Steve - I gave good solid advice and followed up her second email with a few gentle suggestions. I wanted to send my own son with them, but our troop is doing 20 miles on the PCT south of them the same day.
My prediction is they will head out, get their butts handed to them and get frustrated.
It's sad for the boys. My hikes are challenging but we have a lot of fun. I almost never take my troop out anywhere I haven't pre hiked myself. When I don't pre hike I get pretty obsessive over gathering info. I asked Da Moose to pre run Meysan for us last year and she brought back detailed info that was key in making the trip successful.
I just don't understand some people's attitudes towards being prepared.
I wish there was more I could do, but luckily there isn't much danger on this hike. San J might be different, but I have a feeling than this hike might convince them to postpone a bigger hike for awhile...........................DUG
