[pct-l] International hiker, a few questions

[aslive at charter.net]

Six Moons Designs and other untra-light equipment manufactures will be 
at the Kick-Off.  You will be able to compare and buy tents and 
backpacks there.  So that should not e a problem.  You will need to have 
your sleeping bag before you arrive.  You can get one through Adventure 
16, who will also be there but you might want a wider choice.  It also 
gets cold there at night so you will need to have one your first night 
there.

Shepherd


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Diane Soini wrote:

> On Feb 11, 2014, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:45:57 +0100
>> From: Tobias Spiegelhalter <tobias.spiegelhalter at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [pct-l] International hiker, a few questions
>>
>>
>> 1. Is there a way to search the archives of this list (non-manual)?
>
> Google is the only way. Type mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/ 
> along with your search term.
>
>>
>> 2.2 When I hopefully reach Manning Park, what would be the easiest 
>> way
>> to get home? Could I travel to Vancouver Airport with the Canada 
>> Permit
>> or is that not allowed?
>
> Most people take a bus from the Manning Park Lodge. I think it still 
> runs. Otherwise you could try to hitchhike. And yes, many people will 
> go to the nearest airport. I actually went east and drove home.
>
>>
>> 3. Gear:
>
> It is very rare to find a 6-moons designs tent in a store in the US. 
> We have to buy most ultralight stuff online. San Diego is one of the 
> US larger cities so they will have at least one REI you might be able 
> to visit for any last minute items. The suggestion to order and ship 
> to Scout and Frodo is a good one, but of course you don't get to look 
> at your gear. Another option is to attend the kickoff and buy some 
> gear, but you'll probably already be on your way.
>
>>
>>
>> 4. Budget
>>
> The $/mile is usually strongly argued and nobody can agree on it.
>
> I can tell you that hotel rooms for just one person ran me around $60- 
> $100 a night. You can make that cheaper by not staying in hotels or 
> sharing rooms.
>
> Eating out usually ran me about $15-$30 per meal. I never wanted to 
> cut down on hot meals.
>
> Shipping a 3 gallon plastic bucket cost me about $12 each time.
>
> There were always a lot of odds and ends to buy.
>
> I can't remember exactly what groceries cost me. Maybe $80-$100 or so 
> per segment? Some places I would buy a lot more, like Ashland where I 
> bought for the entire state of Oregon so it's hard to remember. Maybe 
> somebody has a more accurate figure because this guess seems both too 
> low and too high to me.
>
> I remember in Ashland I had $600 of spending money to use for the 
> rest of the way to Canada for groceries, shipping things and meals 
> out. I had already bought my groceries for Oregon. I was done with 
> hotels eating up my money but figured if I needed one, I'd put it on 
> my credit card (I did get one in Snoqualmie to get out of the rain). 
> I spent about half of that $600.
>
> California is more expensive than the rest, mostly because California 
> has more opportunity to spend (more towns) and you have to buy more 
> things as you figure more things out while Oregon and Washington are 
> pretty remote most of the time.
>
>
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