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

By Ellis 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
What was their route?

The team photographed each cache with a small flag from its home country:

Netherlands — GC4Y2FE
Belgium — GC6F8XY
Luxembourg — GC6FRQM
Germany — GC4N4W
France — GC6TPFZ
Switzerland — GC2D9A8
Liechtenstein — GC4J1RZ
Austria — GC6419N
Italy — GC1N1WA
Slovenia — GC2ZEK8
Croatia — GC6GAG3
Hungary — GC59XB6
Slovakia — GC2JZ9K
Czech Republic — GC6J3HN
Poland — GC1G226

Congratulations Team Geotrip’17!