[pct-l] O.d.Coyote??? Not quite...

[Carl Siechert]

On 12/1/06, Ginny & Jim Owen <spiritbear2k at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> >On Nov 30, 2006, at 8:28 PM, Ginny & Jim Owen wrote:
> >>I said that many, if not most, of those who have hiked the CDT in  the
> >>last 5 years ,as well as those who plan to hike next year,
> have  announced
> >>the Triple Crown as their primary motivation.  That's  fact – not
> >>guesswork, opinion or argument.
> >
> >Hmm. I'm not sure I would agree with this statement but I'm only
> >speculating--I certainly don't have any 'data' to prove that my  thoughts
> >are representative of past or future CDT hikers.
>
> We've tracked this kind of information since 1995 - and chased it down for
> some years before that.  I seriously doubt that anyone but Jim Wolf has
> given this subject as much attention.



This fact astonishes me. I'm curious about your methodology. What, exactly,
do you ask people to determine if their primary motivation is to get the
plaque at the end of the trail? I don't have have any hard data either, but
I certainly would've guessed that most folks' motivations are similar to the
ones Radar expressed so well.

Cheers,
Carl