Some hikers post awsome day-by-day entries online…does anybody know how? At first I thought they just called stuff in, but that wouldn’t explain the pictures they post. High tech cell phones, maybe?
Mike
Journals - Appalachian Trail
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I posted day to day entries, but they were about a week or so lag, cuz I just snail mailed the stuff home - you can upload images off the camera cards in a number of hostels and other locations along the trail, and the pocket mail stuff was pretty hot last year, just using a regular phone to e-mail the stuff to a friend who can post it for you. - Maybe the pocketmail has provisions to send picture attachments now?
scuba
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Hi, Mike…
It was my transcriber, Yogi, who suggested in 2000 that she post one entry per day, so it would better represent what it was like on the trail. To those who were reading the journal, I mean. I was low-tech, myself, just writing by hand and mailing stuffed envelopes every time I came across a mailbox. (I carried postage, because post offices weren’t always convenient.) Usually, by the time Yogi posted the last daily entry she had, a new envelope would show up, so it was pretty consistent. One good reason for a lag time, is that no one reading can pinpoint for sure where the hiker is at the moment. I’m not paranoid, but ya just never know who might be reading, and it’s not a bad idea that you’re maybe a hundred miles or more away from where the latest post says you are. Some might add … especially if you’re female. Just a thought.
ramkitten
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besides what was suggested above, i went to walmart and cvs drug stores and made cds of my photos so i didn’t need to be so computer savey to upload photos, nor did i need to have as update a computer to upload photos to TJ. 100 pics on cd was like 7 to 10 buck and i have them still today. i think i have like 1700 pics…it helps my not so photographic memory.
more and more i return to my journal entries so i can relive a day on trail, at the time i was very interested in getting it out there, now it is like a post card to myself…so if yer journaling, you might find it a fun way to enjoy the journey again.
burn
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I write almost everyday in my pocketmail composer. Then when I come across a payphone, about every three or four days, I mail my journal to my transcriber. She puts it online for me. As far as photos, that is more difficult. Some folks download at libraries and upload on TJ. Some libraries don’t allow downloads, though, so it makes it difficult. I’ll be sending mine home and uploading when I return.
redhat/ oldkathy
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WalMart has a deal where they will post your photos on their website for one month from the date you have your pictures developed. You get a password, and anyone with the password can look at your photos. Soooooooooo, if you gave your password to someone at home, and that person could look at your photos and copy them to your trailjournal.
I definitely recommend a lag time with your journal ESPECIALLY if you’re solo female. Believe me, if they like your journal, people will come looking for you. You may not want to be found. I try to keep my journal about a week behind where I am, and people still find me. Sometimes it’s cool, sometimes it’s very strange.
yogi
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#7
In addition to the above ideas, I found that there were intermittent places that had computers where I could post my journal entries directly. Such as: the outfitter at Hot Springs; the hotel in Adkins; the hotel in Pearisburg; the hostel at the church in Vernon NJ; the hotel in Ft. Montgomery (next to Bear Mt.) The rest of the time I sent my paper journal entries home to be transcribed. And I would affirm what others have said–after the hike your writings will be a wonderful journal to yourself to remember always. Enjoy!
Rainbow