It has been my hope that the Mt. Whitney Hikers Association could organize a work project like this in the future, IF we had enough paying memberships to support it.
I am hoping we could pay the expenses of a trail crew project out of the WHA funds, so workers would just need to show up. That certainly seems like it would be more fun than the workers paying through the nose for the "opportunity" to work.
What is so difficult about participants being responsible for their own food? Two days car camping in the Portal??? Sounds like food out of the bear boxes to me. I admit that the rest of the logistics would have to be scrutinized, but I can tell you this: Doug Jr., has done a heck of a lot of work on the Mountaineer's Route, and I know that his costs were minimal, and tools consisted of shovels, loppers, and a lot of elbow grease.
Sorry, but I get skeptical whenever Associations(nothing against WHA) and Memberships get involved in tasks that used to be done from the heart.
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