[Cdt-l] A two minute survey about hikers

[Sean Staplin]

Did it.


On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Jonathan Ley <jonathan at phlumf.com> wrote:

> Just to mention: There's nothing preventing anyone from making their own
> survey... Surveymonkey is free.
>
> I think any survey is just what the author intended. If the author doesn't
> ask about x it's probably because they're not especially interested in x...
> Or would make the survey too long, or whatever.
>
> Anyway, I think it's a nice approach, something different, why not? :-)
>
> On Jan 2, 2014, at 4:42 PM, cicelyb250 at aol.com wrote:
>
> Yes, the questions were too "simple" to really answer "correctly"  though
> did my best.  Think age of hiker would have been important too.  My mileage
> as an older female was so different from the younger hikers.  My food
> planning took that into account.  Ditto with total days spent hiking  etc.
> Do love the "long winded string" of this forum.  Down to week long
> adventures but still this triple crowner learns from others.
>  CicelyB
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>
> Cc: <Pct-l at backcountry.net> <pct-l at backcountry.net>; cdt-l <
> cdt-l at backcountry.net>; at-l <at-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 2:29 pm
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] A two minute survey about hikers
>
>  Nice little survey, but without a way to explain the differences between
> my several hikes, I had no way to answer some of the questions completely,
> or at all.  It's quick and simple but with no place for us longwinded
> hikers to really pass on the whole story, you're missing some of the most
> important parts of the answers.   You might glean more from simply asking
> the questions and letting folks answer with the different strategies we all
> use.  A lot of the wisdom of these forums is in the differences with which
> we all hike, and they really come out when we bounce off each other in a
> long winded string.
>
>  Shroomer
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Shay Blackley <shayblackley at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello fellow hikers, I have been thinking about hiking (as I always do)
>> and was wondering what other thru-hikers have done with they hiking
>> systems. So instead of just posting a topic and letting people argue about
>> how their system is better and the typical this is how to hike your hike,
>> I've created a little anonymous 10 question survey.
>>
>>  There is no personal information needed for it, but the survey is
>> designed for people that have thru-hiked at least one of the big 3 trails.
>>
>>  Thank you for the help in figuring out unbiased what people do on their
>> hikes.
>>
>>  And Happy New Year also
>>
>>  -Shay Blackley
>>
>>  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BW5R27Y
>>
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