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great stuff, actually pretty valuable. thanks for sharing.
did you wear the Injinji toe socks as your 'liner sock' or as your only sock? Looking at REI selection, I wondered if you wore one of the light weight models as liner socks or just as one sock? thanks
yr vid was worth watching for sure! My wife moaned tho when she saw that snow covered toilet early on....
Killer advice good sir! Also a killer video!... can't wait to see it all for myself in 2015
Awesome information!! Watched the video as well and I'll be leaving soon to start my thru hike. (March 1) Video looked amazing.
You don't have to respond to this if you left this information out on purpose, but I'm wondering how much money you spent? I'm planning on hiking 2015.
i second sugarspy- i am also very curious how much money you ended up spending. great, informative post! my plan is a thru-hike in 2016
Thanks for the great insight. There are a few things I will take from your time on the trail. I only get to hike 1 week out of the year, and like you said I cherish the time I on out there.
One regret I have is that I did not keep track of the money I spent. I get this question a lot, and I wish I had kept somewhat of a record.
Either way, I saved $4000 (roughly) to use on the trail. This did not include other money I saved to pay bills (student loans and car payment).
My plan was to pretend that I only had $2000 to spend on my hike. I finished the hike with a few hundred dollars left. So to answer your question, I spent about $3500 for the hike.
Again, I treated myself pretty well I think. I split motels with other hikers, stayed at a half dozen hostels and spent a lot of money on food in town.
I dont drink or smoke, so that saved me A LOT of money. I think some hiker's bar tabs equal $2000 alone. Not that I am knocking that, just saying I spent less money in town than some.
Good luck on your hikes!!
Love the video. Was that all shot with the Iphone or what did you use?
Thanks for sharing it's great to see in such detail what has and has not worked for someone. I'm wondering who wrote Fixing Your Feet? Thanks.
The first link is for the newest edition of Fixing your Feet. It is a good book, but it focuses mostly on general athletes, not really specific for hikers, and it talks mostly about preventative, as opposed to fixing. I think it is a good book , a good read, and has some useful information. You can view the first few pages of, kind of get an insight into the book.
The second link is for one that appears to be catered more towards hiking and stuff, I have not read it, it is much older (1997) , but it is by the same author as the first, so I would imagine it wouldn't be too bad. Having not read it, I can't say for sure though.
First book
http://www.amazon.com/Fixing-Your-Fe...dp_ob_title_bk
Second Book
http://www.amazon.com/Fixing-Your-Fe...=1419002991567