Umilik hits 1000!

[hamburking]

Umilik reached the major milestone of 1000 finds today at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e3c9d082-16bc-494b-86b5-706486322a37
Congratulations Umilik!

I met Umilik in the spring of 2007. He seemed to be a very intelligent and knowledgable man, and the topic soon turned to geocaching. He knew all about it, but had never actually found a cache. I, being an experienced cacher with almost 20 finds under my belt, goaded him to make his first find. When I met him again a few days later he still hadn't made the find. So I made it clear that I would kick his ass if I saw him again and he hadn't logged his first find. Clearly the thrill of the sport took hold, he made the find, and my boot was spared. Little did I know the trouble I had started. That spring he kept finding caches at an incredible rate, and before I had found 70, he had already found 80.

Always an eager caching companion, I was fortunate to cache with him often. We shared several FTF's (including one today http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=13bed1b4-9b8d-49c2-8fb9-c7c5066de18b ) and many adventures (like Pirates of the St Lawrence http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=cdc165e1-bf2c-4a1a-a86c-05a39252fc0f ). I'm glad to report that many of these were found by bike, boat, dinghy, canoe and foot (without a car). A personal highlight was the blustry, dark night we found hypocorism's white night brights http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=107381d0-3329-45df-9346-1f690b6e0378. This hide took caching to a new and exciting level for me. More recently, Umilik brought me and a carload of young cachers to the new Yellow Night Brights course http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_de ... e63c48b52d , which was almost as thrilling, as the kids searched the woods for coyotes while we marched in the dark to the cache.

Always ready to cache and eyes like a hawk...a well earned milestone!

[coman123]

Great job Umilik.......

Welcome to the club, and what a great cache to hit it on,

I was one of the last few finders of that one, and I enjoyed it a lot.

Sorry to see it go, but look forward to see where it pops up

Again Congrats..

Coman123

[canadianzombie]

Congrats, a great accomplishment, welcome to the club!!!
Cheers
CZ

[swimmrguy]

Congrats Umilik! What a great way to celebrate your milestone--being the last to find on a great cache, and FTF on another one.

Hope we meet up on the trails again soon.
--SG

[hypocorism]

I first met Umilik under a different guise so to speak. Back then he went by another moniker. Can you pick him out in the group shot on the KAG home page? Since then I have had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Umilik several times on the trail. I enjoyed finding all his caches, especially GC1KYXY which he put out to annoy his caching buddy. His logs display considerable thought and facility with language and are liberally peppered with his particular brand of humour. The fact that he achieved many of his finds on the road to this milestone by bicycle is a big plus. Umilik, allow me to add my sincere congratulations on the occasion of this important event in your geocaching life. Oh ya - and he has a big beard too.

[bullockj]

Congratulations Umilik, Welcome to the 1000 Cache club

[Bluesaway]

Congratulations Umilik! I think we have some left over business to attend to this spring, and we can do it in a yellow canoe this time! Looking forward to more adventures and your next 1000!