the team thing has many definitions but for short it means group Delorme Rules A hand held would make some hiking caches easier... I guess my answer to Are there team-oriented events? would be the EVENT CACHES welcome to our ranks ----- Original Message ----- From: ShadowAce To: listserv@azgeocaching.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] New to Geocaching :-) I can only answer for myself, but we are '& crew' not 'team' It only means that we cache as a family as much as possible. Some people have multiple adults on the 'team' and each go thre seperate ways when they cache. This allows them to find more caches in a day. We have only been caching since October of '03, and I can say we have not missed anything 'team oriented' because we dont know of anything that requires a team. Welcome to the hobby. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. -=ShadowAce & Crew -----Original Message----- From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of SquishyGecko Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 2:40 PM To: listserv@azgeocaching.com Subject: [Az-Geocaching] New to Geocaching :-) Hi all ... Fairly new to the geocaching hobby, however I've already located four caches and have ordered a few travel bugs of my own to start planting around the greater Phoenix area. :) The equipment I'm using is a Toshiba laptop with a GPS receiver, a wifi card, and DeLorme Maps. Maybe someday I'll purchase a handheld GPS receiver and make life a little easier. I've noticed there are quite a few teams operating, and wonder what the benefit of operating within a team might be. Are there team-oriented events? Aside from that, any tips and advice which you might offer would be awesome. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th