+Tprints Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) If your area's cachers are anything like mine, you probably have a lot of them that love to get the First-To-Finds (FTF). I have quite a few myself (26 & counting ) but most are close to my home. This thread is about how far you've gone to grab a FTF. I've got the following FTF's that are the furthest from my place... Trubute to a Macot - 44.7 miles Aphorisms Cache - 45.1 miles Ghostbusters - 48.2 miles Sandy Lake Potty Stop - 48.7 Well... Where is it? - 66 miles So my furthest FTF is Well... Where is it? at 66 miles from my home. Btw, probably the easiest way to check the distance from your home is to go into your Account Information setup here and enter your Home Coordinates. That's more accurate than using your zip code. Next do a search From your Home Coordinates on your My Cache Page. Find your furthest FTF's and return here and let us know what the mileage is! Edited February 5, 2004 by Tprints Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) I don't have many FTF's because I don't care if I'm the first or 50th to find (and Bassoonpilot gets them all anyway). But I do recall my first FTF and it was also my furthest. It was The Vernon Cache, which is 19.6 miles from my house as the cow flies. Probably another 15 miles of driving to get there though, as there is no direct route. I just missed a few that were 400 miles away. I was out hunting caches near Erie Pa, while visiting my in-laws. The day after I left, I received an e-mail from the owner of one of the caches I found, giving me a heads up about several new ones he placed and were awating approval. When I looked, they were approved and only a few miles from my in-law's house. If I left a day later I could have probably bagged all three as a FTF. No big deal. I'll get them on my next visit and be the 20th, or 30th to find., Edited February 5, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have two FTF's. One is 13.5 miles, the other 15.2 miles. But 16 miles so far is about the outer edge of my cache hunting circle....slowly (very slowly) working my way outward! Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 26.4 miles. And I was FTF on that one by less than an hour. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 My furthest FTF was about 600 miles. We were on our way home from California and just happened to take a different route home (to get caches off our normal route). One had just been placed a day or two before we got there. Quote Link to comment
+Tprints Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 My furthest FTF was about 600 miles. We were on our way home from California and just happened to take a different route home (to get caches off our normal route). One had just been placed a day or two before we got there. Wow, that could be a tuff one to beat! Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 We've found a few on Maui. We live in Oregon. That's about 2600 miles. The first FTF we got there was a couple of years ago. It's called Haleakala Bike Cache. The cache was about a month old when we got it. But we found a couple of firsties last spring too. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 We've found a few on Maui. We live in Oregon. That's about 2600 miles. The first FTF we got there was a couple of years ago. It's called Haleakala Bike Cache. The cache was about a month old when we got it. But we found a couple of firsties last spring too. I'm still hoping to be FTF an abandoned cache in a wilderness area in Colorado, unless Tahosa beats me to it! Quote Link to comment
+Tprints Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) We've found a few on Maui. We live in Oregon. That's about 2600 miles... Yikin' Yiminy! I thought 600 miles was pretty good! Edited February 5, 2004 by Tprints Quote Link to comment
+CWL Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) I drove 60.4 Miles to BMW002 - Candid Cache and 147.6 Miles to NeuroCache #3 just to get the FTF! But my furthest was 173.4 Miles to Cumberland Cache. I was out of town on business and I beat the local cachers to the FTF! Edited February 5, 2004 by CWL Quote Link to comment
+Right Wing Wacko Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 My furthest is 98 Miles as the crow flys, or 138 miles by road (according to Microsoft Streets and Trips). It was a night cache put together to be done as an after event type thing. (It was also listed as it's own cache). We drove over scoring 25 caches and 2 more FTF's along the way, for a total of three FTF's that day. There were about 20 people searching for that cache, and had been for close to half an hour before I spotted it right under our noses. Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I'm still hoping to be FTF an abandoned cache in a wilderness area in Colorado, unless Tahosa beats me to it! Oh boy a challenge. I think 2nd finder buys the beer. That way nobody loses, everybody wins. My FARTHEST FTF was over 900 miles, and had to use a boat to find it. No pencil so ripped off a scab and signed it in blood. Quote Link to comment
+Tiwica Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 2 FTF's for me. 34.1 miles and 25.1 miles. But at least 45 miles driving one way for each. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 March 16, 2003, was one of my favorite days ever for geocaching. Did I get 25 finds that day? Nope. I was FTF on two great caches, which consumed the entire day. It was the first warm day of spring, when you could go outside without a jacket. I began with Heart Attack at Sunrise, one of the most challenging multicaches in the Pittsburgh area. From there I went to Quest Master's Iron Alliance, a cache so remote, so rocky and so wet that it has only had four other finders since my initial visit. I won't soon forget being discovered by a group of heavily armed ATV riders who rode by just as I was halfway across in a thigh-high icy stream crossing. With my pants and boots around my neck. Think Ned Beatty in "Deliverance." At 25.5 and 37.8 miles from home, these are two of my most distant FTF's. That won't win any contests but I would not trade that day of geocaching for anything. Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 My furthest FTF was on London's First cache: A walk in the park. It is 4770 miles from my house. I also have several first finds in my home town, which is ~250 miles from where I now live, as well as one up in Calgary at about 450 miles away. Worldtraveler has me beat, though! Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Gee, until I read some of the other posts, I was pretty proud of 118 miles. :sigh: Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 My furthest FTF was about 600 miles. We were on our way home from California and just happened to take a different route home (to get caches off our normal route). One had just been placed a day or two before we got there. I think my furthest was about 35 miles. But it doesn't matter cause Smurf boy has one 600 miles away. I do however have 31 of them. I don't know if it's worthy of a new thread so I'll just ask it here. How many FTF does everyone have? Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Actually a better question is how far have you gone specifically for a FTF? Quote Link to comment
btouch Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 My furthest official FTF is Did George Sleep Here? It is 35.7 miles from my home. But I did find another that was 106 miles from home while I was searching for Top of the Wolfden. Here's an excerpt from my log of the Wolfden cache. We stopped a few times for some photo oportunities and once we spotted a newly hidden cache along the trail. We were the first to sign the log book and at last check a few minutes ago, this cache still hasn't been posted on the site yet! When it does post, I'll definitely mention in my log that it needs to be moved a bit further off the trail. Otherwise it will be muggled very soon. I never got to log that FTF cache we stumbled across because the hider never did list it. Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) 0 Miles - It's nearly impossible to get a FTF in my area. You have to get up at 0-dark:30 to beat out CT Trampers, RJFerret and AlphaDog. (sigh) Whatever. Happy caching and stuff! I like stuff, don't you? Edited February 5, 2004 by Geo Ho Quote Link to comment
+CT Trampers Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 0 Miles - It's nearly impossible to get a FTF in my area. You have to get up at 0-dark:30 to beat out CT Trampers, RJFerret and AlphaDog. (sigh) Whatever. Happy caching and stuff[\i]! I like stuff[\i], don't you? Don't forget Zurcher! Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 0 Miles - It's nearly impossible to get a FTF in my area. You have to get up at 0-dark:30 to beat out CT Trampers, RJFerret and AlphaDog. (sigh) Whatever. Happy caching and stuff[\i]! I like stuff[\i], don't you? Don't forget Zurcher! AND Zurcher. Sheesh! A girl can't catch a break! Happy caching and stuff! Lots and lots of stuff! Quote Link to comment
+CWL Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I don't know if it's worthy of a new thread so I'll just ask it here. How many FTF does everyone have? I've got 44 so far! Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have 1 and that was unplanned, unintentional and an absolute surprise. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have 1 and that was unplanned, unintentional and an absolute surprise. Have you broken the news to Mopar yet? Quote Link to comment
+CT Trampers Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have 1 and that was unplanned, unintentional and an absolute surprise. Have you broken the news to Mopar yet? ROFLMAO!! Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have 1 and that was unplanned, unintentional and an absolute surprise. Have you broken the news to Mopar yet? ROFLMAO!! Har-dee-har-har! Sheesh! I guess a girl can't catch a break. Quote Link to comment
+CT Trampers Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have 1 and that was unplanned, unintentional and an absolute surprise. Have you broken the news to Mopar yet? ROFLMAO!! Har-dee-har-har! Sheesh! I guess a girl can't catch a break. Just having some fun with 'ya! Quote Link to comment
+Commander Bob Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I thought mine was good before I started reading. 498 Mi. while on a fishing trip to Ontario Canada. But we also picked up another FTF while there at 433 mi. away. Even if I add them together it's still short, but it was a memorable trip none the less. What made it even more amazing was during our trip we planned on a couple days in the U.P. caching. Before leaving there were two new caches placed and we had thoughts of being FTF on these as well. After stopping at a few caches along our planned route, we read in the logbooks of another cacher who seemed to be just hours ahead of us. Sure enough, they had beaten us to both FTF's. Disappointed, we continued on, and I half jokingly said I was really going to be upset if I read his name in the logbook when we get all the way to Chapleau Ont. Fortunately, we did make the FTF there, but then after we returned home and started logging our finds, we read he had also logged the Chapleau cache a day after us. I almost fell out of my chair laughing. It's a small caching world after all. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have 1 and that was unplanned, unintentional and an absolute surprise. Have you broken the news to Mopar yet? ROFLMAO!! Har-dee-har-har! Sheesh! I guess a girl can't catch a break. Don't be mad at me...you're the one I quoted! Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) I have 1 and that was unplanned, unintentional and an absolute surprise. Have you broken the news to Mopar yet? ROFLMAO!! Har-dee-har-har! Sheesh! I guess a girl can't catch a break. Don't be mad at me...you're the one I quoted! HA! Edited February 5, 2004 by Geo Ho Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 My wife And I were first finders on "Gone Fishing" in Cong, Ireland. It was two weeks old but we were the first to get there. 4397 miles from home, as the crow flies. Quote Link to comment
+Tprints Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 My wife And I were first finders on "Gone Fishing" in Cong, Ireland. It was two weeks old but we were the first to get there. 4397 miles from home, as the crow flies. Hah! You ONLY beat my furthest FTF by just a little over 4300 miles. Quote Link to comment
+maleki Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 1279 miles from my driveway to: Desert Mischief A great cache, one of our most adventurous. We were first and last finders as this slightly misplaced cache is now archived. Quote Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) 138 miles driving and then 3.5 miles and 3000 feet up Dog Mountain. Edited February 5, 2004 by Bull Moose Quote Link to comment
+rover-r-us Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 9 miles for me Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 9 miles for me Oh you big bragger Quote Link to comment
+CurmudgeonlyGal Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 (edited) Well, shoot. I've decided it isn't very impressive after all. Right Wing Whacko was telling me about a new cache no one was finding (and we're talking about the people in the state that are daBomb, you know?) and so I got a while hair and decided I'd have a go myself. The cache is GCHC56 - Volunteer Park - New and Improved, but after plotting it, it's only 84 miles from home via the GPS, and 112 road miles. Fun, but really, eh. I did kick their a**es tho. That was worth sumthin'. Then there was this other one... Criminal's Write it Yourself. Same bat story. A friend was telling me how he and his buddies just couldn't find it. I went out one day and had a look around with my kids, and decided it was deserving of some time w/o the kids (and not during the waning daylight hours) so I gathered up a passel of taller folks and went back. FTF there as well, but it was only 58.2 Crow Miles... 93 road miles. Great fun, no matter the distance! -=- michelle *edited out foul, non-kid-friendly language* Edited February 6, 2004 by CurmudgeonlyGal Quote Link to comment
+cachefamily Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 17 miles Down By the River - and it had been sitting there for a couple of days. Quote Link to comment
+Bufford Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Need I say more? Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Need I say more? You got a first finder? Quote Link to comment
+Natureboy44 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I bagged the "Rome Villa Borghese Park" cache in Rome Italy as a FTF, which is 4300+ miles from my home base. I anxiously watched its page for almost a month before my trip to Rome hoping no one would get it first. Quote Link to comment
+Melrose Plant Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I'm pretty lame, but you asked, so here is my answer: 42.2 miles. It was my first first to find, and I drove specifically there to be first. Since then, I have had two others, about half that distance. This time of year around here it's pretty easy to be first if you just make the effort to go out on a weekday. The most recent two FTFs have been in the snow, and we've gotten several more inches today. Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 None. Around here you have to be quick to beat RS Arizona, Wily Javalina, Tucson Thompsons, and the Cow Spots. I would try to beat them but I don't drive and rely on my non-caching parents to take me. Not likly they would want to wake up early to go caching Quote Link to comment
+worldtraveler Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 According to EasyGPS, Lantau is 8160.5 crow miles from my house, Team MuMu's HKUST cache is 8146.4 miles, Tiananmen is 6973.6 miles, and Beijing Rickshaw is 6972.7 miles. Easy pickings; the competition for FTF is much less intense once you get outside the U.S. Quote Link to comment
+CWL Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 According to EasyGPS, Lantau is 8160.5 crow miles from my house, Team MuMu's HKUST cache is 8146.4 miles, Tiananmen is 6973.6 miles, and Beijing Rickshaw is 6972.7 miles. Easy pickings; the competition for FTF is much less intense once you get outside the U.S. I was waiting for you to post... I should of known you'd have some biggins! Quote Link to comment
+treemoss2 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I'm still hoping to be FTF an abandoned cache in a wilderness area in Colorado, unless Tahosa beats me to it! This is to Team GPS saxaphone. Tried to e-mail you but link did not %$#&*(## go at all, so posting here. Where is this cache you speak of? I live CO also. Maybe we can make it a bit of a challenge. I like the out there sorts of caches. Team Thin Air Quote Link to comment
+wvcoalcat Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Here in northern WV and sw PA tmp seems to acquire most of the ftf's around here. To get on topic, it was 22 miles away. It was my first cache and my first ftf. The cache has since been archived and I was the only one to actually find it. tmp did beat me there but didn't locate it. Quote Link to comment
+Natureboy44 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 The "Roaring Trucks" cache was my furthest FTF at 24,884 miles. My wife kept telling me we would get there quicker if we when in the opposite direction (only 17 miles) and didn't circle the globe; but what did she know, I was the one with the GPS. Besides, she has no sense of adventure. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I'm still hoping to be FTF an abandoned cache in a wilderness area in Colorado, unless Tahosa beats me to it! This is to Team GPS saxaphone. Tried to e-mail you but link did not %$#&*(## go at all, so posting here. Where is this cache you speak of? I live CO also. Maybe we can make it a bit of a challenge. I like the out there sorts of caches. Team Thin Air Actually, you've already found it but I want to go up there and get it anyway. My last trip up Independence Pass was in 1998. Quote Link to comment
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