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The website DrTopo.com is now closed. I started the website in January 2001 and it's now time to move on. While my goal was never to become rich with this, I was hoping the website could eventually bring in some revenues and maybe even provide me with a part-time job. Well, it didn't work out that way and it still costs me more than it makes. I was never good at selling ads. In fact I hated it and I stopped even trying 2 years ago. Since then, we tried to rely on donations but we received less than $100 so that didn't work out too well either. Some suggested that we start charging for the topos but I never wanted to go that route. There are still a few things that we could have done but I just no longer have the will to put all the hours on the website and I'd rather focus my energy on other things. I would like to thank Metolius which has been such a big supporter all these years. Without you, the adventure would have stopped long ago. I would also like to thank Antoine Grant, the webmaster who put all the work to develop the latest version of the site. To respect everyone who helped with the guidebooks, the topos that were submitted can be found here. If you want to leave a message, you can in our guestbook. You can find our movies on our Youtube page. Since I'm giving up on our second dvd, I'll eventually add what I've done over there. You can still get our Big in Japan dvd here and why not, you can still leave donations for past services. Since there are more people involved, the Quebec section will remain online. However, be aware if you try to submit new guides or anything else, that you might have to wait a while before I do anything remotely complicated. Who knows what will happen in the next years, maybe DrTopo will be back one day, but until then... so long and thanks for all the shoes... (that's actually a Nofx quote, I pay for my shoes)Sincerely, Alex |