# chacoguy has passed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345 "2018-01-10T18:03:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/21 "2018-01-11T04:47:54Z")
R.I.P. \*\*Chaco. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/22 "2018-01-11T05:38:18Z")
He last posted here on the 21st. RIP, chacoguy. He seemed like a very interesting person. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/23 "2018-01-11T05:39:51Z")
☹ I only knew him from this board, but I like[del]d[/del] him. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/24 "2018-01-11T06:06:36Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Oh no. That is terrible. It sounds like carbon monoxide is one cause being examined, because the dog also died. It’s also possible the dog could have died from thirst–as it was several days between when he was last heard from and when his body was found–as many people keep only a fairly limited amount of water in their dog’s drinking container. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/25 "2018-01-11T06:27:02Z")
I’m embarrased to say that I’m not familiar with him. But, nonetheless RIP fellow doper. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/26 "2018-01-11T06:29:18Z")
I don’t think Kiva (the dog) died of thirst because **Chacoguy** was the kind of guy who left the seat up, just sayin’. After the monumental Green River trip with the aforementioned killer thunderstorm I stayed at his house in Moab and got the news that my cat would have to be put down, he and I talked and ate a lot of food and it helped me to start my grieving process. The next year we met up for another trip, this time down the Colorado and in the intervening year I’d decided based on my previous trip with Tom that kayaking was something I wanted to have in my life on a permanent basis so that time I had my own boat to navigate the rapids in. My cover photo on Facebook was taken by one of Tom’s tame photographers who’d wait at various rapids to take shots of his rafters as they came by and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of me that more perfectly encapsulates the person I think I am. 😉 He was a Hemingwayesque person, bigger than life and twice as loud, with an insatiable gusto for life and everything it had to offer. I’m kind of bummed that the last time I spoke with him was when he accidentally drunk dialled me late one night a few months ago–it took me a while to get it through to him who he was talking to, and after we hung up I was sitting there grinning because it was such a random thing to have happened. I’m really going to miss that guy and I feel privileged to have known him. I hope he and Kiva have already found Chaco and are off on some epic adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/27 "2018-01-11T13:42:08Z")
Quite a shock. He was very knowledgeable, especially about the Southwest (an area that interests me since I live here). His posts were interesting and apparently he was just an all-around great guy. RIP **chacoguy.** ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/28 "2018-01-11T13:50:37Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Tripler, thank you so much for sharing. > > Chaco Guy, RIP. > > ☹ Yes, Tripler, that was a wonderful memorial. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/29 "2018-01-11T14:21:07Z")
Sorry to hear this. What a sad start to the new year. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/30 "2018-01-11T14:26:21Z")
Such sad news, but a wonderful tribute from **Tripler** ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/31 "2018-01-11T14:29:56Z")
Condolences to Chaco’s friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/32 "2018-01-11T15:31:46Z")
So sorry to hear. RIP **chacoguy.** ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/33 "2018-01-11T21:05:26Z")
First, my condolences. Second, the observation that a man who seemed very well-liked to the extent he had real life friends from message boards, was a local business owner, and very active in a variety of pursuits… went 2 weeks without being seen before someone checked on him? When I go I’m assuming no one will find me until the stench becomes too much. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/34 "2018-01-11T21:19:16Z")
That’s a hell of a eulogy **Tripler**. My condolences to you and **SmartAleq** , and all who knew him. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/35 "2018-01-11T23:27:43Z")
How sad. While we didn’t interact much on this board, he was a good poster on the 'Raffe. RIP Chaco. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/36 "2018-01-12T00:06:28Z")
What you all said & of course **Tripler** said it for all of us in the best possible way. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/37 "2018-01-12T01:40:03Z")
RIP chacoguy. SYOTR. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/38 "2018-01-12T02:51:13Z")
Damn, this sucks. He was a very familiar contributor across the boards. RIP indeed. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/39 "2018-01-12T03:11:14Z")
The gofundme effort mentioned in the OP is halfway to its goal of $3,000. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345/40 "2018-01-12T04:32:56Z")
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