2025-01-18, 02:03 AM
Cottonball what do you mean "simply because he chose to take his website down"? It was not simply.
He gave us inspiration and resources and then completely pulled the rug from beneath us. I was completely gutted. It was the heights of the pandemic and I had no idea he was shutting down and didnt get to make a copy of his website I heavily relied on. And he made sure to not allow any public archives. He promised pdfs and books were coming and so many of us volunteered to help him with them or by hosting the website but he just made excuses. I doubt he had any intention for that to ever happen.
And then he went on to make youtube videos of places that he was gatekeeping and telling others not to share.
No he didnt owe us anything and yes he is a super nice guy but killing the website sure as hell was hurtful and unnecessary and I get to criticize that.
And make no mistake, he didnt intend for the trip reports to be accessible to us.
Thank you to the Jims and Kauris and Stavs and others that still continue to inspire me and show me these magical places. And thank you internet glitches...
He gave us inspiration and resources and then completely pulled the rug from beneath us. I was completely gutted. It was the heights of the pandemic and I had no idea he was shutting down and didnt get to make a copy of his website I heavily relied on. And he made sure to not allow any public archives. He promised pdfs and books were coming and so many of us volunteered to help him with them or by hosting the website but he just made excuses. I doubt he had any intention for that to ever happen.
And then he went on to make youtube videos of places that he was gatekeeping and telling others not to share.
No he didnt owe us anything and yes he is a super nice guy but killing the website sure as hell was hurtful and unnecessary and I get to criticize that.
And make no mistake, he didnt intend for the trip reports to be accessible to us.
Thank you to the Jims and Kauris and Stavs and others that still continue to inspire me and show me these magical places. And thank you internet glitches...