Hello folks.
I am the originator of the hiking quiz.
I tried to explain (on my blog) that some of the questions have no point value (hypothermia, gender, among others)
The quiz for me was a fun way to spend a rainy day.
In retrospect, perhaps there was too many questions, if you didn't hike overseas, you would score lower, same with high altitude hiking.
The software limited me somewhat and i would've liked to make it so that the average was 50%, oh well.
I asked some of my more experienced hiking friends what they thought and changed a few questions after hearing from them.
I thought it was fun. (got flamed a bit on whiteblaze but positive feedback from cdt-l and pct-l)
Of course, hiking isn't competitive. But I personally have learned a lot about hiking since i started back in the 70's and still learn more every time I go out there.
100 questions would've been better but boring to most i'm sure.
At least i didn't have any questions about speed, pack-weight, miles per day, price of your gear, etc.
After seeing all the responses and how many hits the quiz got (I know the hiking world is fairly small), i think it would be good fun to make a different quiz for each of the three major trails in the states. I don't know if i have the time but perhaps someone on here would be into it.
I'll check back here to see you responses or you can email me at: fiddleheadpa at hot mail if you like.
