single fact associated with a story, yet manage to leave the mangled tale in a shapet so that it is barely recognizable, that is, so that it can nonetheless be used to find the original tale, which happens to be radically different.

3.9k · March 1, 2008

I'd like to see the most remote caches. I've done some looking, but I'm sure there are more. I'd like to see the most far away form civilization cache that has ever placed... if there is one that could claim that distinction.

There are a few in West Virginia, which is a wild and wooly nation (it was once a state in the USA, until the federal government realized how dangerous and primitive the place was) located not far from my home state of Maryland. I am not sure if any of the caches in that country there have ever been found, however, because, according to Weekly World News and the National Inquirer, the natives of the sparsely-populated West Virginia are a primitive, violent, vicious and dangerous lot, and they would likely cannibalize any cache hunters whom they were to come across.

:blink:

March 30, 2008

I sure would like to see some more of these, so I'm moving it up.

March 30, 2008

Highest cache in the world

March 30, 2008

Remote?

How about Baker County, Oregon. I've got 7 caches that have never been attempted. My 10 most recent hides get found once every 395 days.

Edited March 30, 2008 by cache-n-dash

1.4k · March 31, 2008

What I find amazing with some of these unfound remote caches (the ones not placed by Arctic research squads, or underwater submarine crews) is that if they are so hard and remote to get to (and I'm sure they are) how did the HIDER get there?

14.3k · March 31, 2008

There is/was one in Antarctica... on Mt. Erebus... sounds pretty remote to me.

I thought vacation caches weren't allowed.... :laughing:

Edited March 31, 2008 by TrailGators

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