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