Number of participants who completed the march in each load configuration
Configuration | Men | Women | ||||
Hour 1 | Hour 2 | Hour 3 | Hour 1 | Hour 2 | Hour 3 | |
LOW | 12/12 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) | 11/12 (92%) | 9/10 (90%) | 8/10 (80%) | 6/10 (60%) |
MED | 12/12 (100%) | 12/12 (100%) | 11/12 (92%) | 8/10 (80%) | 6/10 (10 0%) | 5/10 (50%) |
HIGH | 11/12 (92%) | 11/12 (92%) | 11/12 (92%) | 7/10 (70%) | 6/10 (100%) | 4/10 (40%) |
V-HIGH | 10/11 (91%) | 8/11 (73%) | 7/11 (64%) | 6/10 (60%) | 3/10 (30%) | 2/10 (20%) |
Six men and one woman completed each hour in every configuration. One man was withdrawn from the study as he developed a respiratory tract infection prior to completing his final test in V-HIGH. Two women were able to complete the V-HIGH configuration in full, one of these women withdrew from the march when wearing HIGH.