Yup same same..most times I'm with my son...I've cached with my Mom, my carpool buddy, my hubby, my Dad and Stepmom and with the person who got me into caching. (Roamin Rednecks) but I figure if you're a cacher log it as a found. If you're not...your just in it for fun. It's all good....
4wheelingmirage
Apryl
>From: Mel Hockwitt <
melhock@comcast.net>
>Reply-To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
>To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Geocaching: Team vs. Individual Statistics...
>Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:34:25 -0700
>
>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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