+Team DEMP Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 It's hard enough going after difficult caches when it's sunny and dry out. Be extra careful as the weather conditions deteriorate!! Geocaching: Scavenger Hunt Turns Deadly Let's not have the same thing happen to any of us! David Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 It is now being reported that the man suffered a heart attack, and did not fall to his death. My condolences to his family and friends. Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I'm pretty impressed that despite this horrible tragedy, the media seems to be casting geocaching in a positive light. At least in the stories I've seen. Very sad though. My thoughts and prayer are with the family. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I'm pretty impressed that despite this horrible tragedy, the media seems to be casting geocaching in a positive light. y. Geocaching - Deadly Game ? Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Geocaching - Deadly Game ? By the time they learn the truth, the Cult of Cachers will have taken over the world! Bwah ha ha ha ha!! But seriously... I feel sorry for the family. If it were mine, they'd know I died doing something I love. Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 I'm pretty impressed that despite this horrible tragedy, the media seems to be casting geocaching in a positive light. y. Geocaching - Deadly Game ? Well.. except for that part. Quote Link to comment
+Peconic Bay Sailors Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 (edited) Our prayers go out to the family of this tragedy... BUT... we have been close to the same tragedy for myself & deb while sailboat racing... Twice in the last 2 years... once while coming home from a Block Island race in the fog (thank God for GPS, visibility was so bad you couldn't see the bow of the boat from the helm) and almost getting t-boned by a 38' sport fisherman going at full speed somewhere near Montauk Pt. (idiot!)... It was terrifying just being able to hear his motors thru the fog as he got closer... And just this past September when a freak "White Squall" blew up in Gardiners Island Bay on LI,NY with sustained winds of 60 knots and gusts up to 84 knots (waves were between 12-18' in the bay) It lasted 2.5 hours... 5 boats sank & one very experienced sailor from Stonington, Ct. participating in the same race did loose his life... with his life jacket on... when the 31' tri-maran he was on capsized and he got caught in the rigging... At least with geocaching you have an idea of the terrain you will be entering and can take the usual precautions... The victim here should never have been caching, where risky climbing/terrain was involved, by himself, alone... no cache is worth your life... Edited December 15, 2004 by Peconic Bay Sailors Quote Link to comment
+BlackBuck Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 I'm allways worried about meeting some maniac out in the woods,not the kind that hide tupperware the ones who are hiding bodies to cover up there crime!There have been several bodies found dumped in the long island pine barrens over the last few years. Quote Link to comment
+Peconic Bay Sailors Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 I'm allways worried about meeting some maniac out in the woods,not the kind that hide tupperware the ones who are hiding bodies to cover up there crime!There have been several bodies found dumped in the long island pine barrens over the last few years. Me too... I always worry when Deb goes on a lunchtime cache by herself... I usually am on the cell phone with her as she does her hiking & caching... (Beside the fact that she usually forgets the cache sheet and has to call me for any hints and to read other posters comments)... Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 I'm allways worried about meeting some maniac out in the woods,not the kind that hide tupperware the ones who are hiding bodies to cover up there crime!There have been several bodies found dumped in the long island pine barrens over the last few years. several dead bodies have turned up in the Palisades near the NY/NJ border over the past few years, though I think some washed ashore as opposed to being dumped in the woods. Also a gentlemen died there a week ro two ago after crossing a fence barrier and playing on the rocks and then falling to his death. one must always exercise caution. this may be a sport, but real life can stick its nasty head back in any time it wants, be it heart attacks, slipping and falling or meeting maniacs in the woods. Quote Link to comment
+hukilaulau Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I'm pretty impressed that despite this horrible tragedy, the media seems to be casting geocaching in a positive light. y. Geocaching - Deadly Game ? Keep in mind that the person who wrote the headline is NOT the person who wrote the story. So the story is more of a barometer of the media stance than the headline is. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Keep in mind that the person who wrote the headline is NOT the person who wrote the story. Good point! Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Keep in mind that the person who wrote the headline is NOT the person who wrote the story. So the story is more of a barometer of the media stance than the headline is. Yup the editor wrote the headline for drama and a selling point, rather than information. Quote Link to comment
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