+Team Dromomania Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 This is a very large community and I'm sure that some cachers have passed away. Is there a specific thread or an area where such persons could be honored with a few words from those who knew something about them. I personally do not know of any cachers who have passed away. I do know that if I'm still geocaching when I die I'd like others to know I passed away and did not just go MIA. Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 There have been a few threads started about geocachers that have died. I don't remember exactly who, but someone might be able to provide a markwell for you. The longer geocaching exists, the more that it will happen. Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 JumpJunkie from Gainesville, Florida Link to comment
+fly46 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Mark comes to mind, too.. Perhaps somebody could link to his profile? To one of the tbs released in his honour Link to comment
Deego Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 (edited) Mark comes to mind, too.. Perhaps somebody could link to his profile? To one of the tbs released in his honour I can do that. I work for the Web site He set up for the UK geocachers to use http://www.geocacheuk.com/ His profile can be found here There is also a three page forum post started just after we got the sad news. Edited July 7, 2005 by Deego Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 This cache was one of my earliest finds http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...24-4fab1b2abbf8 the cacher who placed it passed away in 2003, but the cache is still there. I believe there are local cachers looking after it. Link to comment
+Team Dromomania Posted July 9, 2005 Author Share Posted July 9, 2005 Is there a policy concerning cachers who have passed away? I think it's good to keep the profiles but is anything official being done to do some housekeeping with that person's caches and TB's? I know if I should die that my wife would have no idea how to log onto our web pages - much less how to make any changes in the profile. It is good to see these cachers are still remembered. Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Is there a policy concerning cachers who have passed away? I know if I should die that my wife would have no idea how to log onto our web pages - much less how to make any changes in the profile. I'd imagine that's pretty much the case with most people. If I were to meet an untimely end, no one here would likely know--at least immediately. It'd look to everyone that I just quit geocaching. I'd wager that there are numerous geocachers who have died and none of us know about it simply because we don't recieve word. It's pretty hard to determine why someone may stop frequenting this site. Perhaps this is a reminder to us all that it might be a good idea to include instructions to tie up loose ends online, should we unexpectedly die. Jamie Link to comment
robertlipe Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 There was a cacher with the handle of 'Marco' in the Huntsville, AL area that passed away a few years ago. I never met him, but I was able to dig up this info: http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=c7...89-7d7e23c93c10 It looks like La Paloma adopted his caches, so there's been some renaming that can make the profiles confusing. Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 If I were to meet an untimely end, no one here would likely know--at least immediately. It'd look to everyone that I just quit geocaching. We'd assume you took a few months off to go paddle the Nile, or go trekkingin Nepal. I think though that after 6 months or so we'd start to wonder. Link to comment
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