[at-l] Fwd: pt 2: A question of money: estimation of throughhike costs

[Felix J]

Raphael Bustin wrote:

>Much more serious (IMO) is the availability of water and
>various strategies for keeping hydrated, especially late in
>the season in states like PA.  Fortunately, this was another
>place where Trail Angels helped out a lot, and it was not
>uncommon to see several gallon-jugs of water at the trail head.
>  
>

As a late-in-the-season southbounder during a worse-than-usual drought 
year, I can say that the best trail magic I/we received on the whole 
hike was water at road crossings (especially in NJ-PA-MD-VA). That 
includes that incredible bag of oranges and Oreos at Crawford Notch.