{"id":1095,"date":"2021-01-01T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T19:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:39:01","slug":"the-costs-of-kayaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/the-costs-of-kayaking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Costs of Kayaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I replaced yet another kayak and gear, I wondered how much each kayaking trip costs.\u00a0So let&#8217;s look at the rough costs of basic gear:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>kayak: $1100 (used at 30% to 50% of that)<\/li>\n<li>paddle:$200<\/li>\n<li>spray skirt:$200<\/li>\n<li>helmet:$100<\/li>\n<li>PFD: $200<\/li>\n<li>float bags: $50<\/li>\n<li>throw rope: $50<\/li>\n<li>rash guard top: $75<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n~$2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But what really matters is how often gear needs to be replaced. After some empirical testing, you can run a brand new Jackson Fun down the Ocoee 163 times, or $6.75 per kayaking trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I replaced yet another kayak and gear, I wondered how much each kayaking trip costs.\u00a0So let&#8217;s look at the rough costs of basic gear: kayak: $1100 (used at 30% to 50% of that) paddle:$200 spray skirt:$200 helmet:$100 PFD: $200 float bags: $50 throw rope: $50 rash guard top: $75 &#8212;&#8212; ~$2000 But what really &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/the-costs-of-kayaking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Costs of Kayaking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinister.net\/netpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}