[pct-l] affording a thru-hike

[david at dalbey.org (David Dalbey)]

Also around that same area are some really amazing sea kayakers doing
the sea-kayak equivilent of thru-hikes, (actually on a grander scale).
Chris Duff has paddled around Ireland, Iceland, and New Zealand's south
Island.  He supported himself as a carpenter and lives in a straw bale
cabin.  Leon Somme and Shawna Franklin, with whom Chris did the Iceland
expedition, live in a 12' x 12' cabin with no electricity on Orcas
Island.  During a presentation on their Iceland trip they explained that
what they do, not what they own is what makes their life rich!  That's a
gem of advise!

David
david@dalbey.org


:A short story...  In the pacific northwest, on the olympic
:peninsula, around
:Port Townsend, live a breed of men in their 40s and 50s the locals call
:"Shed Boys."  Shed boys essentially tuned in, turned on, and
:dropped out in
:the late 60s and early 70s.  Rather than get straight jobs, they find
:seasonal work, enough for beans and rice and getting high.
:They found old
:sheds in the forest and converted them into small living
:spaces, running
:electric cords through the trees, etc.  Shed boys apparently
:don't last long
:in relationships - too much commitment.
:
:There are lifestyles that support whatever you want to do.
:You just have to
:choose to live them and have the self-discipline to live
:within your means.
:Self-discipline is the key.  I think it's harder to live on
:the margins than
: it is to get a straight job and do the nine to five thing.
:
:Jeff Olson
:Laramie WY
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