[pct-l] The Heitmans' "retiring"

[Jason M.]

Charles,

$20 a night is a good place to start. I tend to look at the overall
situation and go from there. Did you just spend the night in the yard or
did you do your laundry, use the computer, power up your phone, use the
kitchen; did they provide a ride from and to the trail? Use your best
judgement. Offer to help out with gas when you hitch.

I usually give twenty a night and also try to be helpful while I'm there.

Jackass




On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Charles Doersch
<charles.doersch at gmail.com>wrote:

> Advice needed on responding to trail angel generosity ~
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We're in our final two months prepping for our 2012 Thru-Hike (Inshallah)
> -- plane tix already bought -- and we've been training steadily for the
> past year. It reeeeeeeally matters to us that we show our gratitude to
> trail angels and trail magicians in ways they appreciate.
>
> Would some of you be willing to share with us general rules of thumb where
> money is concerned. We need to plan for how much cash to carry.
>
> I've read on these posts that $20 to $25 per person per night for staying
> overnight with a trail angel is recommended. Is that about right? What
> about all the other less-than-overnight moments of happy generosity we
> encounter? [For example, if we come around a corner on the trail and find a
> trail angel has set up beer & burgers (like Erin's blog showed), we'd want
> to help pay to defray costs -- is that good?
>
> I know we'll get the hang of the PCT culture once we're out there -- but we
> want to be prepared.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Charles & the guys
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:21 PM, <gschenk1 at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
> > Just out of curiosity, when did the Trail Angel thing take off? While I'm
> >  not a thruhiker, I've been on the trail for decades.
> >
> > I remember running into "The Herd" once at Cajon Pass. It was three guys
> > hiking together, with two solo guys each trailing by a couple of hours.
> > They hadn't seen each other, but knew the others were around. The trail
> was
> > smaller then.
> >
> > Gary
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