User talk:Leif902

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[edit] Welcome!

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Well thank you very much, I really apreciate it. I have only recently gotten "into" wikipedia, though I have had the account for quite sometime (I'm not sure if there was a welcome message when I joined), so thank you very much for your kind welcome :), Warm Regards, Leif902 23:53, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Backpacking

Hey Leif,

I recently read the comment you left at my homepage regarding the new backpacking project. I'm not exactly a backpacker, but I do dayhike as much as I can, and I am avid about nature photography and field/emergency preparation. I will try to recruit new members for the project. Also, I just wanted to ask if you (we) could develop a comprehensive homemade backpacking/hiking kit, including materials and packing methods that we would normally find available at home. LifeScience 15:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Great to hear you've joined the project! I'm glad to have you along, though wikipedia dosn't allow "origonal research" you may like editing the Ten Essentials article which really requires cleanup... Also, if you'd like, I have a publication I work on (not wikipedia realted) entitled, "The Beginners Guide to Backpacking" which can be found on my webpage http://hikes.greenmangames.vze.com that you may be interested in submitting an article for (if you're into that kind of free collaboration). I look forward to working with you! - Leif902 18:37, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. If you want to write one, a packing methods article may be good, REI has some good info on weight distribution in internal/external frame packs

[edit] Backpacking project

Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I have just added the Project tag to all appropriate entries in Category:Hiking and bushwalking tracks in Australia and will try later to add them to the other categories in Category:Hiking and tramping tracks in Oceania. I hope this tagging will attract other Australians to join the Project. In doing so I came across Yuelarbah Track which is just one sentence and should be merged into Great North Walk. I have tagged the articles for the merge.

Let me tell you something of my involvement in this area. I was born and brought up in England and fell walking in the Lake District, Peak District, Yorkshire dales and other places was part of my life. I still do some walks when I go back there. I moved to Australia 20 years ago and lived in Darwin in the far tropical north. I did not fancy the walks there, although my son in Scouts became an expert. I moved to Melbourne only 2 years ago. There are many fine walk here, but I have done virtually nothing as old age is creeping up and my wife is not a walker. Thus I know far more about walks in the UK than I do I about walks in Australia. Let me know if you think I can help about any details for these two countries. I will try to help as I can but I am heavily involved in other projects and one recent one on Melanesia needs support badly. --Bduke 23:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks alot for your help, I don't know much about hikes in the UK or austrailia, except the Lake district, I've fell walked all over there... beautifull up there. Anyways, thanks for your support! -Leif902 00:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ten Essentials

Hey,

I fixed it up quite a bit, but I know the grammer and content still needs cleaning. But nonetheless it is much better! LifeScience 01:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Alright, thanks again you guys for helping to kick start this project! (Now if we can only get some editors who know something about wikiprojects as I know nothing about the design or maitenance or management of something like this). Leif902 01:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Hello

I have signed in as participant, is it possible to put down my personel experiences regarding backpacking? My village is in moutanious area of NWFP, Pakistan, (which was severly jaulted by the oct 2005 earthquake) where I have spent some remarkable days of my life with a bag on my back and had tried to help effected people on the peaks of Mountains and plain valleys aswell, with the help of NGOs, Country people and local tribesmen. I will not be able to forget those 40 days of backpacking. Regards. Haider 21:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Glad to have you aboard! Sure, we'd love to know about your experience, while there really isn't room on the project page, feel free to add something to your user page so that other users can draw from your experiences! Thanks again, -Leif902 22:12, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPBP invite

Hello Leif902. Thank you for the invitation. I appreciate it, but won't join at this time. I'm a little behind on my Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon tasks as it is. Though, I will continue to patrol a few key backpacking articles and maybe make a contribution or two. Thanks. —EncMstr 22:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

That's quite alright, thank you for your response, and happy editing! - Leif902 22:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hello and thank you for the warm welcome. Bigcurrens 00:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

You're quite welcome :) - Leif902 18:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)