Comments on: Urban Hiker, where have you hiked to now?

Question: Urban Hiker, where have you hiked to now?

amtho — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:10:25 -0800

What happened to "Urban Hiker" magazine in the triangle region of NC?

For those not from here, it was a free little newsprint-magazine I used to be able to pick up and read with my lunch once in a while; it was all about non-fiction stories told from the first person. It seemed to have plenty of advertising, enthusiastic support... I read it almost every month, then, a while ago, it disappeared.

I know there are some Triangle-ites (Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh North Carolina area residents) here; sorry to be so locally focused, but I don't know who else to ask. Did something happen to the editor(s)?

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:28:27 -0800

I know they went on hiatus about a year and a half ago. The plan was to regroup and start publishing again, but I don't know how likely that is to happen. It's too bad, although I don't miss it as much as the Spectator.

By: amtho

amtho — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:56:24 -0800

Any information on why they went on hiatus? Was everyone just getting burned out?

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:11:26 -0800

I believe it was a shortage of advertising money combined with a big workload and a small staff. The usual, in other words.

By: amtho

amtho — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:48:53 -0800

I was afraid something worse had happened, so it's a relief to hear that it was "the usual". I do hope they can start up again. Thanks for the information, EarBucket.