+DakotaGeek Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 I did a little browsing on the original Geocaching website via the Wayback Machine at web.archive.org. From the clues on the Credits page, I was able to locate this URL (Oregon GPS Stashes) which shows the location of the very first GeoCache and the name of the Cacher. To quote the site: N 45°17.459' W 122°24.800' - 2000/5/3 - "Original Stash" - near Estacada, OR by Dave Ulmer. This was the first stash in the world! Quote Link to comment
+OzzieSan Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 Possibly the first non-military stash but not the "first stash in the world". Quote Link to comment
+OzzieSan Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 Possibly the first non-military stash but not the "first stash in the world". Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 Yep. We've know about DU for quite some time around here. History of Geocaching. DAve the first placer. Whatever happened to Jerry Connelly and Dave Ulmer?. From the old forums... Check out this cache. Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 There's a reason that Mr. Ulmer is not mentioned by name in the credits -- he sort of went off the deep end, threatened to attack any geocachers he met, and in general turned against the game he started. Some of that descent into lunacy can be seen in archived threads in the old forums: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20010611-11-000023.html http://forums.Groundspeak.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20010611-11-000021.html http://forums.Groundspeak.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20010611-2-000337.html His legacy still lives on in the sport, of course, as well as in Makaio's "Un-Original Stash," which is located at the site of Mr. Ulmer's original stash. Moun10Bike's Geocaching Pages Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 Whoops, Markwell beat me to it (I should kick people out of office when I'm responding so that I can type a little more quickly!)! I should have known to leave this topic to our resident historian! Moun10Bike's Geocaching Pages Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 Whoops, Markwell beat me to it (I should kick people out of office when I'm responding so that I can type a little more quickly!)! I should have known to leave this topic to our resident historian! Moun10Bike's Geocaching Pages Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 That's a creative way to do an offset cache. That gave me an idea. Hmmmmmm. george Remember: Half the people you meet are below average. Quote Link to comment
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