[Az-Geocaching] Geocaching accident

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:01:34 -0700

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We had a trip planned to Crown King this weekend with 4 other families. =
Decided to hit one or two caches on the way up and stopped off to do the =
"B.B." cache. On the way back from a small easy hike from the cache site =
one of our group slipped on some pea gravel on a shallow 3 foot incline. =
She fell to the ground and dislocated her ankle and broke it in two =
places. The group we were with consisted of 1 certified EMT and one =
former EMT and two police officers. We were able provide the emergency =
services ourselves and get her to the hospital within an hour. Two hours =
of surgery and lots of bolts later the ankle was put back together. She =
is expected to be in the hospital for another day and off work for 4-6 =
weeks.

I'm posting this as a friendly reminder to be careful when out doing the =
remote caches sites. Always let someone know where you are going, bring =
a cell phone, and BE PREPARED for the unexpected. This was not a =
difficult cache and was truly an accident. The remote location of this =
cache could have made it much worse if it was a solo cache hunter.

Ken 
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We had a trip planned to Crown King =
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stopped off to do the "B.B." cache. On the way back from a small=20
easy&nbsp;hike&nbsp;from the cache site one of our group slipped on some =
pea=20
gravel on a shallow 3 foot incline. She fell to the ground and =
dislocated her=20
ankle and broke&nbsp;it in two places. The group we were with consisted =
of 1=20
certified EMT and one former EMT and two police officers. We were able =
provide=20
the emergency services ourselves and get her to the hospital within an =
hour. Two=20
hours of surgery and lots of bolts later the ankle was put back =
together. She is=20
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weeks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm posting this as a friendly reminder =
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careful when out doing the remote caches sites. Always let someone know =
where=20
you are going, bring a cell phone,&nbsp;and BE PREPARED for the =
unexpected. This=20
was not a difficult cache and was truly an accident. The remote location =
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cache could have made it much worse if it was a solo cache =
hunter.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ken</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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