+Thrak Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Wondering what the most disgusting cache you have found is. I haven't found this one but it is certainly the most disgusting one I've heard of. I saw this referenced in another topic and when I looked at it I couldn't believe anybody would plant this let alone that people would retrieve it. Waypoint GCKTF2 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...F2&Submit6=Find Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Thank you for bringing that to my attention. It makes the near heat stroke, wading through wild rose and poison ivy cache we did today seem real sane. Link to comment
+GRANPA ALEX Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 WOW! I have done this cache. Went with a buddy (rldill) who actually went under the water to retrieve the cache - good thing he was with me, WHEW! Some caches ARE a challenge and are not for the weak or meek . . . you simply MUST try this one! You will be happy to have it behind you on your list of caches. Link to comment
+dogbreathcanada Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 (edited) Looking at Google Earth the cache is between a water treatment plant and a lake. Does any location in the States allow the public easy access to a river of open sewage? I thought not. Edited August 17, 2005 by dogbreathcanada Link to comment
+Dagg Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Hmm how does that go? Something about a turnip truck... Link to comment
+medic208 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Wow! I did this one too... it IS a rough and nasty one. I'm just glad I had another medic friend w/ me afterwards, I still can't believe I did what I had to do... Those bad memories are all behind me now. Whew! Link to comment
+TeamAO Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Wondering what the most disgusting cache you have found is. I haven't found this one but it is certainly the most disgusting one I've heard of. I saw this referenced in another topic and when I looked at it I couldn't believe anybody would plant this let alone that people would retrieve it. Waypoint GCKTF2 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...F2&Submit6=Find Let's not make a "grossest" cache list, because people are just going to find raw sewage to hide caches in it, just so they can log on here and say, check out THIS cache. Link to comment
+WE4NCS Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Yea it is a nasty cache. I know the owner personally and he got a terrible infection as a result of his placing the cache in this cesspool. The smell is bad and the water color is more like bubbly brown soup. Everyone should avoid this cache because it has to be the nastiest cache in the world. Heed all the warnings and take all the pecautions. I went there recently with a young woman and she hasn't been right since. She had a snorkel but it was useless because the stuff was too dark. Please, please don't go to this cache. Just read the logs of all those other poor souls that have been and have gotten disgusted. Link to comment
AddedValue Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If this cache is really the health hazard it seems to be, shouldn't it be archived Link to comment
+Docapi Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I know the owner personally LOL! I would hope so! Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If this cache is really the health hazard it seems to be, shouldn't it be archived Rock climbing isn't the safest activity either, but should all caches on cliffs be archived too? Link to comment
+Marcie/Eric Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Any cache that has paragraphs in each log entry has got to be good. I looked at it on GE too, the lake water looks darker than chocolate milk. I wouldn't do it. No reason why insane people shouldn't be able too. Link to comment
+Tidalflame Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If this cache is really the health hazard it seems to be, shouldn't it be archived Rock climbing isn't the safest activity either, but should all caches on cliffs be archived too? No, but there's a difference between something like rock climbing (it's dangerous, but you're in control of the situation and it's not too risky as long as you know what you're doing) and, say, wading through toxic waste which could cause sickness or cancer. How can polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) affect my health? The most commonly observed health effects in people exposed to large amounts of PCBs are skin conditions such as acne and rashes. Studies in exposed workers have shown changes in blood and urine that may indicate liver damage. PCB exposures in the general population are not likely to result in skin and liver effects. Most of the studies of health effects of PCBs in the general population examined children of mothers who were exposed to PCBs. Animals that ate food containing large amounts of PCBs for short periods of time had mild liver damage and some died. Animals that ate smaller amounts of PCBs in food over several weeks or months developed various kinds of health effects, including anemia; acne-like skin conditions; and liver, stomach, and thyroid gland injuries. Other effects of PCBs in animals include changes in the immune system, behavioral alterations, and impaired reproduction. PCBs are not known to cause birth defects. How likely are polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to cause cancer? Few studies of workers indicate that PCBs were associated with certain kinds of cancer in humans, such as cancer of the liver and biliary tract. Rats that ate food containing high levels of PCBs for two years developed liver cancer. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has concluded that PCBs may reasonably be anticipated to be carcinogens. The EPA and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have determined that PCBs are probably carcinogenic to humans. I'm not necessarily saying the cache should be archived... I mean, if people are stupid enough to do it, whatever, that's their choice. But I do think that there is a pretty big difference between caches like this and cache that require you to scale cliffs or whatever else. Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Know what?...I just wouldn't worry 'bout it. It's a joke! Sounds like my kind of challenge, and it looks like this guy had fun: Link to comment
+Runaround Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Any cache that has paragraphs in each log entry has got to be good. Or a hoax???? Someone can Markwell me but there was a discussion a couple of years ago about a 5/5 cache that was actually very easy. The cache had a note that described the logging requirement which required you to write at least a 300 word log describing how hard and terrifying the hunt was. Link to comment
+VegasCacheHounds Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Hmmm, sounds like fun, I'd check it oit if it was in my area. Link to comment
geo_boy_2001 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 it sounds sh**y to me Im in Link to comment
+fishingfools Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I got in a shoveing match with a bike rider after this one, oh, and a snake bit me. Had to hose off at the carwash before I went home. Nasty, Nasty, Cache. Link to comment
+horsegeeks Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 This was a doozer that I will never forget. The worst part other than the cache itself was the humiliation suffered when folks saw me 6'0 300 lbs in just my smelly underwear going back to the car. It was a while before I trusted WE4NCS' caches without inquiring first. Link to comment
+Sue Gremlin Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 That cache should re re-titled: "You go ahead in, I'll catch up with you. I swear". Link to comment
+horsegeeks Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Know what?...I just wouldn't worry 'bout it. It's a joke! Sounds like my kind of challenge, and it looks like this guy had fun: Parents, do you know where your children are??????? Link to comment
+AtoZ Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Yea it is a nasty cache. I know the owner personally and he got a terrible infection as a result of his placing the cache in this cesspool. The smell is bad and the water color is more like bubbly brown soup. Everyone should avoid this cache because it has to be the nastiest cache in the world. Heed all the warnings and take all the pecautions. I went there recently with a young woman and she hasn't been right since. She had a snorkel but it was useless because the stuff was too dark. Please, please don't go to this cache. Just read the logs of all those other poor souls that have been and have gotten disgusted. Reading the cache description made me want to do it but after reading this quote I guess not. I invisioned a wonderful mountain stream but the efluent from a treatment plant I'll pass. Some times people just well are silly in placing caches. It also seems to show little respect for fellow caches if the owner got an infection placing the cache. Yes I care for you all and hope to not endanger you, to much LOL.. cheers Link to comment
NickPick Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Looking at it from a few thousand miles away, it looks a bit like a hoax - the "Please follow the online logging instructions inside the cache" makes me think that Runaround might be right. Also, there don't seem to be any DNFs by people who have seen all the sewage floating past and said "Not for me" I think it might be a light-hearted trick to make people think it's more horrid than it actually is. Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If this cache is really the health hazard it seems to be, shouldn't it be archived Rock climbing isn't the safest activity either, but should all caches on cliffs be archived too? No, but there's a difference between something like rock climbing (it's dangerous, but you're in control of the situation and it's not too risky as long as you know what you're doing) and, say, wading through toxic waste which could cause sickness or cancer. <Snipped article on PCB's> I'm not necessarily saying the cache should be archived... I mean, if people are stupid enough to do it, whatever, that's their choice. But I do think that there is a pretty big difference between caches like this and cache that require you to scale cliffs or whatever else. Wait, with rock climbing you choose to put yourself in danger and with this cache don't you also choose to search for it or not? Link to comment
+Faith the Aquariaqueen Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If you liked this cache, you might enjoy the Homeless Bathtub cache in TN. Link to comment
+WhatsRNutts Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If you liked this cache, you might enjoy the Homeless Bathtub cache in TN. to bad I'm not a premium member yet cause I can't view the cache Link to comment
+Glenn Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Any cache that has paragraphs in each log entry has got to be good. Or a hoax???? Someone can Markwell me but there was a discussion a couple of years ago about a 5/5 cache that was actually very easy. The cache had a note that described the logging requirement which required you to write at least a 300 word log describing how hard and terrifying the hunt was. Whats next? A cache near a nuclear power plant, and to clame a find you have post a picture of yourself with an extra limb photoshoped on. If that sewage treatment plant was releasing anything harmful into that lake the EPA would have something to say about it. Link to comment
+Mandrew Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 This cache seems like a huge load of crap (not even real crap). How could there be no DNF's on a cache that hard. And there's no way all that sewage would be running right into a lake. And I've seen some absoultly great and exciting caches that still had logs : "TNLN thanks for the cache" and thats it. How come every log is obcenely long and everyone has an extreme story? If I lived there I would check it out and if it is real I would post DNF and if not then another cache to find. Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 This cache seems like a huge load of crap (not even real crap). How could there be no DNF's on a cache that hard. And there's no way all that sewage would be running right into a lake. And I've seen some absoultly great and exciting caches that still had logs : "TNLN thanks for the cache" and thats it. How come every log is obcenely long and everyone has an extreme story? If I lived there I would check it out and if it is real I would post DNF and if not then another cache to find. Lighten up, Francis. Link to comment
+lovelace Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If that sewage treatment plant was releasing anything harmful into that lake the EPA would have something to say about it. You mean like the cleanup they're just about to do? Link to comment
geo_boy_2001 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 MOM I thank Im going to be sick Link to comment
+BillsBayou Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Lovelace's article made me drop my jaw over this cache. We need some new icons to describe the dangers of this cache. I don't have time to go on a icon spree, but several ideas come to mind: Biohazard Animal Waste Corosive Materials Dangerous Substances Deep Water Carcinogens Ground Mercury (on the bed of most Louisiana stream beds) Link to comment
+medic208 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If that sewage treatment plant was releasing anything harmful into that lake the EPA would have something to say about it. You mean like the cleanup they're just about to do? Wow! Thats a disturbing news story. Makes me wonder what all I really came into contact while finding the cache. Link to comment
+horsegeeks Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 If that sewage treatment plant was releasing anything harmful into that lake the EPA would have something to say about it. You mean like the cleanup they're just about to do? Wow! Thats a disturbing news story. Makes me wonder what all I really came into contact while finding the cache. Good thing you are in the medical field. How hard is it to take care of those open sores yourself? Link to comment
+WE4NCS Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 This cache is dangerous. The EPA has issued citations and warnings to the nearby Cary Wastewater Treatment Plant. The nearby lake has PCBs. I cannot think of a more hazardous location for a cache. That kid's picture looks good compared to the stories heard from other cachers who attempted the cache. The owner should be banished form geocaching. He obviously has no regard for mankind. Link to comment
+medic208 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Good thing you are in the medical field. How hard is it to take care of those open sores yourself? It's not easy, I'm sure you noticed last Saturday that I still have one lingering sore on my right arm, and being right handed it's a little difficult to clean. Link to comment
darwinmay Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 The owner should be banished form geocaching. He obviously has no regard for mankind. Is banishing yourself considered geocide? Link to comment
+Tidalflame Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 (edited) Wait, with rock climbing you choose to put yourself in danger and with this cache don't you also choose to search for it or not? Obviously it's your decision as to whether or not you're willing to take the risk to find the cache... I was merely pointing out the differences between the two situations. There are different types of danger. There are things that are statistically dangerous but not overly dangerous to those who know what they're doing, and then there are things that are dangerous no matter what. Eh, I'm having trouble articulating my thoughts... Let's say I put a cache in between the rails on a Skytrain track. Is that more dangerous than a cache on the side of a cliff? Maybe, maybe not... Is it a suitable cache location simply because I'm not FORCING people to go there? (And keep in mind that while I'm not forcing to go there, I'm most certainly encouraging them.) I have to admit that I've sort of lost track of the point I had since I found out that this cache is a hoax Edited August 17, 2005 by Tidalflame Link to comment
+kentuckygirls Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 (edited) Almost everyone has seen people FISHING!!!! Why would a biohazard waste and sewage dump be such a popular fishing place. I'm not sure I believe everything, but it sure as heck was an entertaining piece of reading. I laughed my head off. TFTL (Thanks for the Logs)!! Edited August 17, 2005 by kentuckygirls Link to comment
AddedValue Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 If this cache is really the health hazard it seems to be, shouldn't it be archived Rock climbing isn't the safest activity either, but should all caches on cliffs be archived too? I would not classify rock climbing as a health hazard. Link to comment
+Thrak Posted August 18, 2005 Author Share Posted August 18, 2005 Sigh...... not sure if I was taken in by a hoax or not but I AM certain I'm sorry I started this thread. I'm going to lock it now. My appologies for the thread. Link to comment
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