[at-l] Register for at-L

[hikenet@interactive.net (Thomas Caggiano)]

Welcome Big Bud,

http://www.backcountry.net/ is how you sign on.

Join one of our members, Wareagle, on her current AT thruhike at
http://friends.backcountry.net/wareagle

and welcome to the at-L campfire... bring your banana boat .. yum, yum..

Speaking of bud. Read my "six pack" story and see how I got my trail name.

http://www.interactive.net/~hikenet/bearbells.html


-- Bear Bells

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-at-l@backcountry.net [mailto:owner-at-l@backcountry.net]On
> Behalf Of AASarra@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 5:52 PM
> To: bigbud666@hotmail.com; AT List
> Subject: [at-l] Re: What's AT-L??
>
>
> In a message dated 07/06/1999 4:52:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bigbud666@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Now, please tell me what AT-L is.  I'm puzzled. >>
>
> AT-L is another Appalachian Trail mailing list which operates
> (technically)
> in the same manner as the list you belong to (ATML).  The difference,
> however, is that the list owner (1) does not regularly engage in
> dialogue or
> pursue a personal agenda on the list, and (2) it is populated by
> a largely
> irreverent group of hikers who engage in a spirited yet
> respectful yet often
> humorous yet frequently off topic yet always informative dialogue.  The
> listers are primarily thru hiker wannabe types with a large sprinkling of
> past thru hikers and a significant smattering of day hikers and section
> hikers.
>
> A good number of the AT-L members are dual listers, monitoring both lists
> just as I do - although a few days away from the computer will result in
> several hundred old messages waiting for you when you return
> which can be a
> real nuisance - you can't just delete them without suffering from
> a guilty
> conscience but you can't just sit down and read them all at one sitting
> either.
>
> Like ATML, they often go off on tangents but generally keep the
> ebb and flow
> of information at least vaguely related to the AT.  It has members from
> Germany, South Africa (one each, I think), Canada and all over the US.
>
> The primary difference between the two lists is what I alluded to above.
> Neither the topics nor the content are monitored or edited for
> trail purity.
> Members are not arbitrarily disenrolled because of whatever unorthodox
> beliefs they may espouse yet, I have observed,  the dialogue
> seems to be more
> respectful and civil amongst and between the members despite their
> differences in opinion - if any.
>
> The listers refer to their electronic gathering as a campfire
> where any and
> all are welcome to pull a log up to the fire, introduce themself,
> share their
> smores, set up their smoke shifter in whatever manner best suits their
> individual temperament,  and join in the conversation.
>
> Now, in all candor, I can't recall exactly what the proper method is for
> subscribing  and I don't have it in my archives.  For that reason, I have
> included the AT-L as an addressee on this posting in the hopes
> that one of
> the more informed members will be kind enough to EMail the
> process directly
> to you.
>
> If you should choose to join us, let me be the first to say
> "Welcome aboard".
>
> Al (Draggin' Anchor)
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