[cdt-l] Average age for CDT hiklers

[Brett]

>>Many of us do not fit the college/marriage/home/baby "road 
>>map" that is so popular with our peers.

College/Marriage/Home/Baby... sounds like a promising name 
for some future big box retailer. "Your road map to life" as 
the come-hither by-line. Just climb into one end of the 
hopper, and be shot out the other end, fully-equipped for 
each stage of life. Maybe throw in mortuary services, too. 
And just to make things statistically interesting, put up an 
REI next door.

blisterfree, 34, repeat offender and furtive REI shopper




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Magnanti" <pmags at yahoo.com>
To: "CDT MailingList" <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:32 PM
Subject: [cdt-l] Average age for CDT hiklers


>>>My guess is that CDT hikers follow a similar pattern as 
>>>PCT hikers.
>
>
> Most *FIRST TIME* thru-hikers seem to follow the 
> "under-25 and over-55 category" rule of thumb. Students 
> and retirees. Thoes two
> groups traditionally have the most free time.
>
> The CDT (and to a lesser extent  than in the past, the 
> PCT) tends to get "repeat offenders". Many of us do not 
> fit the college/marriage/home/baby "road map" that is so 
> popular with our peers. (Not that there's anything wrong 
> with that. I am the proud adoptive "uncle" of my friend's 
> first child. I'm biased, but I think he is the cutest baby 
> in Boudler. :D) The ages of "repeat offenders" tend to be 
> all over the map,  There was a heavy concetration of 
> 30-somethings  this past year esp. going SoBo. (I am 32 
> myself)
>
> So, the CDT does not follow the pattern of the two other 
> trails in terms of people who hike them.  Those who hike 
> the trail tend to have at least one other trail under 
> their belt and have made a decision that long distance 
> hiking is not just a hobby or a sport, but a lifestyle. 
> And those who have made thru-hiking a lifestyle (esp. 
> pre-retirement age) tend to be a little bit older than the 
> college age crowd.
>
>
>
>
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