[pct-l] Great News for hikers with extensive backpacking experience

[Stephen Adams]

I'm in.  And since we have reasonable time to correspond regarding  
pricing, perhaps the first thing we should consider is client  
criteria...

On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Reinhold Metzger wrote:

> This is Great News!!!....since Andy will not be guiding the "High  
> Sierra Route Trek"  perhaps Stephen and I can be the guides.
> Stephen and I have been criss-crossing the Sierra for many years and  
> off hand I can not think of anybody that knows the Sierra better  
> than Stephen and I.
> And, since Stephen and I are "far" better looking than Andy, we  
> could demand a premium rate...perhaps as high as $500/day.
> Hiker babes will not blink an eye to be guided through the Sierra by  
> handsome guides like Stephen and I.
> Perhaps we hire Switchback to be the cook.
>
> Yes, I can see the headlines already....for a once in a lifetime  
> experience,  "Experience the High Sierra"  with Switchback,
> JMT Reinhold and Stephen.
>
> I bet the phone will ring of the hook and we will be backlogged for  
> a year or two.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> The most handsome guide of the Sierra
> -----------------------------------------
> If Skurka is guiding the Sierra High Route it¹s not going to be next  
> year as he is doing this: http://andrewskurka.com/AK10/index.php >/ 
> 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