[pct-l] Thru-Hiking On A Budget

[Jason Moores]

Last year Chainsaw found a way to spend over $450 in beer and food in just 2
days at VVR. He ended up staying/working there for most of the summer.

Jackass



On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Dan Kayser <kayser at ameslab.gov> wrote:

>  Has anyone needed to take more than a week down time and had to find a
> temporary job (i.e. washing dishes, cleaning, chopping wood, etc..) out
> on the trail until starting up again?  Just curious?
>
> On 3/7/2011 7:45 PM, Paul Robison wrote:
> > on this note,  putting off quitting till the last possible minute makes a
> huge
> > difference.
> >
> > an extra week of working is a lot of money when it comes to the last 500
> miles
> > of the trail.
> >
> > even if it means putting in a part time job (if unemployed),  or avoiding
> going
> > out to eat (as we've done)... saving as much as possible makes so much of
> a
> > difference.  it's so hard for me, i want to quit my job right now, but i
> keep
> > thinking "this is Washington and Oregon" every day at work.
> >
> > ~Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Sent: Mon, March 7, 2011 7:45:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru-Hiking On A Budget
> >
> > I think once you cut costs as far as you can, it's now time to try
> > making a little extra money. In '08 one of the hikers had a ukulele.
> > He was playing it for fun outside a grocery store (he's really  very
> > good) and someone handed him a $20! If you lack musical talent,
> > perhaps you have talent with words, cardboard and a sharpie. Or maybe
> > you can sell your unwanted gear along the way instead of sending it
> > home. Maybe you can get others to pay you to do their laundry.
> > Perhaps you can just engage in some basic capitalism and buy some
> > mutual funds or something.
> >
> > On Mar 7, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> >> You could get things from hiker boxes or shop cheap but how can you
> >> cut more cost than that? -joe
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> Dan Kayser
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