Thru-Hiking Costs

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1	Summary Statistics
2	Calories Burned per Day	4886	calories
3	Total cost of Thru-hike	$ 30,093
4	Marginal Cost of Hiking	$292	$/extra-day
5	Avoided Costs	$ (2,550.10)	$/trip
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15	Gear Information	New Costs		Personal Information
16	Tent	$ 600.00		Education Level	Doctoral degree			Specialized/Skilled Work?	Yes
17	Sleeping Bag	$ 500.00		Age	31			Typical Diet	1800	Calories/day
18	Backpack	$ 250.00		Starting Weight	134		lb
19	Clothing	$ 400.00		Height	5	6	ft/in
20	Other			Sex	Male
21				Estimated Annual Wage	$ 73,717
22	Total	$ 1,750.00
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24	Life off Trail
25	Can you sublet, or terminate your current lease?	Yes			Do you own a car?	Yes
26	What do you pay per month in rent?	$520	$/month		Car's Fuel Economy	32	MPG
27	What state do you live in?	California			Do you typically drive to get places?	No
28	Number of people sharing your house	4			Non-car Commute Expenses	50	$/month
29					Additional expenses you'll avoid	0	$/month
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31	Hiking Information
32	Base Weight	8.5	lbs	Hiking Hours per Day	12	hrs
33	Days Spent Hiking	96	days	Sleeping Hours per Day	8	hrs
34	Additional Days Off Work/Life	30	days	Estimated Total Days Comitted	126
35	Quit Job?	No
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37	Trail Information
38	Trail Length	2652	miles
39	Expected Number of Zeroes?	3		Trailhead start more than 2000 miles away?	No
40	Time between Resupplies	2.50	days
41	Number of packages sent	4
42	Resort Resupply Percentage	80%
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45	Estimated Total Energy Burned	4886	kcal/day
46	Energy Burned Due to Base weight	281	kcal/day
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48	Cost Calculations
49	Item	Cost	% of Cost	Cost per day	Marginal Cost ($/day)	Cost per Mile
50	Total Gear cost	$1,750	6%	$18		$ 0.66
51	Health Insurance Cost	$ 1,680	6%	$18	$17.50	$ 0.63
52	Cost of Not Working	$ 25,801	86%	$269	$268.76	$ 9.73
53	Trail Food Costs	$ 2,962	10%	$31	$30.86	$ 1.12
54	Other Transport Cost	$ 300.00	1%	$3		$ 0.11
55	Other Lodging Cost	$ 150.00	0%	$2	$1.56	$ 0.06
56	Avoided Costs	$ (2,550.10)	-8%	($27)	($26.56)	$ (0.96)
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58	Total Cost	$30,093			$292.12	$ 11.35
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