[pct-l] Off Season Jobs

[David Thibault]

Met a multi thru hiker that was a Nurse.  He said there were lots of short
term contract jobs in Nursing and the pay was pretty good.

When he was hiking he already had a contract job set up for the Fall.

I think this might be an excellent job for hiker-trash.....

I'm sure there are tons of others

I also met a guy that was a cook at Mecerdo Station in the Antartic - he
would work 6 month contracts.
Met many that work in retail (a lot of outfitter stores)  but the pay
sucks.....

Me, I'm an engineer who busts his butt to make himself so valuable that
they will put up with me taking 6 months off every few years

YMMV.

Day-Late





> During my time on the PCT I have run into numerous repeat thru-hikers. I am
> curious if anyone on this list falls into that category and if so what kind
> of job(s) do you work in the PCT off season (October-March) to help fund
> your thru-hikes? My thru hiking experience turned out to be extremely
> addictive and I can see myself attempting multiple thru-hikes in the future
> but doing that in my area of work is the equivalent of committing career
> suicide so I am looking for other careers that are more "PCT thru-hike"
> friendly.
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