How Much Does Hiking the Appalachian Trail REALLY Cost?!
<p>When I learned that about 10% of the hikers in my research studies gave up their dream of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) because they ran out of money, my heart kind of broke a little.</p>
<p>I kept wondering: <strong><em>Why do so many people run out of money?</em></strong></p>
<p>When I looked deeper, I found one possible reason that people run out of money: <em>because they read that you only need $5,000 to thru-hike the A.T.</em></p>
<p>In online forums about the A.T. and guidance from the the <a href="https://appalachiantrail.org/explore/hike-the-a-t/thru-hiking/faqs/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Appalachian Trail Conservancy</a>, general wisdom seems to be that people should budget about $5,000 for a 5-month thru-hike.</p>
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