[pct-l] Cost of thru hiking

[Travis Bell]

Don't forget your missing income.  That's where I start.  Then I subtract
all the bills I won't be paying.

- Travis



On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Clifford McDonald <clifmcdon at comcast.net>wrote:

> I'm surprised that no one yet has considered the cost of staying home and
> not hiking. You still have to eat whether or not you are on the trail or
> home. Subtract the daily coffee trips to Starbucks, gas and auto expenses
> and hundreds of other things you are tempted to spend money on in the city,
> and you might actually save money by being in the wilderness. Cancel your
> cable TV and Internet service for a few months, sublet your home, and think
> of other ways you might save.  As for myself, I'm retired and haven't much
> to do other than pay big bucks to chase a golf ball around a country club
> course or hike in the wilderness for free . I can without difficulty save
> $50 a day or easily much more by hiking. Or, perhaps you are still
> dependent
> on your parents and live at home for free; in this case I can understand
> how
> $10 a day for trail food is an unnecessary expense.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Rich Cunrod
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:10 PM
> To: shon mcganty
> Cc: pct-l
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cost of thru hiking
>
> I work abroad and I am setting 6K aside for my thru hike in 2015 or 2016.
> If I don't use it, bonus, if I need it, then it is there.  Till then
> section
> hikes when I get back to the states or somewhere else in the world each
> year.  I anticipate that I will be 65 while I am on my hike, so medical
> insurance should not be an issue.
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:31 AM, shon mcganty <smcganty at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > excluding health care coverage, it may run $2,000 - $3,000.  The price
> > goes up a lot if you stay multiple days in town.
> >
> >
> > From: Nathaniel Morse <alwaysanguine at gmail.com>
> > To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 7:10 PM
> > Subject: [pct-l] Cost of thru hiking
> >
> >     I know cost varies. A LOT.
> >
> >
> >         But I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to give me a
> > rough idea of how much a thru hike would cost, or how much it cost you
> > personally.
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