I believe he was the first one to create a travel bug... before they were even called travel bugs http://azgeocaching.com/mrtata.html He will truly be missed. Jason AzGeocaching On 3/13/2011 8:18 PM, Tonio Kroger wrote: > Judi and I learned this evening that Bob Renner, GCB0B > , > passed away yesterday after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. > > Bob was a true pioneer of Arizona caching. At the Deer Valley Ten Year > Event Cache last May, when they did the > countdown of who had been caching the longest, Bob (who can be seen in > the group photo on that cache page, front row center in the white hat) > was the "last man standing". Bob placed Arizona'ssecond geocache > in October, 2000. It's still active and I can > speak from experience that it is a worthy and worthwhile challenge. > > Bob made many other contributions to Arizona caching. He created > Arizona's first event cache in March 2001. > He created what is certainly one of the firstmulti-caches > in the state, and it is still active today. > He placed a still-active cache at the bottom of the Grand Canyon > . And his still-active "Box O Books" cache > (GCB0B ) is probably the only cache anywhere > that not only has a GC ID that is an acronym of the cache title, but > also a GC ID that is identical to the hider's name! > > Bob was a giver. He taught "Introduction to Geocaching" classes at > REI, and at the Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant. He introduced > geocaching to numerous scouts in Boy Scout Troop 824. In 2002-2003, > Bob served as a liaison between the geocaching community and the > Arizona State Historical Preservation Office and other land management > agencies, at a time when those agencies perceived geocaching as a > threat to sites with archaeological or environmental sensitivity. Were > it not for Bob's efforts, we might have far fewer acres in the state > on which to play our little game. And he did all this with calm in the > face of stress, humor in the face of threats, and thoughtfulness in > the face of emotion. Geocaching in Arizona would not be the special > experience it so often is had we not had the good fortune of Bob > Renner's participation. > > Bob is survived by his wife, Marion, and two sons. As I write this, > funeral and memorial plans have not been announced. I will pass along > any information that I receive. > > Steve > Team Tierra Buena > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com