[pct-l] Breaking News!!!

[Vermilion Valley Resort]

Hiro,

I cringe to think of the "English" you're learning at VVR ;)

Bill

Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:
> Dear Melanie
>
> My present plan (might be changed) is:
>
> 7/23 San Francisco
> 7/24 buy some foods, SIM card , gas canister
> 7/25 go to Yosemite
> 8/7-9  or 8/10 stay at   VVR
>
> The best place of language learning (Japanese / English) is VVR( or
> San Francisco ). I learned at this place listening and speaking from
> the hikers free of charge. We do not want your or your daughter's help
> to carry our loads. If I was helped by you, my enjoyment will
> decrease.
>
> I am a descendant of pirate of Japan sea, so I belong to the bad boys
> as like  the American gangs. I might have bad educational powere.
>
>
>
>
> 2011/1/5 Melanie Clarke<melaniekclarke at gmail.com>:
>> Dear Yoshihiro,
>>
>> I'll consider that and even ask if my daughter wants to come along.  My 3rd
>> daughter (20 years old) is taking Japanese and is pretty good at the
>> language and alphabet characters.  She loves the Conan the Detective series,
>> Death Note and other Japanese anime'  She watches all these in Japanese.
>> Hiking with you and your wife might be a good "immersian program" for her to
>> master the language.  She is a strong distance runner so maybe we could all
>> help you carry your wife's things.  I am thinking about doing the first part
>> of the PCT this year but we'll see how things work out.  I live near San
>> Francisco Bay area.
>>
>> Melanie
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami
>> <completewalker at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Dear Melanie
>>>
>>> If you hike JMT in August, there may be a chance to drink a coffee
>>> with  us ( me and my wife ) . If I was JMT , I must start VVR with 80
>>> pounds total pack weight, because my wife cannot carry any stuff
>>> except her sleeping bag and mattress.
>>>
>>> I have also 4 years until retirement.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2011/1/5 Melanie Clarke<melaniekclarke at gmail.com>:
>>>> Dear Reinhold,
>>>>
>>>> I have to tell you that this has made me think twice about my hiking
>>>> plans
>>>> this season.  I can't do the entire PCT until I retire 4 years from now
>>>> so I
>>>> WAS thinking about doing the JMT again alone.  Then I figured that I may
>>>> as
>>>> well do "sections" until I retire and then I will really know what I am
>>>> doing when I finally make the entire quest.  If I start with the KO this
>>>> year I can maybe do the first 400 miles or so and at least have some
>>>> people
>>>> along the way.  That might take me to hwy 58 or so.  The conditions will
>>>> be
>>>> about the same given the same time of the year etc.  So, I have to start
>>>> my
>>>> logistics efforts now.
>>>>
>>>> I just can't pass on the opportunity to put that dawg, Switchback in his
>>>> place and teach him the meaning of respect!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Melanie
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:37 AM, Reinhold Metzger
>>>> <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi gang,
>>>>> I understand that  "Brute  Switchback"  is in heavy training for his
>>>>> push
>>>>> up contest against Melanie, at the  "KO",  to defend and prove man's
>>>>> superiority  once and for all.
>>>>>
>>>>> JMT Reinhold
>>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely
>>> --------------- --------------------------------------
>>> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
>>> Blogs http://completewalker.blogspot.com/
>>> Photo http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
>>> Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
>>> 2009 JMT, the first America.
>>> 2010 JMT, the second America.
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
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