Why Not - Appalachian Trail

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#1

As long as you don’t mind living on the cheap, I don’t see why you couldn’t continuously work for 6 months and then hike for 6 months.

Manual labor (constuction/ warehouse) would be your best bet when it comes to a short term job that pays well. There’s always work in this field too. Its not easy, but visions of the trail should get you through the day.

Nomad

#2

I meant to reply to the thread below me. My apologies for the error.

Nomad

#3

Stop trolling.

Jerk

#4

why not hike 8 months and work 4 months. it’s what i been doing for years. I cant imagine it any other way.

heald

#5

why not hike 8 months and work 4 months. it’s what i been doing for years. I cant imagine it any other way.

heald

#6

You’re name came up the other night, Heald. And how if I had [it] to do it all over again I’d can the McJob walk the planet. Oh, BoyHowdy says hey. Happy trails some more.:cheers

Bushwhack

#7

you can marry your cousin and have relatives at every road crossing. That should cut down on the work you need to do to afford a hike.

Red

#8

If your off-trail “wants” are spartan, and your real “need” is to be a perpetual hiker, you can pull it off like Heald or any of a dozen or so others I can think of. But it’s tough to do and takes a very unique individual. I have not mastered the art.

Skyline

#9

I have lived off the grid for 10 years. i don’t do many thruhikes anymore but hike 300-500mi a year. I live wherever I want to ,whenever(legally of course) This has included constructing a bamboo hut to live in on Maui that was portable. I have used biodiesel fueled generators,vegetable oil generators and worked on a more permanent source of energy using hydrogen. Like many who hike distances habitually, I do not fit in society nor do I plan to. Perhaps the most adept person at perpetually hiking at low cost was WeatherCarrot who did so for about 15 years-maybe he will log on and give some advice. On the trail, money is useless but innovation is priceless. Happy Hiking, Mike

mike

#10

if you’ve got a woman in your life. Whether married or not, very few women would put up with you being gone 6 months out the year and doing odd jobs when you get back. Especially if her belly starts to swell. :oh

Chisel