Last year, 21 of 23 days were downpour in Maine for SOBO's. They mentioned the numbers of people dropping out were incredible.
The hostels did a hell of a business though. . . .Originally Posted by Chaco Taco
Thats good!
We hiked from Katahdin to Franconia Notch last summer. . . minus the massive amounts of rain we likely would've made it to Dalton. . .
Close to that in 07. I think 7 of the 10 days in the wilderness were rain. A lot past that. My favorite was when it was raining just hard enough to get wet and not want to wear rain gear, but not hard enough to keep the mosquitos away.
Wouldn't you say that if they dropped out that early, then they were going to quit anyways?
In '06 it rained in Maine every day in June. July was pretty nice, though, weatherwise.
My unofficial statistics showed that a pretty high percentage of starters dropped out right off the bat. My "hiking partner" quit on day one, part of the way up Katahdin. There were a substantial number of knee injuries which had people off at Katahdin, White House Landing, and in Monson.
I don't know how it compares to the number of dropouts in Georgia. I suspect it's a similar percentage.
If not NOW, then WHEN?
ME>GA 2006
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