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	alt.culture.beaches
	rec.outdoors.national-parks
	rec.photo.*
		specifically rec.photo.technique.nature
	nl.wandel (Holland)
	de.rec.reisen.camping
	it.sport.montagna (Italian)
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	to rec.skiing.nordic).

Climbing:
	rec.climbing
	alt.lycra
	uk.rec.climbing (UK only)
	de.rec.alpinismus (German)

Windsurfing:
	check rec.boats, rec.boats.paddle, rec.windsurfing
Whitewater:
	rec.boats.paddle
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	References to whitewater are now in rec.boats.paddle
Fishing
	alt.fishing
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Surfing
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	rec.bicycles.marketplace
	rec.bicycles.misc
	rec.bicycles.racing
	rec.bicycles.rides
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Scouting:
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Naturism/Nudist:
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	bionet.* (professional biology)

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	soc.culture.nepal: 
	soc.culture.nordic: 
	soc.culture.pakistan: 
	soc.culture.tibet: ... you get the idea.
	aus.bushwalking: for down under
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%A Steven K. Roberts
%Z wordy@qualcomm.com
%T Computing Across America
%O nomadness-request@ucsd.edu
http://microship.com

Round-The-World Travel Guide
An extensive compilation of tips from travellers, focusing on
long-term budget travel, and is also useful for short-term and
business travel.  It covers nearly every aspect, from things to
consider before leaving, to budgeting, planning, routes, duration
of trip, modes of transportation including airline ticketing,
accomodations, financial strategies, health issues, visas, travel
insurance, and much more.  It has references to both online and
printed resources, with hypertext links in the HTML version.  An
archive site has also been created for journals from RTW trips.
http://www.solutions.net/rec-travel/rtw/html/faq.html.



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	http://www.flash.net/~bhphiker/BHP/
	http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
	http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/srss.html
        http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/Climbing/index.html
        http://pulsar.cs.wku.edu/~beeler/climbing.html
	http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/climbing/index.html
	http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/climbing/areas/uk/UK.html
	http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/~climbing
	http://www.abalon.se/beach/aw/abbey.html
	http://www.gorp.com
	http://iquest.com/~nss
	http://www.fs.fed.us/whatsnew.htm
	http://www.gorp.com/atbook.htm 	#Adventurous Traveler Bookstore
	http://www.teleport.com/~walking/mcm.htm
	http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/preface.html	# giadria
	http://www.couloir-mag.com
	http://gdcinfo.agg.emr.ca/geomag/e_cgrf.html
	http://www.medfacts.com
	http://www.lcv.org
	http://www.hostels.com/
	http://www.iyhf.org/
	http://www.dejanews.com
	http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/ti.W.html
	http://chat.earthweb.com
	gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/02/149/5
	ftp://darkstar.cygnus.com/pub/backcountry/fuel.names.txt
	http://www.chara.gsu.edu/sat.html
	http://www2.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de/sat/vsohp/brite.html

	http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
	http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl
	http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/interactive.html
	http://www.ucar.edu/WeatherInfo.html
	http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/srss.html
	http://www.mit.edu:8001/usa.html
	http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl # mag dec.
	http://thunder.atms.purdue.edu/index.html
	http://www.nps.gov			# US National Park Service
	http://www.fws.gov/			# US Fish and Wildlife Service
	http://snow.water.ca.gov
	http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/latest.html
	http://www.entertain.com/cmc/
	http://www.cmc.org/cmc/
	http://syzygy.math.ufl.edu/~sfm/ACL/acl.html
	http://www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/
	http://www.inch.com/~dipper/highpoints.html
	http://www.oslonett.no/home/mariusbe/e-index.html
	http://www.desertgold.com
	http://WWW.LLBEAN.COM
	http://www.sweet-h2o.com/sweetwater
	http://www.monolake.org/
	http://members.aol.com/hikenet/
        http://trailplace.com/cgi-bin/htmlscript?category_bibliography.hts
	The URL for the Trailplace AT Bibliography is


	http://www.earthsketch.com/country.php?country=IRN # Ireland country Profile


	Abbey Web page:
        http://www.abalon.se/beach/aw/abbey.html

http://www.magick.net/~siskiyou/
http://www.plix.com/~users/ab7iz/lookout/links.htm


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	alt.caving
		Comments about alt.caving from panel 1
From Panel 1:

The formation of a usenet group on caving has long been a subject
of controversy.  Most cavers that live in the US and Australia prefer that
caving remain "low profile", while cavers in Europe prefer a "high profile"
approach.  Much of this has to do with the type of caves and caving that
occur in these regions, and the differences in conservation ethics.
There are different types of resource management for different types of
cave systems.  Due to the often extensive destruction of cave resources that
seems to occur in the US after a cave location has been made public, it was
decided by the international caving community to keep electronic caving
within a moderated mailing list (see below).  This ensured that caves
suffer minimal destruction, while still allowing caving information to be
distributed on a world wide basis.  This also made certain that information
could reach the maximum number of individuals (e-mail is MUCH more extensive
and reliable than usenet access).

Alt.caving was formed in spite of opposition from the caving community.
It was not formed by anyone associated with caves OR caving.  The person
that formed this group was actually interested in hollow-earth phenomenon,
tombs, etc.  Because the person forming this group also botched the
formation process, it it NOT carried by many systems.  This means that
distribution is EXTREMELY limited and most people are unable to see or
respond to this newsgroup.

So what does all of the above mean?

1) Most of the experienced cavers CAN'T see or respond to the questions on
   alt.caving.  Their news feeds don't carry it.  It is unlikely that you
   will receive responses to your posts.
2) Because it was formed IN SPITE OF the cavers opposition, and because
   the group is unmoderated, the VERY few cavers that can see alt.caving
   are unwilling to give information out.  They expect the person that
   is truly interested in caving to join the cavers mailing list, like
   everyone else.  Again, because the mailing list is carried via e-mail,
   the maximum number of people can get it, and respond to it.  Also
   remember, the cavers are only trying to protect the caves.  Once a cave
   is destroyed, it is PERMANENT.
3) Because it lacks the support of the caving community, the information
   posted on alt.caving is suspicious, at the very best.  The majority of
   people posting to the group are individuals with limited experience.
   (The more experienced cavers know about the mailing list and post there).
   Because most of the people posting to alt.caving ARE of limited
   experience, the information has a higher probability of being wrong,
   or only good for a certain type of cave.
4) The cavers are NOT trying to keep you from caving.  Most cavers realize
   that it is impossible to learn caving from an electronic forum.  There
   will be too many holes in the information provided.  NOTHING can equal
   training.  If the cavers are reluctant to give out information, it is
   because they are trying to ensure that you seek out and receive training
   from an instructor that knows what they are doing.  Both rec.backcountry
   and rec.climbing are monitored by cavers.  They will provide you with
   resources for training IF you ask for it.  YOU CAN GET KILLED WHILE CAVING,
   especially if you don't know what you are doing!

Of course, all individuals that are truly interested in caving are invited
to join the cavers mailing list.  See below for details.

- Cindy Heazlit, NSS 22980F

Any comments on the above should be directed to: cheazlit@ix.netcom.com

Please put put alt.caving in the subject line.

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with pointers to other panels which might have desired information.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS of this chain:

26/ Other news groups of related interest, networking	<* THIS PANEL *>
27/ Films/cinema references
28/ References (written)
1/ DISCLAIMER
2/ Ethics
3/ Learning I
4/ learning II (lists, "Ten Essentials," Chouinard comments)
5/ Summary of past topics
6/ Non-wisdom: fire-arms topic circular discussion
7/ Phone / address lists
8/ Fletcher's Law of Inverse Appreciation / Rachel Carson / Foreman and Hayduke
9/ Water Filter wisdom
10/ Volunteer Work
11/ Snake bite
12/ Netiquette
13/ Questions on conditions and travel
14/ Dedication to Aldo Leopold
15/ Leopold's lot.
16/ Morbid backcountry
17/ Information about bears
18/ Poison ivy, frequently ask, under question
19/ Lyme disease, frequently ask, under question
20/ "Telling questions" backcountry Turing test
21/ AMS
22/ Babies and Kids
23/ A bit of song (like camp songs)
24/ What is natural?
25/ A romantic notion of high-tech employment

Date:     Mon, 10 Apr 1995 04:53 EDT
From: BROSIUS@ROO.FIT.EDU (Marc Brosius)
Subject:  Around-the-World Journal

Hi,

I am happy to announce the archiving of Russell Gilbert's 
Around-the-World Journal (with photos).  It has been a great
inspiration in planning my trip, and in assembling the RTW 
Travel Guide.

The incredible hypertext version of his journal is available at:

		  http://www.city.net/travel/atwj/ 

The ascii version should eventually be available also at:
* ftp://ftp.digimark.net/rec-travel/rtw/absjnl/gilbert_jnl.txt

If you do not have http access to city.net, please email Russell for
the ascii version at b804683@csc1.ftw.bnr.com .

  
                        TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                       
  AROUND-THE-WORLD JOURNAL:
     * Journal's Home Page
     * Introduction (Start here)
     * September (Dallas, Hawaii, Fiji)
     * October (Fiji, New Zealand, Australia)
     * November (Australia)
     * December (Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore)
     * January (Malaysia, Thailand)
     * February (Thailand, Nepal)
     * March (India, England, Wales, Scotland, Greece)
     * April (Greece, Ireland, Northern Ireland)
     * May, 1st Half (France, Switzerland, Italy)
     * May, 2nd Half (Italy, Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland)
     * June (Germany, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium)
     * Back Home (Dallas)
       
  OTHER JOURNAL ITEMS:
     * Photo Album (All the pictures, divided by country)
     * Comments (Notes from readers)
     * Expenses (A table of average costs per country)
     * Picture Notes (JPEG viewers, saving images, etc.)
     * Postscript (Entire journal--410Kb)
     * Plain Text (Entire journal--260Kb)
     * Copyright (The legal stuff)
       
  RELATED LINKS TO THE NET:
     * City.Net (Detailed country & city info--links to specific
       locations available throughout the journal)
     * Virtual Tourist II (Point-and-click world map--links to area maps
       available throughout the journal)
     * Marc Brosius' Round-The-World Travel Guide:
          + HTML: http://www.digimark.net/rec-travel/rtw/html/faq.html
          + FTP: ftp://ftp.digimark.net/rec-travel/rtw
     * The GNN/Koblas Currency Converter (Current Currency Rates)
       
=======================================================================

Please let me know if you want to be on a mailing list for sporadic
dispatches from our 2.5+ year trip, hopefuly starting in July.

Marc Brosius@roo.FIT.edu
Melbourne, Florida

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