[pct-l] Clumps, herds and where to find them...

[Pea Hicks]

stillroaming wrote:
>> The key question that I think remains unanswered is:
>> What do people think a 'normal' pattern, absent a KO, would be?
> 
> Simple answer: A collection of hikers without artificially influenced start 
> dates results in natural patterns.
> 
> There is no 'normal' start date. It will vary from year to year. The 
> resulting 'pattern' is unimportant. What is important, people are not 
> influenced by the will of a few who choose a start date a year in advance, 
> resulting in 'unnatural' dispersion.

i have a question for you scott. what if, every year, the organizers of 
the kickoff conducted a scientific study of the weather patterns in the 
months leading up to the kickoff, and were able to come up with an 
optimal date for the kickoff, based solely on that year's weather 
conditions, and a statistically-derived average pace of a typical 
thru-hiker (based on hard data).

the kickoff would happen on that optimal date, regardless of where it 
falls, weekday or weekend. would you then be in support of the kickoff?



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