I'm poor - how inexpensively can I thru-hike?

[zig-zag man]

Start with this article by Weather Carrot:

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...2959#post22959

This link took me nowhere.

[MtDoraDave]

This link took me nowhere.

it is a 9 year old thread... but not sure when that was posted.

[Don H]

it is a 9 year old thread... but not sure when that was posted.

Link was posted on 2/29/08, only a little over 2 years ago.

[Traveler]

Link was posted on 2/29/08, only a little over 2 years ago.

Thats what one Mr. R. VanWinkle said......

[garlic08]

This link took me nowhere.

This link should work. It is dated but I'm glad it's still around.

Anyone heard from Weathercarrot lately?

[Mags]

This link took me nowhere.

That was posted almost a decade ago.

Link was posted on 2/29/08, only a little over 2 years ago.

Since you have magical time traveling powers, please go back in time to that day, and tell my younger self to NOT chat up that person with a Central European accent.....

[Slo-go'en]

So, how inexpensively can I hike? Not very.

[Maineiac64]

I love zombie threads. There is a fine line between begging, mooching, and hoping for the kindness of others.

[Don H]

That was posted almost a decade ago.



Since you have magical time traveling powers, please go back in time to that day, and tell my younger self to NOT chat up that person with a Central European accent.....

Not magic, Feb. 29, leap year. Do the math.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Not magic, Feb. 29, leap year. Do the math.

And here you had us excited at the prospect of time travel.

[Mags]

Not magic, Feb. 29, leap year. Do the math.

Alas, no matter what corny mathematical tricks are used, the gray in my beard tells me that was still almost a decade ago.

We demand our time machine...

[kestral]

I enter a time machine every time I go hiking. Bounding up the trail at the beginning of the hike , the energetic and athletic twenty something single....

...staggering back to car a week later, the aging and arthritic grandma.

but smiling

[Mags]

I enter a time machine every time I go hiking. Bounding up the trail at the beginning of the hike , the energetic and athletic twenty something single....

...staggering back to car a week later, the aging and arthritic grandma.

Damn. That was good.

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[gracebowen]

Well if I ever get to thru hike ill keep good records and let yall know how cheap it can be done. Im looking at a 2020 attempt.

I promise not to beg lie or steal. I will endeavor to rely on me and mine. If it becomes unfeasable I will go home. Im not gonna tell yall my monthly budget because yall wont like it or think its wise to try. Nor will I post a complete detalied gear list till I am done.

[jefals]

that begging is not cool is a matter of fact, not one of opinion.

i agree

I agree, too, in my opinion!

[jefals]

If you were starving with no money at a supermarket I supose you would just die then? or steal??? I know it may not be fair to us working folk, but is it fair that Paris Hilton is a multi millionaire?

If you have no money, what are you doing at the supermarket? Working there, to earn some money, one would hope...

[Sarcasm the elf]

I enter a time machine every time I go hiking. Bounding up the trail at the beginning of the hike , the energetic and athletic twenty something single....

...staggering back to car a week later, the aging and arthritic grandma.

but smiling

On a related note, I completely lost an hour and a half when I was section hiking a couple of weeks ago. A couple of days in I Woke up got ready and got going around 7:40 and told myself I'd take a quick break around 8:30 for breakfast. I immediately zoned out while walking and shortly after looked down at my watch and saw by the minute hand that it was already 8:30, which surprised me. A moment later I looked more closely and realized that it was in fact 9:30! As far as I knew I had only been on trail for a few minutes.

While I'm not superstitious, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that this happened right as I was passing through Bennington, VT.

[Mother Natures Son]

I've heard that a few folks have Dumpers Dive for food along the trail. (Food is of course a big part of the budget for the trail.)

[Venchka]

I've heard that a few folks have Dumpers Dive for food along the trail. (Food is of course a big part of the budget for the trail.)

Seems to me that eating food from a hiker box is awfully close to dumpster diving.
Wayne


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[Sarcasm the elf]

Seems to me that eating food from a hiker box is awfully close to dumpster diving.
Wayne


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I've had the food out of the dumpster behind Trader Joes. It was much better than anything I've seen in a hiker box.