GC13YM9 One Degree of Separation: DCF2
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: DogCatFxr @ | Hide Date: 06/17/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 37.900 W105° 17.210 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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This cache was hidden on Father's Day while hiking with my son in Pence Park. This Denver Mountain Park is located between Indian Hills and Kittredge. The cache is part of the One Degree of Separation Geocaching Project. This is a seed that came from: "Mondo's One Degree of Separation (SETexas)" by mondou2 (Waypoint: GCWD6C)

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This project was launched to unite the entire geocaching continuum together at one point using the "Small World Theory" as it pertains to geocaching.

If even half of the nearly 13,000 caches originally released on 5/26/2006 get placed as a geocache, no geocacher in the entire world (with even 1 find) should be able to go much beyond 3 degrees of separation from every other geocacher in the world, but the REAL object of this project is to bring that number down to 1 degree for as many geocachers as possible.

One Degree of Separation is a project that has been taking shape and GROWING for nearly 3 years. It's a variation of the "Small World" concept that was proposed in the early 20th century. Many people are familiar with the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, but few know just how far back the idea goes.

For more information on this project and the Small World Theory go to: http://geoonedegree.proboards51.com/index.cgi

To visually see how the project grows over time check the ODS: PRIME! geocaching profile stats at: http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=c8b5d7b5-b3ea-4e3c-b72c-01b2ab78a6a9

Many other goals will be posted as the project grows, but here are a few.

#1 To have an active ODS cache hidden on ALL 7 continents.
#2 To have an ODS cache hidden in all 50 states.
#3 To have an ODS cache hidden in a number of foriegn countries, by milestone, 10 countries at a time. First milestone 10 then 20 and so on.
#4 To have an ODS cache hidden in every county in Texas.

More goals will be posted on the ODS website....

Thank you for participating in what is sure to be a noteworthy point in geocaching history.

The cache is about a half mile from the trailhead. The elevation gain is moderate and the trail is clearly established. The trail could get icy/snow-covered during the winter, but the cache should be available in almost all weather. PLEASE do not create social trails in the area. If you haven't logged it already, you might want to find my "Lichen It A Lot" cache (GCKGKQ) along this same trail. Happy caching...

Additional Waypoints
PK13YM9 - Pence Park Parking & Trailhead
N 39° 38.131 W 105° 16.753

08/23/2018 By WanderingChickadee
Fantastic hike! Wonderful day for hiking in this area, but the air is bad from all the fires!!!

Nice hide!!!! SL-TFTC!!!

08/03/2018 By WileECacher
A beautiful day on Independence Mountain today. Not too hot. This was a great spot for hide. Not sure about the white Rock everything that's year looks like it belongs. Thanks for the hide.

08/03/2018 By Ladybuglooking
8/3/18 Quick find! Tftc. Ladybug looking

06/09/2018 By Teriyaki Donuts
Found quickly, right on the button! TFTC!

02/27/2018 By rashidj
Still in good condition

10/26/2017 By bakikum
Found it, there was a white rock near the cache that looked out of place. No other white rocks anywhere around. Not sure if that was intentional but it got me near the cache to make the find. TFTC

10/22/2017 By Aidfuts
Nice

05/13/2017 By Cirnyl
I practically found it by accident, and I'm glad I did, too. Nice hide! Thanks!

04/18/2017 By MrCachetastic
Super fun!!

03/03/2017 By dtvman
I made quick work of this one. TFTC. On to the next.

12/25/2016 By tjFirey
Well, I'm still confused about the project but it sounds pretty cool. I'm vaguely familiar with the movie. As a philosophical idea it's very interesting, I'd like to learn more about it... As for the cache: I was searching in front of it, I was searching to the sides of it, I was searching everywhere except where it was until one minute later I eventually found it in a pretty obvious hiding spot. I signed log, iz in good shape, and replaced as found. Thanka for the cache! Merry Christmas!
Find #772

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