However you distribute the funds i.e. shuttles, motels, food, etc. 12k is more than ample. Don't overthink it.
However you distribute the funds i.e. shuttles, motels, food, etc. 12k is more than ample. Don't overthink it.
Lonehiker (MRT '22)
Oof. That is no joke. The first people I talked to on my thru was a couple at Hightower Gap (mile 8.3). They asked to use my phone because they had no signal and were trying to get a ride out. They were on night two and were quitting their thru hike. They had sold their house before coming out.
The OP does not list their age. As folks get older its harder to condition on the trail. Some folks get stress fractures from speeding up too quickly, once they get stress fractures they are off the trail for a extended period.
Last edited by peakbagger; 01-21-2021 at 17:55.
I once hiked with an older woman through PA. (flip flop started at HF). 20 miles from the DWG she couldn't walk any more. Stress fracture in one of the leg bones. Thankfully we were pretty close to a road and she was able to hobble out on her own, but it ended her hiking.
That same hike, meet a guy in NY, age late 20's or early 30's, who started doing 30 MPD. When I meet him he was off to see a doctor about his feet due to stress fractures. Never saw him again.
Hiking injuries are real and take a fair number of people off the trail every year.
Last edited by Slo-go'en; 01-21-2021 at 17:44.
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