<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I thought the question said over 14,400. Which does give Colorado residents a slight advantage as it has 3 (I think...) Elbert, Massive and Harvard over 14,400 but only by 33, 21 and 20 feet respectively. And then Whitney. I think that question was more geared towards McKinley, Aconcagua, Everest Base Camp, Kilamanjaro, etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>But it's also possible I miss read the height requirement. Sometimes I scan and don't read. The snow questions didn't bode well for those of us who live in an area that doesn't really get snow (southern california) but I am ok with that trade off!</DIV>
<DIV>NITRO<BR><BR><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#00007f size=3>Anitra I. Kass <BR>www.anitrakass.com <BR>760.977.8684</FONT><BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 4/2/09, Rick Ostheimer <I><rick.ostheimer@sbcglobal.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Rick Ostheimer <rick.ostheimer@sbcglobal.net><BR>Subject: [Cdt-l] Hiker Quiz<BR>To: cdt-l@backcountry.net<BR>Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 3:13 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>I got a 42. Sounds low, but the verbal interpretation made me feel <BR>better. <BR><BR>Speaking as someone from the midwest, I thought there was some skewing <BR>toward those with more ready access to high altitude (i.e. Colorado) as <BR>even on the PCT, there was only a brief time I hiked over 14000 (on <BR>Whitney). A question related to the max daily elevation gain/loss might <BR>be less biased---as would questions regarding average daily miles on <BR>long trails----though that is biased too as AT miles are much more <BR>generally than PCT miles. I averaged nearly 20 miles per full hiking <BR>day on the PCT, but only about 14 on the AT. Can't speak for the CDT yet. <BR><BR>We don't have much need for ice ax/crampons here in the east, though on <BR>a winter trip last year they would have come in handy. To practice <BR>self-arrest, I had to take my ax to an area ski area. Only got it out <BR>twice
on the PCT, though there was at least two other time during a <BR>glissade down from Mt. BadenPowell and on a climb up Mather Pass on June <BR>11 at 6 pm after it was in shadow.<BR><BR>Handlebar<BR>AT06, PCT08, CDT hopeful 10<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Cdt-l mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Cdt-l@backcountry.net" ymailto="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</A><BR><A href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l" target=_blank>http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>