Must be nice to hike ... some of us have jobs.

[Rhino-lfl]

So how often do you get outdoors and how long to do spend there?

[Tabasco]

4 or 5 weekend trips, of the 2 or 3 day variety, plus one 8 or 9 day trip per year.

Planning for 6 month leave of absence in 2013 for a thru

[Blister]

I have a job, actually a couple. I save up as much money as I can, hike, pile up debt, pay it off then do it all over again. I have been averaging a long distance hike about every 5 years.

[Nightwalker]

8-10 days a month.

Hey, it keeps me from annoying you guys so much!

[mweinstone]

i got 89 nights on the trail since my last attempt in feb 06. 67 days to perisburg.

[Cedar Tree]

A job? Why do you want a job? You got your health.

Raising Arizona

CT

[Mags]

So how often do you get outdoors and how long to do spend there?

Never enough...

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Retired, but have to schedule the hikes between doc appointments; grandkids and great-grandkids birthdays, graduations, concerts, sporting events; and when I can drag the male dino away from his other wife (the table saw).

[Tipi Walter]

A job? Why do you want a job? You got your health.

Raising Arizona

CT

I think it's: "You're young, you've got your health, what do you want with a job?"

[BigwaveDave]

2 times a week I hike a trail less than 1-4 mile from the house. Once every month or two do a 2 or 3 day trip down to Eglin or the Blackwater. I get 5 weeks paid leave so it helps. April 2008 spending a month on the AT. 2014 when I retire I will tru hike it. In between I'll do sections every year. All who wander are not lost

[aaroniguana]

I get a weekend day two or three times per month, usually at 10 or so miles Patapsco State Park, one or two weekend trips per year, and this is in addition to camping in various places on our holidays, 10-14 days every summer at Pennsic, Presidents Day Weekend caving in WV, OTR week in WV in early fall, and the occasional long weekend canoe trip from Harper's Ferry. I'm a sole proprietary contractor. I work as much as I want when I want. Or not.

Eh. It's a living.

[Topcat]

i try to do 4-5 weekend trips and one of a week every year. I want to do more and plan on increasing time out as the next 4 years move towards my thru attempt

[rafe]

Since the weather's improved, I've managed two short (~15 mile) overnight bike-hikes over the last three weekends on the MA mid-state trail.

I probably will need to spend a few weekends at home doing stuff around the house, though.

[Namaste]

I guess I'm lucky to have backpacking as a part of my job-in the summer, that is.

The rest of the year it's limited to a few 2/3 nighters.

[Cannibal]

This is where being a banker comes in handy. 11 paid holidays a year; 14 paid sick days a year; and 15 vacation days a year. All I have to do in trade is wear a darn neck tie when I am in the office.

[Skidsteer]

This is where being a banker comes in handy. 11 paid holidays a year; 14 paid sick days a year; and 15 vacation days a year. All I have to do in trade is wear a darn neck tie when I am in the office.

Ahem.

I trust you meant damn necktie, which is proper use of the English language and an apt description.

Similes: Damn bra, damn high heels, damn condoms, damn handcuffs, etc, etc......


Unless of course your ties are knitted.

[Phreak]

I'm lucky - my wife is the bread winner and supports my backpacking habit. I get out an average of 10-12 days per month.

[ed bell]

This is where being a banker comes in handy. 11 paid holidays a year; 14 paid sick days a year; and 15 vacation days a year. All I have to do in trade is wear a darn neck tie when I am in the office.

As a fellow Whiteblazer, would you loan me a few thousand at no interest for 6-8 months?

[Nightwalker]

I'm lucky - my wife is the bread winner and supports my backpacking habit. I get out an average of 10-12 days per month.

Better be sweet to her. I appreciate mine to no end.

Life is sweet with a sweet wife, eh? You and I are blessed with 'em, and the fact that we get to go out so much and hike is just icing on the cake.

[Skyline]

Try for at least two weekends or longer per month, plus a couple week-long hikes. Usually in SNP, Grayson, or other points in the Southeast.