Thanks for sharing the budget details for your 2024 AT thru-hike. I appreciate your candor and how realistic you are. It was interesting to hear about Resupply Frequency and how longer carries may help reduce cost. And sometimes you just need some "comfort food" - on trail or at home. 😉
I have done several thru hikes and food is the one thing I always spent way more money than planned but for me I needed it.I carried a lot of lunch meat, pepperoni,salami lasts in a pack,If you want to save money stay out of towns and don't use shuttles walk or hitch a ride and the AT is doable in four months .The PCT is more money expect two hundred dollar motel rooms and food twice as much and you will need more gear and it wears out faster but the PCT is by far the best of the trails.
I think I will be much more conscious of my spending this time, and yeah I'm sure gear will definitely get worn out faster, all that sand and grit, getting inside zippers.
@@BullfrogHikes A lot of PCT hikers mess up their start dates with the screwy permit system we now have you want to start about the end of April if your start to early you have bad weather in s cal and you don't want to get to Kennedy meadows before june because of snow. You don't need a permit for the first 700 miles so if you get a late start date hike down and pick up your permit.A lot of hikes get ruined by starting to early or to late and both times I have been in Washington in Sept we had snow storms so it's not like the AT you have a narrow time window
@tippin.turtle All of them, i ate a burger in almost every town. not all of these were high end places, it's morso the quantity of food that I would consume, + carry out to go.
@Podgeabrillion Unfortunately, many shops near the trail take advantage of hikers with high prices. Some towns have large grocery stores where you can find better deals, but it might be inconvenient.
So you're not going to discuss the majority of the cost of your trip. This video is literally just hey I went to McDonalds, I can't tell you how much I paid for the food but they sell the drinks at .07c per liter. Why even make it?
@ts7901 The problem is I didn't keep many reciepts, so breaking down calories per dollar would be tough, but if y'all are interested, I can make a part 2 that dives deeper into the excel spreadsheet.
Thanks for sharing the budget details for your 2024 AT thru-hike. I appreciate your candor and how realistic you are. It was interesting to hear about Resupply Frequency and how longer carries may help reduce cost. And sometimes you just need some "comfort food" - on trail or at home. 😉
10/10 video
@@MelodyWright-p9n You're the G.O.A.T 😜
I have done several thru hikes and food is the one thing I always spent way more money than planned but for me I needed it.I carried a lot of lunch meat, pepperoni,salami lasts in a pack,If you want to save money stay out of towns and don't use shuttles walk or hitch a ride and the AT is doable in four months .The PCT is more money expect two hundred dollar motel rooms and food twice as much and you will need more gear and it wears out faster but the PCT is by far the best of the trails.
I think I will be much more conscious of my spending this time, and yeah I'm sure gear will definitely get worn out faster, all that sand and grit, getting inside zippers.
@@BullfrogHikes A lot of PCT hikers mess up their start dates with the screwy permit system we now have you want to start about the end of April if your start to early you have bad weather in s cal and you don't want to get to Kennedy meadows before june because of snow.
You don't need a permit for the first 700 miles so if you get a late start date hike down and pick up your permit.A lot of hikes get ruined by starting to early or to late and both times I have been in Washington in Sept we had snow storms so it's not like the AT you have a narrow time window
Thanks for the video; always nice to see the experiences of others.
@@bsc78 Thank you for the kind words!
Wow ! That is a lot of money!
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The key word you said... having fun
sounds about right, I platinum blazed on my AT adventure with no regrets.
@j3hikes444 Platinum blazing is underrated. if I could, I would 🤠
I just can’t imagine your food costs 😮 What kind of restaurants are you eating at? Not a Subway or McDonald’s.
@tippin.turtle All of them, i ate a burger in almost every town. not all of these were high end places, it's morso the quantity of food that I would consume, + carry out to go.
This is interesting, but wow, that's some expensive food. I'm I the EU though, maybe it's pricier there!
@Podgeabrillion Unfortunately, many shops near the trail take advantage of hikers with high prices. Some towns have large grocery stores where you can find better deals, but it might be inconvenient.
So you're not going to discuss the majority of the cost of your trip. This video is literally just hey I went to McDonalds, I can't tell you how much I paid for the food but they sell the drinks at .07c per liter. Why even make it?
Did you watch the video? He literally told us how much he spent in each category. Were you looking for a daily breakdown?
Tell me you only watched the first few minutes without telling me you only watched the first few minutes.
@ts7901 The problem is I didn't keep many reciepts, so breaking down calories per dollar would be tough, but if y'all are interested, I can make a part 2 that dives deeper into the excel spreadsheet.
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