[pct-l] Time for the Annual "Why I Boycott the ADZ" Message
Slyatpct at aol.com
Slyatpct at aol.com
Wed Feb 27 12:21:46 CST 2008
I'll try to use AT Trail Days as an example. It's held the week after
Mothers Day and is 450 miles from the start or about 6 weeks hiking on that trail.
Take a guess what, traditionally was/is the biggest starting day is? April
1st. It's not because of Trail Days. The Trail Days date was choosen
because that's when most hikers arrived at Damascus. Of course, as the number of
starters grew, people wanted to spread out, so now they start earlier and
earlier and get back to Trail Days. Now, there's not one huge herd but several
with most hikers starting on or around 3/1, 3/17 and 3/21 along with 4/1.
Each of these "herds" is about the same size of the PCT herd.
Now say the KO was moved to Wrightwood or Kennedy Meadows or wherever.
In order for it to be successful, you'd need to pick a date when most of the
hikers would be arriving. This date would be an average from when most people
start the trail. That date would be towards the last weekend of April if
only not to arrive in the Sierras too soon. Back to square one.
Even with quotas, of say 10-15 per day leaving Campo spread out over a 30
day period, the herd would still bunch up in towns. The towns, PO, stores,
hostels, motels on the AT deal with 1000's of hikers, packages, requests.
Certainly the west coast should be able to deal with 300.
Sly
In a message dated 2/27/2008 12:54:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dsaufley at sprynet.com writes:
Moving the ADZ to much later in the season and further up
the trail would not make the event any less special. I propose that it
become AZD for annual zero day.
Personally, I think hikers who make it into the
Sierra deserve a party and a free meal more than the starters do. They've
earned it, whereas a third of the starters don't make it that far.
If you can come up with a better solution than that, I'm all ears.
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