+DustyJacket Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Even though I've been injured while caching, the WORST is my shattered ego when searching for micros. Quote Link to comment
+rover-r-us Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 falling on my butt and go to work the next day.did i mention i drive a truck. Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 My worst was a rusty nail in each foot at this cache. (For those who are wondering, I'd had a tetanus shot less than a year before when my finger and a table saw got intimate.) Quote Link to comment
Odwolda Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I was caching during a storm, and I hear a big crack. I look up and I feel a huge thud on my head. I get up, dazed, and see a 3-inch diameter tree brach on the ground. Slammed right into my head. I guess I'm lucky I didn't get knocked out... Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 The injury wasn't too bad, but the way it happened was something I had never considered in my life. As I hike along, I have a nervous habit of grabbing the long weeds along a trail and breaking one off to carry with me. One day as I was hiking along a river bank, I reached over and bent a reed over to break off. It didn't break off but rather just folded over. Since it was folded over, I thought I'd just give it a quick tug and it would snap. Well, what happened was it turned into a razor sharp ribbon of reed and sliced through my little finger. I finished up my cache hunt (for a virt no less) and returned to the car, freaking out some kids along the way. Decided finally to go to the hospital for a look-see and I got my first stitches. Only three so not a 'bad' injury in the scheme of injuries. But I never knew a plant could slice you up that good. I'm lucky in that was my 'worst' injury damage-wise. It's also my 'worst' injury to the ego. Was a real blow to the ego to have gotten stitches while caching. From a plant. Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 ... when my finger and a table saw got intimate. I'm almost sure that is illegal in all 50 states. Quote Link to comment
+Naefearjustbeer Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I guess the most painfull was jumping over a wall and landing in a patch of waist high nettles, the problem being I was had shorts and open walking sandals on at the time, I must of had about 200 red hot stings all over my toes ankles and lower legs. it only took about a week for the heat and itchyness to go away! The worst bit was that once I had landed I knew I would have to walk out of the patch of nettles which probally doubled the number of stings that I got. Man I wish I had the power of vertical take off! Quote Link to comment
+boxermom Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I fractured a rib while caching at the Goose Creek three weeks ago. I crossing over the creek and made it to the other side but lost my balance while climbing the muddy hill. I tumbled 15 feet and landed straight on a rock. I did continue on to the cache but was hurting so bad afterward I had to go to the hospital. Doc told me to take it easy for a month but the next weekend I went out and found 7 caches. Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I fractured a rib while caching at the Goose Creek three weeks ago. I crossing over the creek and made it to the other side but lost my balance while climbing the muddy hill. I tumbled 15 feet and landed straight on a rock. I did continue on to the cache but was hurting so bad afterward I had to go to the hospital. Doc told me to take it easy for a month but the next weekend I went out and found 7 caches. Whoa, you are one tough cookie ... you may have raised the bar when it comes to geocaching with an injury. Quote Link to comment
+trgrhappy Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 My persdonal worst was a scorpion sting on my knee. swelled up my whole leg from the knee down. saw the doc and they were worried about a clot so a quick trip to the hospital (4 hrs) for a veinus doppler on my leg. took about 3 weeks to heal and my knee is still discoloured after 3 months. Cache on! trgrhappy Quote Link to comment
+crzycrzy Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 One time I was riding my Harley to a cache site when a semi carrying logs had a retaining band snap and send two tons of logs crashing on the pavement knocking me off the side of the road and into a barbwire fence at 85 mph. Then I flipped off the bike, ripped about 5 pounds of flesh from my leg and flew 73 feet through the air before bouncing multiple times in a rock strewn field. Whew ! I am glad I am lying. Never had anything happen to me. (Fingers crossed...) Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I would have to say that being run over by the vengeful owner of a rest stop microcache would have to qualify as my worst geo-injury yet. I did not let the injuries deter me from continuing the cache hunt, however. But I do think I'll be lame for a long, long time. Unfortunately, our efforts were unsuccessful. Read the whole story in our DNF log. Quote Link to comment
CacheMonkeez Posted February 7, 2004 Author Share Posted February 7, 2004 Ouch! This happened 2 days ago at Totally Rad Quote Link to comment
+Natureboy44 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Contracted Lyme disease in June. I lived. Its all good. Ditto on the Limes Disease. Sick as a dog for five days. I've acquired more ticks geocaching than I can count. An application of DEET has become part of my geocaching ritual. Quote Link to comment
Jake - Team A.I. Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 It was just over a year ago, I was doing an early morning cache down south of me. I climbed down into a empty irrigation ditch and on my way out, I must have lost my balance or something, because my knee decided to bend about 90º the wrong direction. As I lay there, I realized that my was not where it was supposed to be. I swung it out straigt and eventually got back to my feet. I decided it would be better to head back to my truck that try popping my knee out of location again. It's a good thing it was a sorta urban cache, I could have been in real trouble if it was a I was out in the desert. I got home just in time to find out about the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I thought I was hurt once but it turned out to be a scratch. Quote Link to comment
+Mauison Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Only a four inch scratch on my leg from the notorious kiawe tree thorns on Maui. Took a couple of weeks to heal. Not as bad as some of your other injuries! Quote Link to comment
Megamog Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Slipped and fell, all my other injury's are from other stuff: (not in any order)shot, stabbed, sliced, cut, hit by a: car - train - boat - baseball bat, been electrocuted twice, thrown out of a: car 3 times -boat -window, feel of a : log - huge gas tank- tree -pole -fence -porch- roof, been inside 2 explosions, fell 50ft with 500lbs on me, Had my car fall on my head, burned 3 times, fractured both wrists a Chen and toe. All of this stuff is true and all of it happened over my life time. The stories that go with them are good ones and bad ones, one day I will write a book. Quote Link to comment
+bob393 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I've been lucky, knock on wood. A sprained ankle on a night cache once, took about a year to go away! Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 This is the kind of discussion that would make any lawyers Groundspeak might have on staff shriek in terror and urge Jeremy to shut down the boards. All it would take would be one injured moron to decide that he wasn't adequately warned on the website, and he could sue Jeremy, the cache hider, or both. It doesn't matter if they're right or not, or whether they would win or not. The cost of fighting it in court could easily bankrupt someone if they don't have adequate insurance. "First thing we do, let's kill all the laywers." - Shakespeare, Henry VI Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Slipped and fell, all my other injury's are from other stuff:(not in any order)shot, stabbed, sliced, cut, hit by a: car - train - boat - baseball bat, been electrocuted twice, thrown out of a: car 3 times -boat -window, feel of a : log - huge gas tank- tree -pole -fence -porch- roof, been inside 2 explosions, fell 50ft with 500lbs on me, Had my car fall on my head, burned 3 times, fractured both wrists a Chen and toe. All of this stuff is true and all of it happened over my life time. The stories that go with them are good ones and bad ones, one day I will write a book. Note to self: Do not go anywhere with Megamog Quote Link to comment
+Beast of Traal Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I once had a real bad case of poison ivy/oak that left a nasty ooooozing rash that did didn't go away for a month Quote Link to comment
Megamog Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 (edited) webscouter495----- Yep life is an adventure when your with me, just ask my friend who got stuck on the side of a Cliff face. Edited February 9, 2004 by Megamog Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Well, here's a good one for ya'll... I was attacked by a toucan. Yes, a toucan. I was caching near my brother's neighborhood, and decided that I'd stop in for a "refreshing beverage" on the way home. He has a toucan. Toucans like shiny things. I was wearing my watch on my right wrist to let the poison oak on my left heal. That sucker WENT for my watch in the worst way and made some gouges on my wrist trying to nip the watch band. For a few days I couldn't wear a watch at all because both wrists were torn up! Those cuts have just now healed! Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Well, here's a good one for ya'll... I was attacked by a toucan. Yes, a toucan. Ay yi yi! Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I guess I've been lucky as the worst for me has only been scratches from Bush Whacking. ... The Secret Service can get testy... My worst injuries have been: pretty bad knee sprain brown recluse bite multiple chigger attacks Quote Link to comment
Radman Forever Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 The worst I have done is get dizzy from running into a tree! This was what the tree looked like! Quote Link to comment
+cachefamily Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 My worst injury was water on the knee while placing a cache. Eventually it went away by itself without having to be drained. I did have to stick to 1/1 caches for a month though. Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 I was bitten by a geocacher who was also going for a FTF...I got better. Quote Link to comment
+KernBob Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Last fall my dog was sniffing in the lead, my wife was 15 ft behind and I was bringing up the rear with my awareness glued to the gps. The dog yelps and runs off shaking his head. I looked at his face and he had two little fang holes. I looked up the trail to see Mrs Tofu 10 feet from a copperhead right on the path. Awfully nice of 'Pete' to warn us like that and all. But if it were not for his sniffing and friendly manner, Mrs Tofu and or I would have literally stepped right on the snake. Pete's recovery was complete and we keep an eye on the trail a bit more cautiously these days. Kernbob and Devahuti Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Last fall my dog was sniffing in the lead, my wife was 15 ft behind and I was bringing up the rear with my awareness glued to the gps. The dog yelps and runs off shaking his head. I looked at his face and he had two little fang holes. I looked up the trail to see Mrs Tofu 10 feet from a copperhead right on the path. Awfully nice of 'Pete' to warn us like that and all. But if it were not for his sniffing and friendly manner, Mrs Tofu and or I would have literally stepped right on the snake. Pete's recovery was complete and we keep an eye on the trail a bit more cautiously these days. Kernbob and Devahuti i'm glad to hear the pooch is okay. if there is proof of a GOD it is in dogs and trees. Quote Link to comment
+ke6n Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Read my note log entry. Decode it. I still have a scar on my right leg from this one. I later found this one after the owner relocated the cache to a less hazardous (and non-private property) site. -Ken Quote Link to comment
4x4luv Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 carpel tunel syndrome from typing on this web site Quote Link to comment
+Melrose Plant Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 I guess the worst so far has been a face full of sticker bush in the dark. It wasn't all that bad, though. Healed right up. Quote Link to comment
+Moose-r-us and MrEdden Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 (edited) Just a couple of minor stuff that I can remember, The usual falls, stick in the eye, stick in the ear, whapped in the face with branches, some stinging bushes that really hurt(?nettles in MA), Lots of poison ivy, lots of pricker bushes, slipped and fell(butt slammed onto the rock, and arm scraped along another rock), fell in a river(30degrees), attacked by yellow jackets, caching to soon after knee surgery(self explanatory), smacked sensitive part of elbow trying to race out of the car to get to the cache, cross country skiing accidents(beginners), well that might be it but I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Does stepping in poop a couple hundred times count? Edited February 12, 2004 by Moose-r-us Quote Link to comment
+garri Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 The first underwater cache was hidden last friday in the Mediterranean sea, yesterday we went to be FTF and found the cache very near a big rock with very sharpened sides, we spent a lot of time uncovering the cache of big stones while a pair of waves hit us against the rock. You know that bleeding wounds in the water are incredible, nudist muggles were amazed seeing me. Quote Link to comment
koz Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 I fractured a rib while caching at the Goose Creek three weeks ago. I crossing over the creek and made it to the other side but lost my balance while climbing the muddy hill. I tumbled 15 feet and landed straight on a rock. I did continue on to the cache but was hurting so bad afterward I had to go to the hospital. Doc told me to take it easy for a month but the next weekend I went out and found 7 caches. gee...i was all set to do goose creek today...after busting a few ribs from a motorcycle mishap a few years ago, might go for a "1/1" instead! Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 ~ the usual scratches from trees and bushes ~ poison ivy all up my left arm (because I was digging around for the cache with that arm and holding my GPS in my right - thank goodness - or I would have had it on both arms) ~ cuts, scratches and bruises from a fall on Mount Riante in Arkansas (too many darn leaves lying around on that steep incline!!) ~ swollen face from so many mosquito bites on it (I'm allergic to them and I didn't have bug spray on my face) I've been quite fortunate so far, because I'm one of those that reacts like a rabid dog when I've got the cache in sight... Quote Link to comment
+Team HONU Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 ;(On our 2nd day GeoCaching, we had been searching all over for a missing cache. My 4 yr old was playing with a long stick. As I bent down to look, he raised the stick in the air and hit my open eye. I screamed and cried for a long time. Thought that I was going to go blind, but my eye healed. The first month or so was very uncomfortable. This week marks 1 year of caching, and I still have troubles with my eye when I wake up. If I open it too quickly it is very painful. Almost gave up the sport, but 1 year later we are still going strong. Our boys are no longer allowed to play with sticks when we cache! ~SassyCache of Team HONU Quote Link to comment
MedTexPlacer Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Worst injury was while crossing a stream, the log snapped and I ended up in neck high water. clung to a log and then pulled myself up. I ended up with about 20 fire ant bites. Quote Link to comment
+Niss Feiner Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Slipped and fell, all my other injury's are from other stuff:(not in any order)shot, stabbed, sliced, cut, hit by a: car - train - boat - baseball bat, been electrocuted twice, thrown out of a: car 3 times -boat -window, feel of a : log - huge gas tank- tree -pole -fence -porch- roof, been inside 2 explosions, fell 50ft with 500lbs on me, Had my car fall on my head, burned 3 times, fractured both wrists a Chen and toe. All of this stuff is true and all of it happened over my life time. The stories that go with them are good ones and bad ones, one day I will write a book. Shot, Stabbed, Been inside 2 explosions and Car falling on your head...... Ummmm......Explain please? Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Slipped and fell, all my other injury's are from other stuff:(not in any order)shot, stabbed, sliced, cut, hit by a: car - train - boat - baseball bat, been electrocuted twice, thrown out of a: car 3 times -boat -window, feel of a : log - huge gas tank- tree -pole -fence -porch- roof, been inside 2 explosions, fell 50ft with 500lbs on me, Had my car fall on my head, burned 3 times, fractured both wrists a Chen and toe. All of this stuff is true and all of it happened over my life time. The stories that go with them are good ones and bad ones, one day I will write a book. Are you a stuntman? Quote Link to comment
+Malystryxx Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 You know, if you're stung by nettles, rubbing the stings with the little yellow "dots" on the undersides of ferns can really help the stinging and itching. Learned that back in summer camp. No major injuries here yet, crossing our fingers that it stays that way. Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 My worst injury happened in mid-May. I have nobody but myself to blame. When jogging (I hardly EVER walk quickly - but for some reason, I was doing so here) back to the car from a micro-cache in a park, I tripped on a sprinkler-head and proceeded to fall onto a sand/gravel path, sliding about a foot after I hit the ground with my right knee. I was wearing very lightweight pants, and tore a chunk of skin off my right knee, tearing off the entire epidermal layer in area about 2/3rds the size of a cover of a regular sized Altoids tin. And I mean the entire epidermal layer... a big wedge of it was stuck to the inside of my right pant leg. I put some wound wipes on it, plopped some antibiotic salve on it, went home, washed it off, reapplied the salve, then proceeded to doze off in an easy chair. My wife came home from a movie, saw that my knee was all bloody and horribly swollen, and insisted I go to the emergency room. Four hours later, I am back home with bandages and an ice-pack. But that's not the end of the story. First, I got a staff infection in the wound. That took time to heal. Disgusting. Then, I found out that I developed a sensitivity to Neo/Polysporin. That meant that the wound just keep on weeping for weeks on end, and doctor after doctor, none suspected the antibiotic salve. So, 7 weeks later(!) I take myself to a 3rd doctor, and she says "You're allergic to the stuff". I stopped using it, and covered my knee in a cortisone cream she gave me, and one day later, the wound stopped weeping after just two doses of the cortisone, and my knee proceeded to heal. It still hurts a bit, but I can tell I am on the mend. The doctor says I can still use Neo/Polysporin (better than getting an infection!) but that I should use it for only 2-3 days max. Oh well. -Jif Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ting Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 You know, if you're stung by nettles, rubbing the stings with the little yellow "dots" on the undersides of ferns can really help the stinging and itching. Learned that back in summer camp.No major injuries here yet, crossing our fingers that it stays that way. Tried that once. This was pre-geocaching and some friends and me were out hiking. We were trail blazing, trying to take a short cut back to camp. I had been fairly cautious around this one area where there was a field of nettles and made it without too much incident. The next area was nettle free, or so I thought. I was trying to get through this rabbit hole sized area (I am 6'2" and 270 lbs, though I don't look it so I am told) and I squatted down with back pack and all to waddle through. Well, the plant that was under me was .... you guessed it ... nettles (AKA Fireweed). There is no worse feeling than nettles THERE. So, I moved... dropped trou... and used the ferns. Thank goodness I know the difference between ferns and poison oak. Quote Link to comment
+The Skirted Cacher Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Here is my log from Doug's Bug Cache June 17 by SmithMountainExplorers (21 found) [This one was a simple find, BUT it was rather disasterous--or should we say adventurous? Parking on the side of the road, nearly got stuck in the ditch--couldn't see how deep it was as the grass was so tall! Sat teetering on 2 tires for a moment--near panic attack!--but was able to get out! Then daughter slammed finger in the door....the drama! She'll lose that fingernail. But still she wanted to go. Found it--left VW Bug toy, took Spidey toy, signed the log. As we were leaving, youngest son managed to walk into the rear end of the car and gave himself a black eye! LOL Then picked up some cold sodas from the nearby grocery store...it was STILL a REALLY HOT DAY! But not too buggy and a good day to geocache! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor kids--They have gotten hurt---I have just had the ususal ticks, mud, and scratches from bushwacking. Quote Link to comment
+Sgt Stitches Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 First time out geocaching..... 11 stitches in my head. That's how I came by the name Sgt Stitches. We (a group of about 12 brothers, sister's-in-law, cousins, nephews, nieces) had found the cache, and were posing for a group picture. I set the timer on my camera and as I was running to the back of the group, I tried to duck under a tree branch... but I didn't duck quite low enough. I ran full speed into the tree branch knocking me on my rear. Luckily I was wearing a baseball hat or I might have really torn up my scalp! My sister in law drives me to the the hospital while everyone else goes on to find two more caches. 2 hours and 11 stitches later, we meet up with the rest of the group in time to nab the last cache of the day. Since I didn't yet have a name for geocaching, my brother insisted I incorporate the word "stitches" somehow. Since then, I have fallen down gulleys and raised bruises 8 inches across, cut my fingers on nasty razor grass, and gotten some pretty nasty splinters. I pulled my back while trying to get to a cache on a dirtbike. In all, I have drawn blood 5 times. I have developed a reputation as the "clutziest cacher" in my area. Now there is something to be proud of! Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Here is my log from Doug's Bug Cache June 17 by SmithMountainExplorers (21 found) [This one was a simple find, BUT it was rather disasterous--or should we say adventurous? Parking on the side of the road, nearly got stuck in the ditch--couldn't see how deep it was as the grass was so tall! Sat teetering on 2 tires for a moment--near panic attack!--but was able to get out! Then daughter slammed finger in the door....the drama! She'll lose that fingernail. But still she wanted to go. Found it--left VW Bug toy, took Spidey toy, signed the log. As we were leaving, youngest son managed to walk into the rear end of the car and gave himself a black eye! LOL Then picked up some cold sodas from the nearby grocery store...it was STILL a REALLY HOT DAY! But not too buggy and a good day to geocache! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor kids--They have gotten hurt---I have just had the ususal ticks, mud, and scratches from bushwacking. Your poor kids !!! My gosh, what happens to them when you go someplace 'normal' like to get ice cream? hehehe. Quote Link to comment
+Niss Feiner Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Walking to a cache, I stepped on a really springy branch trying to keep it out of the way of my girlfriend when it slipped out from under me and preceded to thrust its way into my goody sack....... I tell you, i should have just let her try to cope on her own.....Woulda made a good pic, i didnt know eyes could gouge out that far.... Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Walking to a cache, I stepped on a really springy branch trying to keep it out of the way of my girlfriend when it slipped out from under me and preceded to thrust its way into my goody sack....... I tell you, i should have just let her try to cope on her own.....Woulda made a good pic, i didnt know eyes could gouge out that far.... Your 'goody sack' ? BAWAHAHAHAHA!!! Never heard it called that before ... Quote Link to comment
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