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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>YIKES!! You'd rather gouge out your eyes than follow
somebody's recommendation? What a drama queen. A few suggestions
were made to journalists who place their product on the world wide web.
Where's the harm in making suggestions?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=gailpl2003@yahoo.com href="mailto:gailpl2003@yahoo.com">G. Lowe aka
Wheeew</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=a.rose@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:a.rose@sbcglobal.net">Alison Rose</A> ; <A
title=pct-l@backcountry.net href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">PCT</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 21, 2008 7:21
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pct-l] Trail Journals</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Favor: Would all those post-ers that came up with "rules"
for Trail Journals please send me the web addresses of THEIR journals, so that
I might critique them??<BR><BR>And this: If anyone writing a TJ IS
following all the suggested "rules", I can promise you, I will never, EVER
read your journal again!!! <BR><BR>The point missed is this: TJ's
are (or should be) for the AUTHORS enjoyment, not the readers!! If the
readers should enjoy them as well, so much the better. But write them
for your OWN enjoyment. Not all writers are created equal. Like
most people, I am inept at many things in life, and proficient at
others. The unmitigated arrogance of thinking that I, or other TJ
authors "owe" you a "performance" or need to follow a RIGID set of
guidelines DICTATED to us is a shameful slap in the face to those who take on
the labor-intensive act of keeping a TJ. <BR><BR>I would rather poke my
eyes out with a phillips head screwdriver than follow the suggested
"guidelines". Let's hear if for artistic freedom!<BR><BR>Hike
On!<BR><BR>Wheeew<BR><BR><B><I>Alison Rose
<a.rose@sbcglobal.net></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Dear Dr. Bob ~</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>A very good point indeed and I, for one, certainly thank
you for making it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>A whiney, long-winded, self indulgent journal should be
kept private. </FONT><FONT size=3>That</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>being said, the well intentioned advice
is offered to those who specificially</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>wish to post a public journal for the world to see.
As most will notice,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>those journals will be read by somewhere between 20,000
and </FONT><FONT size=3>150,000 people.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Many read these journals in preperation for their own
hike, so providing some</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>of the recommended information is a tremendous gift to
them. Thus, if</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>you want your journal to be interesting and relevent,
kindly follow the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>recommendations. If not, as in Dr. Bob's example,
keep them private. And I,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>for one, will thank you. Thank you, thank you very
much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>One thing I like about trail journals is their wide diversity,
reflecting<BR>the individual. The fact that all journals do not follow
the same terse<BR>guidelines helps one with insights into differing
personalities and the<BR>trail day as experienced in differing ways by
different people... the<BR>essence of HYOH. Besides, for whom is a
trail journal written? Is it to<BR>entertain or educate others and
written with an eye to avoiding critical<BR>comment? (Gee, should I
write this...? I may be viewed as "whining.") If<BR>so, some
might suggest it may be flawed from the outset. I use a MP3 player<BR>to
talk into as I hike. It's in my front pocket and several times a mile
I<BR>grab it to record thoughts, sightings, people's names, as well as host
of<BR>comments on my physical state of being that I want to remember as part
of my<BR>trail experience. Example: Whew, did I just have projectile
diarrhea! (No,<BR>not this posting, folks). Sometimes I ramble on
(just like this post,<BR>folks). I am guilty of writing more a trail diary
than a log or journal. It<BR>is precisely because of comments like the
well-intentioned guidelines<BR>suggested below that I have never publicly
posted my four trail "journals."<BR>While I sure enjoy reading other
accounts occasionally, mine proudly include<BR>whining and stay deliciously
private. :)<BR><BR>Dr Bob
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2008
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