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/