[Az-Geocaching] Sad news

Randy Kinkel listserv@azgeocaching.com
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:27:41 -0700


I am very sad to hear about this; he seemed to be a very nice guy with a
great sense of humor.

Mozartman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <trisha@brasher.com>
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Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Sad news


> Wow, that is very sad. Please keep us posted about any news that you are
allowed to release. Does he have family we can pray for?
> Trisha "Lightning"
> Prescott
>
> Ya never know, and we all need to be ready to meet our Maker when it is
time.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Scotti <jscotti@pirl.lpl.Arizona.EDU>
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:25:21 -0700 (MST)
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Sad news
>
> > That's awful news, Brian.  Thanks for letting us know.  I'll dedicate my
next
> > caching adventure to him.
> >
> > Jim.
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Brian Casteel wrote:
> >
> > > Before I decide to fire up my fingers in response to this whole NASA
> > > thing, I'll simply defuse the situation with some tragic news I
received
> > > in an e-mail today...
> > >
> > > When I woke up this morning and checked my e-mail, I had something
very
> > > saddening waiting for me.  As most of you know, SquishyGecko was
pulled
> > > from Geocaching when he was called back by his employer.  Where he
went,
> > > it was possible, but extremely unsafe to do so (in fact, one cache
placed
> > > in 2001 still hasn't been found.  Therefore, he sold his GPS and
> > > associated equipment, because he would be gone for quite awhile.
> > >
> > > But what saddened me was news that he was killed in a car crash on
Sept.
> > > 3rd.  I waited until now to send out the e-mail because I wanted
> > > confirmation from the person who told me that this was legit.  I did
get
> > > another e-mail from the same person, and without asking details I
believe
> > > what he said to be the truth.  At this point, I will say nothing about
> > > what he did for a living, or anything about where he was when killed.
> > > If the person who gave me the news says that it is ok to do so, I'll
> > > indulge a little more.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > > Team A.I.
> > >
> >
> > Jim Scotti
> > Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
> > University of Arizona
> > Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/
> >
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