[pct-l] Death to The Book of Lies!

[dsaufley at sprynet.com]

Ben,

This is one of the best posts ever; a classic.  Thank you for your great wit and candor, and for the invitation.  

L-Rod



-----Original Message-----
>From: Schifrin Benjamin <benschif at mac.com>
>Sent: Oct 14, 2006 2:13 PM
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] Death to The Book of Lies!
>
>Gang:
>
>While we all seem to be on the subjects of the books we love to hate,  
>bad grammar, misguided (hah!) authors, character assasination, ad  
>nauseam, and now that the Class of 2006 is back in the barn, let me  
>invite you all...
>
>POINT YOUR INVECTIVE AT ME! PLEASE!
>
>I am now working on the next complete revisions of The Book of Lies,  
>also known as the Oregon-Washington and California PCT Guidebooks.  
>Wilderness Press plans to have a new version of OR-WA on bookshelves  
>for the 2008 season, and hopes to have the two CA guides a year later.
>
>So, while my many sins, my gross incompetence, my utter negligence  
>and dereliction of duty are fresh in your mind, and the brush-torn  
>scars on your shins from that 15-mile route-finding fiasco are  
>scabbing over, WRITE ME!
>
>I want to know about every little thing that you don't like about the  
>guidebooks. I want to know about every little thing that you want to  
>see added to the guidebooks. You can be constructive; you can flame  
>me-- I don't care. Don't like the geology? Tell me! Don't like the  
>text format? Throw a rock at me! I didn't mention your favorite vegan  
>& venison burrito bar in Etna? Hurt me! Want elevation profiles or  
>UTM grid ticks or GPS data? Kick me! Harder! Please!
>
>This is your chance to stick pins in the Voodoo doll you've been  
>steaming about since you got lost in the brush above Cajon Pass!
>
>And, it may not be THAT great of a motivation, but this is your  
>chance to actually make the guidebooks BETTER.
>
>So, call me! Write me! Email me! Talk dirty to me! I'm lonely, and I  
>want to talk to YOU, you strong, handsome hiker! I have a 900 number!  
>Just $5 a minute! I AM THE GUY YOU WANTED TO KILL, AT YOUR LAST WRONG  
>TURN! Give me your best shot!
>
>As usual, prior to the actual hard-copies of the guides are printed,  
>I plan to have the usual annual incremental updates for OR-WA out by  
>Christmas (including a full thorn-and-brush description of the  
>Glacier Peak Bypass) , and the two halves of CA out in early spring  
>2007, certainly in time for the Class of 07. (I'm sweating over them  
>already!
>
>Keep those cards and letters coming!
>
>(I hope you get well soon)
>
>
>
>
>Ben Schifrin
>Wilderness Press
>17360 Highgrade Lane
>Sonora CA 95370
>work 800.443.7227
>home 209.586.5767
>benschif at mac.com
>
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