Following my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike last year, I decided to survey my fellow hikers in an effort to provide some concrete information to the next year's class (and of course to compare my own stats to everyone else's). My experiment was successful (meaning nobody died), and so in an effort
The Annual Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hiker Survey (2013)
In an effort to provide more useful information to those looking to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, I conducted a survey of over 100 people who attempted a thru-hike in 2013. DEMOGRAPHICS So who is the stereotypical Pacific Crest Trail hiker? According to the survey data, it is an unmarried