Congrats Scott!
Now, how about hiding a few more for someone else to find?

:-)

Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott






On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:46:59 -0800, "RopingThe Wind" wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> >From: AZSaluki@aol.com
> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Congrats to RTW
> >Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 23:45:05 EST
> 
> >We would like to therefore officially congratulate Scott from Roping
> the 
> >Wind
> >for taking over the top spot among AZ geocachers.  We know how much 
> >insanity
> >is necessary to achieve this level.  Funny thing is Scott was only
> the 
> >second
> >geocacher we ever ran into while searching for a cache.  We were out
> along 
> >4
> >peaks road on January 26, 2002 when we ran into him at Alborg's
Cache
> (the
> >Rolls) GC326D.  At the time we were both shooting to go into the top
> 25 for 
> >the
> >first time.
> 
> >Jim & Kristen
> >
> 
> 
> Thanks AZSaluki! Thanks to all that have congratulated me on the
list!
> I 
> have been fairly busy lately so havent taken the time to respond to
> this 
> yet.
> 
> My goal since my very first month I started geocaching was to get to
> #1. 
> Pretty much with anything I do... if there is a ranking... then I
want
> to be 
> at the top of it! :) LOL I didnt think it would every really happen
in 
> geocaching though. It is just too competitive. Also, being that when
I
> first 
> started out, I was probably 600 or more caches behind the leader!
> (Wyle E at 
> the time). But, slowly but surely I moved up thru the 'pages' and
> finally 
> got on the front page. The front page is very hard to move up on and
> the 
> closer I got to the top, the more caches I had to find to move up
more 
> (while each team continues to accumulate). I looked to have a good
> shot at 
> it back in the spring last year, but I went out of state for 3 months
> and 
> that dropped me back into like 3rd or 4th place by time I got home.
> After 
> getting back up there again over the Fall months, I was able to move
> back 
> into 2nd place. Finally, I decided that I was close and if I wanted
to
> do 
> it... I would have to make a serious run for it. Februarly turned out
> to be 
> that month. I had a slow month business wise and so took every
> opportunity 
> to make big runs. Even at that, I could move closer to AZSaluki, but
> never 
> really seemed to be able to make a single run to move past them.
> Finally, a 
> run of 30 caches around Wickenburg did it. One statistic that I do
not
> care 
> to look at is how much money in gas I probably spent in February 
> geocaching!!!!!!
> 
> Not sure how long it will last. I am sure AZSaluki will have another
> big 
> weekend coming up.... but, I will enjoy my stand at #1 for the short
> amount 
> of time it will probably last! :)  If it only lasts for a week, I
can 
> proudly say "I was there"! My goal accomplished! It has been a fun
run
> to 
> the top and have met many great friends in this hobby over the past
> two 
> years. I found out about geocaching from the Garmin.com web site and
> clicked 
> on the link and that afternoon I was out near Canyon Lake searching
> for my 
> first cache! I met Wyle E (of yellow jeep fame!) at that very first
> cache 
> and ALMOST got the first find on it to boot! But, my inexperience put
> me at 
> the bottom of a canyon when the cache was at the top! and it was a
> deep 
> canyon too! :) We got up to the top to find Larry and Connie
searching
> the 
> area around the coordinates! We didnt know who they were at the time.
> But, 
> later on found out the great Wyle E snaked us to that first find! :)
 
> Perhaps the greatest moment for us was that they offered (and we
> accepted 
> after our long grueling hike that day thru the bottom of the canyon!)
> us a 
> ride back to our truck in 'The Yellow Jeep'!!! :)  We didnt know just
> how 
> sought after that ride is!  :) LOL
> 
> The cost of all the GPS's I have ever owned and used geocaching:
$1,000
> the cost of gas for every geocaching trip I have ever gone on:
> $1,254,283.34 
> (slight exaggeration)
> Damage done to "that big white 2wd truck that goes almost anywhere" 
> geocaching: inestimable!
> A ride back to our truck in The Yellow Jeep: PRICELESS!
> 
> Well, we shall try and hold onto the #1 for as long as we can.. but,
> March 
> is shaping up to be a great month for business and lots of stuff in
> the 
> books. But, will do what we can! I thas been a fun ride though over
> the past 
> 2 years and have seen locations around AZ that I never knew existed!
> Thanks 
> to all who have hidden the 1,161 caches we have found so far! We are
> now 
> waiting for an open weekend day to get out and hide our next cache
to 
> commemorate our achievement!
> 
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
> 
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