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It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our
trusted and beloved friend, Mr. Reachy after a lengthy battle with
spinal injuries at the youthful age of 5 years on May 28, 2010.
Mr. Reachy is survived by his identical siblings Mr. Pokey and
Mr. Stretchy, his cousin Blue Reachy, his roommates Mr. Poley, Ms
Battery-Bag, Stabby Screwdriver, Princess Head-Lamp and Jacques the
Monkey, his co-workers Garmin Nuvi 265WT and Garmin GPSMap 60cx,
his extended family of Shakey Light, Snake Light, Bright Light, and
Black Light, the twins Left Rubber-Boot and Right Rubber-Boot, his
superhero friends Mr. Magneto and The Reflector, and his best
friend and life companion, dani_carriere. He was predeceased by
co-workers Magellan GPS310 and Garmin eTrex Vista, his suns
Two-Mill Candlepower and Ten-Mill Candlepower, superhero friend The
Reflectionator, and countless AA and AAA batteries.
Mr. Reachy came into this world on February 3, 2005. At the
time, he was known only as Reachy Stick and assisted with his first
cache retrieval in La Verendrye Park in St. Boniface. He was around
2 feet (60 cm) long with a bright red two-prong claw at one end and
a trigger at the other. He was always available to reach up into
trees, or down into holes. At times, he was requested to pick up
caches that were up to 5 pounds in weight, which he did quite well.
He often volunteered in cache site clean-up while out on the trail.
Whether it was to reach the unreachable, to lift the very heavy, or
to assist with the CITO of a cache location, Reachy never
complained.
In early, 2010 we noticed Reachy was more flexible than his
normal self and on closer examination found that he suffered from a
fractured neck. To aid in his recovery, he retired to
dani_carriere's office where he was asked to do no more lifting,
only the occasional paper retrieval work. Alas, it was one last
8.5x11" bond that finally did him in, and his neck was permanently
severed. Many tears were shed over our loss, but we know Mr. Reachy
is now happily retrieving caches in Reachy Heaven.
The family would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr.
Reachy's many friends and fans, and especially Mr. Pokey who will
be taking over Mr. Reachy's Geocaching role. In accordance with
Reachy's wishes a private family memorial service was held on June
1st, 2010.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to find Mr.
Reachy's cache and sign the "Guest Book". If at all possible,
please post a picture of you with your own reachy stick in your
log.
Please take some time to visit our gallery of memorial pictures
of Mr. Reachy and his friends
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep,
for every dream precedes the goal.
Mr. Reachy, you will be missed.
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