Borrowed from Woodwalker9 a very good friend of Mark
MCD-Mark Clement Daniel, aka. markrocks. Mark was a fantastic
young
man that loved life and loved geocaching. He was your typical
13
year old boy who loved to run, jump, and climb on anything
and
everything. Yet, Mark was a little "different". Mark had a
neurological disorder called Asperger's syndrome. Asperger's,
sometimes dubbed "the little professor syndrome," is a mild form
of
autism with a curious medley of characteristics: narrow,
sometimes
obsessive, interest in particular subjects; average to
sky-high
intelligence; verbal adroitness; difficulty coping with
change;
clumsiness; unusual sensory perceptions; and - most evident
to
peers - striking social ineptitude. The vast majority of
sufferers
are boys.
Mark, along with his mother Topkitty98, really got into
geocaching. Almost every weekend they would jump into their
jeep
and head off to hunt down another hidden treasure.
Mark died on October 24, 2004, but will live forever in
the
hearts of everyone who knew and loved him. This cache is
dedicated
to him with the hopes that others, even though they may never
have
actually meet him, will become aware of what an outstanding
person
he truly was.
To learn more about this great young man, please visit his
website by clicking this link: Markrocks
If you would like to keep up with the Markrocks travel bug,
please click this link: Markrocks
TB
If you would like to view and keep track up with the Remembering
Mark travel bug, please click on this link:
Remebering Mark TB
*FTF to Markrocks Parents-Topkitty and Geo-J*