[pct-l] Off Season Jobs

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I hiked two years in a row. I front-loaded my hiking with a lot of  
money saved up. I had enough money to not work for at least a year,  
maybe 2. Turned out it was enough probably to take 4 years off or  
more. But I only took off about 2 years.

In between my two hikes, I took a volunteer job and through that I  
met a lady who turned me on to a seasonal job I could do for a couple  
of months in late fall. I took the job and we ended up working until  
the following April. That helped me not have to keep sucking dry my  
savings and since it was part time I had plenty of time to prepare  
for the next hike.

Then after the 2nd hike I took part time jobs and classes for a while  
until I found a good full-time job. Now I'm just another workaday  
slob. I took two weeks off this summer to hike with some CDT thru- 
hikers. I'm kind of glad now that I'm not a thru-hiker. Too much  
pressure to get the miles in, not enough swimming!

On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: "Matt Parker" <zerosignal74 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Off Season Jobs
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> During my time on the PCT I have run into numerous repeat thru- 
> hikers. I am
> curious if anyone on this list falls into that category and if so  
> what kind
> of job(s) do you work in the PCT off season (October-March) to help  
> fund
> your thru-hikes? My thru hiking experience turned out to be extremely
> addictive and I can see myself attempting multiple thru-hikes in  
> the future
> but doing that in my area of work is the equivalent of committing  
> career
> suicide so I am looking for other careers that are more "PCT thru- 
> hike"
> friendly.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drake