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

[Sloetoe]

--- Raphael Bustin <rafeb at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> The guides say you want about 2 lbs of food per day,
> but I found that to be too much.  I was eating about
> half of that, and still feeling fine. 

### You also lost weight, right? Not good on a
throughhike -- unless you want to get to New England
tired and worn out. You have to be self-sufficient,
and getting "camel" calories in town will/does fail
you. I finished my hike feeling stronger than ever
before in my life; toooooo many hikers nowadays finish
tired and pissed off. Entirely avoidable.