Ok. So, now I am curious. How many GCx caches are left...
That GCD looks like a cool hike. Congrats on a rare find!
> Thanks for the list, Steven! I was able to get GCD in Washington state
> last July...that was an awesome hike. I've also hit the Original cache
> in OR, and am looking to get the firsts in AZ and CA before years end.
>
> GoNorthWest
>
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Steven Stringham
> <steve@stringhams.org <mailto:steve@stringhams.org>> wrote:
>
>
> http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=ebb6c99e-76b9-412e-9e55-6125f8f5a693
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>
> Mark Fleming wrote:
>> Is there an easy pocket query or something that can be run at
>> gc.com <http://gc.com> to get all the GCX or GCXX caches in a state?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> GoNorthWest
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Jason Poulter <polt@snaptek.com
>> <mailto:polt@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I have found all the gcxx arizona caches!
>>
>> Jason
>> Team Snaptek
>>
>> Steven Stringham wrote:
>> > While no where near the number of caches found, etc. of
>> others, I have
>> > managed a couple of personal milestones yesterday.
>> > I have been concentrating lately on the more "historic"
>> caches in
>> > Arizona lately. I tend to pass by newer caches while on my
>> way to older
>> > caches.
>> >
>> > 1) 1,300 total caches. Finally. I have not been too active
>> at caching
>> > lately, so my number curve has flattened significantly.
>> >
>> > 2) All of the Arizona active GCXX caches found. In order of
>> finds, and
>> > who I was with:
>> > GC7B - T824 Table Mesa - AZJedi.
>> > GC57 - Geocache - My daughter MarimibaEmma (Rachel)
>> > GCED - Senda de Tonto - Rachel
>> > GC92 (in Portland, Or) - My son Adam
>> > GC7E - Adam
>> > GCFE - Diablo Point. - Rachel. Right in my backyard. My
>> first real south
>> > mountain hike, and me having lived in Phoenix most of my
>> life. It was
>> > about time.
>> >
>> > There were two more GCXX caches in Arizona. Both are archived.
>> > GC95 Metro Pecan - The first AZ urban cache - but it
>> lasted from Oct
>> > 2000 to May 2001. It was beaten with a bat to the death.
>> > GCB5 Rock Corral - This lasted from Nov 2000 to Feb
>> 2001. Someone
>> > took it.
>> >
>> > 5 out of 7 still active. Not a bad record overall I would say.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Now, to start on the GCXXX caches.... There are many more
>> of them. I am
>> > counting 47 active. A bit more difficult to obtain them
>> all. I count a
>> > history of about 101 GCXXX caches in Arizona. Of those, 54
>> have been
>> > archived. I have found now 6 of the total 102, with two of
>> these now
>> > archived. So, I have a long ways to go (43), and much
>> hiking required.
>> > And, boy, am I out of shape. We shall see.
>> >
>> >
>> > So, I wonder, who else among the AZ Cachers has gotten all
>> the GCXX caches?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > And, at last, a question, what are your quests, if any, in
>> caching terms?
>> > * Count?
>> > * Specific caches?
>> > * Just fun?
>> > * ???
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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