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Pine Needles Blamed for Geocacher Death

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Who: 56-year-old Stuart Anderson
Where: Dishman Hills Natural Area, Spokane, Washington
His mistake: A simple slip
What happened: A man was geocaching with his wife above a sheer rock cliff in the Dishman Hills Natural Area. While looking for the beloved cache, the man slipped on some pine needles and plummeted down 100 feet with nothing to break his fall. He died immediately of his injuries.

The man’s wife didn’t have a cell phone and was forced to hike out to a local town to alert authorities. There are no other details for this story.

Read the story here.

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