[pct-l] Just one statistic...

[Gary Wright]

On May 24, 2009, at 1:07 AM, Reinhold Metzger wrote:

> 73 million hikers each year?

A little googling found this federal report: <http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/trends/Nsre/Rnd1t11unweightrpt.pdf 
 >
which shows 73 million people hiking between 1999 and 2002.

I got a chuckle out of this explanation of 'primitive camping':

   For most primitive camping, one must carry
   water and provide all camping facilities,
   such as a table.

Apparently 38.4 million people were involved in this 'primitive
camping' between 1999 and 2002.

Gary Wright (Radar)