Freegan bikefascist,
Thanks for pointing out this rather outdated website relic regarding drinks which is actually there from before the 09 event. I've now changed it. A few drinks are actually included… I have now changed this on the site.
…not that it makes a huge difference, I admit. We know that it's an expensive event / trip, such is the nature of staff- and logistics-intensive point-to-pointers. In effect we run it at the lowest price that we can afford to, with it still being somewhat worth our while financially. I guess that many (/most?) people participating see it as a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing.
The key thing we promise these people in return is more singletrack than any other 7-day MTB event, worldwide.