[Cdt-l] Tracking the Number of CDT Thru-Hikers

[Jim Wolf]

This is a fine initiative by CDTA, and I encourage everyone's participation. If you submit information, we would appreciate your adding a cc: to <mail at cdtsociety.org>
to assist us in preparing our customary review in DIVIDEnds. We will also be following trailjournals.com and would be happy to read any other journals that you bring to our attention.

Happy trails to all!

Continental Divide Trail Society
Jim Wolf


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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:38:03 -0600
From: "Josh Shusko" <Josh at cdtrail.org>
Subject: [Cdt-l] tracking the number of CDT thru-hikers
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We often get the question at CDTA, "How many thru-hikers attempt the CDT
each year?" We usually respond with a ballpark figure of 50-100 hikers,
but we would like to get a better sense of how many people are out on
the Trail and begin to track these numbers over time.
 
One of our volunteers and triple crowner - Anneliese Ring "Frische Luft"
- has offered to assist us. We hope to make this an ongoing annual
project and we will share our findings on the number of hikers with the
listserv and with the public through our website (though we will keep
individual demographic info confidential and we will not share email
addresses).
 
If you are attempting the Trail this year, please provide the following
to Anneliese at cdtrail.org <mailto:Anneliese at cdtrail.org>  (or even just a
trail name and start date and direction if you aren't comfortable
providing more):
 
Name
Trail name
Start date
Northbound or southbound
Gender
Age 
Country of origin if other than US
Email address
 
We might contact you later in the year to learn more about your hike and
to track problem areas on the Trail that we can address through future
volunteer projects.