Fw: [pct-l] Class of 05 thru-hike completion rate?

[kdpo at gottawalk.com (Ken Powers)]

They probably didn't sign the registers.  We didn't see any Elvis, or Mickey 
Mouse, but saw a few Ray Jardines. :)

 BTW, I agree with L-Rod, who cares if anyone completes the trail or not. 
The  real point is did they enjoy their hike. We weren't trying to find out 
who hiked the PCT, pure or not. It was an exercise to see how many hikers 
hiked the PCT in 2000 vs in 2001, 2002, 2003? I  think the numbers are going 
up, and the numbers in Yogi's post kind of indicates that.

On another point, we just got home from seeing Scott Williamson's slideshow 
at REI Concord.  We could never connect with his shows last year. Seeing his 
pictures of the PCT in early season makes me realize just how much harder 
his NOBO trip was than mine. Then he kept running into Sierra snow storms on 
his SOBO legs. Wow, what an accomplishment a yo-yo is!

Ken

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "M A" <raeba@lycos.com>
> To: "Ken Powers" <kdpo@gottawalk.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Class of 05 thru-hike completion rate?
>
>
> I know of several who don't want to be listed...  I'm sure others do too. 
> So, there must be so many more who have successfully completed the trail.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken Powers" <kdpo@gottawalk.com>
>> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Class of 05 thru-hike completion rate?
>> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:13:29 -0800
>>
>>
>> On the other hand it is the only measure we have to compare one
>> year to another. Assuming that we miss a similar percentage each
>> year we can still gauge one year against the others.
>>
>> In 2000 I got to work on the data. They (Meadow Ed, Bob Norton, &
>> others) gave me the names and dates from several registers along
>> the PCT. It was interesting trying to match naes with mispellings,
>> trailnames to real names, changed trailnames, & lots of day hikers
>> thown in. In a few cases you could pick out flip-floppers because
>> of the dates. It was an interesting exercise.
>>
>> Ken
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dsaufley" <dsaufley@sprynet.com>
>> To: "'David Plotnikoff'" <david@emeraldlake.com>;
>> <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:54 PM
>> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Class of 05 thru-hike completion rate?
>>
>>
>> > Just an FYI -- Puck is no longer with the PCTA.  There's a very nice 
>> > lady
>> > named Jean there now.  I think 2005 finishers would be very difficult 
>> > to
>> > sort out.  There is a Yahoo group for the 2005 hikers, but their 
>> > contacts
>> > are only as comprehensive as, well, their contacts.
>> >
>> > Personal observation:  trying to count finishers is a slippery slope 
>> > with
>> > big rocks below.
>> >
>> > L-Rod
>>
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