{"id":662,"date":"2006-09-27T08:36:30","date_gmt":"2006-09-27T13:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=662"},"modified":"2006-09-27T08:36:30","modified_gmt":"2006-09-27T13:36:30","slug":"the-hiking-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2006\/09\/27\/the-hiking-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"The hiking tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cutter got a bit riled with yesterday’s allegation that there’s no community of hikers. <\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to see passion, try getting in a simple discussion on pack weight in the BackpackingLight discussion group<\/a>. Try complaining about cell phone use on the trail in the AT-L mailing list<\/a>. Claim you have the best alcohol stove design at whiteblaze.net<\/a>. Show up at a hiker gathering like Trail Days<\/a> in Damascus, Va.<\/p>\n

Or just get out on a trail and talk to another hiker.<\/p>\n

There’s a tribe of hikers out there, all right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cutter has a point, but so does Steve Outing, the guy I was inviting to build an online business around this tribe of hikers. Steve’s two current sites — one for climbing and one for mountain biking — target a far more Internet-enabled demographic. The running thread though the links Cutter posted is that they all deal with gear-intensive subsets of hiking — thru-hiking and backpacking — while the vast majority of hikers are more apt to be doing Sunday six-milers with their local (and offline) hiking club.
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The real question is how to build an audience around people who’d rather be on a trail than online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cutter got a bit riled with yesterday’s allegation that there’s no community of hikers. If you want to see passion, try getting in a simple discussion on pack weight in the BackpackingLight discussion group. Try complaining about cell phone use…<\/p>\n

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