I think that some part of the "emphasis on the number of caches" can be
attributed to the existence of the Snaptek site. I don't say that at all
negatively; I count myself among Brian and Jason's biggest fans. It's
because of their hard work that we have at our disposal statistics
unavailable to the geocaching community at large. People look at those
stats and their competitive juices get flowing. And number found is
perhaps the easiest stat to compare. (That's why I think it was wise of
Team Snaptek to include the stats that are weighted by difficulty and
terrain ratings. They know that it isn't only about quantity.)

Remember, too, that not everyone who hunts geocaches in Arizona hangs
out in this electronic playpen. There are plenty of seekers who don't
even know that this list server or the site even exist. So place them
where you think they deserve to be placed.

Steve
Team Tierra Buena

> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com 
> [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On 
> Behalf Of Jim Stamm
> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 7:20 AM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Placing Philosophy
> 
> 
> After a long time, and many miles, I finally placed a cache at Buster 
> Spring (GC441F).  I felt that it was a good placing at the 
> time because 
> it offered challenge, variety of attack routes, and hopefully 
> a sense of 
> accomplishment for the successful geocacher.
> 
> Now I am having second thoughts, and wanted some input before placing 
> another.  The emphasis seems to be on the number of caches, 
> and the speed 
> with which they are attained.  Buster Spring will definitely 
> hinder that 
> type of goal.  Is it a bad idea to place caches in Arizona 
> that eat up 
> time?
> 
> 
> -Jim
> 
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