Matt drops "the webmaster", Hello Elise

“A wolf in a sheep's clothing is still a wolf.”

“DH- myspace.”

“Great! This forum has always been very amateur and clunky. Surely the new owners actually know something about forum software. Hopefully a big change will drive off all the stale regulars who've been talking about the same thing over and over and over and over for years now.

At any rate, this forum has nowhere to go but up now.”

“I was gasping at UT!

I really don't know how myspace works.

HPM - ygm, btw.”

“It's an abortional cornucopia of wed design horrors.”

“Matt...I am so thankful that you have put the time and effort into making this place what it is.

Blessing to you and your family!

Dee”

“..provided the regulars already signed on are given lifetime memberships....charge the NEW TT'ers...that'll eliminate any NEW TROLLS....”

“Matt, you da man! You should call yourself the dude, his duderino or dudeness.. or whatever type of brevity thing you're into.

TT has literally changed my wife in more ways than I can post!!! thanks for everything.
last edited: 6/21/07 11:14:13 AM”

“Billy Morris, owner of Falcon Guides (via Morris Communications Company, LLC), doesn't do ANYthing for free.  I well remember the editorial in his Augusta Chronicle (our local paper) declaiming how wonderful it would be to take one of the last remaining places to backpack around here (Bussey Point Wildlife Management Area) and build another marina for Clark's Hill Reservoir.  The most important thing was to build the tax base.  I don't think Billy ever met an extractive industry he didn't like.

I'm proud and happy to say the hikers, the horseback riders, the blackpowder hunters and the bowhunters all came together to jerk a knot in our US Representative Mr. Norwood and Bussey Point remains a great place to hike.


Interestingly, I don't see any mention of preserving the outdoors in Hillclimb's objectives:

http://www.hillclimbmedia.com/aboutus.html




last edited: 6/21/07 11:20:15 AM”

“Looking at Trails.com it appears that much of what you are asked to pay for is copyrighted material. Trail guide descriptions and maps published in other places. Assuming the proper royalties are being paid for the distribution of this material (and I have no reason to suggest it isn't) I can understand the subscription fee. But there is no such content here except the occasional trail map linked to from already freely accessible websites. It makes little sense to me to begin to charge a subscription fee for this forum when the community is what is wanted and the community is free.

The skeptic in me says it's about the money. But the more rational side says what better way to attract people to the store for the guides and maps available than to whet their appetite with a (mostly) friendly free community of like minded trolls.
last edited: 6/21/07 11:19:06 AM”

“I just realized,,,, Spirit Coyote is a prophet and predicted the end of our world correctly!!!!”

“The gardening site looks pretty good.”

“Pretty scarey!”

“Did I miss something, but when was it said that TT will become a pay site?”

“pretty FRICKIN' scarey.”

“Hillclimb Media is located in the historic Dexter Horton Building in downtown Seattle on Cherry Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
Directions to our office

Hillclimb Media
710 Second Avenue, Suite 1130
Seattle, WA 98104
P: 206.286.0888
F: 206.624.3530

Office hours: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Friday, PST
Phone or e-mail is the best way to reach us.”

“it's all speculation...

it's the same thing that everyone thought everything would be good when Bush was elected.”

“ENS - tell us how TT has changed your wife?”

“oops... that was supposed to read life..”

“"TT has literally changed my wife in more ways than I can post!!!"

Yeah, ya better not be postin' that kinda stuff mister!!”

“C'mon, peeps, don't be so pessimistic. Maybe it will be fun? mooohahahaaaaa

Seriously though, best of luck to Matt in his future endeavors. This brainchild has led to many long-lasting friendships, marriages, divorces(ha), births and deaths. With that, thebackpacker will always leave a legacy, no matter what.”

“I thought, my, he has a high opinion of his self 8)”

“good morning everyone, (is it afternoon yet for anyone?)

i'm glad to see you all have so very many opinions! you seem like a great bunch of hooligans and i look forward to working with you to keep this site the best it can be.

to address some of your concerns:

no, we are not planning to screw up the site, we want to leave it how it is as much as we can -less work for us, right? that means keeping the forums the same.

we will try our hardest to keep things rolling smoothly as we transfer the site to our servers, but please be patient, it's technologically tricky.

yes, our company owns Trails.com, but that site has a very different purpose than thebackpacker. Ramblinrev has it right, for Trails we pay money for the rights to publish other peoples' copyrighted material online, so it can be more widely accessed by the hiking world. thebackpacker has a totally different function and we are not going to turn it into Trails.

please keep sending your questions and opinions - i like feedback. this site is for you, the community who makes it a worthwhile place to visit. if you think i'm ignoring your concerns, it's probably that i just haven't seen what you wrote, among the miles of comments, so post again clearly with a Hey Elise.”

“she's a troll. We need nekid pictures to prove you aren't hiding anything up your sleeves.

Also, you must immediately join a TT group on a hike so we know that you are a real person.
last edited: 6/21/07 11:49:25 AM”

“You forgot to say, Hey elise," Hyway.”

“She needs to sponsor hyway and I at TrailDays to spread the news about TT.”

“I think the new company needs to send me and a few others on a trip someplace cool.”

“WK - how about an all expense paid trip to Chicago?”

“TROLLETTE!


Yes --- we were already insane and now we're freaking out.”

“Dammit! "elise" just took my new troll name.”

“I vote kleetn as our bargaining rep. If things don't go smoothly, he can turn loose the squirrel on them.”

“Dayhiker -that is no fun, I get to do that 5 days a week now as it is.”

“Good call, chili! I'd be afraid, Elise...getting squirreled would be a fate worse than death.”

“I think elise is an easy name to torll...”

“Title for Elise should be "Elise the Fuego Fanner."”

“Just joining the others to thank you for the hang-out. My, how the time has flown - must have been fun!”

“May I be the first to offer you my sincerest condolences! Now it's YOU that has to contend with some of the whacko nut-jobs that frequent this place! Drink's are on me next time I'm in Seattle, you poor thing! :)”

“Based on the nut-jobs on this site, do you think you can afford to buy enough drinks wanderer?”

“she's a troll. We need nekid pictures to prove you aren't hiding anything up your sleeves.

Also, you must immediately join a TT group on a hike so we know that you are a real person.
last edited: 6/21/07 12:49:25 PM”
hyway
12:47:04 PM
6/21/07



GEEZ hyway tell her how you really feel....



please keep sending your questions and opinions - i like feedback.

12:41:32 PM
6/21/07


ok you are in so much trouble. BIG TROUBLE..
ive got your back girl friend :)~”

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the years of hard work, matt.
This site is a very special place.
I know it's got to be like you're giving up a child.
Best of Luck for all your future.

Welcome to the nuthouse, Elise.
last edited: 6/21/07 12:33:00 PM”

“No need to welcome "them" God knows how long they've been watching. Elise has probably been online everyday for a month...........where did the atonement thread go?”

“It's still here bear.
http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/39967,-1.php”

“what about the girls thread?
ok girls hold onto your knickers?”

“I think elise has taken that down until she can review it in its entirety ... several times ... in detail ... in private ....”

“Has the new boss posted?”

“Get the B*ll#&%!$ in Chatter, stay on point. Sentence the wannabe's to the same. This could be a real source of helpful info but there are too many folks folks interested in throwing bombs and personal attacks.”

“edoc wants to kill TT”

“Banning members that post FUEGO items to Gear threads would not bother me.”

“Hell stovestomper, I guess farting around the campfire is totally out of question then.”

“It has always been thus, at least since '99.”