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

[Stephen Adams]

Oh, of course.  I should have known this.  But it appears we may have  
lost Switchback to his impulse to make a super supported thru hike  
complete with soft chair and weight gain program.  So if we can't  
entice him to join our highly experienced staff I can probably figure  
out how to boil water.

On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Reinhold Metzger wrote:

> Yes,...I agree.
> I think we should only accept good looking hiker babes....I don't  
> feel like babysitting homely looking dudes.
> I don't know about you, but I like them with long shapely  
> legs.....that is strictly from a hiking point of view of course.
> It has been my experience that hiker babes with long shapely legs  
> make better hiking companions....I mean better hikers.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your shapely legs loving trail companion
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Stephen Adams wrote:
>> 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
>>
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