While I have not been an active cacher of late, I have really enjoyed those caches of Bob's that I hunted. I also enjoyed those times I met him at events. He will indeed be missed. Steven Stringham StringCachers On 3/13/2011 10:33 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > This is truly sad news. Like Steve wrote there are few people that I > can think of that have contributed more to Geocaching in Arizona and > arguably the world if you consider that he came up with the idea for > the travel bug. This is the man that we, Team Snaptek, chased trying > to find the most caches back when there were only enough caches to > count on one hand. > > We had an ongoing friendly rivalry with him because he hid the second > cache in Arizona even though technically speaking the second cache in > Arizona was physically hidden first by Team Snaptek, but due to > driving time from New River compared to Page Bob was able to log his > first claiming the spot, beating us by only an hour or so. > > He was a great man that I would always seek out and enjoyed talking > with whenever I had a chance. > > Bob will be truly missed, > Brian Cluff > AzGeocaching.com > Team Snaptek > > On 03/13/2011 08:18 PM, Tonio Kroger wrote: >> Judi and I learned this evening that Bob Renner, GCB0B >> , >> >> passed away yesterday after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. >> >> Bob was a true pioneer of Arizona caching. At the Deer Valley Ten Year >> Event Cache last May, when they did the >> countdown of who had been caching the longest, Bob (who can be seen in >> the group photo on that cache page, front row center in the white hat) >> was the "last man standing". Bob placed Arizona'ssecond geocache >> in October, 2000. It's still active and I can >> speak from experience that it is a worthy and worthwhile challenge. >> >> Bob made many other contributions to Arizona caching. He created >> Arizona's first event cache in March 2001. He >> created what is certainly one of the firstmulti-caches >> in the state, and it is still active today. He >> placed a still-active cache at the bottom of the Grand Canyon >> . And his still-active "Box O Books" cache >> (GCB0B ) is probably the only cache anywhere >> that not only has a GC ID that is an acronym of the cache title, but >> also a GC ID that is identical to the hider's name! >> >> Bob was a giver. He taught "Introduction to Geocaching" classes at REI, >> and at the Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant. He introduced >> geocaching to numerous scouts in Boy Scout Troop 824. In 2002-2003, Bob >> served as a liaison between the geocaching community and the Arizona >> State Historical Preservation Office and other land management agencies, >> at a time when those agencies perceived geocaching as a threat to sites >> with archaeological or environmental sensitivity. Were it not for Bob's >> efforts, we might have far fewer acres in the state on which to play our >> little game. And he did all this with calm in the face of stress, humor >> in the face of threats, and thoughtfulness in the face of emotion. >> Geocaching in Arizona would not be the special experience it so often is >> had we not had the good fortune of Bob Renner's participation. >> >> Bob is survived by his wife, Marion, and two sons. As I write this, >> funeral and memorial plans have not been announced. I will pass along >> any information that I receive. >> >> Steve >> Team Tierra Buena >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> http://www.azgeocaching.com > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com ____________________________________________________________ Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching Arizona's Geocaching Resource http://www.azgeocaching.com