Survey!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
WTF is this shizzy in my mailbox this afternoon. From the University of Idaho, College of Natural REsources
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Dear Climber,
We need your help understanding mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
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Mailing adresses were drawn from wilderness permits and climbing registers throughout the NW
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The results of this study will be used by Forest Service Wilderness managers.
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RETURNING THE ENCLOSED SURVERY WILL ALSO ENTER YOU IN A DRAWING TO WIN ONE OF *TWO* $50 REI GIFT CERTIFICATES!
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Included in the packet is a 10 page questionaire about slogging volcanos, asking how many times i have attempted X peak, how many times i've summited X peak.
The real interesting thing is amazingly the last 2 groups of questions ask me about whether or not i've gone up Mt. Adams, or Middle Sister. The names of the peaks in these questions are in BOLD, obviously filled in. It has been just over a month since i've been on both of these hills, the speed of this data collection process is mind bogling... i mean this is the FS we are talkin about here!
What is this shite! Does the FS have no mercy? I fill out permits/wilderness registers fairly religously since becoming involved in SAR but this is just a bit over the top for me.
Anybody else get this thing? I feel so dirty and violated