[pct-l] Trail Journals

Mon Jan 21 23:06:11 CST 2008

I rest my case.

Wheeew

Alison Rose <a.rose at sbcglobal.net> wrote:     Thanks Gail.  You can check out my journal at www.eatme.com.  

    ----- Original Message ----- 
   From:    G. Lowe aka    Wheeew 
   To: Alison Rose ; PCT 
   Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 8:59    PM
   Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail Journals

Follow????  Follow who???  You????  That    wouldn't be pretty.

Please forward  your trail journals web site    address to me.  I have yet to receive it.

As far as "drama queen',    consider a humor transplant as well as a lesson (or two) in    humility.

In the meantime, I accept your blanket apology issued to all    members of this list.

Wheeew

Alison Rose <a.rose at sbcglobal.net> wrote:             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?

     ----- Original Message ----- 
            From:        G. Lowe        aka Wheeew 
       To:        Alison        Rose ; PCT 
       Sent:        Monday, January 21, 2008 7:21 AM
       Subject:        Re: [pct-l] Trail Journals

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??

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!!!  

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.  

I would rather poke my eyes out with a phillips head        screwdriver  than follow the suggested "guidelines".  Let's hear        if for artistic freedom!

Hike On!

Wheeew

Alison        Rose <a.rose at sbcglobal.net> wrote:                                    Dear Dr. Bob ~

         A very good point indeed and I, for one, certainly          thank you for making it.  
         A whiney, long-winded, self indulgent journal should          be kept private. That
         being said, the well intentioned advice          is offered to those who specificially
         wish to post a public journal for the world to          see.  As most will notice,
         those journals will be read by somewhere between          20,000 and 150,000 people.
         Many read these journals in preperation for their own          hike, so providing some
         of the recommended information is a tremendous gift to          them.  Thus, if
         you want your journal to be interesting and relevent,          kindly follow the
         recommendations.  If not, as in Dr. Bob's          example, keep them private.  And I,
         for one, will thank you.  Thank you, thank you          very much.

         One thing I like about trail journals is their wide diversity,          reflecting
the individual.  The fact that all journals do not          follow the same terse
guidelines helps one with insights into          differing personalities and the
trail day as experienced in differing          ways by different people... the
essence of HYOH.  Besides, for          whom is a trail journal written?  Is it to
entertain or educate          others and written with an eye to avoiding critical
comment?           (Gee, should I write this...?  I may be viewed as "whining.")           If
so, some might suggest it may be flawed from the outset. I use a          MP3 player
to talk into as I hike. It's in my front pocket and          several times a mile I
grab it to record thoughts, sightings,          people's names, as well as host of
comments on my physical state of          being that I want to remember as part of my
trail experience.           Example: Whew, did I just have projectile diarrhea! (No,
not this          posting, folks).  Sometimes I ramble on (just like this          post,
folks). I am guilty of writing more a trail diary than a log or          journal.  It
is precisely because of comments like the          well-intentioned guidelines
suggested below that I have never          publicly posted my four trail "journals."
While I sure enjoy reading          other accounts occasionally, mine proudly include
whining and stay          deliciously private.  :)

Dr Bob          

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