[pct-l] CC, Sam Hughes, & Trail Angels

[Mike Chapman]

I agree with all said,but the fact that you cant afford to hike
without these costs. Most of these are optional anyway,if your totally
dependant on T.A.s for your successful thru,then your costs will
rise,and you should tip these T.A.s to the tune of your useage. To me
it sounds like alot of thrus are on a high dollar vacation,where as my
trip is to be in the woods,the dirt,back to the basics. My idea of a
great meal in a supermarket town would be the cheapest meat and
bread,no time for condiments,mmm,then pack up and move on,maybe a
dundo method in a local bathroom. I wonder how much Eric Ryback
tipped? Oh he didnt have angels,maybe america is getting lazy. How do
you like those opinions. Hike On.

On 3/9/11, Trekker4 at aol.com <Trekker4 at aol.com> wrote:
> I personally drove 2 hikers, San Gabriel &  Tika, from ADZ to CC in 2009. I
> paid Sam to shuttle me to CC in 2010; his $90 is  quite reasonable - six
> hours of his time and a lot of wear & tear  on any vehicle, not to mention
> the
> cost of gasoline right now. I drive  roads like that here in Big Bend TX,
> and know what they do to a vehicle. Plus  he'll help you with his water
> caches, and yours.
>     When trying to hitch from I-10 south 20 mi to  Hachita in 2010, it was
> a holiday, and no cars passed in an hour; I  called Sam, who drove another
> 40 miles round trip to bring me to Hachita, &  on to CC, asking no extra $.
> I
> gave him $110.
>     In one of my highly opinionated opinions, if  you can't afford Sam, you
> can't afford to be hiking. You'll be the one leaving  few or no $ in Trail
> Angels' tip jars. If you can't afford the Yogi-recommended  $20 per night at
> the Saufleys, the Schwarzers, Nita Larrondes, the Persons,  the Heitmans,
> the Dinsmores [to mention the "full service" places I can recall  at the
> moment], etc, etc, you can't afford to be hiking. I've seen many, many
> hikers
> sponging off other hikers and angels; I've seen my $20 in the Dinsmores  tip
> box, but nothing else from 3 other hikers staying in their dorm, using their
>  shower & laundry, picking up resupply boxes there, and getting rides from
> them. Come on folks! These people give and have given thousands of hours of
> time  and thousands of dollars to we hikers!
>
> Bob "Trekker"  Brewer
> Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...
> Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas
>
> "Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See,  if it
> wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry Browne
>
> "If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
> costs when its free."  -- P J O'Rourke
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