Re: [at-l] Future Thru-Hiker Survey Results - Long but worth it

[Rick Bombaci <rpb@eoni.com>]

Hey, 300 responses!  If most of them plan to hike this year, that means
your "dorky little survey" attracted about 10% of those who are going to
start out at Springer this year.

R.

At 10:00 AM 1/3/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Rick -
>
>Yeah, I thought of a lot more questions that I wanted to ask AFTER I made
>the survey. (like GENDER... duh!) But, because it is a free program, they
>wouldn't let me make any changes to it.
>
>I still have about 300 e-mails to go through, so I'm sure someone already
>answered your question about, "What does traditional mean?" That's what I
>check-marked, and to me it means that I'm going to walk past every white
>blaze.... no blue or yellow blazing. I know to some it also means taking no
>"technology" on the trail (little do they know that EVERYTHING you take on
>the trail is technology.... like that Gore-tex parka you're wearing, or that
>lite-weight stove you're using). And, I'm sure they mean using Leave no
>Trace habits, but I think (and hope) that ALL hikers do that. I don't care
>about what I take on the trail. (In that aspect, I say "Hike your own Hike")
>But, it is important to me that I walk past every white blaze. I don't care
>what others do.... that's just what I'm going to do.
>
>Kristen
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Rick Bombaci <rpb@eoni.com>
>To: Kristen Kupersmith <kkupersmith@thor24.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
>Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 9:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Future Thru-Hiker Survey Results - Long but worth it
>
>
>> OK!  Fun survey, thanks for sharing, Kristen.  But it brings to mind new
>> questions!
>>
>> Like--What are you bringing to read?  (I think I'll start with Chaucer's
>> "Canterbury Tales"--appropos because it takes place on a pilgrimmage, plus
>> it's bawdy; also, maybe someone can recommend a good Civil War book or
>two,
>> since it looks like a lot of the southern part of trail goes through areas
>> rich in history from that conflict).
>>
>> Like--What are you giving up to do this hike?  (Six months with my
>> daughter, sigh.)
>>
>> Like--what in the world is a "traditional" thru-hike?  And, by extension,
>> what is "non-traditional?"  "Hike your own hike" means "I'll hike it my
>> way, you hike it yours."  Does "traditional" mean "You hike it your way,
>> and I'll hike it the right way?"  What were the respondents thinking who
>> checked that answer?
>>
>>
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