[at-l] Downward Trend on the AT

[Slyatpct at aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

In a message dated 10/30/2005 8:18:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
russ_a_drake@yahoo.com writes:

> I was looking at the ATC website and has anyone else noticed that the 
> numbers of hikers starting and actually finishing the AT have been on a steady 
> decline?   What happened and why aren't more people hiking the AT?
> 

Some say the peak in 2000 was caused by A Walk in the Woods, I think it was 
the millenium.  The downward trend?  Probably because the economy isn't all 
it's cracked up to be.

Sly