Dear Friends and Fellow PCT'ers,<br><br>Many of you have completed your hikes, and others will soon be finishing. I<br>hope that your travels have been full of both adventure and great joy. May <br>the memories last a lifetime.
<br><br>As you may know, DVD yearbooks have been created for the past four PCT<br>classes in an attempt to capture the spirit and history of the trail for<br>each unique season. It is<br>my privilege to be in charge of producing this year's DVD. I hope that as
<br>you return home, you'll consider sorting through your photos/video and<br>sending them to me . I would love to be able to include pictures from YOUR <br>hike as part of our project. Please save your photos/video to a CD or DVD
<br>and send them to my home address.<br><br>Hold For Sharon Allen<br>Do Not Forward<br>633 N Holland St.<br>Portland, OR 97217<br><br>The more photos and video I receive, the more representative I'll be able to <br>make this project so don't hold back! I would like to suggest a few
<br>guidelines, however. I need digital photos at a relatively high resolution<br>(to retain quality as images are enlarged and special effects are added). <br>The size suggested to me is for photos to be larger than 1600 X1200;
<br>however, photos of smaller sizes may be sent just in case they are usable.<br>I would like to receive photos of everything you captured- flowers, people, <br>the trail, landscapes, animals, towns, etc... The main thing is that I need
<br>as many photos and as much video as possible as early as possible. Any<br>labeling of people or places included in your photos would be greatly <br>appreciated.<br><br>Editing may take forever, so I'd like to have submissions as early as
<br>possible. I hope to begin receiving CD's by the end of this month, steadily<br>through the autumn. I'd appreciate it all submissions could be received by <br>December 15 at the latest.<br><br>To capture the character of the trail, I will be creating a soundtrack to
<br>accompany pictures. Please feel free to suggest a song or two whose lyrics<br>represent the feel of the trail to you. Even better, include a copy of the <br>music on the CD or DVD that you send!<br><br>Lastly, I will be trying to choose photos and music that best represent OUR
<br>year. Because I was only able to hike with a small percentage of hikers, I<br>am asking YOU to help me determine the personality of our year. Feel free <br>to include a note with your CD or DVD specifying: 1) What one adjective best
<br>describes the PCT? and 2) In a sentence or two, what did your hike mean to<br>you? Additionally, if you want to, you can use the service <a href="javascript:ol('http://Pinger.com');">Pinger.com</a> to<br>record these answers as MP3s usable as part of the DVD soundtrack. Follow
<br>these steps: 1) Call (858) 2PINGER. 2) Key in my phone number (408)<br>621-5901. 3) Speak your message and then hang up. The sentences you speak <br>will be sent to my inbox and I will be able to download them directly to my
<br>computer. Say as much or as little as you'd like!<br><br>The last item I need to mention is your help collecting a database of<br>mailing addresses. The yahoo group and the PCT-L capture a very small <br>contingent of our community. I'd like to make this as all-inclusive as
<br>possible and track down as many people who were out there. Many of you left<br>addresses at the Saufleys, Heitmans, and Dinsmores, but several other hikers <br>have left no trace of contact information. Feel free to forward this to
<br>anyone you know who may not be on the Yahoo group or the PCT-L, and ask them<br>to forward it on to everyone they know, and so on.<br><br>I'm open to any other ideas hikers might have, and look forward to hearing
<br>from you.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Cloudspotter<br>