Geocaching.com Leap Day Updates

Eric Schudiske on February 28, 2012, 4:15 pm

More than 70,000 geocachers from around the world celebrated Leap Day by stepping outside for a GPS-powered treasure hunt. Their motivation was an opportunity that comes once every four years — going geocaching on February 29. They joined friends and family to explore the world around them, exercise, and earn a digital reward. The Leap Day goal was ambitious. Geocachers rallied to double the number of accounts – 36,696 – that logged geocaches last Leap Day in 2008.

Here are the latest numbers:

Current Accounts w/Logged Caches: 83,516!

GOAL: 73,392

Updated: 2:30 pm PST – March 7, 2012

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Navychief98

I have an event scheduled but now we have a MAJOR winter storm bearing down on us. The weather man is calling for 10-16 inches of snow with winds ranging from 25-45 miles per hour.
http://twitter.com/FerrariGirlNr1 Liz

I am sure that the leap day will be the new record day in the number of users that found a cache on that day!!
Hannah

It’s 1am in the UK and the K9 and I have just got back from our leap-day event – it started on the stroke of midnight. We were lucky that the weather was mild and dry as it was outdoors on a country lane.
Pippafrance06

Well tonight i went To Hell With The Devils my very first meet.really enjoyed it. some very kind person made a lovely cake. just as we were having a group photo west yorkshire helicopter xray99 did a fly past.i bet they were wondering what all these people were doing on this country lane at midnight. great turn out. time to get to sleep i think. thanks for the leap year event
navychief98

I went out at midnight and found J&C (GC2XE45) with spd2662 and elvenferretOTS … We had an awesome time on this treasure hunt … The exciting part was seeing my new souvenir pop up when I made my log in the field … I can’t wait for my event tonight … I love Geocaching!!!
Anonymous

I’m hoping for the impending snowstorm to close school to go out in the morning. Later in the evening, I’m hosting an event and presenting a special gift to attendees completing their calendar grid at the event, and then closing up the evening by taking attendees out for a Leap-Day themed cache.
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Lisa Slinsky

I finished my 366 grid with a couple of quick caches at 6 AM this morning, before getting on the train to go to work.
Toshack61

where and how do you recieve the digital recognition(souvenir) ?
http://blog.geocaching.com Eric Schudiske

Go out, find and log a geocache, or log your attendance at a Geocaching Event on Leap Day. The souvenir will be awarded to your profile.
http://www.groundspeak.com MissJenn

Geocachers leap at opportunity to check Feb. 29 off list

By Tony Gonzalez, The (Nashville) Tennessean

Read the story at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/story/2012-02-29/leap-day-geocache/53300834/1
http://blog.geocaching.com Eric Schudiske

CONGRATS! We just beat last Leap Day’s total of 36,696 accounts that logged caches on Feb 29th 2008. Here’s to doubling that number in 2012!
LuvliEyes_20

We (MarBilA) went out and did 30 caches today! Was a beautiful day to be out enjoying the outdoors.
TxStrawberryCreek

Filed a field note from (GMT-6) time zone at 5am today. When I did the log, the date came up as the 28th. Went back and edited the log to reflect correct date of the find. What time zone is a given field note based upon? It would have been 3am on the 29th in Seattle, or 11am GMT on the 29th. And is this the reason why, six hours after filing the log, I still don’t have the souvenir on my page?
dragon flyer

Hope someone’s patented those dimples for him!
Fruehling38

Next update scheduled before 10:00 am – February 30, 2012 …. LOL
Rynee

Just to be sure completely delete the log and relog it with correct date
Bobby Simpson

GOAL: 73,392

Updated: 9:40 pm PST – February 29, 2012 Next update scheduled before 10:00 am – February 30, 2012
Are we having a double leap year this year?
Next update February 30th?????? I think not.
Cashleigh

I’m going to be the first to get a cache on February 30th!!!!!!!!
sldh

Double leap year, I like that
Erik S

In Sweden we had February 30th in 1712. We’re crazy like that!
Kiddylan

February 30?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ranger-Fox/100000645096980 Ranger Fox

One extra day of caching is never enough for some people, right?
Klipsch49er

If we can cache on Feb 30 we really deserve a souvenir!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ranger-Fox/100000645096980 Ranger Fox

What happened here can be explained by the show “Fringe”. That was Groundspeak from the “other side”. This means there exists a whole other reality in which I’ve yet to log a cache find! I can’t wait until I get a souvenir for doing THAT!
Anonymous

Woo-Hoo! We got ours!
Jeep_n_fire

I logged an event on the 29th but didn’t receive the souvenier. Any suggestions?
Ron

Can you tell us please how many caches were logges by the 77,465 accounts?!
http://blog.geocaching.com Eric Schudiske

Yeah Ron – There were more than a quarter million geocaches/events logged on Leap Day!

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