[Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
Brian Casteel
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Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:28:24 -0500
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Of course you'd chime in, Dan. But judging by your own e-mail, I'd have thought you to be too 'Lazy' for it. :)
Brian
Team A.I.
>
> From: "Koch, Dan" <Dan.Koch@Eclipsys.com>
> Date: 2003/12/04 Thu PM 03:26:48 EST
> To: "'listserv@azgeocaching.com'" <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
> >Does anyone have the GC# of it?
>
> >Brian
> >Team A.I.
>
> You know, Brian, there's this great resource out there called
> azgeocaching.com... ;) heh heh heh :)
>
> As for cache regrets, I'd say it's 'Kippers in the Desert'. While it's not
> one that I couldn't find, it is one that I regretfully never made the
> attempt to find. I was at a friends place right down the road from it, had
> my GPS in hand, but never made it out there. I had watched that cache for
> months (back then there were so few caches around!) and really wanted to
> find it since I was so close. Alas, that was not to be and I have nothing
> to blame but my own laziness. But then again, I'm not called 'LazyK' for
> nothing...
>
> As for cache embarrasments (not a regret yet because it's still active),
> that's definately 'Desert Half Pipe'. a 1/1 cache stumped us for the better
> part of an hour. We took our lumps and posted a 'Not Found'. Hopefully,
> though, we'll get back out there and find that sucker before it really does
> go missing. But then again...refer to the last sentence of the previous
> paragraph...
>
> LazyK - Dan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Casteel [mailto:bcasteel1@cox.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:14 PM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
>
>
> Does anyone have the GC# of it?
>
> Brian
> Team A.I.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brent Milner <mailto:milner@unicon.net>
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com <mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:40 AM
> Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
> If memory serves me correctly, Sparky's Stash was a small paint can that was
> stashed in a bush along the southside of a building on the ASU campus. This
> building that is located just north across a small street from Gammage
> Auditorium. I remember going back twice to find it, and getting totally
> lucky. It was hidden behind a very small palm plant. You had to climb up
> into the planter area (a feat better advised at night), and when you found
> it you needed to call upon your prying skills, because the can was nearly
> rusted shut.
>
> -Brent
> (HumNummaHumma -- Formerly of FroBro fame)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Brian
> Casteel
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:13 AM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
>
> Isn't that the one on the side of A Mountain? I looked for that sucker for
> over an hour at 11PM or so and ended up above it 2 or 3 times
> second-guessing myself. But once you get close to the cache itself, it kind
> of finds you.
>
> Brian
> Team A.I.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dick Holmes <mailto:reh@reholmes.com>
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com <mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:37 AM
> Subject: Fw: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: REH@ATT <mailto:REH@ATT>
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com <mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
> Sparky's Stash!!!!
>
> Dick
> Creepin' Jeepers
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gordon L. Flatt <mailto:teamcoyote1022@cox.net>
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com <mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:46 PM
> Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
> The one that pops into my mind is the Aqua Fria cache. My first try was by
> four wheel drive from the north. At the time, the lake water was up so high
> that there was no way to get a land vehicle anywhere near the cache. My
> second try was from the south by hiking in on wild burro trails. Got to
> within 1.25 miles of it and came to a small version of the Grand Canyon. By
> that time I had less than half my water supply left and had to turn back. I
> actually did run out of drinking water, but had a fresh gallon in the truck
> when I got back to it. In the mean time, the clue I wanted from that cache
> to solve the Chain Cache, had been changed to a more accessible cache. I
> still haven't gone back to get the Aqua Fria cache, but would like to when
> it is accessible by Jeep.
>
> Gordon
> Team Coyote1022
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Jerry
> Nelson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:21 PM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets
>
>
> The listserv has been amazingly quiet lately. Here's a question I'll toss
> out in an effort to stimulate some conversation.
>
> If you've been caching for awhile there is probably at least one cache you
> tried to find several times without success. You REALLY wanted it but it
> eluded you. Others have found it. It now may be archived and you'll have to
> live with your failure forever. One that comes to mind for me is Ya Skala.
> What is yours?
>
> Any takers?
>
> Jerry
> Offtrail
>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=989381320-04122003>></SPAN>Does anyone have the GC# of
it?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=989381320-04122003>></SPAN>Brian<BR><SPAN
class=989381320-04122003>></SPAN>Team A.I.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>You know, Brian, there's
this great resource out there called azgeocaching.com... ;)<SPAN
class=989381320-04122003> heh heh heh
:)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=989381320-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=989381320-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As for
cache regrets, I'd say it's 'Kippers in the Desert'. While it's not one
that I couldn't find, it is one that I regretfully never made the attempt to
find. I was at a friends place right down the road from it, had my GPS in
hand, but never made it out there. I had watched that cache for months
(back then there were so few caches around!) and really wanted to find it since
I was so close. Alas, that was not to be and I have nothing to blame but
my own laziness. But then again, I'm not called 'LazyK' for
nothing...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=989381320-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=989381320-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As for
cache embarrasments (not a regret yet because it's still active), that's
definately 'Desert Half Pipe'. a 1/1 cache stumped us for the better part
of an hour. We took our lumps and posted a 'Not Found'. Hopefully,
though, we'll get back out there and find that sucker before it really does go
missing. But then again...refer to the last sentence of the previous
paragraph...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=989381320-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=989381320-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>LazyK
- Dan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Brian
Casteel [mailto:bcasteel1@cox.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 04, 2003
12:14 PM<BR><B>To:</B> listserv@azgeocaching.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone have the GC# of it?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian<BR>Team A.I.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=milner@unicon.net href="mailto:milner@unicon.net">Brent Milner</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=listserv@azgeocaching.com
href="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com">listserv@azgeocaching.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Az-Geocaching] Cache
Regrets</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=267583418-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
memory serves me correctly, Sparky's Stash was a small paint can that
was stashed in a bush along the southside of a building on the ASU campus.
This building that is located just north across a small street from Gammage
Auditorium. I remember going back twice to find it, and getting totally
lucky. It was hidden behind a very small palm plant. You had to climb up
into the planter area (a feat better advised at night), and when you found
it you needed to call upon your prying skills, because the can was
nearly rusted shut.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=267583418-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=267583418-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Brent</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=267583418-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>(HumNummaHumma -- Formerly of FroBro fame)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=267583418-04122003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=267583418-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Brian Casteel<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:13
AM<BR><B>To:</B> listserv@azgeocaching.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Isn't that the one on the side of A
Mountain? I looked for that sucker for over an hour at 11PM or so and
ended up above it 2 or 3 times second-guessing myself. But once you
get close to the cache itself, it kind of finds you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Team A.I.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=reh@reholmes.com href="mailto:reh@reholmes.com">Dick Holmes</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=listserv@azgeocaching.com
href="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com">listserv@azgeocaching.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 04, 2003
9:37 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fw: [Az-Geocaching] Cache
Regrets</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=dickholmes@attglobal.net href="mailto:REH@ATT">REH@ATT</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=listserv@azgeocaching.com
href="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com">listserv@azgeocaching.com</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:17 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sparky's Stash!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dick</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Creepin' Jeepers</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=teamcoyote1022@cox.net
href="mailto:teamcoyote1022@cox.net">Gordon L. Flatt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=listserv@azgeocaching.com
href="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com">listserv@azgeocaching.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 03, 2003
9:46 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Az-Geocaching] Cache
Regrets</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156323904-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>The one that pops into my mind is the Aqua Fria cache. My
first try was by four wheel drive from the north. At the time, the
lake water was up so high that there was no way to get a land vehicle
anywhere near the cache. My second try was from the south by
hiking in on wild burro trails. Got to within 1.25 miles of it and
came to a small version of the Grand Canyon. By that time I had
less than half my water supply left and had to turn back. I
actually did run out of drinking water, but had a fresh gallon in the
truck when I got back to it. In the mean time, the clue I wanted
from that cache to solve the Chain Cache, had been changed to a more
accessible cache. I still haven't gone back to get the Aqua Fria
cache, but would like to when it is accessible by
Jeep.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156323904-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156323904-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Gordon</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156323904-04122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Team Coyote1022</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Jerry Nelson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:21
PM<BR><B>To:</B> listserv@azgeocaching.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Az-Geocaching] Cache Regrets<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The listserv has been amazingly quiet
lately. Here's a question I'll toss out in an effort to stimulate some
conversation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you've been caching for awhile there
is probably at least one cache you tried to find several times without
success. You REALLY wanted it but it eluded you. Others
have found it. It now may be archived and you'll have to live
with your failure forever. One that comes to mind for me is Ya
Skala. What is yours?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any takers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jerry</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Offtrail</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
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