[Az-Geocaching] Sad news

Brian Casteel listserv@azgeocaching.com
Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:43:16 -0600


Wow.  I didn't know he deleted his find logs.

Brian
Team A.I.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Stringham" <sstringh@stringham-family.org>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Cc: "AZ Geocaching" <az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Sad news


> I too was saddened when Squishy Gecko left the valley. I too adopted one
> of his caches (Gecko's Wildlife Zoo GCJP97).
>
> I am saddened by this news, and also wonder if there is anything we can do
> for his family.
>
> I was also disapointed when he left the valley, after he passed on all his
> caches, he then proceeded to remove his log entries. So, that history of
> his caching is gone.
>
> May god bless his family.
>
> Steven Stringham
> StringCachers
>
>
> > 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.
> >
>
>
>
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