[pct-l] Thru-Hiker Stats

[Andrea Dinsmore]

We had 335 hikers stay with us last season. Numbers seem to be slowly
increasing each year. Our's consist of thrus, section, total repeats, some
finishing what they have missed in previous years. They start showing up
mid-July. Last ones around the end of October. Any NOBO after the end of
September are likely to get screwed up by the early heavy snow storms in
the North Cascades. We've had a number of hikers in the last 10 years need
to have SAR called. Please look at the options for a PLB if you plan to
hike through here at the end of the season. Last season we came terribly
close to loosing our last hiker. Normal 5-6 days from Stevens to Stehekin.
He was out for 19 days.

PCT MOM




On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Mark wrote:
> >
> Wanted to ask if anyone knows what the ratio is between veteran thru hikers
> that have completed a thru hike and are attempting another thru hike
> compared to first time thru hikers starting at Campo on any given year, in
> particular the past 2 or 3 years. Couldn't find that info on the PCTA site.
> >
>
> I don't know what the numbers are, but every year you'll see a significant
> number of people who have previously hiked the AT and are now doing the
> PCT,
> and a few who have previously hiked the PCT and are doing it again.  I'd
> hazard a wild guess that the total percentage at the start is, I dunno,
> less
> than 25%?  PCT Mom probably sees a higher percentage because the attrition
> is probably a lot lower on people who have already done one thru hike.
>
> Eric
>
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