Thanks for the get-well wishes, Gale, and for the entertainment this
afternoon while I fully awaken from the anesthesia.....and that is
quite a story about Kazakstan. What beautiful scenery! Makes you
wonder what the hider was doing there for 2
months....anyway...geography is an interest of mine and this is one
way to "see" other parts of the world, when people hide caches, write
up a little about the area and post pics!
Just spoke with the surgeon who said "well, found a bunch of stuff I
wasn't expecting...." so now I wait for the pathology report and hope
"what he wasn't expecting" isn't something TOO abnormal!
Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott



On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:54:46 -0700 (PDT), Gale Draper wrote:

Trisha "Lightning"PrescottI just had a surgical procedure today so I
won't be out caching for a few weeks.
 
 
Get well soon!  I almost landed in the hospital this week, so I'll be
taking it easy for awhile too.  Look for more cache listings from
other areas.
 
Here's one
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b7907c33-87e8-4561-85e2-7890e5877f4b 
 
It's from Kazakstan, about as far away from anywhere as you can get.
We almost adopted 2 children from here (long story). The history is
tragic. The USSR conducted so many nuclear tests that the country is
basically a nuclear disaster zone. The population has unbelievably
high cancer rates. Exports of meat is forbidden because of the
radiation levels in the bones of the animals. Children there are
basically under a death sentence from the amount of "poisonous
radiation" released during the tests, many of which were above ground
(I think it was 400 above ground tests in 20 years). Too depressing to
think about. I can probably find the WHO reports and the US Atomic
Energy Commission reports on the radiation problems in Kazakstan if
anyone is really interested.
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