SPOKANE -- Spokane Valley resident Stuart Anderson was geocaching in the Dishman Hills Monday in the moments before he slipped and fell off a cliff to his death.

Anderson had been spending the day hiking the hills with his wife participating in geocaching, a high-tech scavenger hunt that with locations marked all over the world.

“950,000 active geocaches around the world,” geocacher Rick Washburn said.

There are quite a few geocaches in the Spokane area including Dishman Hills, with some placed in precarious locations that can present a challenge for people to reach. Rick Washburn says that some locations are placed in dangerous locations but “that's kind of the intent of geocaching, to create a challenge.”

Some geocaches are left in places that are even handicap accessible while others “require a lot of hiking and a lot of potential danger” Washburn said.

"There are no words to describe how meaningful he was to everyone he knew,” the Anderson family said in a written statement released Tuesday. “His humor and zest for life will be deeply missed. He is the best thing that ever happened to any of us."

Stuart Anderson leaves behind four daughters, five stepchildren and three grandchildren. Funeral services have been set for Friday.