Ask crash about hiking the Appalachian Trail

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I spent a lot along the way.

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I understand this depends on a lot of things, but think you could give an estimate or a range for how much you actually spent.

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it was a while ago and I didn't keep good records, but best guess:

1500 before trip (equipment, food, books)
2000-3000 during trip (hotels, restaurant food, cigs, booze, misc.)
500 after trip (getting back home)

I would have at least 5000. You can cut that a lot by not staying in motels when you're in town, not hitting the town bars, etc., but you have to live it up a little or you'll go crazy.