[pct-l] affording a thru-hike

[david at dalbey.org (David Dalbey)]

Suge,

You are absoulutely correct.  It was not my intention to claim that one
MUST live in a shack to do a thru-hike, only to point out what works for
some people.  My wife is a school psychologist and has 2+ months off
every summer.  My goal over the next year is setting my life up so I am
financially stable and can have at least that much time off each year.
I think the key is doing what works for you, (the old HYOH). I will
never be a professor, (or rocket scientist ;-) ) but there are still
ways to prioritize my life to be able to do a thru hike and other
equally monumental adventures.  For some it's doing contract work in
high-tech , for others it's being a carpenter & living frugally in a
cabin in the woods.  For me it's somewhere in between!

David
david@dalbey.org

:-----Original Message-----
:From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
:[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net]On Behalf Of
:Chris Willett
:Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:50 AM
:To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
:Subject: RE: [pct-l] affording a thru-hike
:
:
:You don't have to live in a shack without electricity oreat
:canned pasta every night to go thruhiking every summer.
:Academics get most of the summer and a month of the winter
:off.  At the university, I had nearly 4 months off during the
:summer (3.5 months spent thruhiking the PCT).
:Now, at the college level, I've got a few days less.  This
:winter will be spent on a 250 mile trek in Death Valley.  Next
:summer, well, who knows?  Of course, you need to go to school
:for a while, and you need to like what you do.  But, to
:suggest that a certain life style is closed off to those who
:have a stable job is, I suggest, untrue.
:
:Suge
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