[pct-l] What do you guys do for money?

[Glenn Bradford]

Oh. My. God. Symbiosis, that is a great way to work a programming job.
That's what I do, and I do have the ability to flex my time alot...I'd
have to see if I could flex it that much!

I wondered how a laptop would fare bumping around in the mail all the time.

What a story about Car Hop as well.

Creative solutions abound...

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Blanchard, Sym (GE&O) <SWB3 at pge.com> wrote:
>
> I have a computer-type job that I can do from anywhere.  I mail my laptop to
> the next post office, hike 3-4 days to get there, do a few days work, then
> mail it to the next post office and so on …
>
> I am able to stretch my 8 weeks of vacation to 10 to 14 weeks of hiking and
> recovery time because I am able to capture more weekends.  I am only doing
> sections, so am only doing about 1/3 of the trail each year.
>
> I was inspired by Car Hop who was working full time as he hiked the PCT.  I
> believe he completed it in one season this last year.  I know he did the AT
> a previous year.
>
> He had two cars with laptops, beds, and food.  The cars could tow each
> other.  He would park one car at one trail head and drive the other car to
> the next trailhead and then hike back to his first car.  He would then log
> in to do his actuarian pension work with an Air Card with his business
> project team in New York (he was a mathematician actuarian).  He was about
> 65 years old.
>
> I met him about 10 times last year always hiking the opposite direction.  He
> was able to slack pack the whole way.
>
> So if you can manage the logistics, I would suggest a computer-type job you
> can do from a trailside town.
>
> Symbiosis
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> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 07:51:43 -0500
> From: Glenn Bradford <glenn.bradford at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] What do you guys do for money?
> To: Krikor Y <kyeremian at gmail.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> No responses yet...I would really like to hear from frequent hikers on this
> subject!
>
> Glenn
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Krikor Y <kyeremian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This question is for thru-hikers and those that go on overnight hikes
>>> multiple times throughout the month. What do you do for a living? I
>>> am considering making a career change that would allow me plenty of
>>> time to do what you do either for pleasure or professionally. So far
>>> I have considered mountain guide and forester. Forester sounds good
>>> to me because I'll constantly be outdoors, it is stable work with
>>> health benefits though education costs are significant, mountain
>>> guide is my dream job but am concerned that I won't be able to
>>> support a family with the income. I've also head nurse because by
>>> setting your own hours, you can work your butt off for an extended
>>> time and end up with a couple weeks off in a row to roam free :) What do
>>> you guys think, what are some of your professions?
>
>