[Az-Geocaching] Death of geocacher Mike Curtin (a.k.a. FHR Rangers) due to heat in Orange County, CA
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Tue, 03 Sep 2002 20:57:46 -0700 (PDT)
<semi-soapbox>
I agree, this unfortunate death is a very very sad occurance. A real
eye-opener for anybody who thinks "oh, it's only a short hike" and
doesn't take the basics with them.
In our search and rescue posse, we are required to have a pack ready
at all times with the "ten" (+) essentials and gear we need. We are
not allowed to exit the vehicle to search on foot (no matter how short
we think it will be) without our packs, which include our hand held
radios. Common sense says that is a good idea for anybody.
Just yesterday, my daughters tried to talk me into a 1.2+ mile hike
(one-way) down a steep canyon to get a cache (Money Drop). My girls
don't have the concept of the necessary "UP" when looking "DOWN"! I
had not planned any hike-caches so therefore did not have packs,
boots, etc (we had water in the truck of course) so I had to tell them
NO, No, several times (Teenagers!!). Even tho' it was not as hot at
this higher elevation, it is still a recipe for disaster to venture
out unprepared.
My sympathies go out to this man's family. What a shame.
Trisha "Lightning"
Preskitt AZ
</semi-soapbox>
Jim Scotti wrote:
>
> Sad to hear about the death of a fellow geocacher. Good reminder of
> the
> dangers of being out in the backcountry. I'd guess that the rates of
> cachers
> getting into trouble will be similar to those of regular hikers.
> Besides
> those of us who are a bit more aware of the dangers, there are many
> who are
> relatively inexperienced outdoors amoungst our number (I'd guess
just a
> little bit less than amoungst the average hikers, but probably not
> that much
> different). We also have that extra incentive to get to the cache
> which
> might make us a little too vulnerable to the "go fever"
syndrome that
> could
> take us a little too far. Good to remember that we are all human and
> there
> are many ways nature can get you.
>
> Jim.
>
> On 3 Sep 2002, Brian Cluff wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if this is the first geocaching to die while
> > geocaching?
> > This is the first that I can remember. Considering the number
of
> > cachers in the world, that would make us some of the most
resposible
> > people out there.
> > Or in other words we take plenty of water so that we can make
sure
> that
> > all the garbage that we are hauling onto archeology sites
actually
> gets
> > there, and we get back home save, so we can trash another site
on
> > another day.
> >
> > Brian Cluff
> > Team Snaptek
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 17:09, ken@highpointer.com wrote:
> > > The geocacher who died this weekend due to heat-related
causes in
> Orange County, California was Mike Curtin, who went by the user name
> of FHR Rangers. The death was reported by geocacher seminary7 in a
> posting on the Groundspeak forum.
> >
> >
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