Swagger Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I came across this cairn while out caching and doing some misc. 4-wheeling. It's a memorial for Karen Tellez, a hiker who was separated from her friends in 1997 and succumbed to the elements during a very heavy El Niño storm. (Google is your friend). The thing that's kind of spooky about this is that the cairn is about the right size to actually be a grave. I wasn't sure if it was until I got home and found out the story of Ms. Tellez and realized that given the circumstances, it was extremely unlikely that she was buried there. Would it be in bad taste for me to put a cache nearby, in her honor? -- perl -MMIME::Base64 -e "print decode_base64('SU1BR0VTIFJFTU9WRUQgQlkgT1ZFUkJFQVJJTkcgQURNSU5T')" Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I don't think its in bad taste to honor someone as long as its respectful. Make sure to give everyone the full history behind the story! Quote Link to comment
+Jaguar1 Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I don't see how placing a cache close by would be any different than the many I've found in or next to grave yards. I'd stick it somewhere up in that huge tree in the background of the bottom picture. "Following animal paths may make the bushwacking a little easier, but probably won't pay off in the long run, since deer tend not to geocache much." - Geocacher Peeve on the Vaught Ranch Bushwackin Fun (B.D. #2) cache Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 A tribute to someone...living or dead has got to be the ultimate honor. El Diablo Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse. http://www.geo-hikingstick.com Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I agree that it is no different from a graveyard cache. I found one recently in Chicago (just before attending the NLCS game 7, maybe I shouldn't have been to a graveyard first). I figure that the Chicago cache I found was interesting and not at all disrespectful. I say do it and give the history on the cache page. If someone puts a cache by my grave (or death place) someday, I know that I would be really honored! pika waving Quote Link to comment
+Team Lyons Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I think that would be fine to do. That tree in the picture is cool. Not too many like it in my neck of the woods. How old do you think it is? Quote Link to comment
Citizensmith Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I think putting a cache there would be nice too. However, I'd make a big point on the cache description page that the cache is not hidden in the memorial so it never gets disturbed. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted October 18, 2003 Author Share Posted October 18, 2003 I thought it'd be alright, but my judgement can be off with these kinds of things. Thanks for all the input. I'll bump this thread back up when I get a cache placed up there. -- perl -MMIME::Base64 -e "print decode_base64('SU1BR0VTIFJFTU9WRUQgQlkgT1ZFUkJFQVJJTkcgQURNSU5T')" Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 We have a couple of graveyard caches around our area. They're tastefully done, and I think that a thoughtful cache description would put it in the right light. We were recently on the east side of the Sierra and stummbled across something similar, but there was no last name on the marker. I hadn't a clue as to what or who it could be for (a family pet for all I know), but the thought did cross my mind that it would've made an interesting cache site (other than I live a few hundred miles away). Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. The rest go geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Cat'N'Geo Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 We've done several caches in actual graveyards. I think they are cool cause they show that last bit of creativity for people’s memory, usually all that's easily accessible by others. Putting a cache near a memorial like this seems quite respectful to me; matter of fact one you might want to look over would be Brown's Mountain Cache (GC7A30) in NW PA. The cache itself is a few yards away from the memorial, a place my wife had never seen (or knew of) even though she lived within a few miles of it for 20+ years. They say this universe is bound to blow, I say we crank up the Calypso Control! ~Jimmy Buffett ~Someday I Will~ Quote Link to comment
+Bilder Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I would do an offset cache. Give the coords for the site and use the numbers in the date or something to lead to the actual cache nearby. That is what I did with Roadside memorial. I did not want to place a cache at the actual site out of respect. The actual cache is about 1000 feet away from the memorial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have never been lost. Been awful confused for a few days, but never lost! N61.12.041 W149.43.734 Quote Link to comment
+Cooter13 Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 As long as you show respect for the deceased, I see no reason not to use it as an offset. If virturals were still allowed, please no responses regarding this statement, it is fact not a what if, then it would make a great virtural. I spent 15 years of my life living across the street from a cemetary, there is nothing bad or disrespectful of the deceased of using their final resting place. IMHO, I think that they would appreciate the rememberance of their name. Remember, the fact that Western society places markers, is a reason to remember. Please just do it tactfully. As a sign of good will to the family and friends of the deceased, I would ask that any cache seekers to not search out the cache on the day of death. More than likely the family and friends would be honoring the deceased on that day and possibly the birthday of the deceased. Just some thoughts on keeping the resting place/memorial marker sacred and honorable to all. See the happy moron He doesn't give a da** I wish I were a moron My God, perhaps I am Author Unknown Quote Link to comment
mckee Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Gallant places a cache nearby with respect for the person who died. Goofus makes it a virtual and requires a pic of the finder dancing with the body. -------------------- Would you like some cheese with your whine? Quote Link to comment
+astheravenflies Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Not to get too much off topic but that is one granddaddy of a live oak tree. Being a native of SoCal I can really appreciate it and the sun that helped it get to that size. Rest in peace Karen Tellez. Quote Link to comment
+Cooter13 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Mckee, I stand corrected. See the happy moron He doesn't give a da** I wish I were a moron My God, perhaps I am Author Unknown Quote Link to comment
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