2018 Hiking Gear for Appalachian Thru Hike Videos UPDATED
2018 Hiking Gear for Appalachian Thru Hike Videos The Hiker Sample Three hundred and x hikers participated in the survey, all of whom had walked a department or thru-hike of the AT in 2018. Three quarters (75.nine%) were thru-hikers and the rest were section hikers. For more details on the hiker demographics, check out our post with general information from the survey. Replacements We asked hikers directly what their reasons were for replacing their footwear. These were their responses: About 1 third (29.ii%) of hikers had some sort of problems with their initial footwear, while the vast majority of replacements were simply considering hikers wore through their shoes. Additionally, we looked at whether historic period, sex, altitude hiked, average miles hiked per twenty-four hour period, blazon of footwear initially worn, and satisfaction with initial footwear as