History of Maryland Geocaching Presentation

[deepdish23]

Some people have asked to have the power point presentation on the History of Geocaching. I have attached the presentation which also includes two spreadsheets imbedded into the presenation:

All Maryland Geocaches published between May 2000 and May 2001.
20 oldest caches in each Maryland County as of 10/1/2016

[Calvertcachers]

Excellent presentation!!! Thank you Mark for your hard work and extra efforts

Reading about the first CAM brought back great memories!

[lpaulriddle]

What an awesome presentation! Thanks for sharing the slides, for those of us who couldn't make it to the Symposium. Hopefully one of these years, I won't have 50 million other things going on the day it is held.

For those who hadn't heard, Castle Rock Cache (GC69D) was just archived. Turns out it was on private property, and after all these years, someone finally met the land owner. A shame to see it go.

[fuzzydave]

Aw, man. So what's the next oldest traditional, for the 5 oldest challenge?

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[deepdish23]

GC6FF Ivy Hill Cache - placed 04/16/2001 - Located in Baltimore County at Oregon Ridge Park.

[lpaulriddle]

A couple of people posted notes on the Castle Rock page wondering why it couldn't be moved instead of archived. It's about 500-600' from Frederick Municipal Forest property, so it wouldn't need to be moved far. However, the cache was named for the specific rock outcropping near which it was hidden, so if moved, the name would no longer make sense. IMO, archiving it was the right call. That said, it's a shame, because (to my knowledge) Castle Rock was the only remaining 2001 Maryland cache that still had its original container and log book. From the standpoint of caching in MD, that makes it historically significant. If it's still out there, I wonder if someone local to that area could mount a rescue mission? Perhaps the container and contents could be turned into a trackable, and displayed at various MGS events for discovery?? Just a thought.

[Lostsole68]

I am working on recovering the log and removing the cache from private property. I will post more once there is more of a plan. Wye Knot? (GC4CC9) was also recently archived and on Wednesday I am driving over to replace/repair/find this cache so I can resurrect it.

[vyper4]

No need to mount a rescue mission, I will be removing the cache once hunting season is over. I ask that no one attempts to go to this location.

[Lostsole68]

No need to mount a rescue mission, I will be removing the cache once hunting season is over. I ask that no one attempts to go to this location.

I was going to relay your email but you beat me to it. Yes the quest has been called off and may Castle Rock rest in peace