The Passing Of An Active Geocacher

[+Colorado Papa]

I just received this email today about Billzjeep.

If you look at his Profile and User Stats, he was a very active cacher.

Colorado Papa -- sorry to tell you that Bill died 3/6/04, so he will not be able to tell you how to find this cache.  His Email account is closing 4/30. 

--- His sister, Cindy

[+TEAM 360]

I am sorry to hear this...looks like he had a lot of finds, and really enjoyed the sport, any cacher would be proud to have those kinds of numbers...he will be missed... ... I looked through his "found" list, and he stopped off at my "Laughlin High Roller" cache only a couple of months ago, on Jan 15 of this year:

 

" January 15 by billzjeep (965 found)

4:15PM Find it we did.SL Pita cache.

[view this log on a separate page]"

 

Edited April 30, 2004 by TEAM 360

[+Green Achers]

Surprisingly, Bill is the second Geocacher I recall to pass away since I started (has it been three years ago?). It's sad to hear about this and I send my regret to his sister and family.

[n0wae]

I first learned about the sad news when I read the March 7 post from Billzjeep's good friends (jeeperz1&2) in the Aragon cache. I had hoped to meet Billzjeep because we both liked 4-Wheeling and he seemed like a great quy that was truly dedicated to caching. I came close one time when I missed him by only 15 minutes at a cache.

 

Billzjeep will be missed. To honor him cachers can come to The First Annual Billzjeep CITO Event. Cachers can also visit #25 - Trails End cache by Tahosa.

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

Really a shame. He was very active.

[+Vader]

Every thing I have typed has been cut and then typed again. It all seems so unimportant next to such a loss. I'll just go ahead and spit it out.

 

It's a big loss.

 

It seems he always seemed to get to caches right before me.

 

I think he stoped at every cache I had ever placed.

 

I will miss Bill and his logs.

[+Nurse Dave]

I'll just say I think he headed to true north.

[Parsa]

The locals should get 35 people together at an event to log on his behalf to give him an honorary 1000.

 

Parsa

[+WalruZ]

I don't doubt but that if he could post, he would mention how much richer his life had been for the great activity that we all share together.

[+bunkerdave]

I never knew Bill (Billzjeep) but I was the first, and one of only two, to find his Spring Canyon Point/Cache. All I can say is that if this man put into everything he did the same degree of care and attention as he did in this cache, then the world lost a good one. I still vividly remember the experience of hunting this cache late at night, and actually FINDING it, believe it or not, among the sandstone maze of SE Utah. God Bless Billzjeep.

[+Imajika]

We did have an event in his honor:

 

The First Annual Billzjeep CITO Event

 

We plan on making all future CITO's in his honor.