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Gear, Gear, Gear.

“Castles were built a stone at a time.”  - Irish Proverb

Yesterday’s post was about the Hitchhiking Gear that you should upgrade, while today’s deals with what you should save your money on.  This is for the thrifty hitchhiker, which you probably are.  In my experience hitchhiking around the USA for the past 8 months, here is what I didn’t need.

5 Pieces of Hitchhiking Gear you can save money on:

1.  Expensive Hiking Pants:  When I was researching what gear to buy, I was looking into getting a pair of lightweight hiking pants.  They cost at least 60$ and can go up  to over 100$.  I waited and haven’t needed them.  I have used a couple pairs of jeans and a pair of Banana Republic dress pants, all of which I purchased at a thrift store.  They work and you fit in, which is key at times while hitchhiking.  I paid less than 20$ for all of them.

2.  Capilene T-shirt:  Capilene is a very lightweight and breathable fiber.  I had a gift certificate to an outdoor clothing store and purchased a Patagonia t-shirt that would have cost about 40$.  I brought it on my trip with 2 cotton t-shirts.  Go cotton!  Although they will hold sweat, so you have to be careful about wearing them too much.  I would just rotate my shirts from day to day, and was more comfortable in the cotton tees than my expensive shirt.  If they get dirty, pick up a new one at another thrift store.

3.  A nice raincoat:  I just don’t hitchhike when it is seriously raining.  I started with a poncho that I bought for a nickel at a thrift store.  It ripped and then was given a used one in Texas.  It smells like gas but does the trick.  

Check out yesterday’s Gear upgrade post, for tips on what to splurge on for a long term hitchhiking adventure.

Any tips from your travels for deals on Gear?? Please share.

Create Our World.

Ben

“You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.” – Garrison Keillor