I've only been caching since November but already i've been in a couple hairy situations with river crossings or even just with night closing in where it was dark and getting back to the car wasn't as easy as expected.
But I'm a bit creeped out by a guy very familier to a local trail system (where there are numerous caches hidden) being missing in the woods now for two days. They found his truck at the beginning of the trail that he regularly traverses and his dog that he was walking was sitting beside it. Police have been searching from dawn till dusk since he went missing with the aid of helocopters without finding a trace of him so far. He's also a young and in perfectly good shape guy with no known medical conditions that would cause alarm.
Its really made me think of how careless i've been in taking spontanious trips deep into the woods, even on well known trail systems, without letting anyone know. I've decided to email a couple people the GC codes of the caches i'm looking for before I leave from here on out.
Just wanted to throw this out there so if there's any idiots like me who haven't been smart and keeping people informed of where they are in the woods, maybe they should start. Tomorrow is day 3 of the search for this guy, hope they find him.
(BTW, if your wondering - he is lost in the Hiawatha trail system in Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada - there are at least 10 caches on these trails)