That said, they each knew what they were signing up for, I suppose.
Thing is, I've never bought into the unfairness of the differing approaches and always thought that both of them are adapting to their environment the best they can.
Look at this another way - you are a single bloke, not a lot of dough, living in a one bedroom flat, manual worker, you've donated all the money you have to the cause and you want to base your challenge around your home - where in the United States would you most like that flat to be situated? So you're transporting TG to the USA. Where would you ideally put him for everything to work out just right?
I'm still struggling to come up with an ideal location. And when you do, look at who else might able to support you nearby. So replicate everything. And you realize.....yeah we have a very different set of conditions here.
The more you ponder that question, the more you come to the conclusion that doing the HAMR out of the back of a van is not only a quick prep solution, but something that makes an awful lot of sense in the United States. The scale and the scope of the place is just a totally different ball game. Advantageous in one sense and the opposite in another.
Terrain and country are huge factors in all this. I really think.