- Interesting statistics. Lots of names I never heard of. You're right, what kills their enthusiasm after only a month or two? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn" <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Where are they Now??? > - > Just got to looking at some of the older logs on the older caches around > here. Many of the comments include "Greatest game ever..., really excited > about this new sport." ect. then the folks log 3 more caches and > disappear. I wonder why? Another funny thing is that some of these very > old cachers with a few finds HAVE logged onto the GC.com in the last few > months. I guess they were just checking out whats new but still, no finds > are logged. > > anybody recognize these names taken from the "Under the Boardwalk" > cache? http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=327&log=y&decrypt= > > --------------------------- > April 15, 2001 by deuce (92 found) They are a family I met while they > traveled to Tx. > > April 15, 2001 by bigethespe (32 found) Still has "A walk in the park" > and 2 active caches in Tn. > > April 15, 2001 by miken927 (17 found) > > April 1, 2001 by hammerhead (19 found) > > March 21, 2001 by Big Jimmy (29 found) Set up the Pentecache, Man vs > Nature & others. > > March 18, 2001 by bjbest (46 found) Set up the Pentecache, Man vs Nature > & others. He has moved and is still caching. > > March 17, 2001 by Dinkirk (33 found) > > March 16, 2001 by tocamara (29 found) > > March 11, 2001 by parikhp (6 found) > > March 7, 2001 by yakman (80 found) Still around and found a cache 1/6/03 > > March 6, 2001 by denali (522 found) still around and is a SLAGA member. > > March 4, 2001 by wtmrn (150 found): retired > > March 4, 2001 by GLNash (502 found). still tired :-) > > March 3, 2001 by NiShot (4 found) > > March 3, 2001 by MjLikePink (14 found) > > March 3, 2001 by Mohmers (16 found) Has many letterboxes on the east side. > > March 3, 2001 by eagleeye (41 found) > "This is my first find but am looking forward to doing more especially sine > the weather should be getting nicer." Last find 7'/02 > > > February 25, 2001 by jmcmurry (7 found) > "This is a great cache for your first time out. Not hard to find, > interesting things to see while you're enroute, and convenient to highways. > We only live three miles away, so it was perfect for us. Thanks for a great > time! " Last find 2/'02 > > > February 19, 2001 by raymacke (3 found) set up multi "Rural Rendezvous" > which was last found 8/'02 > > February 19, 2001 by zuker (33 found) Set up 1st SLAGA picnic. Hasnt > been heard from since. Last find 12/01, logged into GC.com 1/03 ! > > February 19, 2001 by msinak (3 found) "That's a great idea too! Thanks!" > > February 19, 2001 by pdpull (1 found) > Thanks for the great fun (I always have had a thing for treasure hunts > from early ages on). > > February 18, 2001 by SilkySere (2 found) > > February 17, 2001 by TLASparks (22 found) Last find 2/'01, last logged on > 12/'02 > > February 12, 2001 by Daviskw (51 found) Butch is Still placing the best > caches in the area. Last log 6/02, signed in 12/02. last cache placed. > 7/02. Butch will show up once in a while in a logbook but he rarely logs > into GC.com. It was my goal to catch up with Butch someday. He had 30 > something when i started and it seemed impossible to catch him or to ever > find that many caches. At that time there were only a few in town. > > > February 11, 2001 by victim (1 found) > > February 10, 2001 by dirtguy (5 found) Placed the RxR cache. "i will be > placing my own cache this weekend. of 2-10-01." > > > February 7, 2001 by Captray (2 found) "left a pair of TWA Junior Pilot > Wings." I thought MadDogCapt might know him. > > February 5, 2001 by Jim S. Greene (Strider) (179 found) SLAGA member & > has been seen around town recently. > > February 5, 2001 by maddogcapt (108 found) "This was my first attempt at > this hobby and I found it!" MDC is a SLAGA member and has been spotted > around in the woods not long ago. > > February 4, 2001 by astangl (13 found) Last find 9/02 > > February 4, 2001 by camper (2 found) > > February 3, 2001 by dand36 (4 found) "I hope the rest of the stashes we > visit are as fun as this one was." > > February 3, 2001 by cozmo469 (9 found) "A lot of fun!" > > January 28, 2001 by snow_rules (13 found) on of the original STL cachers > and now is A new SLAGA member. Took about 2 yrs off and has been out > finding things again! > > January 27, 2001 by thorq (3 found) > > January 21, 2001 by smodog (6 found) last checked GC.com 1/03 > > January 21, 2001 by mapman (2 found) "I did not realize how fun it would > be." Last visit: 1/10/2003 > > January 20, 2001 by jnpope (3 found) > "Had a wonderful,,,fantastic family adventure.. What a great family fun time. > Even the extreme cold did not matter. The adventure was full of thrills > with each > and ever turn. We look forward to more of these adventures. This may just > become > a habit." I wonder what happened to these folks? > > January 20, 2001 by tmnkwd (4 found) > "This was our second cache find of the day. We saw an article in the St. > Louis Post Dispatch" > "This is a fun game. Already, we are planning where to stach ours and what > to put in it." > > January 16, 2001 by ALW (3 found) "hope to get my own stash out in about > a week..Al" ALW placed "Geocache" and it was my 1st find. > > January 13, 2001 by trilobites (51 found) > > January 13, 2001 by teq56 (14 found) They placed THE 1STcache in STL. They > are SLAGA members and stil have the "High Ridge" & "Superbowl" caches in > place. > > January 9, 2001 by fryed (16 found) Placed "Mud Creek" and caches in > Tyson and Greenfelter park. Was active early on. He seems to have retired. > .:~*~:.:~*~:.:~*~:.:~*~:. > Glenn > St. Louis, Mo > > > > **************************************************************************** > Our WebPage! 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