Compass Leif (proxy)

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Owner:: howarthe Message this owner
Released:: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Origin:: Oregon, United States
Recently Spotted:: Unknown Location

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Current Goal

To visit each continent of the world: (1) Africa, (2) Antarctica, (3) Asia, (4) Australia, (5) Europe, (6) ~~North America~~ & (7) South America. Do not hesitate to move this trackable to another cache even if it isn’t closer to a new continent. You never know where the trackable will meet someone preparing to leave on vacation. Likewise, do not hesitate to bring this trackable back the United States where it may find someone heading to a new continent. Upon completion of this mission, this trackable will be available for adoption.

About This Item

Leif (proxy)

I love finding trackables in caches. So, it has become my habit to launch ten new trackables into the wild each spring. In 2009, I launched ten gold ingots each heading to a different college. In 2010, I launched ten little turtles to visit each county in Oregon. In 2011, I launched ten unicorns each heading to one of the world’s most romantic cities.

In 2012, I am launching ten compass roses to visit each continent of the world. They are each named for a famous explorer: (1) Christopher Columbus, (2) Ferdinand Magellan, (3) Hernan Cortez, (4) Jacques Cousteau, (5) James Cook, (6) Leif Ericson, (7) Marco Polo, (8) Meriwether Lewis, (9) Neil Armstrong and (10) Vasco De Gamma.

Leif Ericson was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement on the northern tip of Newfoundland in modern-day Canada. It is believed that Leif was born around the 970s—the son of Erik the Red, an explorer and outlaw from Western Norway. Erik founded the first Norse colonies in Greenland, and was based at the family estate Brattahlíð in the so-called Eastern Settlement, where Leif had his upbringing.

In January 2014, James went missing in Cuba. He had traveled 12,000 miles in two years.
In June 2015, having been missing for over a year, I am activating a proxy.

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Tracking History (23108.5mi) View Map

7/10/2017	howarthe marked it as missing		Visit Log
The owner has set this Trackable as missing.
8/17/2015	nbbaker1102 placed it in Bash Bish Falls	Massachusetts - 2,437.17 miles	Visit Log
Brought it from Hawaii!
6/30/2015	lauriej13 placed it in Leahi Millennium Peace Garden	Hawaii - 2,579.73 miles	Visit Log
Entrance to Diamond Head. Safe travels from here on my friend!
6/25/2015	nbbaker1102 retrieved it from Leahi Millennium Peace Garden	Hawaii	Visit Log
Taking it back to the Mainland.
6/24/2015	lauriej13 retrieved it from Pickleball with the A & W Family	Oregon	Visit Log
I won't be able to take this to another continent but I can drop it in Hawaii next week where it has a really good chance of being picked up by someone who can!
6/22/2015	howarthe placed it in Pickleball with the A & W Family	Oregon - 2,705.15 miles	Visit Log

6/22/2015	howarthe retrieved it from Time To Go Caching!	Oregon	Visit Log
I took this to TIME TO GO CACHING, then I dropped it in PICKLEBALL, but I virtually dropped it in TIME TO GO CACHING, so I'm virtually grabbing it again, so that I virtually drop it in the right place. What a mess. I've got to be more careful with that app next time.
6/22/2015	howarthe posted a note for it		Visit Log
I actually dropped this one in GC1BJHE.
6/21/2015	howarthe grabbed it		Visit Log
reactivating with a proxy
6/21/2015	howarthe marked it as missing		Visit Log
The owner has set this Trackable as missing.
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