Jerry Geocacher is a cache I have wanted to do for a long time. Jerry is a fictional character I met awhile back while hiking in the woods. He was one gung-ho cacher that went out every chance he could. He was a stone mason by trade and knew all about safety at work. He spent a good part of his day laying stone while standing on scaffolding and wearing his fall protection. One day he headed out to find a new cache after work. He failed to read about the cache before leaving work and should have taken his cache buddy and his safety ropes. The cache was located high up a huge standing dead tree and he didn’t think twice about scaling the limbs by himself without ropes. This story reminds me of GC2TX8J, Wrap your legs around this. Well, Jerry ended up falling from that huge standing dead tree when he stood on a dead limb that broke. When he didn’t show up for work the next day it was obvious to his cache buddy that he went after the latest new cache that was posted on line. His friend found him laying on the ground at the site, called the local scoop and run ambulance and had him taken to the hospital. Jerry’s lunch box and a few of his personal belongings were left behind by his buddy as swag trade material for future cachers. Jerry’s buddy made a safer cache located at ground level on the site and cut down that big old tree.
The morale of the story is to not attempt a dangerous cache by yourself. Take a cache buddy. Don’t place a cache in a dangerous area that might cause harm to others. Remember to always carry your safety gear when going after a cache with a higher skill rating. Enjoy the area and the rest of the park. Have fun caching and be safe!
Congratulations to Ronle2003 and The Geo-Bugs for first to find!