Turning Thru-Hiking into a Career by Renee She-ra Patrick

After five-months of joy, challenge, struggle, and laughter, I reached Canada on my 2006 PCT thru-hike determined to find a way to get paid to hike. I felt freedom and exhilaration in waking up each day, facing the obstacles of the trail, overcoming those obstacles, and making tangible progress towards my goal to walk across the country. I couldn’t imagine going back to the “real world” and my desk job, no matter that I had recently finished graduate school; I wanted to live and work outside and hike forever. Sound familiar? Many thru-hikers get bitten by the hiking bug and decide to try and make hiking a careertry being the important word here. Making a career that lasts (and pays the bills) in the outdoors can be as daunting as the first step on a long trail, but as I

Turning Thru-Hiking into a Career by Renee She-ra Patrick

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