[pct-l] for hikers with extensive backpacking experience

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Gary,

Apparently you – and certainly I – would not be willing to cough-up that
much money for a trip that we could do ourselves, but that option is out of
reach for many interested hikers.  It remains to be seen if 8 people are
willing to pay that price, but if 8 do enroll, the price is just right.  If
only a few enroll they will have to either lower the price or cancel the
trip.  If they are swamped with applicants, the first 8 get that price but
for the next trip(s) the price should increase until again only 8 are
willing to pay the new price.  Supply-and-demand says that selling price has
nothing whatever to do with the cost to perform.

For people willing to pay that much, 7.5 miles per day would probably be
just right.

Steel-Eye
Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965
http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:42 AM, <jeff.singewald at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> I think Skurka is offering an alternative to those that are afraid to go
> out in the dark without there Yuppie 911 device.
>
>
>
> I would agree, however, that this price is absurd.  For that price, I
> wonder if he is planning to hire sherpas to carry the gear for these as
> well.
>
>
>
> And 7.5 miles per day?  What does one do with the other 8 hours of light?
> On a serious note, this is something I have always wondered about since
> completing my thru in 2006.  Do other thru-hikers (or for that matter long
> distance section hikers as well), struggle with short-mileage hiking days
> after their thru-hike is over?  Just seems like the pull to be walking never
> goes away after you spend a summer hiking 20-30 miles day after day.
>
>
>
> Elevator
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Schenk" <gwschenk at socal.rr.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Monday, November 2, 2009 9:34:45 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] for hikers with extensive backpacking experience
>
> That's incredible.
>
> Who in their right mind would pay $6500 to backpack in the Sierra? Am I
> missing something here?
>
> Gary
>
> On Monday 02 November 2009 12:45:03 Marcia wrote:
> > >From my November Adventure Mag Issue, page 54:
> >
> > Thru-hike the Sierra with Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides and Andrew
> > Skurka, on the 195 mile Sierra High Route. Price: $6,495, Length 26 days
> > (or $250 per day for 7.5 miles per day). Limit 6 hikers.
> >
> > Steve Roper, the SHR "route founder" says in his guide intro that he
> really
> > considered pros and cons before he wrote his guide; he wanted the High
> > Route to remain pristine. I hope a party of eight hikers camping every
> 7.5
> > miles, on average, treads lightly.
> >
> > Marcia
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