Geocaching.com Presents: A Brief History of Geocaching

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Watch the Geocaching.com Presents video "A Brief History of Geocaching" to see how geocaching began.

The history of geocaching stretches back to a single container placed in the hills of Oregon, USA. The date was May 3, 2000. The idea was radical. Treasure hunters would be guided by signals from orbiting satellites. The first geocache was found within days. It sparked a global movement to get off the couch and get outside.

The hobby has spread around the world. There are now more than 1.7 million geocaches. The community of geocaches count more than five million people (fathers, mothers, professionals, astronauts, actors, truckers, pilots, students, teachers... adventurers) in its ranks.

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[MattVariety]

Wow, that's quite a few geocaches. Of course, it's easy to see why it's so popular. I wonder, when was the Groundspeak Geocaching website made?

[GoGeocaching]

Good question - Geocaching com went live in September of 2000!

[Spratface4schannel]

10,405th Subscriber

[Porkchawp25]

I did the "history of geocaching" as a speech for my speech 1A class in college. Got an A!!!!!!

[GeocachingJoy]

Neat info on the first GeoStash. I am glad to be part of the 1,742,850 with 3 hides so far. Love Geocaching.

[brearsclan]

Find 1 and you can't stop. Great info.

[ZeniCepian]

Great video, especially the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy feel and "flipping of the big blue switch"

[U D]

Did cachers get a souvenir when logging a cache on this day?

[PodCacher]

Awesome! Nicely done historical summary.

[ScarletVarlet]

About 100 of them are my hides :D

[cachewnut]

In addition to thanking Dave Ulmer, let's not forget to give credit to Jeff of Team 360 for creating the Original Stash cache, including the lovely plaque.