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<h1>Numbers of Hikers Completing Various List</h1>
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<li><a href="completers.html#tocref1">Official FTFC Lists</a>
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<li><a href="completers.html#tocref2">Cumulative Numbers.</a></li>
<li><a href="completers.html#tocref4">Numbers by Decade</a></li>
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<p>Have you ever wondered how many of those who finish one of the
peakbagging lists stop, and how many go on to another list? Or
simply, how many people have finished each of the lists? For more
information on the history of the various lists check out the
<a href="bagging.html">peakbagging page</a>. For the lists
themselves see the <a href="lists.html">list of lists page</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="tocref1" id="tocref1"></a>Official FTFC Lists</h2>
<p>Here are the numbers of hikers completing each of the official
Four Thousand Footers Committee (FTFC) lists over the decade 1992
to 2001 (inclusive), together with comparable numbers for the ADK
46ers. The FTFC numbers are summarized from a
<a href="http://amc4000footer.org/finishers.htm">table of
completers by year</a> available on the FTFC's web site, and the
46ers from their <a href="http://www.adk46r.org/">web site</a>.</p>
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<table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="70%">
<caption><b>Numbers of Hikers Completing the FTFC and ADK Lists,
1992-2001</b></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>List</th>
<th>All Seasons</th>
<th>Winter</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="L">White Mountain 4000 Footers</th>
<td class="R">2256</td>
<td class="R">96</td></tr>
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<th class="L">New England 4000 Footers</th>
<td class="R">701</td>
<td class="R">37</td></tr>
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<th class="L">New England 100 Highest</th>
<td class="R">242</td>
<td class="R">25</td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="L">ADK 46</th>
<td class="R">1884</td>
<td class="R">138</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p>Let me make some comments on the numbers for "All Seasons":</p>
<ul>
<li>By far the majority of peakbaggers only do the White Mountain
Fours. I suspect that the preponderance of that group is even
greater than the table suggests, since it is very likely that many
hikers simply mark completed peaks in their copy of the <i>White
Mountain Guide</i> and never send in an application to the
Committee. On the other hand I believe that a far greater
proportion of those completing the more challenging lists apply for
recognition.<br />
<br /></li>
<li>Why the big drop in numbers between the NH Fours and the NE
Fours? I believe that it is largely due to many hikers deciding
that they have accomplished what they set out to do, and feeling no
need to continue bagging peaks.
<p>Another reason may be geography. The Maine peaks are
substantially farther from the population centers of Massachusetts
and Southern New Hampshire than are the White Mountain (or Vermont)
ones.</p>
<br /></li>
<li>The drop from the NE Fours to the NE 100 Highest is probably
due to a combination of peakbagging fatigue and the difficulties of
bushwhacking.</li>
</ul>
<p>From the winter numbers I conclude:</p>
<ul>
<li>Obviously far fewer people complete the NH Fours in winter than
in the other three seasons. A very large part of the reason is
simply that fewer people hike in winter. In addition,
<i>completing</i> the list is much harder in winter than in summer.
<p>A reasonably fit summer hiker should have little difficulty with
any of the accessible peaks. The Bonds will probably require a
backpack, but even an inexperienced backpacker, going with more
experienced people, should be able to do them. Owlshead is usually
a <i>very</i> long day, but given the ease of most of the trail a
doable one. Isolation is also a long day, but again it should not
be a problem.</p>
<p>In winter things are very different. Backpacking in winter is
far more challenging than in summer. Many find Owlshead, and maybe
Isolation and Carrigain, too long for comfortable daytrips. Beyond
that is the challenge of the above treeline peaks, many of which
require multiple attempts before success.</p>
<br /></li>
<li>In winter the Maine mountains can seem even more distant and
threatening than in summer. Three of them are in Baxter State park,
where camping far from the road is required (most groups ski in,
pulling their gear on sleds). Since two of the peaks (the Baxter
and Hamlin peaks of Katahdin) are at one end of the park, and the
third (North Brother) is at the other end, two trips are required
as a minimum. But those who have succeeded in completing the NH
Fours in winter are a hardy lot. The net result is that a slightly
higher proportion of hikers continue on to do the NE Fours in
winter than in the other seasons.<br />
<br /></li>
<li>I find it hard to believe that over half of those finishing the
NE Fours in winter continue to do all the 100 Highest. On the other
hand, after Baxter in winter I suppose that nothing can appear
really daunting!</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="tocref2" id="tocref2"></a>Cumulative Numbers</h3>
<p>Below are the cumulative numbers for the various FTFC (and
other) lists, which were started at very different dates, so they
are not useful for valid comparisons (but are interesting for their
own sakes). I have also added the numbers for the ADK 46rs and the
Northeast 111 from their sites, no numbers are available on the
Catskill site but the numbers were posted by John Graham on the
<a href="http://www.viewsfromthetop.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&t=1192">
VFTT Q&A board</a>. That thread discusses why such a large
proportion of those who have done the Catskill peaks in summer also
do them in winter.</p>
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<caption><b>Total Numbers of Hikers Completing the Lists, as of
Spring of 2002</b></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>List</th>
<th>All Seasons</th>
<th>Winter</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="L">White Mountain 4000 Footers</th>
<td class="R">7102</td>
<td class="R">271</td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="L">New England 4000 Footers</th>
<td class="R">1866</td>
<td class="R">97</td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="L">New England 100 Highest</th>
<td class="R">523</td>
<td class="R">64</td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="L">ADK Forty Sixers</th>
<td class="R">4934</td>
<td class="R">234</td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="L">Northeast 111</th>
<td class="R">417</td>
<td class="R">36</td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="L">Catskills</th>
<td class="R">1454</td>
<td class="R">549</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<h3><a name="tocref4" id="tocref4"></a>Numbers by Decade</h3>
<p>For those who want more numbers, I am including a decade by
decade breakdown of the numbers of completers:</p>
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<table border="3" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<caption><b>Total Numbers of Hikers Completing the Lists by
Decade</b></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Decade</th>
<th>ADK all seasons</th>
<th>ADK winter</th>
<th>AMC NH all seasons</th>
<th>AMC NH winter</th>
<th>AMC NE all seasons</th>
<th>AMC NE winter</th>
<th>100 Highest all seasons</th>
<th>100 Highest winter</th></tr></thead>
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<tr>
<th>Pre-1940</th>
<td class="R">17</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">3</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>1940-49</th>
<td class="R">61</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">2</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">2</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>1950-59</th>
<td class="R">101</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">51</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">5</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">0</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>1960-69</th>
<td class="R">411</td>
<td class="R">5</td>
<td class="R">789</td>
<td class="R">6</td>
<td class="R">178</td>
<td class="R">0</td>
<td class="R">32</td>
<td class="R">0</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>1970-79</th>
<td class="R">1001</td>
<td class="R">20</td>
<td class="R">1864</td>
<td class="R">55</td>
<td class="R">429</td>
<td class="R">20</td>
<td class="R">99</td>
<td class="R">2</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>1980-89</th>
<td class="R">1132</td>
<td class="R">44</td>
<td class="R">1692</td>
<td class="R">83</td>
<td class="R">434</td>
<td class="R">28</td>
<td class="R">117</td>
<td class="R">22</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>1990-99</th>
<td class="R">2061</td>
<td class="R">139</td>
<td class="R">2260</td>
<td class="R">92</td>
<td class="R">681</td>
<td class="R">32</td>
<td class="R">216</td>
<td class="R">25</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>2000-01</th>
<td class="R">150</td>
<td class="R">26</td>
<td class="R">435</td>
<td class="R">20</td>
<td class="R">137</td>
<td class="R">11</td>
<td class="R">55</td>
<td class="R">6</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<h2><a name="tocref3" id="tocref3"></a>Unofficial Lists</h2>
<p>Far fewer people have completed the unofficial lists and, given
their unofficial status, I am not aware of any good numbers.</p>
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Thanks to
Bill Bowden I have numbers for the NH 100 Highest and NH 3,000
footers lists. I do not believe that lists of completers are
maintained for the Vermont and Maine 3,000 footers, and I do not
have the numbers for the New England 3,000 footers (they are
maintained, but I do not know who keeps them).</p>
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<div class="C">
<table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="70%">
<caption><b>Numbers of Hikers Completing the Unofficial NH Lists,
1970-2000</b></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>List</th>
<th>All Seasons</th>
<th>Winter</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="L">New Hampshire 100 Highest</th>
<td class="R">80</td>
<td class="R">18</td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="L">New Hampshire 3000 Footers</th>
<td class="R">36</td>
<td class="R">2</td></tr>
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<th class="L">Northeast 3000 Footers</th>
<td class="R">3</td>
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