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<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Alison Rose
<a.rose@sbcglobal.net></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks Gail. You can check out my journal at <a
href="http://www.eatme.com">www.eatme.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>WOW….. I did not expect to see a porn website. I like
to read Trail Journals but do not think this belongs on the PTC List..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cheers, Marge ( the old gal)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>:</span></font></b><font size=2
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pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>G. Lowe aka Wheeew<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 21, 2008
10:06 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Alison Rose; PCT</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From</span></font></b><font size=2
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [pct-l] Trail
Journals</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I rest my case. <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:gailpl2003@yahoo.com" title="gailpl2003@yahoo.com">G. Lowe aka
Wheeew</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:a.rose@sbcglobal.net" title="a.rose@sbcglobal.net">Alison Rose</a>
; <a href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net" title="pct-l@backcountry.net">PCT</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Monday, January
21, 2008 8:59 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Re: [pct-l] Trail
Journals<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Alison Rose <<a
href="mailto:a.rose@sbcglobal.net">a.rose@sbcglobal.net</a>></span></i></b>
wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family: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?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:gailpl2003@yahoo.com" title="gailpl2003@yahoo.com">G. Lowe aka
Wheeew</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:a.rose@sbcglobal.net" title="a.rose@sbcglobal.net">Alison Rose</a>
; <a href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net" title="pct-l@backcountry.net">PCT</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Monday, January
21, 2008 7:21 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Re: [pct-l] Trail
Journals<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Alison Rose
<a.rose@sbcglobal.net></span></i></b> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Dr. Bob ~<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A very good point indeed and I, for one, certainly thank you for making
it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A whiney, long-winded, self indulgent journal should be kept private.
That<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>being said, the well intentioned advice is offered to those
who specificially<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>wish to post a public journal for the world to see. As most will
notice,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>those journals will be read by somewhere between 20,000 and 150,000
people.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Many read these journals in preperation for their own hike, so
providing some<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>of the recommended information is a tremendous gift to them.
Thus, if<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>you want your journal to be interesting and relevent, kindly follow the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>recommendations. If not, as in Dr. Bob's example, keep them private.
And I,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>for one, will thank you. Thank you, thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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-Wheeew-<br>
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---->MexiCan----> 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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