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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