[pct-l] Did anybody notice PCT-L turned 10?

[Jeffrey Olson]

The discussions from those early days really aren't much different than 
what we talk about now... 

http://www.backcountry.net/arch/pct/

I went back to December 1996 and don't recognize that any of the email 
addresses/peoples names are still active today.  Is anyone still on here 
from them, other than Brick and Ryan?

Jeff, just Jeff

Brick Robbins wrote:
> Last month, PCT-L turned 10 years old. Did anybody notice?
>
> In 1996, the year after my PCT hike, I created the first website for
> the PCTA, back before hardly anyone knew what the Internet was.
>
> Back them, when way more folks had email than web browsers, Internet
> mailing lists were "the way to go." I wound up on AT-L and started
> looking for a service to host a similar list for the PCT. Ryan
> volunteered his system at hack.net and PCT-L was born.
>
> Before PCT-L, you ordered your guidebooks, and mailed Wilderness Press
> for the printed updates. You read Ryback's book and maybe Cindy Ross'
> as well. You talked to some friends who had done the PCT if you were
> lucky enough to have any, or the sales people at REI, but you were
> pretty much on your own as far as planning and resources went. It was
> very hard to tap into the experience of those who had gone before
>
> Here we are 10 years later.  Only a few things have really changed.
> Bear Cans were created, Cell Phones became common, and Ultralight
> became mainstream. Not much else has really changed as far as the hike
> itself goes. Walkmen turned into iPods, we still argue over guns and
> dogs, and about who's vision of the trail is more "right."
>
> The big difference is the easy exchange of information, much of which
> is done on this list. ADZPCTKOP itself, and many long-tail products
> like Yogi & Ben's books and the whole ultralight gear industry owe
> their viability to this list, and other's like it.
>
> As the list administrator, I have to do some "policing" from time to
> time, and I know that Ive pissed off people - some think I do to much,
> and some think I do too little, and some think the policing is
> personally attacking them. I've made my mistakes as Admin and I hope
> I've learned from them.
>
> I'd like to thank Ryan for providing the hardware and software to host
> the little party we've had here for the past 10 years, and I hope we
> can keep it up for the next 10 just as well.
>
> It has been a pleasure being of service to you all. Most of you don't
> notice me, but I'm here, reading every post, sorting through the spam,
> and trying to keep everyone playing well together.
>
> Hike your own hike.
>
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