June 12, 2017 / Ellis /

15 geocaches. 15 countries. 22 hours and 25 minutes. Geotrip ’17.

What is Geotrip’17?

In 2011, a group of geocachers from the Netherlands set a geocaching record when they found 15 geocaches in 15 countries within 24 hours. Six years later, a group of Finnish geocachers were up to the challenge to break this record. Harjus, Rimaju, Weellu and Wesbridge embarked on Geotrip ‘17 on April 15, 2017 from the Netherlands just a second past midnight. They reached their final destination in Poland at 10:25 pm the same day 22 hours and 25 minutes later, setting the new record!

In that time, the group travelled 2000 kilometers and found a geocache in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland.

Although they were going for a speed record, the Geotrip’17 team drove according to speed limits and took their time to find each cache and log them. In order to achieve this, they preselected low difficulty park and grab caches with backup caches.

How much time did they spend in each country compared to previous teams?

Earth	Geofriends 2011 Time	Tour d’Europe 2017 Time	Geotrip ‘ 17 Time	Geocache Found
Netherlands	00:00	00:01	00:00	GC4Y2FE
Belgium	01:26	01:08	00:36	GC6F8XY
Luxembourg	01:35	01:51	02:05	GC6FRQM
German	04:07	04:59	02:20	GC4N4W
France	01:57	02:49	03:16	GC6TPFZ
Switzerland	05:19	06:22	06:34	GC2D9A8
Liechtenstein	07:16	07:04	07:38	GC4J1RZ
Austria	07:32	08:11	07:51	GC6419N
Italy	09:59	10:00	10:35	GC1N1WA
Slovenia	13:29	14:00	15:10	GC2ZEK8
Croatia	15:32	15:50	16:20	GC6GAG3
Hungary	17:28	20:14	17:02	GC59XB6
Slovakia	20:13	20:01	19:36	GC2JZ9K
The Czech Republic	22:36	21:52	20:55	GC6J3HN
Poland	23:04	23:34	22:25	GC1G226