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Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:00
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Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Really funny log
entry
I don't know if Night Hunter is on this list or not, but I just
got the following Log Watch Notification that I felt needed to be shared with
everyone.
Scott
Night Hunter has logged a cache on your
watch list (O_dog #2). You can visit the cache at the following link:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=13328
User
comments:
I have to admit that when I first started walking out this wash;
I was think that this wasn't very fun. The brush was thick and overgrown due
to recent rains.
Then all of a sudden, I heard a loud breaking of branches
and thunderous footfalls in front of me. It sounded like a Rhinoceros was
coming right at me. I quickly looked around and picked up a medium sized rock
in the hopes that I could strike a blow David and Goliath style before being
impaled by the monster's snout. As soon as I lifted my meager weapon above my
head the noise stopped. Now I figured that I not only had an armored animal
coming after me, but one that was smart enough to know when he was threatened
and now he was being tactical. I inched slowly forward, thinking that There
was no way I was going to let some African animal that didn't even belong out
here get in my way of my yet unfound treasure. After about three steps, I
heard a faint brushing of leaves to my left. I looked over and less than ten
feet from me was a good- sized deer. I frantically but silently waved my hands
at the innocent animal in the hopes of encouraging her to run away and be
save!
d from the horned beast that was still hiding somewhere near-by. My
plan succeeded, and as the sweet doe ran away, she made a noise equal to that
of my menacing predator. With the stone still above my head, in a pitiful
attempt to keep my armed foe at bay, I started walking forward again. After
about 100 feet, I decided that I would have enough time to raise my weapon if
I heard the noise again and lowered my stone and listened. After hearing
nothing for a few seconds, I continued on my quest, with stone in hand, to
find what I was after.
Soon after I was safe from that Life-changing
event, I realized that this was going to be a really nice hike after all. The
Canyon opened up and the walls rose above me. Absolutely beautiful. Tiny frogs
bounced all around my feet. A few snakes slithered around the tadpole filled
ponds.
When my GPSr told me to start heading out of the wash, I was thick
in the brush. I hopped up on a rock to see my best option. That is when I saw
the Geo-Trail (a trail that has absolutely no purpose to anybody except a
Geocacher.)
After looking for about 30 minutes I finally found the Cache
and took a much needed rest.
I was so worn out after that hike, that I did
not want to hike back out. It was so beautiful, that I actually thought about
camping there for the night. I may have, if I wasn't afraid of the Wild
Rhinos.
Thanks for the adventure of my life
Night
Hunter