Haha! Thanks for checking it out Yatsek...yeah...I was convinced that with a wiki style then more folks would drop by and add neat little details to pages. I was hiking/climbing a lot, and kept accumulating neat little details like, "Oh, crampons were first used in this valley!"
Now I see the wisdom of ownership over the long term. SP has it's own way, and why should it become some thing that it is not?
I hope the summer was awesome...I'm in Meran right now and looking forward to a sunny day tomorrow. :)
Thanks for posting this, I have been thinking about it for a while.
Recently, I have been re-reading Frank Herbert’s book “Dune”. Within it there is a line which reads: “every experience carries its lesson.”
I would like to believe that this is true and that we are all enriched by the sum of the many experiences we have had.
By recording our experiences, can we pass these lessons on vicariously to the readers? I’m not sure that is always possible but I know that one of the attractions of SP for me was reading about the experiences of many of the contributors.
Maybe the best we can hope for is to inspire others to visit a place we have been to, so they can learn their own lessons?
Cheers,
Mike
I agree with your suspicion that the recording of an experience is a paltry thing when compared with the blood, sweat and tears of actual striving. Perhaps the wise can learn from the experience of others, but I personally am nowhere near wisdom. I know I have to put myself out there to grow.
But on the upside...why did I ever go out in the first place? Well, by reading the experiences of others and getting inspired! So these scribbled traces have their purpose: to incite action. Action that the author will never fathom, leading into new country.
yatsek - Oct 22, 2022 3:53 am - Voted 10/10
Thanks for a superb readI'd say YOU must write here more often.
Cheers,
Jacek
PS I do remember how you wanted another wiki :)
mvs - Oct 22, 2022 6:25 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Thanks for a superb readHaha! Thanks for checking it out Yatsek...yeah...I was convinced that with a wiki style then more folks would drop by and add neat little details to pages. I was hiking/climbing a lot, and kept accumulating neat little details like, "Oh, crampons were first used in this valley!"
Now I see the wisdom of ownership over the long term. SP has it's own way, and why should it become some thing that it is not?
I hope the summer was awesome...I'm in Meran right now and looking forward to a sunny day tomorrow. :)
MikeLJ - Jan 12, 2023 3:41 am - Voted 10/10
ExperiencesThanks for posting this, I have been thinking about it for a while.
Recently, I have been re-reading Frank Herbert’s book “Dune”. Within it there is a line which reads: “every experience carries its lesson.”
I would like to believe that this is true and that we are all enriched by the sum of the many experiences we have had.
By recording our experiences, can we pass these lessons on vicariously to the readers? I’m not sure that is always possible but I know that one of the attractions of SP for me was reading about the experiences of many of the contributors.
Maybe the best we can hope for is to inspire others to visit a place we have been to, so they can learn their own lessons?
Cheers,
Mike
mvs - Feb 25, 2023 10:01 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: ExperiencesVery interesting, Mike.
I agree with your suspicion that the recording of an experience is a paltry thing when compared with the blood, sweat and tears of actual striving. Perhaps the wise can learn from the experience of others, but I personally am nowhere near wisdom. I know I have to put myself out there to grow.
But on the upside...why did I ever go out in the first place? Well, by reading the experiences of others and getting inspired! So these scribbled traces have their purpose: to incite action. Action that the author will never fathom, leading into new country.