[pct-l] Hello - PCT costs

[fkroger1999@yahoo.com (Frank Kroger)]

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 CMountainDave@aol.com wrote:I would like to be the person who made the mos=
t money while hiking the PCT.


Dave, To have made the most you will have to beat my earnings this year:  I=
 made $220 for a 10 hour swing shift (6pm to 5 am ) fastening containers on=
 a ship in Seattle as a casual longshoreman. And I made $105 for 10.5 hrs a=
s a flagger, directing traffic for the exodus from Burning man.  Total of $=
325. But since this was off the trail perhaps it doesn't count if you are g=
oing to be "purist" about it.

I noticed that some of those who had walked less than every inch of the PCT=
 tried to excuse themselves by disdaining anyone who had done so as a "puri=
st."

As far as the cost of doing the PCT a source of free food is other PCT hike=
rs and "civilian"  hikers,.who are often relieved to be relieved of  extra =
food. They constitute  a walking hiker box. I ran low on food a few times a=
nd was saved from this source.

I would not advise eating top ramen for the entire PCT. The primary reason =
for eating food after all is to obtain calories to burn, not to save money.

Satellite, Frank Kroger




In a message dated 10/26/02 11:15:52 AM, randy_forsland@hotmail.com writes:

<< really hate competitions...whether it is based on "who carries the

lightest load" or who "hikes the most miles"...adding '
I would like to be the person who made the most money while hiking the PCT.
Any job offerings by the Today show for a correspondent for a "Life on the
Trail" series would be appreciated. How about $500 a clip plus costs. How
about a Live Nude Hiking web site at $3.99 a minute (follow along as the fl=
ab
melts away)! Or a Survivor PCT with disgusting freeze dried food/carpenter
ant/trail apple eating contests, bear canister reward challenges, mosquito
tortures for immunity, and no DEET or polarguard allowed.
Gotta be some communication companies wanting to advertise using remote
PCT sites as a backdrop (Life on the Trail, brought to you live by AT&T --
connecting everyone to everywhere)
How about a McDonalds ad that queries hikers as they enter a town. "Where's
the first place you're going after hiking the PCT?"---- "I'm going to Micke=
y
D's!!" (flash peace sign and fade to grimy hikers swooning as they bite int=
o
a SuperSized Big Mac meal).
Anyone know the 1-800 number for Mc Donald's?
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