[pct-l] Thru-Hiking On A Budget

[patti kulesz]

well those $500 guys made alot of their gear and didn't go into towns much 
unless they really had to and then didn't buy burgers and beer while they were 
there. They ate out of the hiker boxes alot and bought alot of their clothes at 
thrift stores. It doesn't have to say Patagonia to be good stuff! and even then 
thrift stores have that stuff too u just have to be willing to take the time to 
look. One fo them actually wore a pair of shoes that I put in the hiker box in 
Cascade Locks all the way to Canada. He said they were the most comfortable 
shoes he had on the whole trail! They didn't use a bounce box either. just 
sayin...

I don't think I could do it that cheap it either but definite;y can be done for 
under a grand
 
Sugar Moma  

 




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From: John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Sun, March 6, 2011 7:51:55 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru-Hiking On A Budget

Well, guess I pretty much blow this whole $500 trip out of the
water... only going the wrong way lol.

$2750 for all of my gear (includes desert, sierra, and pnw setups) -
not counting replacement items along the way.

Base pack weight of 3.9 pounds for pre KM
Base pack weight of 6.2 pounds for KM-OR (because I am a cold woosie)
Base pack weight of 4.6 pounds for OR-end

At least, that is the plan. the PNW might catch me by surprise and I
can either add cold weather cloths or go tarp-only and ditch cloths if
the weather is kind to us.
Link for my gear is at: http://www.redwoodoutdoors.com/

I am planning $2500 for food (trail+town) for 150 days. [suspect this
to be way high but with all the prices going up on just about
everything here recently, trying to plan for inflation]

I am hoping to have bounce box budget of no more than $250 (totally
unknown factor for me at this point... anybody out there who has gone
SUL have knowledge of this?)

Plan to carry around $200 in cash for towns/angels/rides/emergency/etc.

Transportation to/from will be covered by family (some love in
Victorville and some live in Aberdeen, works out for me :-D)


Clearly those who do the PCT for under $500 for gear, food,
resupplies, transportation, have one-up on me. Huge props to anybody
out there that can accomplish the PCT at $500 total bucks or less - I
mean that!!

John
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