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letters to the ed itor:: AMr-;A 292-.- I, GULBBRG LA HOR E, Pr\ Kl. A' After trying for weeks to get ahold of blue, from Barnes & Noble and Borders to Walden Books and plain old CVS, I f inally found it at the airport , as a complimen- tary gift from US Airways. After reading every headline, caption and article in the magazine, I was as pleased as people said I'd be. I'm right now traveling in New Zealand and the South Pacific enrich ing my mind with just a few of the many won- ders of our worl d. I repeat, "just a few," because after read ing blue's expose on Morocco (October/November 2000) I was made quite aware that the earth is f ull of many magical menageries of culture, architecture and landscape. For the f irst t ime in a while I actually wanted to know more from an article not less! I found your usage of Paul Bowles' phi losophies inspiring: "Whereas the tourist general ly hurries back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler, belonging no more to one place than to the next, moves slow- ly, over periods of years, from one part of the earth to another .. . "(quote page). I wholehearted ly believe that there is a significant difference between a tourist and a traveler. A tourist sees what they're supposed to see, and a traveler sees what 's there. And at th is point in my life, while I'm young and freely inconstant, I want to take the time to see what 's rea lly there-~eyon d , let's say, climbing the Eiffel Tower, taking its picture, buying a T-shirt and going home, just because that 's what you're supposed do in Paris. While I do go beyond the obvious I still inc lude it in my it in- era ry. Perhaps there's a space in between the tourist and the traveler for the back- packer? I hope you hear my voice as not only a writer who loves to travel , but a trav- eler who loves a good read. And blue is just that. Sara Lieberman On the road I just received my f irst issue of blue (October/November 2000) at my health club and enjoyed it very much. It 's a great magazine. But here's some input. In your Urban Access column Bonnie Tsui wrote, "Overlook Mountain, one of the highest, coldest and snowiest spots near Manhattan, is the back side of Hunter Mountain" (page 87). Overlook is only 3,140 feet and is not on the back side of Hunter, which is 4,040 feet. The two mountains are separated by four other mountains known as the Devi l's Path. They are: Indianhead (3,573 feet) , Twin (3,640 feet) , Sugarloaf (3 ,800 feet) and Plateau (3,840 feet). Hunter is well known for its ski ing but Overlook is not. From the Mead Mountain Road side it is a 2.5-mile old roadway, which starts out at about 1,800 feet and gradually goes up to a Fire Tower at the summit. In the winter it is kept plowed. It 's not for general use but for maintenance vehicles. Your di rections from Prediger Road were correct and here you wi ll find a good hiking trail over to Overl ook. You might cross-country ski some of these trails but no downhil l skiing as you would on Hunter. Anytime you want a closer look at our wonderfu l Catskill Mountains just drop a line. We have 35 mountains over 3,500 feet and they are all great. Connie Saugerties, NY Congratulations on a wonderful magazine! I have been a subscriber for over two years now and look forward to every issue. My latest silly travel idea is to drive a 7,000-mile, two-week journey from LA to the Arctic Circle. I wi ll be keeping both a written and audio journal during my t rip and wi ll submit my story to blue for review upon my return. Continued suc- cess with your wonderful project. Thom Fuhrmann Via email THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE Your magazine is fresh air. Thank you for that. I dig the design and I dig the content. blue walks the line between celebrating x-sports and acknowl- edging the absurdity. The story about skat ing up Kilimanjaro (In-line Skati ng to the Roof of Africa, September 2000) was funny and serious at the same time. And the fash ion spread with people hanging a Park Ave roof? That was great (Humanwear: Urban Inspiration). Your piece on river- boarding made me think you would be interested in the kids who are snow- boarding the streets of San Francisco. Check out the video cli ps at www.freebord.com/watch.html. Steen Strand San Francisco, CA PLEASE SEND LETTERS, COMMENTS AND IDEAS FOR PUBLICATION IN blue