[pct-l] Just Curious ...

[Junaid Dawud]

The save bicycle access to the CDT link is part of the
"news" section.  I don't think it is an endoresment of
the use of bikes on the CDT, but rather a listing of
pertinent info.  No about?  no big deal, a quick look
at the site makes it pretty obvious what its about. 
Magnet has a thread on there welcoming new members and
showing that hes the Admin.  

I know Magnet and hiked with him in 2006, hes a good
guy who made the site as a lobor of love.  And if it
gets popular and people find it useful, I say who
cares if he makes a couple of bucks (although I doubt
hes made anything more than debt off it at this
point).

----------speshul41



--- Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:

> The ".com" domain may just have been a convenience
> of who ever started 
> the forum. but it does raise a question. More
> important, I couldn't find 
> any "about" the site to tell us who are running this
> forum and what its 
> goals are, etc.
> 
> Also, there is a front page message to "help save
> bicycle access to the 
> CDT". Not hardly in line with the interests of most
> PCT-L members I think.
> 
> I think that this is NOT a site I wish to support.
> 
> Tortoise
> 
> <> He who finishes last, wins! <>
> 
> I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
> Using Mozilla Thunderbird 
> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
> 
> 
> 
> Brian McLaughlin wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >
> >   
> >> ...why not get behind Magnet's efforts and
> endorse 
> >> adventureonthepct.com as a core reference site
> for 
> >> the PCT ??
> >>     
> >
> > For me, the '.com' makes me leery. Why should any 
> > commercial enterprise be "endorsed" by PCT hikers 
> > or non-profit organizations like the PCTA as being
> > "official"? I hate this kind of endorsement, even
> when
> > the commercial enterprise pays for the privilege.
> >
> > As for 'getting behind it', that seems harmless
> enough,
> > but I would be much more interested in asking
> 'why' 
> > rather than 'why not'? That doesn't mean I have a
> closed
> > mind on that question. I am perfectly willing to
> listen to 
> > the answer as to why I should get behind this
> site, and 
> > I'd consider consider lending my presence or my 
> > knowledge, if it seems like a worthwhile effort.
> >
> > So, I'll ask it: why get behind that site?
> >
> > Happy hiking!
> >
> >
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