[Az-Geocaching] "Obsessed geocacher found stuck in mud, film at 11"

[Mike Ingoglia]

This is my first post (please, please, hold the applause).

...you can always get yourself an ATV...  If driven responsibly they tread
very lightly due to the light weight and 3 psi tires and are virtually
impossible to get stuck.  Hey Scott, maybe Brian and I will gain a little
headroom with regard to number of finds on ya this winter by using the ATVs
up north/east... well, ok, we have a loooooooooooong way to go.  I think
geocaching in several feet of snow will add a whole new degree of
difficulty.  :-)

Mike
Team Leaplab


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Nicol" <arizcowboy@hotmail.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] "Obsessed geocacher found stuck in mud, film at
11"


>
> >From: trisha@brasher.com
> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] "Obsessed geocacher found stuck in mud, film
> >at 11"
> >Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:57:34 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >(disclaimer: the following is meant in FUN, but has an important
> >message imbedded in the sarcasm. Please remember that I have had to
> >deal with people who go where they shouldn't and get stuck. It
> >happens.) :-)
> >
> >Yeah, that's a smart idea, Scott. Go in the morning when the mud is
> >"still frozen" (i.e. ICE). Drive on ICY dirt roads, that's a great
> >idea. (Hope you have good comprehensive insurance!! :-)) Oh, be sure
> >to go WAY back in the boonies, at least 8 miles from the nearest paved
> >road. Stay long enough for it to warm up enough for the ICE to turn
> >into impassable mud.............
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Just to clear this up..  :)
>
> That message about driving on the ice before it turns muddy was made by
one
> of the Snaptek boys. Not me!
>
> MY message was to ask whether the roads are passable in the winter and
> whether they are MUDDY or not. Do they dry up quickly or do they stay
muddy
> all winter long? I hate mud! AND I dont like to drive on dirt roads when
> they are muddy! It irritates me (to say the least) when I am driving down
a
> forest/dirt road and it is all rutted up. There is nothing more annoying
> than that. As Trisha said.. these roads are not really maintained and if
> they become very rutted up.. they will probably stay that way!
>
> I can think of many dirt roads that used to be very smooth. Then, I come
> back months later to find it all rutted up after a heavy rain because
> someone drove down it when it was muddy. When it dries... it becomes a
very
> bumpy road and it will likely stay that way for a long time to come.
>
> Now, there are those folks that perhaps need to use these roads.. like
> forest workers, those who man the towers, folks who work on the radio
> towers, etc. But, for the rest of us who are just out there on a
> recreational level.. probably dont need to be out there. I fall into that
> catagory. I have no interest in driving on muddy roads. It is no fun. Now,
I
> love a good off road challenge... but, mud is not one of them!
>
> Anyways, just wanted to clear that up!!!!!
>
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
>
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