+HazelS Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I was fiddling about with some stats the other day, and wondered which cacher has cached in the most countries? I wonder cos I know my parents have cached in 15 countries and are (fingers crossed) about to do another 3... They are by no means prolific cachers, but love to cache when on holiday!! So - does anyone have any numbers to throw into the pot? Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Me? Three. England, Scotland, and Wales. Well traveled, or what? Quote Link to comment
+ratcliffe Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Me? Three. England, Scotland, and Wales. Well traveled, or what? Any advance on 1 ? Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Nick & Ali seem to be doing a good job of colouring their geocaching world red - just look at the map on their profile. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I'm on 19 and proud of it. I *think* the UK country king is Greg though... http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=94...ad563e&ds=2 44 countries and (no doubt) counting! Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Technically 4, practically 3. UK, US, Canada. I also did one of those "Over the Pole" caches so in all my profile queries New Zealand shows up even though I've never been there. Quote Link to comment
+Chalky723 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Technically 4, practically 3. UK, US, Canada. I also did one of those "Over the Pole" caches so in all my profile queries New Zealand shows up even though I've never been there. 3! UK (England + Scotland), Spain & India.... Hoping to get one in Germany soon...... Chalky Quote Link to comment
+burtsbodgers Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Technically 4, practically 3. UK, US, Canada. I also did one of those "Over the Pole" caches so in all my profile queries New Zealand shows up even though I've never been there. 3! UK (England + Scotland), Spain & India.... Hoping to get one in Germany soon...... Chalky According to my profile i did one in germany even though we dont even have a passport! Ok it was the virtual "four windows" cache. Other than that i have done a few in Wales, managed to sneak over the border without being noticed But might have to get a passport for the next visit ... to the mega Quote Link to comment
+little-miss-naughty Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 well im no were close to the most but ive cached in england n wales poland spain monaco hungary think thats it other than up north does that count as another lmn Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Nick & Ali seem to be doing a good job of colouring their geocaching world red - just look at the map on their profile. MrsB 29 at the minute. We try to get as far away from work as possible when we're on holiday Ali wants to go to South America next. I want to go to Russia as it gives us the biggest bit of red, but as we're still paying for the last holiday, it won't be for a while! Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Only 10 for me so far, as I haven't done many European countries yet (only France, Germany, Spain, Greece and Ireland). I should be adding a new one in a few weeks time, though... Outside the IOM and UK, I've found most caches in the USA (72), followed by France (39). Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I want to go to Russia as it gives us the biggest bit of red Hehe, I like your style Quote Link to comment
+The Chaos Crew Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 The biggest bit of red love it We’ve only coloured in 3 countries so far, UK, Eire and Canada. Annoyingly we did go to Florida last year on holiday but we were so busy hitting the theme parks, it didn’t occur to any of us to go looking for caches, in fact we didn’t even pack the GPS – bad geocachers!! I’ve got a bit more interested in the stats thing since then and I’m now kicking myself we didn’t find just one at least to colour in that huge bit of map! Quote Link to comment
+mickyz Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Going to Spain next week, so hope to find a cache , if I can learn spanish in that time so I can read the Hint. (English written on the cache page , but not the hints Ha) Which will make 5 Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I want to go to Russia as it gives us the biggest bit of red Hehe, I like your style It's not about the numbers. It's the size that counts.......... Quote Link to comment
+Pieman Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) 31 for me- from GSAK with find numbers: United Kingdom 1578, United States:72, Germany:19, Czech Republic:11, France:10, Spain:9, Sweden:9, Greece:8, Japan:8, Russia:6, Switzerland:6, Cyprus:5, Italy:5, Poland:5, Belgium:4, Canada:3, Austria:2, Latvia:2, Mauritius:2, Netherlands:2, Trinidad and Tobago:2, Ukraine:2, China:1, Egypt:1, Finland:1, Hungary:1, India:1, Romania:1, Slovakia:1, Turkey:1, United Arab Emirates:1 If I'm very lucky it will be 34 in week or so but Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Syria are going to prove a bit of a challenge in getting near to a cache as GPSrs are banned in Syria I believe, so I may need someone to organise a campaign with the Foreign Office if get caught. Edited September 21, 2010 by Pieman Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Can someone link me to where you get the map please? Not that it will be very coloured in..... Quote Link to comment
+Original A1 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I've been lucky enough to get that massive patch of red with just one find in Russia in May (St Petersburg, which only has about 6, but I didn't get any other opportunity to find others). Ditto in getting another massive patch of red in Greenland about 2 weeks ago (1 chance, 1 cache, etc.). So in 19 months: Scotland England France Switzerland Germany The Netherlands Russia Norway Spitsbergen (officially Norway, but it carries its own little patch of red which you don't get if you haven't cached there) Greenland Iceland Argentina (Tried and failed in Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica, but that's because where I went there weren't caches, other than South Georgia where the GPS just wouldn't get a fix, and someone subsequently told me a photo of mine had a rock behind which the cache had been - arggggh!) It's a start, and lots of red, so I'm happy enough. Funny how there's a little part of me that wants to go visit countries I haven't cached in though... Quote Link to comment
+Maple Leaf Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Can someone link me to where you get the map please? Not that it will be very coloured in..... mygeocachingprofile.com has various maps including the UK counties now. Quote Link to comment
+Teacosies Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Can someone link me to where you get the map please? Not that it will be very coloured in..... Take a look at this thread This shows how to load maps http://www.ukgcpodcast.com/gsak-fsg-macro/ And this shows how to colour them in. http://www.djinnsplace.co.uk/gsak/CacheStat Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I only have 18 countries (counting the UK as 1) on my "real, physical cache box found" list. But I have a few unusual numbers: - almost 60% of my finds outside the country where I live (without moving house) - FTFs in 7 countries - 49 days on which I found caches in more than one country Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 - 49 days on which I found caches in more than one country That's not so hard when you live in Strasbourg, Germany/France. The others are impressive though! Quote Link to comment
+Delta68 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Ali wants to go to South America next... The other A.P.E cache maybe? Mark Quote Link to comment
+Team Noodles Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Luzian according to his profile is on 35, but I don't think he's quite ready to quit travelling yet Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Ali wants to go to South America next... The other A.P.E cache maybe? Mark Nah. One got us the icon. Now if it was for the Maze cache.........maybe. Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) Goldpot! where are you? **Update** I found him. Drinking beer and being all chummy with a certain Miss Jenn just South of the river. Edited September 22, 2010 by currykev Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 It rather depends how you define country for me- Groundspeak countries: United Kingdom Switzerland Spain Netherlands Luxemburg Liechtenstein Jersey Ireland Hungary Guernsey Germany France Czech Republic Belgium Austria Total: 15 But I've cached in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland so... Quote Link to comment
+Gushoneybun Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 The biggest bit of red love it We've only coloured in 3 countries so far, UK, Eire and Canada. Annoyingly we did go to Florida last year on holiday but we were so busy hitting the theme parks, it didn't occur to any of us to go looking for caches, in fact we didn't even pack the GPS – bad geocachers!! I've got a bit more interested in the stats thing since then and I'm now kicking myself we didn't find just one at least to colour in that huge bit of map! We found almost all the virtuals in the parks on our first visit, although I came across a virtual in Busch Gardens after getting home so still have one to do. On our second trip I started on the Waymarks but got bored with them. Back to the original thread: Just 4 for us, UK, USA, Eire and the Isle of Man. Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 11 countries for me - including two I added last week (Hungary and Slovakia). Still a lot of the world to go! The most unusual ones I have are Kazakhstan (where there are currently 15 total caches in the country) and Albania (where there are 21). (And there were fewer than that when I was there). Quote Link to comment
+goldpot Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Goldpot! where are you? **Update** I found him. Drinking beer and being all chummy with a certain Miss Jenn just South of the river. Give me a chance, I was in Spain...colouring! 30 countries cached! Quote Link to comment
+Kelsborrow Wayfinders Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I've just completed my 25th country by caching in Spain. Quote Link to comment
+Kelsborrow Wayfinders Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 (edited) Oops. Duplicate post. Edited October 1, 2010 by Kelsborrow Wayfinders Quote Link to comment
+Phil100 Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I want to go to Russia as it gives us the biggest bit of red I got one in Monaco and you can't even see it on the map! Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Depends on what counts... according to GSAK we have Andorra 4 Antarctica 1 Australia 1 + (5) Belgium 57 Canada 2 +(6) China (2) Denmark 1 England 3K+ Finland (2) France 51 Germany 6 Greece 32 Iceland 17 Italy 41 Luxemburg 1 Monaco 4 Netherlands 35 Portugal (1) Scotland 87 Spain 1 Sweden (3) Switzerland 1 Turkey (1) USA 1 + (97) Vatican City 2 Wales 59 Wirral 17 but it's not about the numbers... Cheers MaxKim. Quote Link to comment
+Phil100 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Depends on what counts... according to GSAK we have I was surprised to find that GSAK listed Jersey as a "country". I could understand the Channel Islands but are the islands all listed separately? Also, is the Isle of Man listed as a separate "country"? Like the Channel Islands it does have its own Parliament. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 . . . Vatican City 2 Wales 59 Wirral 17 but it's not about the numbers... Cheers MaxKim. I was surprised to find that GSAK listed Jersey as a "country". I could understand the Channel Islands but are the islands all listed separately? Also, is the Isle of Man listed as a separate "country"? Like the Channel Islands it does have its own Parliament. Ahh... but does the Wirral? Quote Link to comment
Deceangi Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Depends on what counts... according to GSAK we have I was surprised to find that GSAK listed Jersey as a "country". I could understand the Channel Islands but are the islands all listed separately? Also, is the Isle of Man listed as a separate "country"? Like the Channel Islands it does have its own Parliament. Groundspeak's countries are Geocaching Administration regions, and not legally recognised Countries [that is Countries recognised by the UN]. In the same way the UK Geocaching Regions are strictly Geocaching Administration Regions only. I believe that the IoM and Channel Islands are Crown Dependencies, Gibraltar [also listed by Groundspeak as a Country ] which is a British Overseas Territory, are all self Governing. Oh and being totally pedantic and not including The Wirral which has never been a country [but does wish it was part of Cheshire (sorry Hazel ) the list is wrong on another location Wales is not, and has not ever been a Country . It's a Principality and proud of it . The down side to that is we got a Assembly with restricted legal powers, and not a Parliament [though that might change after the referendum on Devolution hopefully gives a majority yes vote ] End of pedantic post Deci Full Disclosure I live in Wales and will of course be voting Yes for full devolution Quote Link to comment
+Phil100 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Depends on what counts... according to GSAK we have I was surprised to find that GSAK listed Jersey as a "country". I could understand the Channel Islands but are the islands all listed separately? Also, is the Isle of Man listed as a separate "country"? Like the Channel Islands it does have its own Parliament. Groundspeak's countries are Geocaching Administration regions, and not legally recognised Countries [that is Countries recognised by the UN]. In the same way the UK Geocaching Regions are strictly Geocaching Administration Regions only. I believe that the IoM and Channel Islands are Crown Dependencies, Gibraltar [also listed by Groundspeak as a Country ] which is a British Overseas Territory, are all self Governing. Thanks, Deci, for the "explanation"! I wasn't suggesting, or not suggesting, that Jersey was or wasn't a country (hence the "quotes") but expressing surprise that my finds in Jersey weren't listed as the Channel Islands. I was hoping that someone who had found caches on Alderney, Sark, etc could tell me how their finds are listed by GSAK. I was also interested in the Isle of Man's "Groundspeak status" being part of the British Isles but not the UK, or the EU!! Who's being pedantic now!!! Edited October 6, 2010 by Phil100 Quote Link to comment
+Pieman Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Wales is not, and has not ever been a Country . It's a Principality and proud of it . The down side to that is we got a Assembly with restricted legal powers, and not a Parliament [though that might change after the referendum on Devolution hopefully gives a majority yes vote ] End of pedantic post Deci Full Disclosure I live in Wales and will of course be voting Yes for full devolution I work in Wales and live in England- can I vote yes too? Quote Link to comment
+goldpot Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Depends on what counts... according to GSAK we have I was surprised to find that GSAK listed Jersey as a "country". I could understand the Channel Islands but are the islands all listed separately? Also, is the Isle of Man listed as a separate "country"? Like the Channel Islands it does have its own Parliament. Full Disclosure I live in Wales and will of course be voting Yes for full devolution You never know us English may beat you to it, if it's offered to us! Quote Link to comment
+HazelS Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Oooh can we pretend Wirral is a country - and make me Queen???? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I wasn't suggesting, or not suggesting, that Jersey was or wasn't a country (hence the "quotes") but expressing surprise that my finds in Jersey weren't listed as the Channel Islands. I was hoping that someone who had found caches on Alderney, Sark, etc could tell me how their finds are listed by GSAK.The Bailiwick of Jersey, which includes the main island and various small off-islands are listed as Jersey. The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes Herm, Sark and Alderney as well as a few small islands and Guernsey itself - All are Guernsey on GC.com. It's not a part of the UK, but it, like The Isle of Man, is one of the British Isles. Quote Link to comment
+Phil100 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I wasn't suggesting, or not suggesting, that Jersey was or wasn't a country (hence the "quotes") but expressing surprise that my finds in Jersey weren't listed as the Channel Islands. I was hoping that someone who had found caches on Alderney, Sark, etc could tell me how their finds are listed by GSAK.The Bailiwick of Jersey, which includes the main island and various small off-islands are listed as Jersey. The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes Herm, Sark and Alderney as well as a few small islands and Guernsey itself - All are Guernsey on GC.com. It's not a part of the UK, but it, like The Isle of Man, is one of the British Isles. Thanks, Paul, your reply has answered my question. Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 19 for me, including Russia and China Just got back from USA where we cached in 11 states in 21 days Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Just checking cheap flights for short breaks and remembered this thread. We are on 30 now, with 31 coming in the next week or so. Still 16 to catch up with G-Force though! Can anyone beat their 46?? Quote Link to comment
+qrang Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Just checking cheap flights for short breaks and remembered this thread. We are on 30 now, with 31 coming in the next week or so. Still 16 to catch up with G-Force though! Can anyone beat their 46?? Have a look at our profile http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=684a0b9d-0621-4036-80df-215f55f725f1 We keep a list of the most prolific international UK cachers updated about once a month. Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Just checking cheap flights for short breaks and remembered this thread. We are on 30 now, with 31 coming in the next week or so. Still 16 to catch up with G-Force though! Can anyone beat their 46?? Have a look at our profile http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=684a0b9d-0621-4036-80df-215f55f725f1 We keep a list of the most prolific international UK cachers updated about once a month. Thanks a lot. Interesting reading. Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 (edited) Just checking cheap flights for short breaks and remembered this thread. We are on 30 now, with 31 coming in the next week or so. Still 16 to catch up with G-Force though! Can anyone beat their 46?? Have a look at our profile http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=684a0b9d-0621-4036-80df-215f55f725f1 We keep a list of the most prolific international UK cachers updated about once a month. Thanks a lot. Interesting reading. So I read it twice. Edited June 9, 2011 by Nick & Ali Quote Link to comment
+NattyBooshka Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Still on 1... Last 3 trips to Italy I forgot to pack a GPSr... Which was a pain as I'd spent the time with PQs and translating cache pages. Forgave myself first twice, as I love Italy and am always in a hurry to get there. 3rd time means I'm still not talking to myself! If I forget again I'm just gonna have to buy a new one! Quote Link to comment
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