[pct-l] Cost of thru hiking

[Clifford McDonald]

I'm surprised that no one yet has considered the cost of staying home and
not hiking. You still have to eat whether or not you are on the trail or
home. Subtract the daily coffee trips to Starbucks, gas and auto expenses
and hundreds of other things you are tempted to spend money on in the city,
and you might actually save money by being in the wilderness. Cancel your
cable TV and Internet service for a few months, sublet your home, and think
of other ways you might save.  As for myself, I'm retired and haven't much
to do other than pay big bucks to chase a golf ball around a country club
course or hike in the wilderness for free . I can without difficulty save
$50 a day or easily much more by hiking. Or, perhaps you are still dependent
on your parents and live at home for free; in this case I can understand how
$10 a day for trail food is an unnecessary expense. 

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Rich Cunrod
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:10 PM
To: shon mcganty
Cc: pct-l
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cost of thru hiking

I work abroad and I am setting 6K aside for my thru hike in 2015 or 2016.
If I don't use it, bonus, if I need it, then it is there.  Till then section
hikes when I get back to the states or somewhere else in the world each
year.  I anticipate that I will be 65 while I am on my hike, so medical
insurance should not be an issue.

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:31 AM, shon mcganty <smcganty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> excluding health care coverage, it may run $2,000 - $3,000.  The price 
> goes up a lot if you stay multiple days in town.
>
>
> From: Nathaniel Morse <alwaysanguine at gmail.com>
> To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 7:10 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Cost of thru hiking
>
>     I know cost varies. A LOT.
>
>
>         But I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to give me a 
> rough idea of how much a thru hike would cost, or how much it cost you 
> personally.
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