Trailplace
Anyone know what happened? It's gone.
Well, these things happen when the owner of the site hasn't even logged in for 6 months....
I haven't tried to call 7Sisters yet but here's my best guess:
Bob McCaw pre-paid for three years of hosting before turning the site over to 7Sisters. If I was a bettin' man, I'd say that the three years were up and 7Sisters decided to walk away from it. The last I spoke to 7Sisters, he was unemployed and still searching for work.
The shame of it is that several people expressed interest in taking over the site. If it's not renewed, the domain name will be available but the content will evaporate into the digital atmosphere.
Completed Sections: Springer to Clingmans Dome, & Max Patch to Gorham NH
hmmmm. maybe i'll buy it
Buy the domain name but re-name the forum, "It's Just Walkin'".Originally Posted by Lone Wolf
That would be seriously awesome.
The activity, new theads and posts tanked a long time ago... shame.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
how are you keeping in touch - I haven't hiked with him in a few years.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
I have his cell number but he hasn't answered my last few calls - they went to voice mail and no reply was made.
Completed Sections: Springer to Clingmans Dome, & Max Patch to Gorham NH
It's back online.
Well like it or not, or like him or not...without Trailplace and Wingfoot, there would be no Whiteblaze. I knew once Wingfoot stepped away that it would go downhill, and to be honest it wasn't that great from about 2001-2002 anyhow. Wingfoot did plenty for the AT community, and I always felt his 'Handbook' was the best guide out there, had the most reliable information with the best format IMO.
Times change...perhaps it's best to leave Trailplace where it belongs, in the past. I do like to ride the nostalgia train, and fondly remember hanging out at Wingfoot's house in Hot Springs in 1995, very cool times, drinking beers and just being psyched to talk to a trail legend in person...the same guy banned me from his site in 2002, what can you do?
The old Trailplace was the first one stop for all things AT. Forums, informative articles, and my favorite part, journals. Despite being banned by Wingfoot after the election in '02, I still submitted his name for the AT HoF induction for his work with Saddleback mountain and his guides. I've visited Trailplace once new ownership took over and I think the missing piece to its continued success was that the colorful characters sought a new forum (Whiteblaze) and it never recovered.
I don't think members new to online AT discussion forums realize the impact Wingfoot had on the AT as a whole.
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Trailplace is up and running, I think the issue was fixed a few days ago.
"Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun
Sleepin by the river just like he usually done
Call for his whisky
He can call for his tea
Call all he wanta but he can't call me..."
Robert Hunter & Ron McKernan
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