Passing Form Fields to three pages

I have three pages and I am trying to pass form data that is specified in the first page to page2, and then from there to page3. Here is what I have so far.

PAGE1
<form name="insertform" method="post" action="page2.cfm" >
<select size="1" name="list">
<option value="0" selected>Select a List</option>
<option value="list1">option1</option>
<option value="list2">option2</option>
<option value="list3">option3</option>
</select> </form>
It works fine when I run the query for it on the second page, and then from there the user has an option of getting a list of names based on the selection from the first page, which I have setup in a form.

PAGE2

<form name="insertform" action="page3.cfm" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="list1" value="#form.list1#"/>
<input type="hidden" name="list2" value="#form.list2#"/>
<input type="hidden" name="list3" value="#form.list3#"/>
<input name="submit" type="image" src="byname.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="39" border="0" /> </form>

However a value is never sent on to page 3
when I run the following output. It gives me an error stating that the specified form field cannot be found.

<cfoutput>#Variables.list#</cfoutput>

I have read so many forums and articles, and I can't figure it out. I don't want to pass it through the URL though. And I am trying to avoid using sessions with it. I was thinking of there might be a way to pass a form value on to different pages. Any help. Thanks

I just decided to use session variables.
works fine