<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This is an interesting thread.</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">FYI for those of you who do not know why Keith & Mary are omitted from my books: When Keith and Mary started their hiker business, I received numerous negative comments about them and their place. These comments were not solicited; the hikers contacted me all on their own. I'm not talking one or two emails; it's a surprisingly large number of hikers who had bad experiences with them. At first I left Keith & Mary out of the book because I figured they were new to angeling, and as time went on the negative comments would stop. That didn't happen. They kept coming.</div>
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As the books went through revisions, I decided they would not be included in the book, and here's why: I feel that if I list their place in my books I would be obligated to paint the whole picture, positive and negative. I'M SIMPLY UNWILLING TO PRINT NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT A TRAIL ANGEL. I'm not that mean. I do realize that lots of hikers have great experiences there. But an overwhelmingly large number of hikers have written to me detailing bad experiences. I will not go into details here.</div>
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Keith states that he has hundreds of hikers stay with him each year. Being omitted from my book clearly doesn't have an impact on his hiker business. His snarky comments about me on this list, however, have guaranteed that his hiker business information will never be included in my books. </div>
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