[at-l] cummulative elavation gain question

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Another thought...

One of the reasons why people choose to hike SOBO is that they are unable to 
get out of school until the May/June time frame and therefore would be 
somewhat "rushed" if they attempted a NOBO hike.  Most of these people would 
likely be the younger student crowd (though some might be teachers).

This could easily contribute to the impression (or reality?) that SOBOs tend 
to be younger.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99

>From: RC Brooks <rcbrooks@acadia.net>
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 00:13:14 -0700
>
>Draggin' Anchor asked:
>
>=snip=
> > Besides the 'going downhill' hypothesis, does anybody have any
> > legitimate insights into why the SOBO completion rate would be
> > so much better than the NOBO ?
>
>Although I have not attempted to compile data such as to hiker's ages,
>looking at the various journals, both SoBo and NoBo, gives me the
>impression that the SoBos are a much younger crowd than the NoBos.  I
>would guess that only about 10-15% of the SoBos were over age 30 when
>they started; i.e., we are talking only two to three dozen hikers over
>age 30!
>
>I don't think any lister fails to recognize the advantage of young legs.

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