+El Diablo Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 I for one have been sidetracked from caching. I used to spend the weekends either hiding or devising a cache...or seeking one. Now I spend my weekends making Geo Hiking staffs. I have noticed that quite a few of us founding cachers seem to be displaced. I miss hunting with my amigo Hawk-eye and hiding caches that drove him mad. He now spends most of his time in China. Also my good friend Triffid that seems to have gone away from a sport he loved so much. My question is has anyone else been sidetrack or noticed that someone you really admired has gone away? El Diablo Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 BunkerDave... Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+gsdvr Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by El Diablo:I for one have been sidetracked from caching. I used to spend the weekends either hiding or devising a cache...or seeking one. El Diablo Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse. So what caused you to become sidetracked. Just lose interest? Mike Gsdvr Huntsville Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Rubbertoe... got sidetracked from the forums, does that count? Geocaching has sidetracked the rest of my life... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Markwell:BunkerDave... I wholeheartedly concur...BunkerDave. Quote Link to comment
Team Sidewinder Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Glad to see that Moun10bike wasn't one of the victims of the dreaded sidetrack virus. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT. Quote Link to comment
+geospotter Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Three names immediately came to mind -- Hawkeye El Diablo Bunker Dave I'm sure there are others...(just give me a minute) Quote Link to comment
+ScottJ Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 I got sidetracked by a suddenly renewed interest in ham radio and by a lot of personal stuff. I don't think I found a single geocache in over a year ... that's why I'm sitting here with less than 50 finds when I started caching in December 2000! Now that I've made a bit of a job change and am finding myself with more time that is my own, I'm back at it in earnest. No more long breaks for me -- Scott Johnson (ScottJ) Quote Link to comment
Beekeeper Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Too many hobbies, not enough time (or money). I haven't been 'caching or reading the forums in months. Todd Quote Link to comment
+droosa Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by El Diablo: Now I spend my weekends making Geo Hiking staffs. Hey Jerry, whose fault is that! Haven't broken the stick yet! Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Judy&Dick: quote:Originally posted by El Diablo: Now I spend my weekends making Geo Hiking staffs. Hey Jerry, whose fault is that! Haven't broken the stick yet! People like you that keep ordering them I am going to make a renewd effort at caching again. I know my wife The Princess of Darkness misses it. El Diablo Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse. Quote Link to comment
+Ttepee Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Bunkerdave would be up there on my list too. Also from the NY/NJ/Ct region I'd also say Alysn and the Bees.... I hope Kernbob isn't slipping that way too. Quote Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by El Diablo:My question is has anyone else been sidetrack or noticed that someone you really admired has gone away? Up here in Canada - 300Mag and Cliffy Quote Link to comment
mortonfox Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Ttepee:Bunkerdave would be up there on my list too. Also from the NY/NJ/Ct region I'd also say Alysn and the Bees.... I hope Kernbob isn't slipping that way too. Another one from the NYC tristate area: Excession Quote Link to comment
+nittany dave Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 I miss Jason..... already - he was fun. If there were Nielson ratings for the forums, his participation would have been worth huge advertising dollars! Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 There was the person who got me started.. He went by Tomaski. We was someone I mountain biked with also. I haven't seen him doing either in a long while. I'm expecting him to show up mountain biking again though. george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+Ltljon Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Originally posted by El Diablo: My question is has anyone else been sidetrack or noticed that someone you really admired has gone away? QUOTE] Yea, The_Mariner from down Charlotte way. Hadn't heard from him in a while. Quote Link to comment
+WaylandersMA Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 I've only posted once or twice in the past two years. Who are all of you? I only recognize Mountainbike and Markwell. And what did you do to BunkerDave???? Quote Link to comment
+ron50eli Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Faithwalker&DaMama. Don't know if they ever came into the forums, but nothing as far as caching since Aug. 2002.??? Miss them rocker51 Quote Link to comment
+bunkerdave Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 What a touching thing to actually be missed. Seriously, I don't think I will ever be able to (or ever want to) completely leave Geocaching. I had a call just the other day from a reporter at the local newspaper wanting to do yet another article on geocaching, and apparently someone still has the impression that I am the one to talk to...go figure. I think the last cache hunt I did was on December 8th, and I think I logged 5 that day, a pretty good number for me anymore. By way of an update, I think you will agree that I have had a pretty rough year...I share this with all of you only because it appears there are some who are interested, and also because I think there is a lesson here for all of us to learn about MODERATION. I guess I started caching because I was interested in GPS, and because my career at the time (accouting) was boring me to death. I felt I needed some adventure in my life, and thought exploring new places with my GPS seemed like just the cure.as many of you have found, it can certainly do that. What I failed to realized was that too much of a good thing, is a BAD thing. I remember taking off after work to go hunt caches, and returning home to my wife and little daughter after they had both gone to bed, with a cold dinner on the table waiting for me. When I was not out caching, I was home surfing these very forums or loading new caches into my GPS or planning the hunt I would take on the next day. There has been a lot written about the addiction some of us have experienced to this sport, and most of it has been quite tongue in cheek, and rightly so. I am probably only speaking for myself, because I doubt any of you good people are shortsighted enough to let something like this take over your life. I guess the biggest reason I have not done a lot of caching of late is that every time I go out, I think of the times that I went when I was married, and how my caching (along with other things) ended my marriage, once and for all. The last year, as you would expect, has been very hard, with losing essentially everything of importance in my life, and trying to get everything figured out, but things are going as well as one could hope, and I am doing well again. Caching is by no means on my list of important things anymore, but it is one of my favorite hobbies. I kind of "graduated" from caching to backpacking last summer, and spent a lot of time doing trips that took me to some wonderful caches. I hope to do more this year, and look forward to seeing all of you on the trail. Cache on! bunkerdave bunkerdave Quote Link to comment
Team Sidewinder Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Thanks for sharing BunkerDave. Good to know you are still out there somewhere. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT. Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Dave, it's great to see your presence here in the forums! I had no idea that this past year had been so difficult for you, and I am truly sorry to hear about it. Thanks for sharing what happened, and for helping us to keep in mind what is really important. And Sidewinder, thanks for putting me on your list! Quote Link to comment
+Hawk-eye Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 My old bud El Diablo .... makes me feel guilty ... and I do miss desparately seeking your nasty little cache tricks! Last year was the worst year ... and the best year of my life. Of course I spent a wonderful 9 months unemployed because I didn't trust the people I worked for enough to move my family to Bolivia (if you read the reports this past month you'll see I made the right choice). But I did have a lot of moral support from a bunch of great folks in geocaching ... that really helped! I did find a job ... actually changed after 3 months ... to an even better job for some fantastic people that are treating me very well. Unfortunately I've had very little time for anything much less geocaching ... but spring is coming and I feel the need to "navigate". Thanks guys is nice to be missed ... as Arnold so nicely put it ... "I'll be back" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Co-founder of the "NC/VA GEO-HOG ASSOCIATION" ... when you absolutely have to find it first! Quote Link to comment
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