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Bridge Day™ has been held every year since 1992 with the execption of 2001 - due to the 9-11 terrorist attack.  Since that time the number of indivduals rappelling has increased
over three-fold.  The chart below depicts the overall statistics for the Bridge Day™ rappel.

1992-2006 BRIDGE DAY™ RAPPEL FACTS

 

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

   Total

# Rappellers

95

92

96

134

187

145

211

249

269

 

305

296

202

271

309

3170

# Rappels

141

147

234

284

344

309

454

563

497

C

526

557

418

649

707

5830

# Ascents

16

7

22

31

44

24

38

32

16

A

24

25

8

7

26

320

# Males

81

77

81

108

158

121

180

200

224

N

256

239

239

221

241

2426

# Females

14

15

15

26

29

24

31

49

45

C

49

57

53

50

68

543

1st Bridge Rappel

59

28

51

58

82

49

82

90

97

E

115

108

97

85

108

1109

Age Mean

28

35

35

35

34

36

37

37

37

L

39

40

39

39

39

 

Age Range

14-55

21-65

18-61

20-61

16-58

17-60

19-70

18-62

20-72

L

21-74

18-75

18-76

18-77

19-78

13-78

No Shows

0

10

13

11

12

11

23

26

26

E

31

28

26

25

36

278

# Teams

10

10

11

14

19

12

21

21

21

D

24

24

24

21

23

255

# States/Countries

9

12

11

13

16

14

16

19

20

 

21

20

17

17

18

31

Injuries

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

1

None

None

None

None

1

# High Lines

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

101

107

91

129

125

608