[pct-l] The Herd is a FACT...

[dsaufley at sprynet.com]

For the record, I guess I'm a Reformer, not an Abolishionist (in the current context).

L-Rod

-----Original Message----
>From: Slyatpct at aol.com
>Sent: Mar 15, 2007 7:18 AM
>To: gwtmp01 at mac.com
>Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] The Herd is a FACT...
>
> 
>gwtmp01 at mac.com writes:
>
>The  smaller the deviation, the higher the peak.  Personally I find it
>hard  to believe that an event that has 'Kickoff' in its title could
>*not*  compress the distribution.
>
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> 
>Yeah but I noticed it didn't stop you from starting that weekend.   Look I 
>don't have the answers.  I've been trying to tell you from a  thru-hiker 
>standpoint  why I think it's the best starting time regardless  of the Kick Off.  I 
>also believe, if it were all possible, and you assigned  300 hikers to 10 per 
>day from mid April to mid May it would prevent the  herd effect.  Thanks to 
>different hiking paces, towns, hostels, zero  days, weather, and social aspects, 
>eventually hikers are going to clump.
> 
>Last word on the topic fron me.  IMO, detractors can call for the  abolition 
>of the KO, but it's not going to change anything considerably.
> 
>Sly
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