ki0eh
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Post by ki0eh on Dec 26, 2014 17:50:57 GMT -5
It's so dead over there (in the Mid-Atlantic regional forum) that the only post in the last couple of weeks was a spammer resurrecting a drunk ferst thread from 9 years ago...
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Post by arfcomhkr on Dec 26, 2014 19:32:32 GMT -5
Honestly, it's a shame. But I like this place, it's close knit and will do just fine for my needs.
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Post by Admin on Dec 27, 2014 8:21:20 GMT -5
Thanks. I consider that a compliment. I enjoy giving to the hiking community.
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Post by vdeal on Dec 27, 2014 9:48:50 GMT -5
Yep, did bounce back over there a week or so ago and saw the spammer posts. Pathetic really. Even the posters on other sections there are lamenting what it has become but they think it will improve - which I just don't see happening.
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ki0eh
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Post by ki0eh on Dec 29, 2014 20:22:44 GMT -5
Thanks. I consider that a compliment. I enjoy giving to the hiking community. Yep, early indications are that this here new forum is getting off the ground. Thanks for giving us a place! |
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Post by arfcomhkr on Dec 30, 2014 6:54:33 GMT -5
Thanks. I consider that a compliment. I enjoy giving to the hiking community. Yep, early indications are that this here new forum is getting off the ground. Thanks for giving us a place! Might get more traffic if there was a banner on the midatlantichikes.com main page saying that there was a forum here now. I don't think the little button really catches the eye of people all that much. Might get picked up by the search engine crawlers easier too. If you do a search for backpacking forums, this place seems to be invisible to Google. Keywords mean a lot to search engines. Just a thought. |
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Post by aseege1 on Jan 3, 2015 15:24:48 GMT -5
I honestly don't mind how hidden the forum is. It keeps it more close knit like you said. There seemed to be a cliquey-ness over on the old forums that I don't miss.
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Post by arfcomhkr on Jan 3, 2015 19:13:01 GMT -5
I honestly don't mind how hidden the forum is. It keeps it more close knit like you said. There seemed to be a cliquey-ness over on the old forums that I don't miss. Eh, I never much posted outside of the mid-atlantic forum over there anyway. But, you can even see this place sort of divided between people that hike PA. and people that hike W.Va. The two don't seem to mix all that much. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 4, 2015 9:39:22 GMT -5
I honestly don't mind how hidden the forum is. It keeps it more close knit like you said. There seemed to be a cliquey-ness over on the old forums that I don't miss. Eh, I never much posted outside of the mid-atlantic forum over there anyway. But, you can even see this place sort of divided between people that hike PA. and people that hike W.Va. The two don't seem to mix all that much. That's one thing great about living outside of B'more. Travel times to the best venues in PA, VA and WV are close to equidistant. That's what made it possible for me to seemingly range so far afield. |
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Post by aseege1 on Jan 4, 2015 13:00:58 GMT -5
Eh, I never much posted outside of the mid-atlantic forum over there anyway. But, you can even see this place sort of divided between people that hike PA. and people that hike W.Va. The two don't seem to mix all that much. I need to make it to PA more. I live just outside DC, so it's three hours to the Mon or three hours to southcentral PA...I guess I've just been more focused on "finishing" the Mon first.
I think divisions between who hikes where is all well and good. When I said cliqueyness, I was referring to a distinct regime of folks, who I have not seen over here, who only used the MidA boards as their own evite party site.
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vdeal
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Post by vdeal on Jan 4, 2015 13:23:26 GMT -5
I don't think one ever "finishes" the Mon!
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Post by ki0eh on Jan 4, 2015 13:38:31 GMT -5
The drunk=ferst clique (fwiw, I did hike with them a couple of times), except for ones who also did a lot of Western trips, seems to have mostly migrated over to Facebook before the old forum collapse. Fine folks, I'd be willing to welcome them here. Honestly I think PA is a little under-represented without them.
Speaking of which, although I probably can't make it to many I think we need some outings. Did I miss MRHyker's 2015 schedule? There's one fellow I haven't actually managed to hike with yet.
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Post by wreckit on Jan 4, 2015 19:10:37 GMT -5
I live in southwest wv so I'm at a minimum 3+ hours from any good trails.
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Post by vdeal on Jan 4, 2015 19:59:00 GMT -5
wreckit,
SW WV might be closer than that to Mt. Rogers, VA.
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Post by ki0eh on Jan 4, 2015 19:59:09 GMT -5
I live in southwest wv so I'm at a minimum 3+ hours from any good trails. Here's some folks trying to create some, in case you aren't aware: www.tugunu.com/ |
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Post by wreckit on Jan 4, 2015 20:54:42 GMT -5
There south of me. Lol. I'm in cabell co. I'm 10 min from Ky and Oh. I like MNF don't mind the drive. I travel a lot for work an go to Pa some. Around beaver valley. Was on the BP mag forums and then kids came along. Now it's time to get back on trails. The other forum was dead. Got too looking around and found this one. Like it here a lot better.
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Post by Admin on Jan 5, 2015 8:31:09 GMT -5
The drunk=ferst clique (fwiw, I did hike with them a couple of times), except for ones who also did a lot of Western trips, seems to have mostly migrated over to Facebook before the old forum collapse. Fine folks, I'd be willing to welcome them here. Honestly I think PA is a little under-represented without them. Speaking of which, although I probably can't make it to many I think we need some outings. Did I miss MRHyker's 2015 schedule? There's one fellow I haven't actually managed to hike with yet. I'm a bit tardy with my schedule this year. In the process of tweaking it as I write this. Need to see my doctor before I publish it. |
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Post by aseege1 on Jan 5, 2015 9:35:21 GMT -5
The drunk=ferst clique (fwiw, I did hike with them a couple of times), except for ones who also did a lot of Western trips, seems to have mostly migrated over to Facebook before the old forum collapse. Fine folks, I'd be willing to welcome them here. Honestly I think PA is a little under-represented without them. Speaking of which, although I probably can't make it to many I think we need some outings. Did I miss MRHyker's 2015 schedule? There's one fellow I haven't actually managed to hike with yet. |
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Post by aseege1 on Jan 5, 2015 9:40:57 GMT -5
I'm sure they're nice people and probably a lot of fun. I went to the campout that Eggs hosted three years ago, but not a lot of that crowd was there.
I'd be down for another forum campout, or meetup. Organizing something like that can be dicey though. I suppose we should think of what is more or less equidistant for all of us. A PATC cabin is always a good option.
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Post by aseege1 on Jan 5, 2015 9:42:21 GMT -5
I don't think one ever "finishes" the Mon! hahaha. nope. hence the quotes. |
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