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Bruce Ohlson's HikaNation Stats

Bruce Ohlson compiled the closest thing we have to an official
HikaNation mileage log. Bruce's comments are below the tabled data.


Campsites Compiled by
Linda Hull, Keith Wright,
and John Mills
William Ewart's
Campsites
during HikaNation
"Official" HikaNation
Campsites
(incomplete compilation)

Click onto the state links below to view
photos and commentary by William Ewart.


- Planned
Miles
Planned
Days
Planned
Trip Average
Actual
Miles
Actual
Total Days
Actual
Layover Days
Trip
Average
Average
Walking Day
California 26530 8.83277 24.3 311.4013.00
Nevada 430 30 14.33 418 38.7 6 10.80 12.78
Utah 495 60 8.25 473 53.0 8 8.92 10.51
Colorado 255 60 4.25 564 60.5 14 9.32 12.13
Kansas 398 30 13.27 434 34.1 5 12.73 14.91
Oklahoma 340 15 22.67 194 15.6 2 12.44 14.26
Arkansas 341 15 22.73 265 26.6 4 9.96 11.73
Missouri 270 20 13.50 282 25.4 5 11.10 13.82
Illinois 100 10 10.00 137 16.0 4 8.56 11.42
Kentucky
to A.T.
625 30 20.83 518 45.0 5 11.51 12.95
A.T. to
C&O Canal
450 50 9.00 585 58.0 11 10.09 12.45
Wash, D.C.
to Atlantic
-- -- -- 139 14.0 2 9.93 11.58
Pacific to
Atlantic
-- -- -- 4286 411.2 69 10.42 12.52
Pacific to
Wash, D.C.
3969 350 11.34 4147 397.2 67 10.44 12.56
- Planned
Miles
Planned
Days
Planned
Trip Average
Actual
Miles
Actual
Total Days
Actual
Layover Days
Trip
Average
Average
Walking Day


Bruce Ohlson's comments below:
  1. I obtained the planned miles/days from Monty at the start of the trip.

  2. Wild inconsistency in planned trip average was never explained to me. I attribute it to two persons doing the planning and not consulting with one another.

  3. Trip average is obtained by dividing total miles by total days.

  4. Average walking day is obtained by deducting layover days from total days and dividing into total miles.

  5. Yes, I picked up 0.2 days somewhere. I don't know where and I don't want to fight about it now.

  6. We made a 4.29% error on planning miles and an 11.88% error on planning days. We hit it pretty close, if you ask me.
Scanned version of the above


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Campsites Compiled by
Linda Hull, Keith Wright,
and John Mills
William Ewart's
Campsites
during HikaNation
"Official" HikaNation
Campsites
(incomplete compilation)


HikaNation The States The Campsites The Hikers
The Progression of HikaNation

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