[Az-Geocaching] Arizona Geocachers' Shame

[Steven Stringham]

In an effort to congratulate myself, and to somehow get on the first 25
page, I have now completed my first 100 caches (in four months). That
means, that if you select the top cachers since 1/1/03 to present, I am
number 24. That is right in from of Wyle E, somehow (both at 100). How, I
don't know. There has to be a software design flaw somewhere. I have no
idea how you all devote the time to getting those huge numbers, though!
But, it has been a blast for me to get this far.

But, what I did find interesting is the following statistics:

Cacheless has 269 in that time frame, with a total of 302, and that since
the beginning of December 2002. What a workout!

But, even more amazing to me (with all the hew and cries of "nothing left
close", azsaluki has 232 in that same amount of time. With a grant total
of 675. Now mind you, they have been at it since mid 2001. But, the effort
involved to get those kind of numbers is quite enormous!

Steven Stringham
StringCachers

> From: "Loran Wilcox" <loranwilcox@chartermi.net>
> To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Arizona Geocachers' Shame
>
>
>> There is no shame in an outsider getting the most finds for a month in
>> AZ. Look at it as a complement to the area.
>> If I where there now, I would have 117 new cache to find within 25
>> miles
> of
>> where I lived. For someone that hasn't been there before they would
>> have
> 275
>> to choose from.  It is easy to see how someone can run up big numbers
>> in a hurry.
>>
>> But I must congratulate Team Sprocket for finding 162 after having
>> already 200 finds. This feat is quite a bit harder.  I know it gets
>> much harder to find available caches close by after awhile and you
>> must travel further, hike longer, and climb more peaks just to satisfy
>> the caching urge.
>>
>> Team Sand Dollar
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scott Sparks" <scottsparks1@mchsi.com>
>> To: <az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:07 AM
>> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Arizona Geocachers' Shame
>>
>>
>> > I don't know how many of you (if any) noticed that last month
>> (March) an 'out-of-towner' breezed into the Phoenix metro area and
>> swiftly blew away the record for the most Arizona Caches Found in
>> One Month.   At the time, we heard a lot of grumbling from others
>> like, '"Sure, if we didn't already have so many finds, we could do
>> that." We, of Team Sprocket, were apalled that a cacher from out of
>> state should hold an Arizona record. :-[  In an effort to disperse
>> the dark cloud of shame that hovered over all  Arizona cachers, we
>> have consequently rectified that revoltin' development.  No need to
>> thank us. :-D  It's our pleasure to represent the Arizona Geocaching
>> community.  Now, who's up for spending next month in Illinois,
>> picking up a couple hundred caches? ;-)
>> >
>> > -- Team Sprocket
>> >
>> >