Sherpa needed for N. Fork Lone Pine trail

Looking for someone to carry about 20lbs to the base of Mt. Russell. Have 2 extra permits spots for this Sun.- Thurs. Will pay $100. If you're interested let me know. Thanks, Diane

Anyone?

Lol!
A Sherpa is an ethnic population of people indigenous to Eastern Nepal.
A "porter" is what you really need.

yes, will you cover my flight?

Tom-o Erectus wrote:Lol! A Sherpa is an ethnic population of people indigenous to Eastern Nepal. A "porter" is what you really need.

Just carry the extra weight, it's not THAT hard of a hike to get up there. Especially if you're going with a partner.

I would rather carry an extra 30 lbs. than be the person who pays a porter to lug my shit up the north fork. That's just embarrassing.

Dear Wankers,

I’ve been climbing with DME for many years now and even given her 57 years, her blown knees and bad back she’s one of the better partners I’ve had in a long time. We have both worked hard all our lives and been smart with our money and if we want to help out some young dirt bags with some extra cash and let them in on our permits that’s up to us. Jesus just get over yourselves!

Oh yeah, and Jason. I onsight soloed your whole ‘to do’ list so just blow me.

hello diane, I would be possible interested. I trail run about 25 miles a week here in mammoth and could use the extra cash 760 914 3012. rex

ive also done n fork of line pine trail before to mountaineers route of whitney. actually did the route finding in the dark in oct. so im really familiar with it.

"Sherpa"! No wonder white boys get their ass beat in the Himalaya. "Porter"!

Dear Diane, way to keep at it at age 57.

Dear Butthurt, please relax. It's a pretty lame request, without any background info.

Steve Seats wrote:Dear Wankers, I’ve been climbing with DME for many years now and even given her 57 years, her blown knees and bad back she’s one of the better partners I’ve had in a long time. We have both worked hard all our lives and been smart with our money and if we want to help out some young dirt bags with some extra cash and let them in on our permits that’s up to us. Jesus just get over yourselves! Oh yeah, and Jason. I onsight soloed your whole ‘to do’ list so just blow me.

Jason Kim wrote:Dear Diane, way to keep at it at age 57. Dear Butthurt, please relax. It's a pretty lame request, without any background info.

Steve Seats wrote:Dear Wankers, I’ve been climbing with DME for many years now and even given her 57 years, her blown knees and bad back she’s one of the better partners I’ve had in a long time. We have both worked hard all our lives and been smart with our money and if we want to help out some young dirt bags with some extra cash and let them in on our permits that’s up to us. Jesus just get over yourselves! Oh yeah, and Jason. I onsight soloed your whole ‘to do’ list so just blow me.

Steve Seats wrote:Dear Wankers, I’ve been climbing with DME for many years now and even given her 57 years, her blown knees and bad back she’s one of the better partners I’ve had in a long time. We have both worked hard all our lives and been smart with our money and if we want to help out some young dirt bags with some extra cash and let them in on our permits that’s up to us. Jesus just get over yourselves! Oh yeah, and Jason. I onsight soloed your whole ‘to do’ list so just blow me.

Jason Kim wrote:It's a pretty lame request, without any background info.

Jason Kim wrote:Dear Diane, way to keep at it at age 57. Dear Butthurt, please relax. It's a pretty lame request, without any background info.

Meh, I call 'em as I see 'em. It's a lame request, 9 times out of 10, and I responded as such.

No, no one is obligated to provide background info, but it definitely helps reduce the number of smart-ass responses.

I would have apologized to Diane had her partner not solicited me for a blow job. That tends to leave a bad taste in my mouth. But I'm a lowly 5.8 trad climber, what the hell do I know?

A lame request 9 out of 10 times? When I was living in Tuolumne Steve Scheider tried to recruit my roommate and I to porter gear for his crew's foray in the High Sierra. And, in the Valley, it's common for people to pay other climbers (or exchange goods ;) to hump loads up and down the east ledges or place caches for them. There are many situations in which its a part of good strategy and convenience to do so. Just because you may not need such services or perhaps can't afford them, doesn't necessitate hating on others for doing so. She was just reaching out to the MP community for a little help (paid at that!).

Jason Kim wrote:Meh, I call 'em as I see 'em. It's a lame request, 9 times out of 10, and I responded as such. No, no one is obligated to provide background info, but it definitely helps reduce the number of smart-ass responses. I would have apologized to Diane had her partner not solicited me for a blow job. That tends to leave a bad taste in my mouth. But I'm a lowly 5.8 trad climber, what the hell do I know?

It's good that people are hiking into wilderness to climb with bum knees. It's good that dme feels OK about asking for help lugging gear, and that at least one other person on this forum is happy to step up (though I hope there's some vetting process so that a random woman doesn't end up hiking alone into the wilderness with a random man she dug up in a discussion thread, however cool and outdoorsy that thread may be).
It's good to see that there are politically aware people on this forum who take it upon themselves to educate others when they make an apparently innocent faux pas (thanks for providing the reasonably accurate explanation of the terms "Sherpa" and "porter", Tom-o... That is indeed a commonly made blunder which is not appreciated by either Sherpas or porters in Nepal). Beyond all that, it's nice to see that this forum helped two members plan a nice trip in the mountains and at the same time spend/earn some cash in a worthwhile endeavor. Now all we need is a troll to suggest we all sing kumbaya while dme and rex pm each other to work out details of their trip, and this post will be complete.