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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Gail. You can check out my journal at <A
href="http://www.eatme.com">www.eatme.com</A>. </FONT></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 8:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pct-l] Trail Journals</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Follow???? Follow who??? You???? That
wouldn't be pretty.<BR><BR>Please forward your trail journals web site
address to me. I have yet to receive it.<BR><BR>As far as "drama queen',
consider a humor transplant as well as a lesson (or two) in
humility.<BR><BR>In the meantime, I accept your blanket apology issued to all
members of this list.<BR><BR>Wheeew<BR><BR><B><I>Alison Rose <<A
href="mailto:a.rose@sbcglobal.net">a.rose@sbcglobal.net</A>></I></B> wrote:
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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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<A title=gailpl2003@yahoo.com href="mailto:gailpl2003@yahoo.com">G. Lowe
aka Wheeew</A> </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><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>
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Monday, January 21, 2008 7:21 AM</DIV>
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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>
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<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
<BR></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>Pct-l
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2008
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