Best Of Los Angeles Caches 2003: Winners List!

[+HitsMan and Chris]

The votes have been tallied, and here are the results of the Best of Los Angeles 2003 geocaching awards. Congratulations and thank you to all who voted, were nominated, and won. Thank you also to all who placed new caches in 2003. This sport would be boring without you!

 

All nominees are sorted in descending order of number of votes received.

 

Most Scenic cache:

(WINNER) Duck Rock / fireball1 / GCH8ZG

- Hollywood Views / W6LAX / GCGR4G

 

Most Challenging Cache

(WINNER-TIE) RATZZZ......... / Team Dakiba / GCGRQ1

(WINNER-TIE) Edendale in the Golden Age of Silent Film / DeadReckoner / GCGX16

- Up we go... / sr.hikers / GCG461

- Made you LOOK / ScurvyDog / GCGPP3

 

Best Themed Cache

(WINNER) Rainbow Series / Scott and Jeff / Various

- Cache N' Babies / Team Dakiba / GCFA8F

- Pressed Penny Cache / Sarah! / GCH4K9

- Local Flavor / Pangaea / GCGGBY

- Newport Coasters / The Duckies / GCEB60

- Pin Trader / EMC of Northridge, CA and Doc / GCGJBF

- Poetry Cache / Jill and Jeff / GCC70F

- Pretty Penny Coin Exchange / Team Pretty Penny / GCGGF4

- PIN EXCHANGE / sr.hikers / GCGJFQ

- Freeway Fastlane Penny Trader / DeadReckoner / GCG95Y

 

Best Hard Terrain Cache (Terrain Rating >=2.5)

(WINNER) Palos Verdes to Santa Barbara View / Faveral / GCF3B5

- Brand Library Library Cache / Jason Torrey-Payne and Tom Waldrip / GCE187

- The Chamber of Secrets / The Edenites / GCGF2R

- Passion / Dru Morgan / GCD24B

- Rated Wrong / Ventura Kids / GCGKFW

- Gotta Cache a Train / Joemandoo & Redheadreb / GCD5ED

- Orchard Camp Cache 2 - The Meadow / Bud Ugly & Parrot Head / GCEB20

- Strange Fruit / ucspots / GCCB9F

- The Louis Phillips Cache / Milan & Dan / GCC7E6

 

Best Cache that Got You to a Great Place You'd Never Been

(WINNER) The Chamber of Secrets / The Edenites / GCGF2R

- Johnson's Gate / Trogdor!! / GCG9CV

- Fort Wildwood / Team Dakiba / GCG7ZT

- Hollywood Views / W6LAX / GCGR4G

- Baby Duck Micro / Vacman / GCGT78

- Strange Fruit / ucspots / GCCB9F

- Up we go... / sr.hikers / GCG461

- Valley Flyers / W6LAX / GCGT0D

- Orchard Camp Cache 2 - The Meadow / Bud Ugly & Parrot Head / GCEB20

- Rick's Rocks / Drew, Rick, James, Steve, and Jay / GCG7N2

- SJC Eagle Loop Trail / ^Martin^ / GCBC78

- Strawberry Peak / moosecow / GCCBA3

- The Enchanted Wedding Chair / CAKoala / GCH53P

 

Best Educational Cache

(WINNER) Edendale in the Golden Age of Silent Film / DeadReckoner / GCGX16

- Palos Verdes to Santa Barbara View / faveral / GCF3B5

- Only on Sunday / stantastic and Merry Merry / GCGCPQ

 

Best Camouflaged Cache

(WINNER) I Meant to Stump You / MobilDave / GCGN0F

- Shop and Cache 2 / Team Dakiba / GCD1AF

- DaVinci Code Cache II / sr. hikers / GCHAY1

- ScurvyDog's Got Rabies / ScurvyDog / GCGBGQ

- The Lawn Chair Cache / SpeleoCat / GCG10Q

 

Most Innovative Cache

(WINNER) Edendale in the Golden Age of Silent Film / DeadReckoner / GCGX16

- ScurvyDog's Got Rabies / ScurvyDog / GCGBGQ

 

Funniest Cache

(WINNER) Boring, But Funny / MobilDave, LuckyEm and the Reece Man / GCGJHQ

- Holey Hippo / Hopscotch / GCGKBH

- Our Country's Colors / Scurvydog / GCEEB9

 

Best Los Angeles Showcase (Cache for Tourists)

(WINNER) Walk of Fame / Dru Morgan / GCDD22

- Hollywood Views / W6LAX / GCGR4G

- Eternal Fame - Forest Lawn Glendale (Tour) / Brainerd / GCG8MM

- Simply Santa Monica v2 / Snapplez / GCDC83

- Huntington's Ark / Mannings / GCG2T3

 

Best Home for Travel Bugs

(WINNER) Dancing with a Barefoot Geek / Team Dakiba / GCH67Z

- Wildwood Minarets Travel Bug Resort / Scott & Jeff / GCH7H1

- ONT Travel Bug Ground Control / Crims0ngh0st & AcjLady / GCG201

- Travel Bug Terminal / John & Donna / GCC341

 

Best Traditional Cache (Regular size)

(WINNER) Old Nellie / Team Dakiba / GCCD22

- The Chamber of Secrets / The Edenites / GCGF2R

- Hollywood Views / W6LAX / GCGR4G

- Pot of Gold / Scott & Jeff / GCGGN9

- What's Here Now, Dear? / Team Dakiba / GCGV20

- Dancing with a Barefoot Geek / Team Dakiba / GCH67Z

- The Enchanted Wedding Chair / CAKoala / GCH53P

- AFW Gold Box Memorial / awwalter / GCG28N

- Hop, Skip, and Jump? / Moag Ohana / GCGWVF

- Orchard Camp Cache 2 - The Meadow / Bud Ugly & Parrot Head / GCEB20

- The Power of Radio / usafrsq/wb6anp / GCEB04

- Trail Builders Tribute / CAKoala / GCH6WK

 

Best Traditional Cache (Micro size)

(WINNER) Trigger / Team Dakiba / GCCD1D

- Rabbit on Drugs / Morty's Twisted World / GCF6E9

 

Best Virtual Cache

(WINNER) Pushing Tin LAX / IFISHAZ / GCGDTF

- Only on Sunday / stantastic and Merry Merry / GCGCPQ

 

Best Multi-cache

(WINNER) Key to the Treasure / TRUROKR / GCF8AA

- Apples on Oaks / Campyc / GCC1FD

- Geo-Stationery Cache / DeadReckoner / GCGCNZ

- Many Signal Hill Views / Kevin and Susan / GCG67H

- Edendale in the Golden Age of Silent Film / DeadReckoner / GCGX16

- Around the Hill in 30 miles or Less / Vacman / GCF6DF

- Back 'n Forth / Bad Latitude / GCGAEK

- Gold Line Cache / walltar / GCGJ30

- Made You Look / ScurvyDog / GCGPP3

- Paracache / Westside Snikers / GCD1AC

- Save Mikey, Be A Hero / Zombie Tribe / GCE13B

- A Walk on the Wild Side / Cache Collectors / GCC63A

- Wizard of Oz / Baby Sparkle / GCGX44

 

Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache

(WINNER) A Night to Remember - Difficult / Spider Dude and Ventura_kids / GC8062

- Career Opportunity Field Agent / OtisPug / GCGH18

- Hide and Seek #1 / JudgeCrater / GC2AB2

- DaVinci Code Cache II / sr. hikers / GCHAY1

- Geo-Stationery Cache / DeadReckoner / GCGCNZ

- The Chamber of Secrets / The Edenites / GCGF2R

- Sounds Good Vkid / Kablooey / GCG9AM

 

Most Visited (awarded to the cache with the most finds in 2003)

(WINNER) Travel Bug Terminal / John & Donna / GCC341

 

Best Locationless/Reverse Cache

(WINNER) California's Gold / Paul & Suzanne / GCC52D

- Trails from Rails / Jackie and Bob / GCC155

 

Cacher's Choice: Favorite Cache Overall

(WINNER) Fern Gully / TRUROKR / GCGX52

- The Chamber of Secrets / The Edenites / GCGF2R

- Trigger / Team Dakiba / GCCD1D

- I Meant to Stump You / Mobildave / GCGN0F

- A Night to Remember - Easy / Spider Dude and Ventura Kids / GC7285

- Pot of Gold / Scott & Jeff / GCGGN9

 

Cache Hall of Fame award (Awarded to a cache placed at least two years ago (before 1/1/2002) that is still active)

(WINNER) Wodden Hand / Ray Hoese, Mark Estes, Geoff Sims, Adrian Gut / GC1C70 / 22-Jan-2001

- The Official Slumbo Art Cache / Slumbo, Tbagtim / GC948 / 13-May-2001

- Malaga View - Humbys Cache #2 / Humbys / GC2E77 / 28-Dec-2001

- Coldwater Cache / Allstar86 / GC1B3D / 4-Sep-2001

- Echo Mountain / Saros / GC2ACC / 1-Dec-2001

- United We Stand / Lizard Man / GC1E09 / 21-Sep-2001

- Agent BOXCAR resupply / WOWS / GC2D0E / 17-Dec-2001

- Where there's smoke... / DredPirateRoberts / GC1092 / 14-Jul-2001

- Double Decrypt / JerryB / GC21ED / 12-Oct-2001

- Mt. Chapel / Saros / GC2CA9 / 16-Dec-2001

- Mt. Lowe / John & Donna and Slipper / GC1A8F / 2-Sep-2001

- Stone Quarter Rash Cache / Ugly Brothers & Kinder / GC29A2 / 23-Nov-2001

- The Cabin Cache / Bud Ugly, Big Ugly & sons / GC2F1 / 17-Feb-2001

 

Here's to a 2004 full of great caches! Stay tuned, as I will soon be posting a thread to accept nominations for Best of Los Angeles 2004 throughout the year.

Edited February 15, 2004 by HitsMan and Chris

[+HitsMan and Chris]

Have you found a great cache placed in 2004 that you think deserves to be nominated?

 

Submit your nominations in the nominations thread over here:

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=64812

[+Sparrowhawk]

THANKS YOU GUYS! I NEED this list!!! I'll be visiting LA in a month, so this is priceless for making sure I have a heck of a good time while I am there!

[+TAT]

Does anyone know if there will be a "Best of 2004"?

[Vacman]

Yeah - what TAT other person said...