Ditto - team CARMEL does the same thing, we are enjoying it, not looking
at the numbers. We like taking the grandkids out for some fun and fresh
air.
Mel
Robert & Linda Smith wrote:
> Guess I better jump into this fray..
>
> Most of the time my wife and I cache together and have do so for about
> 85 percent of our small count of 200 finds. There has been a time or
> three that I went out on my own or with my brother, wanted to
> introduce him, and made some finds. Evey met a fellow cacher a time
> or two at about the same time as we each walked up on the cache. This
> style of caching and posting meets our description of fun and
> exercise. We will never hit the high number of some people and we
> don't mind if some others tag alone with us or we with them. Our game
> is fun for us and I would be the last one to say you better not cache
> with more than you allotted number of cachers or you need to invent a
> new name. If our style works for us I hope the rest of the community
> will allow us to continue enjoying the way we do it for our team.
>
> Bob Smith, Team Petite Elite, Prescott, AZ
>
> Jim Scotti wrote:
>
>> The only trouble here is that on most teams, the entire team does not
>> always
>> participate in the hunt. In my case, I'd say something like 80-90%
>> of our
>> finds are by me hunting solo. I usually mention in my log if any of
>> the rest
>> of my family was helping or even just tagging along (or even just
>> sitting
>> back in the car while I ran off the last 0.15 miles to find the
>> cache). I
>> suspect the majority of "teams" are one primary, more motivated
>> cacher with
>> the occasional assistant(s). I suspect that even some teams that
>> often take
>> their kids along still hunt solo as often as not. What is your
>> percentage of
>> solo hunts, Dirk (aka ShadowAce)? You probably take your kids
>> (especially
>> that "cache fiend" son of yours! :-) ) along on the hunt more than
>> any other
>> cacher I know. Heck, you probably take your buddy Dave of Cow Spots
>> along on
>> almost as many, I bet! :-)
>>
>> Jim.
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 SSpackeen@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Speaking of "teams," any thoughts as to the merits of handling
>>> "team" statistics separately from "individual" statistics...
>>>
>>> As a solo cacher, I have personally turned every stone, printed
>>> every map, driven every cul-de-sac, fetched every new battery,
>>> handled every trinket, singed every log, etc. Never had a second
>>> set of eyes. Never had someone find caches for me while I was
>>> absent, never had someone else log my finds on the site. Never had
>>> any assistance in finding my claims, period.
>>>
>>> Teamwork is easier! I believe it is MUCH easier for teams to find
>>> a given set of 25 caches than for an individual to do so.
>>> SO - I'd like to ask how other soloers out there feel about the
>>> "pureness" of team statistics as opposted to individual stats.
>>> It's my contention that geocaching.com should separate users into
>>> two groups - teams and individuals. Just make that part of the
>>> profile that is visible to registered users and might be an
>>> interesting comparison item for some users... Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> [...SkooterMan...]
>>>
>>> In a message dated 2/19/2005 5:33:43 P.M. US Mountain Standard
>>> Time, barbers5@cox.net writes:
>>>
>>> I wanted to get more information about Geocaching teams. What are
>>> they, what do they do? How would I find more information about
>>> them in the Tucson area?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help,
>>>
>>> GB
>>>
>>> Jim Scotti
>>> Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
>>> University of Arizona
>>> Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
>>> http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/
>>>
>>
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