[pct-l] PCT Hiker Stats

[Hillary Schwirtlich]

I don't know the stats, but I know that personally I decided this year was
probably the best year to hike since the job market sucked and I probably
wouldn't find a job I liked. I just had to live really cheap last year and
then go to work on my dad's farm to pay for it.


On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>wrote:

> I read somewhere that around 300 people start the PCT each year and about
> 60% finish. I no longer have the link to the page that I read that at.
>
> As for the economy; well, being unemployed gives one TIME to hike, but
> probably not the FUNDS. So I dunno if there'd be much of a correlation. But
> maybe.
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:54 AM, ron guay <ron.a.guay2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the attrition rate for the PCT?  How many start...etc.
>  It
> > would be interesting for some grad students to see if there is a
> > correlation
> > between the economy (unemployment rate...etc) and the number of people
> who
> > decide to hike for any given year.
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