I never knew we had quicksand in Georgia.

I decided to take a run at "Pine Towers" on the way home from work a couple of days ago, and discovered that we have quite a bit of it!

GPS reception under the forest canopy was pretty horrible. I took hundred-yard jaunts off-trail in three different directions following the drunken lubber before finally getting close. Finally reached a point where the GPS swore I was 90 feet away. Getting excited, I took three steps ... and sank in ankle-deep!

Uh-oh, I thought. I tried to lift my right foot, and at first thought I succeeded ... until I noticed that my right foot wasn't coming out, my left foot was going FARTHER IN!

Assessing the situation, I noticed that I was far, far out of sight of civilization, with a big ridge between me and the parking lot. I imagined, centuries hence, an archaeologist finding a body in the bog, a well-preserved but geeky-looking guy carrying a GPS and a compass. Geocache Man.

I did have my cell phone, and it was working, but I had to giggle as I imagined myself giving a rural 911 operator my Lat/Lon position.

As the astute will immediately guess, I survived. I did eventually sink to mid-thigh, though, and was beginning to panic when I noticed a large log, about 6" in diameter and 4' long, close enough to grab. I dragged it over and basically used it as a float to drag myself out of the muck. I hiked back over the hill, squishing as I walked and thanking myself for wearing sneakers that day ... my loafers would still be at the bottom of the bog, but my sneakers stuck with me.

Arriving back at my car, I faced another dilemma. I am covered, from the zipper down, in slimy, sticky mud, and I'm supposed to get back in my car and drive home?

Surveying the parking lot and finding it suitably deserted, I hit upon the only possible solution. I won't go into detail, but let's put it this way. If I'd gotten pulled over on the way back to Douglasville, I would have had a LOT of explaining to do. If I'd been in an accident, I would have been in even MORE trouble. After all, my mother always told me to wear clean underwear, in case I was in an accident.

Anyway, if you're hunting Pine Towers, beware of the swamp, lest ye become a grisly geocache!

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Scott Johnson (ScottJ)

Considering the spider encounter in Texas and now quicksand in Georgia, it looks like Slayerette (aka Calamity Anne) has some serious competition for the Outstanding Calamity Cacher Award. But then if Mtn-Man keeps falling into creeks and climbing stone walls in the rain, he could become a contender.

CharlieP

Calamity is ahead far enough that it would take something drastic to unseat her!
(She hasn't told you about Kayak Cache, either!) hehehe!!!


Oops! Did I say that!?

I think I did, I was hoping people forgot about it.

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I was hoping people would forget about it

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Let me markwell you to this posting.

hehe.

A memorable story, though I'm sure a real aggravation to have to experience. You need to give me the number for that wrecking service. Having a wench come out and wrassel in the mud with me sounds like fun.
Next time call me. I think the Land-Rovers winch could have pulled you out.

~erik~

And now it looks like the Kayak Cache is a victim of the un-drought. So neither Slayette or I will be able to get to it.

A quote from my log on the North DeKalb Mall Cache.
More on my topic, "Well, I found the cache anyway...".

I didn't fall off the stone wall by the way!

I just got back from New Jersey and New York and when I went to several caches I kept getting nailed by being on the wrong side of a creek/river. Uh... I didn't try to cross any of them.

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And now it looks like the Kayak Cache is a victim of the un-drought. So neither Slayette or I will be able to get to it.

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Am leaving today for La., but when I get back I plan on checking/replacing/relocating the Kayak Cache. Gimme a couple of weeks.

"Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you'll have a fine pig and a bad child." -Proverb

Yea, but are you going arrange a drought, so I can get to it without a boat?

phat chance

"Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you'll have a fine pig and a bad child." -Proverb