I may continue to pursue it occasionally. It's really putting out the
letterboxes that involves the risk I'm referring to. I don't mind taking
physical risks myself.
Thanks again for the encouragement.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Mings
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:24 PM
Subject: Your leaving
> Sad to see you go. In the context of everything that has occurred
> since letterboxing got started in the US, the heat you received for
> bringing up issues people didn't want to face was not that bad. Trust
> me on this, I have been the center of some very heated issues in the
> history of letterboxing in the US. Unfortunately some people get way
> too defensive when someone has views that differ from their own. Your
> concerns are, IMHO, valid and ones I have publicly discussed from the
> first days of letterboxing. Hopefully you may come back for the value
> of the recreation and learn to ignore those who don't know how to
> "agree to disagree" without making it personal.
>
> Here's an example similar to the recent situation. You can find my
> post about it last fall if you are interested. I went to Tenn for
> vacation and hoped to find some boxes. The only one close to me was
> maxpatch and I read the clues and decided to go after it with the
> wife. Turns out the 8 mile "logging" road was an extremely narrow
> winding path along the side of the mountains with no shoulders and
> sides that dropped to certain death if any mistakes were made.
> Because of my desire to find this one box near my vacation area I
> drove about 1 mile up the mountain before coming to my senses and
> managed to find a place I could turn around. It had rained the night
> before for the first time in weeks and the tire tracks in the path
> had turned from dirt to a slippery mud. I was very nervous until I
> reached the bottom. It was in my opinion extremely dangerous and I
> posted about it.
> --
> Regards,
>
> Eric Mings Ph.D.
>