[pct-l] herd stuff

[Donna Saufley]

To the best of my knowledge, the KO organizers send messages to points of
contact on the trail to let them know.  They’ve developed a list of “what
hikers buy” that they send to the stores.  I don’t know if they do this
every year, but they have in the past.

 

Your question about the drop-out rate is a good one, but can only be
answered anecdotally and not with empirical evidence because to date there
has been no analysis that I am aware of.  At a basic level, approximately
500 thru permits are issued, and 300 or so get to Agua Dulce.  There have
been approximately 80-100 finishers. 

 

L-Rod

 

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of David Stewart
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:49 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] herd stuff

 

yo, 

 

do the trail establishments along the first few hundred miles of the trail
know about the coming herd from the ADZ? 

 

should we send motels/towns e-mails (how would you send a town a freakin'
e-mail, i know) and give them a heads up?

 

just wondering. 

 

2 questions:

 

1) will the herd spread out?

2) what is the drop-out rate for the trail?

 

the AT has a fairly high drop out rate, but this is due to a) huge numbers
and b) city folk who have never seen a tree showing up at Springer Mt. with
2000 dollars worth of gear, only to leave in 3 days and give it all away (i
have heard great stories from people who have started there with a herd,
only to be handed incredible jackets, tents, backpacks, etc...at road
crossings from people declaring "*%&$§!! this trail!!!" and walking into the
next town and going home) 

 

and just to put it out there: i am going to the ADZ because I cannot make it
to the trailfest; have not hiked in a while and a little chatter will get my
head back into it; i have never hiked out west and am hoping to soak up some
info from veteran PCTers; it just fits oh-so-nicely into my current time
frame; as the herd spreads, i will take comfort in knowing some people
ahead/with/behind me whom i know.

 

it would be very cool to take a few zeros in oregon and to get back on the
trail see someone that i have not seen since the ADZ. i like when things
like that happen. 

 

my 2 cents. thanks for reading this far. 

 

respectfully, lovingly, huggingly, happily, 

-moondog 

 

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