[pct-l] Hiking and the real world

[Jim & Jane Moody]

FYI, Ned's primary business is building houses.  These days he has more free time than he wishes for. 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sasha Leidman" <sleidman at gmail.com> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 3:26:42 PM 
Subject: [pct-l] Hiking and the real world 

Hi, 
I'm a college student who, in the past few years, has gotten very interested 
in long distance backpacking. I've been on the list for a while and have 
heard from a lot of very experienced backpackers. Reading their posts, I was 
wondering, how you have implemented the backpacking world into "real life". 
Is it more common for people to take the Yogi path and sort of haphazardly 
get into backpacking while maintaining an unrelated job back at home or do 
most take the Ned path and get into backpacking by falling in love with it 
through their job? Working for my school's outdoor organization, I've guided 
a number of backpacking trips. As man of our school's guides graduate 
though, they move on to careers in different areas. How can long distance 
backpacking be sustainable as a career path? What ways do people mix their 
passion with profession? 

-- 
Sasha Leidman 
sleidman at gmail.com 
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