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> Any statistics on what percentage of elevator riders (at each distance)
> elect  to elevate?
I don't have any stats, just a long memory.  The concept originated here
in the NW, and at first, when it was a matter of "elevating" from 50 to
100, we did have a few folks who came to do the 100 who did so.  But after
that initial experimentation with it, I can't recall a single incidence of
anyone elevating at a longer distance.

But for quite awhile, it was AERC policy to allow elevating from LD to 50,
and was encouraged.  It wasn't highly publicized, but every year, I'd see
a handful of folks do that.  And having seen folks express an interest in
it and then actually follow through with it is what makes me think that
the concept has much more viability at the level of LD elevating to 50
than it does for the longer distances.

Part of the difference, I think, is that folks going longer distances
already "have their feet wet" so to speak, and have a better idea of what
their capabilities are (or aren't).  Folks newer to the sport who have
done a bit of LD and have felt like they have a lot of horse afterward but
still lack the experience and confidence to know what they CAN do are the
ones most apt to use the LD-to-50 elevator concept--and they are exactly
the sorts of folks for which it is intended and beneficial.

Heidi



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