This website is getting old

[greentick]

IF there is a complaint to be made; it is that the user base is aging and getting a bit cranky.
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A lot of colorful characters have departed over the years. WB is a much more sedate and heavily moderated place than the old days.

I know one thing for sure. The kinder, gentler, Whiteblaze is not as entertaining as it once was.

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I remember the "crankiness" followed by creation of a "non-hiking" subforum for fistfights which then spilled back into the rest of the forums which resulted in heavy moderation.

I stop in every so often. It does get repetitive every season but, like mentioned, new gear does get introduced. I mostly ignore the "best" threads and the always great "down vs synthetic" threads.

As a section hiker, I DO like that you can pop in and get pretty relatively current water, trail, weather "ground truth."

Anyhow, I'm happy it's still kicking around. Sedate or not.

[Trance]

The people on this website are getting old"er" too hahaha

[greentick]

true dat!!!

[rafe]

The people on this website are getting old"er" too hahaha

If trouble don't kill me, Lord, I'll live a long time...

[NewHeart]

IMHO, Yes the stuff on this site may be old and rehashed repeatedly, but for new hikers like myself, it is an invaluable asset. I would not have been able to get ready properly for my hike. I am leaving for Springer in 17 days I started planning this at the beginning of the year. There are folks here that were very instrumental in helping me get this off the ground and I can't thank them enough.

[Traillium]

+1 for NewHeart!


Bruce Traillium