[pct-l] [Fwd: Re: for hikers with extensive backpacking experience]

[Rod Miller]

I know nothing first hand about the SHR. From what I've
read there is no trail, so progress could be quite slow.
Consider route finding up/down steep slopes and boulder
fields. 7.5 miles/day might on some days be good speed.

Rod

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