[at-l] inflation to escalate cost of thru hikes

[Tom McGinnis]

FWIW, I would not alter my expectations by much -- remember that many parts of the economy experience inflation and deflation well outside of what the amalgamated economic indices see. But then, *my*own* total came up to ~$2,600. But maybe that was your point?


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Addleton 
 
> interesting economic analysis: 
> 
> 
> the $2,000 rule of thumb I understood as the basic
> cost about 12 years ago to hike the AT has been
> replaced in 2009 with the $2,600 rule of thumb, a 30%
> increase, which really isn't so bad
> 
> 
> now, given the leading inflation indicator a/k/a beer,
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/25/news/companies/anheuser_busch/?postversion=2009082614 suggests
> a scary economic ride ahead, seems to me we may soon be
> forced to revisit this analysis . . . .

> On 6/11/09, sloetoe at yahoo.com <sloetoe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> OVERALL COST ESTIMATION:
> 
> 
> To summarize, your big points of estimation are:
> 
> 1) overall miles/day trip average
> 2) food cost per week
> 3) town stops expected
> 4) town stops' costs
> 5) postage
> 6) lodging
> 
> with the stops in town figuring the largest into the total
> expense picture. TOWNS = MONEY; TOWNS = TIME; TIME = MONEY.
> For a single person (with little room to share joint costs)
> averaging 15 miles per day from Springer to Katahdin, this
> looks like:
> 
> 
>         $824 food,    or $0.38 per mile 
>         $665 towns,   or $0.31 per mile
>         $143 postage, or $0.07 per mile       
> __________________________________
>        $1632 total,   or $0.76 per mile, sans equipment
>                                               and lodging 
>        $ 950 lodging, or $0.44 per mile      
> __________________________________
>        $2582 total,   or $1.20 per mile, sans equipment