2008 Year End Geocaching Stats

Another year has come and gone. Was able to get in a little more geocaching this year than in years past. I have found 1901 caches since I started in June of 2002. This year is my record, finding 692 caches. Would have been fun to hit 700, but now I have a goal for next year.

It helped that I was able to attend cache machines (see note below) in January, March, and June. My 3 best days of caching (so far) were during these 3 cache machines. The Missoula Cache Machine pushed me to a new record of 200 caches in one month! Besides finding 91 caches on the day of the Missoula Cache Machine, I found 46 on the way there and 16 on the way home.

Other highlights of the year are adding Montana and Hawaii to the states I have cached. We were in on the Big Island of Hawaii for 4 days and spent most days driving around the island in a red mustang convertible and grabbed a couple caches each day. I also found my first British Columbia caches along the way home from the Missoula Cache Machine.

Cache Machines
Usually when a person goes geocaching it is either solo or with 1 or 2 other people. At a cache machine a large group, say 50 to 100 people, starts at daylight and attempts to find as many caches as possible before the end of the day (dark for some, bedtime for others). Even though 70 people may start out together, by the 3rd or 4th stop the group has dispersed as people make wrong turns, stop for coffee, skip a cache they had found previously, or just plain get lost, so that usually it is only 2 or 3 cars at a time pulling up to find any given cache.

With the group dispersed, if you do have problems finding a cache it is very likely someone else will pull up and double the manpower in the hunt. If you get behind, you will probably come upon a group hunting for a tough one, which you get to claim quicker. And if all else fails and you really fall behind, you can always skip ahead and rejoin a larger group. By the end of the day you have usually ended up caching with a dozen different groups, meeting a dozens of other cachers. I met up again with folks I had met 5 years ago at the first cache machine. And at the end of the day, there is a group dinner where you can swap stories and meet up again with the people you met during the day.

Any other Geocaching stories out there? Any other Tupperware Trophies?

YeOleImposter has Found 1901 , Placed 43, and Adopted 7 GeoCaches. 1901 unique Geocaches

Statistics generated on 1/1/2009

Cumulative Finds by Month

Cumulative Total
Annual Totals

Finds by Month

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  2008       2007       2006       2005       2004       2003       2002       All  

2008
	174	15	92	26	59	200	24	20	3		37	42	Total finds 692 Days caching 94 Average finds per caching day 7.4 Overall finds per day 1.9 Average finds per week 13.3 Average finds per month 57.7
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:	17	4	9	6	12	15	8	6	1		5	11

2007
					33	84	78	65	53	32	100	79	Total finds 524 Days caching 136 Average finds per caching day 3.9 Overall finds per day 1.4 Average finds per week 10.0 Average finds per month 43.7
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:					6	26	19	16	11	8	19	31

2006
	2	55	3	8			11	9	2				Total finds 90 Days caching 32 Average finds per caching day 2.8 Overall finds per day 0.2 Average finds per week 1.7 Average finds per month 7.5
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:	2	11	2	3			6	6	2

2005
								2	16	35	11	1	Total finds 65 Days caching 26 Average finds per caching day 2.5 Overall finds per day 0.2 Average finds per week 1.2 Average finds per month 5.4
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:								2	4	10	9	1

2004
	2		4	15	14	135	3	9	7	1			Total finds 190 Days caching 38 Average finds per caching day 5.0 Overall finds per day 0.5 Average finds per week 3.6 Average finds per month 15.8
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:	1		4	9	8	9	2	3	1	1

2003
	6	12	87	25	32	1		19	75	6	40		Total finds 303 Days caching 56 Average finds per caching day 5.4 Overall finds per day 0.8 Average finds per week 5.8 Average finds per month 25.3
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:	5	5	11	9	5	1		4	5	4	7

2002
						11	1	3	1		11	10	Total finds 37 Days caching 23 Average finds per caching day 1.6 Overall finds per day 0.2 Average finds per week 1.2 Average finds per month 5.3
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:						8	1	2	1		4	7

Milestones

Milestone	Date	Interval	Code	Cache Name
1	6/2/2002		GC1C69	Lenore Caves
100	3/29/2003	300 days	GCD858	School Days
200	6/1/2003	64 days	GC932E	Sugar’s Geology Lesson #1 – Scablands Corridor
300	10/19/2003	140 days	GCGXND	Gone Fishin’
400	6/25/2004	250 days	GC70A1	Rocks!
500	6/27/2004	2 days	GCJ66W	I was Bored
600	2/4/2006	587 days	GCRNNG	Sign of the times
700	5/27/2007	477 days	GC11523	Free Storage
800	6/28/2007	32 days	GCX5RR	King of the Road
900	8/4/2007	37 days	GCXPF4	Skeeter Point
1000	10/13/2007	70 days	GC10XZ5	Celebrating 100 Hides: Johnson Butte
1100	11/23/2007	41 days	GC484	Initial Point
1200	12/28/2007	35 days	GC11QGM	Jackrabbits’ Ramble
1300	1/5/2008	8 days	GCYGJH	It’s Up to You II
1400	3/1/2008	56 days	GCF32B	The House at Phew !! Corner
1500	4/19/2008	49 days	GC17P5C	C+D#2: Prosser
1600	6/14/2008	56 days	GC16MX7	480 Volts
1700	6/21/2008	7 days	GCHTKG	Canadian Jumping Beanz
1800	8/1/2008	41 days	GCQH38	Kendall Monument
1900	12/31/2008	152 days	GC1JM9K	Visual Venture
1901	12/31/2008	0 days	GC1HDTH	Momsen Manouver

YeOleImposter should reach 2000 finds in 53 days (14 Caching days) on 2/23/2009

Finds by Owner

Number Percent   1 – Debiko 117 6.15 % 2 – Sgt Eagle 117 6.15 % 3 – tumbleweed2 84 4.41 % 4 – shutle64 30 1.57 % 5 – acfunk 27 1.42 % 6 – 5Tucks 22 1.15 % 7 – Bluesman63 21 1.10 % 8 – GCSEWA 20 1.05 % 9 – Morigue 20 1.05 % 10 – Team 2E 18 0.94 %

Number Percent   11 – Big Bird 16 0.84 % 12 – Greenthumb and Twe… 14 0.73 % 13 – rendez-vous 14 0.73 % 14 – cameljocky 13 0.68 % 15 – caliber 12 0.63 % 16 – ECMAC 12 0.63 % 17 – n7viv and DB 12 0.63 % 18 – PJ&RG 12 0.63 % 19 – Beentherefoundit 11 0.57 % 20 – WR7X 11 0.57 %

These didn’t make it to the top:

yakimacacher (11)	ZillahBillies (11)	Edward40 (10)	elkmilk (10)
Raynebeau (10)	Twowackywhits (10)	Cookingbugs05 (9)	Franz26 (9)
salvelinus21 (9)	waviolet (9)	goblindust (8)	Hopalong & HobbleA… (8)
leonata (8)	RCH-WWW (8)	Steve&Kyle (8)	CCTDC/ORNITH (7)
downshifter (7)	ikayak (7)	mooseandsquirrel (7)	pathfynder (7)

YeOleImposter has also found caches placed by 681 other people

USA – 1865 finds in 7 States – (14%)

1289

240

223

84

HI 16

8

5

 Washington:1289,  Idaho:240,  Oregon:223,  Montana:84,  Hawaii:16,  Alaska:8,  Florida:5

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Canada – 26 finds in 2 Provinces – (15.4%)

21

5

 British Columbia:21,  Alberta:5

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World – 1901 finds in 5 Countries

 United States:1865,  Canada:26,  Mexico:5,  Puerto Rico:3,  Japan:2

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Finds by Difficulty Rating

Finds by Terrain Rating

Finds by Miles from Home   Number Percent   < 10 526 27.6 % 10 – 20 59 3.10 % 20 – 30 59 3.10 % 30 – 40 20 1.05 % 40 – 50 45 2.36 % 50 – 100 271 14.2 % 100 – 200 551 28.9 % 200 – 500 331 17.4 % 500 – 1000 3 0.15 % > 1000 36 1.89 %

Finds by Type   Number Percent   Traditional 1655 87.0 % Multi 79 4.15 % Virtual 69 3.62 % Mystery 34 1.78 % Event 33 1.73 % Earth 11 0.57 % Webcam 9 0.47 % Letterbox 8 0.42 % Locationless 2 0.10 % Wherigo 1 0.05 %

Finds by Weekday

Finds by Container

Owned Caches Statistics

Owned:	50 (7 adopted), 12 now archived, (24%)
Total finds of my caches:	3356 finds in 2823 total days, 1.19/day, 8.32/week, 36.19/month
Total finds I’ve made:	1901
Caching Karma:	1.77 (3356/1901)
Hide with most finds:	257, Sluggo’s Delta Hairlines Cache GC10A9
Hide found most frequently:	Every 2 days, McNary Wildlife Refuge GC6AF5
Log Length, words:	Average: 36, Longest: GC64AC 595

3356 Finds on 50 Geocaches Owned By YeOleImposter

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Placed	Last Find	Finds	Days/Find	Code	Cache Name
12/7/2008	12/7/2008	4	6.2	GC185JN	Bonnie & Clyde in the Tri-Cities
7/19/2008	12/11/2008	31	5.3	GC1E9VD	Go Camping
7/14/2008	12/11/2008	28	6.1	GC1DCHV	Cadet GPS Badge
6/9/2008	11/29/2008	39	5.2	GC1D3XT	395 and 6th Park and Grab
4/19/2008	12/11/2008	12	21.4	GC1BD7Y	Undiscovered Bateman
1/2/2008	11/29/2008	17	21.4	GC18B3V	Valley View East
1/1/2008	11/2/2008	5	73.2	GC1847Z	South-Eastern Washington Oldies Challenge
12/31/2007	2/28/2008	6	61.1	GC1869N	JackRabbit Ridge Grotto
12/28/2007	12/7/2008	20	18.5	GC185WP	Yakima Delta Crossroads
12/24/2007	11/29/2008	45	8.3	GC183RK	Bateman Forest – Remembering PJ&RG
12/24/2007	11/18/2008	42	8.9	GC183VK	Mechanized
11/17/2007	8/4/2008	24	17.1	GC17F5Q	Two Rivers
10/28/2007	12/11/2008	26	16.5	GC171GH	Substation Zebra
10/27/2007	10/24/2008	58	7.4	GC170FB	Green Power
9/10/2007	10/4/2008	28	17.1	GC15VE5	Kirsten’s Kache 3
8/26/2007	11/16/2008	32	15.4	GC15BTR	Call Me Crazy
8/24/2007	11/2/2008	31	16	GC15BTG	Bridge to Erehwon
8/24/2007	11/30/2008	65	7.6	GC15BTE	Road to Erehwon
8/19/2007	3/22/2008	39	10.3	GC158C5	Tanks A Lot
7/17/2007	11/9/2008	47	11.3	GC14EJR	Joe’s Bar & Grill
6/26/2007	11/29/2008	57	9.7	GC13YNB	Bateman Central
6/24/2007	11/24/2008	59	9.4	GC13X35	MadDogHunt Revisted
6/21/2007	11/30/2008	21	26.6	GC13TEH	Remembering Sluggo
6/17/2007	12/6/2008	29	19.4	GC13Q14	Badger Rest
6/16/2007	12/6/2008	24	23.5	GC13NYA	Erie AZ
5/24/2007	10/1/2008	23	25.5	GC134H9	Crow Point
8/19/2006	7/5/2007	34	11.3	GCXV3C	Kirsten’s Kache 2
4/10/2006	3/22/2008	49	20.3	GCVB7Q	Not a Debiko Cache (But you can see one from here)
10/17/2005	9/4/2006	38	12.9	GCR0EV	Psychic Nickelodeon (Rev 2) – KCPark #1
10/15/2005	3/26/2006	25	12.3	GCQZMW	Kirsten’s Kache
5/10/2004	11/23/2008	176	9.6	GCJCXV	Yellowstone NotSoNational Park – KCPark #6
4/18/2004	12/7/2008	87	19.7	GCJ7JJ	Basalt Heights
3/20/2004	8/30/2008	136	12.8	GCHZ97	Bateman Island – Asparagus Point
8/10/2003	10/24/2003	11	33.7	GCGMGQ	Ice Harbor Petroglyph
4/30/2003	3/29/2008	187	10.5	GCG1BD	Keewadin – KCPark #5
4/21/2003	11/15/2008	233	8.9	GCFF3D	Day’s Pay
4/18/2003	12/30/2008	121	17.2	GCFB2A	Yelm’s Deep – KCPark #4
4/12/2003	12/5/2008	150	13.9	GCF6C9	Home on the Grange – KCPark #3
4/3/2003	12/24/2007	179	11.1	GCF1B5	Honeycomb Hideout – KCPark #2
3/4/2003	6/26/2003	16	7.9	GCDF38	Psychic Nickelodeon – KCPark #1
1/4/2003	11/29/2008	183	11.9	GCBE6C	Cachers’ Clubhouse
12/3/2002	7/23/2006	69	19.2	GCB0F2	Downtown Kennewick WebCam
10/6/2002	9/17/2008	149	15.2	GC984C	Two Sisters Legend
10/5/2002	9/28/2008	58	39.3	GC97D0	Sugar’s Geology Lesson #2 – Smyrna Bench
9/22/2002	11/23/2008	66	34.7	GC932E	Sugar’s Geology Lesson #1 – Scablands Corridor
7/13/2002	6/24/2005	73	17.1	GC709F	Sacajawea Trail
6/30/2002	7/2/2002	1	2	GC6AF5	McNary Wildlife Refuge
6/16/2002	12/31/2005	155	8.3	GC64AC	Lewis & Clark Expedition
7/14/2001	11/28/2008	257	10.6	GC10A9	Sluggo’s Delta Hairlines Cache
4/11/2001	11/24/2008	91	31	GC6E5	Juniper Dunes

Finders of My Caches

Number Percent   1 – acfunk 42 84 % 2 – Debiko 42 84 % 3 – shutle64 41 82 % 4 – downshifter 40 80 % 5 – SprocketMan 40 80 % 6 – WR7X 37 74 % 7 – regrab 34 68 % 8 – ihavecats 32 64 % 9 – MadCADcacher 27 54 % 10 – 5Tucks 26 52 %

Number Percent   11 – Mrs.Regrab 26 52 % 12 – eldaba 25 50 % 13 – J@ck Sp@rrow 25 50 % 14 – tumbleweed2 25 50 % 15 – ricksto 24 48 % 16 – Sturgeonator 24 48 % 17 – Rakolambski 23 46 % 18 – stiltz49 23 46 % 19 – ISPYU168 22 44 % 20 – Sgt Eagle 20 40 %

These didn’t make it to the top:

RCH-WWW (19)	Bluesman63 (18)	Boot-Strap (18)	Mr. Gadget #2 (18)
Not Yomama (18)	stargazer257 (18)	DragonGirl12 (17)	Speedpelet (16)
Cookingbugs05 (15)	PJ&RG (15)	CASPER13 (14)	Eltod (14)
KerryT68 (14)	Sluggo (14)	travelpare (14)	yancey3 (14)
Moun10Bike (13)	sjb88 (13)	tolmaus (13)	wandernot (13)

981 other people have also found caches placed by YeOleImposter

Some Numbers

Overall Total Finds:	1901 finds in 405 caching days over 2405 total days (16.8 %)
Overall Averages:	4.69 finds per caching day, 0.79/day, 5.53/week, 24.06/month
Last 365 Days:	689 finds in 93 caching days over 365 total days (25.4 %)
Last 365 Days Averages:	7.41 finds per caching day, 1.89/day, 13.21/week, 57.46/month
Most consecutive days with finds:	49, from 11/30/2007 to 1/17/2008
Most consecutive days without a find:	304, from 10/3/2004 to 8/2/2005
Most finds in a day:	91 on 6/21/2008; 77 on 1/5/2008; 64 on 3/29/2008
Best weekend caching:	109 finds, on Saturday 1/5/2008 & Sunday 1/6/2008
Best week caching:	161 finds, from Monday 6/16/2008 to Sunday 6/22/2008
Most finds in a calendar month:	200, in Jun 2008
Most Cache Types in a day:	5 on 3/29/2003; 5 on 3/29/2008; 5 on 6/21/2008
Fastest 100 finds:	2 days from 6/26/2004 to 6/27/2004
Last 100 finds:	152 days
Fastest 1000 finds:	368 days from 6/22/2007 to 6/23/2008
Last 1000 finds:	516 days
Total cache-to-cache distance:	63940 Miles, 2.57x Earth Circumnavigation, 0.268x Distance to the Moon
Maximum distance in a day:	532 Miles, on 6/7/2004
Nearest cache found:	Frisbee Golf ! ? GCTFW1
Furthest cache found:	4953.94 Miles, At the Feet of Tokyo Tower GCTX66
Most Northerly cache found:	N 58° 25.022, Mendenhall Glacier Mini GCQ43F
Most Southerly cache found:	N 18° 17.759, The Great Dinosaur Search GCZY20
Most Easterly cache found:	E 139° 44.987, What kind of tree is Grant’s Pine? GCG0FG
Most Westerly cache found:	W 155° 59.415, “ALI`I DRIVE WEB – CAM” GCM6EC
Cache centroid:	N 46° 01.264 W 119° 30.980 Map
Youngest cache found:	12/18/2008, December Gathering GC1JKMZ
Oldest cache found:	10/22/2000, Un-Original Stash GC92
Caches found which are now archived:	628 (33.0 %)
Log Length, words:	Average: 32, Longest: GCZHG8 400, Shortest: GC1ABR3 1

Special Caches

Type	Code	Cache Name	Description
Best of the Best	GC10DRE	Kuna Cave	Amazing cave out in the middle of nowhere
Cache Machine	GCDBE3	Yakima Cache Machine	03/29/2003 – 57 Caches
Cache Machine	GCGKE0	Spokane Cache Machine	09/27/2003 – 58 Caches
Cache Machine	GCJ4FF	Portland Cache Machine	06/27-28/2003 – 103 Caches
Cache Machine	GCK9W2	Tri-Cities Cache Machine	09/24/2004 – Helped host
Cache Machine	GC17JN5	Vancouver (WA) Cache Machine	01/05/2008 – 80 Caches
Cache Machine	GC19C0J	Yakima Cache Machine II	03/29/2008 – 64 Caches
Cache Machine	GC1C5ZY	Missoula Cache Machine	06/21/2008 – 91 Cahces + 62 enroute

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