I haven't got the grand total yet. I charged virtually everything.
It was not a cheap trip, but it was much less than a 170 day cruise or OAT tour would have cost.
I haven't got the grand total yet. I charged virtually everything.
Thanks, Jazztonight! Just finished reading the blog ... kept me up very late. It was fascinating to me.Jazztonight wrote: ↑Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:28 pm Hello to my fellow Bogleheads!
I just returned last week from a Coast-to-Coast walk, Pacific to the Atlantic. I succeeded and survived.
I assume your investments were on autopilot - I guess auto-ped - but didn't you wonder about your accounts even a little? You know, the market's been up and down, the yield curve is flattening, international equities are limp, valuations are high . . .Jazztonight wrote: ↑I don't know if age has much to do with it. Once retired, we have much more control over how we spend our time; or at least we should. I don't think I missed much by not sitting at my desk for those 170 days. I also avoided the news.
Thanks! Yes, I walked upright, never crawled or cycled or jogged. On the actual ground.
It's a one-time thing. For me, anyway.
I can't remember thinking much about my investments, and certainly I didn't worry about them. Since finding my sweet-spot allocation (it happens to be 40/60), I stopped obsessing. And worrying doesn't help much of anything.Miriam2 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:14 pmI assume your investments were on autopilot - I guess auto-ped - but didn't you wonder about your accounts even a little? You know, the market's been up and down, the yield curve is flattening, international equities are limp, valuations are high . . .Jazztonight wrote: ↑I don't know if age has much to do with it. Once retired, we have much more control over how we spend our time; or at least we should. I don't think I missed much by not sitting at my desk for those 170 days. I also avoided the news.
I live in Oakland, and it is good to be home.ClaycordJCA wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:37 am Congratulations and welcome home. Looking forward to reading the blog.
Ping, it was certainly ambitious, and probably unnecessarily so. The other goals I've been setting for myself are more "reasonable." Please PM me if you'd like to discuss goal-setting for our later years. It's a subject I'm very interested in.One Ping wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:42 pmThanks, Jazztonight! Just finished reading the blog ... kept me up very late. It was fascinating to me.Jazztonight wrote: ↑Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:28 pm Hello to my fellow Bogleheads!
I just returned last week from a Coast-to-Coast walk, Pacific to the Atlantic. I succeeded and survived.
While not quite as, uh-hem, 'experienced' as you, you've inspired me to set some of my own (much less ambitious goals) and get to it!
One Ping.
I was gone 170+ days. Sometimes I ate in real restaurants, but my dietary needs were/are not fancy. Most motels provided breakfast (cereal & yogurt; eggs & toast, muffins), and often I was able to make lunch from the offerings (egg sandwich; yogurt & fruit). A can of Progresso soup at the Dollar store was ~$2; a pack of Swiss cheese, a loaf of bread; packs of tuna; boxes of protein bars; peanuts, raisins; Egg McMuffins (hold the meat); snacks & treats. A restaurant meal might be the 55+ omelet & pancakes at IHOP, or the fish sandwich combo at a fast food place. I looked for protein, and my body turned just about everything into energy.
Thanks! PM sent.Jazztonight wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:42 pmPing, it was certainly ambitious, and probably unnecessarily so. The other goals I've been setting for myself are more "reasonable." Please PM me if you'd like to discuss goal-setting for our later years. It's a subject I'm very interested in.
Amazing! All I had to deal with were dogs, ants, and bedbugsNicolas wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:15 pm Here's yesterday's Washington Post article about a guy who just completed a walk from Patagonia to Alaska, almost the entire length of the western hemisphere, 14,481 miles along the Pan-American highway. He slept in drainage pipes and fought a grizzly bear.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/ ... mile-hike/
If it is not about walking, what *is* it about? Purging demons? Meditation? Achieving a transcendent state? Processing the sensory reality of our country as experienced from its road system traveled at pedestrian pace? A spiritual reawakening? (As a lifelong walking enthusiast--though with a less bodacious itinerary than yours, I could imagine each of these possibilities.)Jazztonight wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:31 pm As I've said many times, walking coast-to-coast is not about walking.
I grew up in Montclair and am quite familiar with your locale. I am known to still take a stroll around the lake from time to time.Jazztonight wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:38 pmI live in Oakland, and it is good to be home.ClaycordJCA wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:37 am Congratulations and welcome home. Looking forward to reading the blog.
I can imagine all of your suggestions too! In short, however, this journey was about overcoming obstacles.dodecahedron wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 10:49 pmIf it is not about walking, what *is* it about? Purging demons? Meditation? Achieving a transcendent state? Processing the sensory reality of our country as experienced from its road system traveled at pedestrian pace? A spiritual reawakening? (As a lifelong walking enthusiast--though with a less bodacious itinerary than yours, I could imagine each of these possibilities.)Jazztonight wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:31 pm As I've said many times, walking coast-to-coast is not about walking.
Wow! And congratulations!Jazztonight wrote: ↑Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:28 pmI just returned last week from a Coast-to-Coast walk, Pacific to the Atlantic. I succeeded and survived.
I've always wanted to do the walk you just completed! (And a fortnight sounds better than 170 days )Bylo Selhi wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:36 amWow! And congratulations!Jazztonight wrote: ↑Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:28 pmI just returned last week from a Coast-to-Coast walk, Pacific to the Atlantic. I succeeded and survived.
I just completed a somewhat shorter coast-to-coast walk in June, Alfred Wainwright's classic Coast to Coast across England. That was a rather grueling ~200 miles over a fortnight. I can only imagine how much more challenging a continental C2C must be.
Well that's not too bad, especially when you factor in the marginal cost above what you'd pay sitting at home. After all, you'd still have some food costs no matter what.Jazztonight wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:38 pm At some point I might add up my journey-related expenses. I'd estimate somewhere between $12-15K including camping equipment, food, lodging, transportation & shipping.
Every once in a while someone remarks to me about Forrest Gump. I smile and remind them that Forrest Gump was a fictional character. And mostly, I'm real.Kookaburra wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:30 am Wow, super cool! Tip of the hat to you.
Sure makes one appreciate how amazing it is that Forrest Gump ran back and forth across the country several times.
You described it very well. Thank you.xb7 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:28 am A really impressive feat. Having done some long distance hiking myself, I know that it's hard for people to relate to something like this. And what you did is so different from more typical long distance hikes --- road walking is the hardest and generally least favorite part of long distance hiking for most people, or at least for all the long distance hikers that I know. It's not just the effect of a lot of flat asphalt and the like on the feet. It's not just the feeling of somehow more-intense isolation when cars are whizzing by you all the time. It's not just the fact that private property issues make it hard to do basic things like using the toilet or finding a safe and legal place to sleep. It's not just the dogs, or the idiots who don't give you enough room on the shoulder --- or even charge at you hoping to have fun by seeing you jump into a ditch.
It's also that you're just alone all the time, or at least while you're walking...
Thanks for watching it. Some of the people who showed up I've known since elementary school! It was humbling.AnnetteLouisan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:50 pm Just watched your zoom interview. Very inspiring! What steely determination and endurance you have!
Congrats on your coast to coast—quite an achievement! A family member recently made the entire Pacific Crest Trail. They said if you want to do it make it quick because fires are burning so much of it up.Jazztonight wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:26 amThank you.
I do not have any hiking or walking or biking or running plans. This was the journey I wanted to take.
After our daughter is out of the house, I'd like to hike either the AT or the PCT if I'm physically able to do so. My DW and I don't want to be separated for long, so we're thinking that she may drive a motorhome close to the trail to support me, also allowing me to have a hot shower, a good meal, and a nice bed to sleep in almost every night. It wouldn't be the same experience as most who are doing those hikes, but I don't care. As they say, hike your own hike.baconavocado wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:32 pmHowever, the PCT sounds interesting and there are many long, beautiful walks in Europe and the UK that I would love to do.