- Start carrying weight in your pack on your walks.
- Get started on cutting next winters fire wood.
- Do taxes
- Pay property taxes
- Decide on a date–buy a ticket to get there
- Make gear list of everything that goes into your pack and it‘s weight. Obsess over everything, no mater how small or light
- Order guide books
- Get any permits you might need.
- Order any new gear you might need.
- Set up re-supply schedule for guide books, socks, sunscreen, pain-relievers, supplements, etc.
- Wash that stinking down sleeping bag and down vest you have been sleeping in all winter
- Turn off all money sucking utilities and subscriptions – Netflix, Internet, telephone.
- Forward mail
- Change auto insurance over to storage rate.
- Soak clothing in Sawyers insect repellent soak
To do list for the long distance hiker.
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What about getting everything in order so charitable fundraising goes well? There’s so much in this world that needs money to help try to make things better… when one hikes a long-distance trail and especially when they journal their hike such as in a blog or on Trailjournals or on a personal website, they have a TREMENDOUS opportunity to make their hike mean something other than a personal journey. What kind of human beings are we if we just live for selfish pursuits? Caring about the suffering of others does no good without action. So when one does a long-distance hike, they’ve got to get everything in order for the fundraising they’ll be doing. Wait. My mistake. Not everyone does that. Most people just wanna pack and go all for themselves. Hmmm. Maybe selfish walking is best? No, that can’t be right. I’m sure it’s always best to hike for a charity, yeah, I was right and so one needs to add to their list:
16) Get everything in order related to fundraising!!!
I think people who take great trips and then ask the people who are stuck at home working to give money to the great trip takers favorite charity are annoying. It’s not the hiker who is sacrificing anything; they are just living out their dreams. It’s the people who are working that are doing all the sacrifice.
I guess if a person really wanted to raise money for charity, they ought to sacrifice their hike and give the money to charity then spend the summer working 15-17 hours a day, 6 days a week on a paving crew and give that money to charity.
My sentiments as well, crow. Could it be a generational thing?