[pct-l] Impact of Wild

[Scott "Squatch" Herriott]

I think it's safe to say there will be a boom in recovering heroin users on
the PCT this year.


Squatch
www.squatchfilms.com


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Susan Alcorn <backpack45 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Of course it might be comparing oranges to apples, but apparently the
> number of
> Americans who applied for their "compostela" (a certificate indicating that
> the recipient has hiked at minimum the last 62 miles, but could be 500+
> miles)
> of the Spanish Camino de Santiago last year doubled. Numbers went from
> 3334 in
> 2011 to 7062 in 2012. This was largely due to the Martin Sheen/Emilio
> Estevez
> movie "The Way" that had recently come out. I doubt the PCT will see a
> similar
> increase in successful thru-hikers, but I have little doubt that Strayed's
> Wild
> has increased awareness of the trail.
> Happy trails,
> Susan Alcorn
> www.backpack45.com
> Patagonia Chronicle: On Foot in Torres del Paine
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