[pct-l] Breaking News!!!

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

I have learned American hiking English, not good, not bad, not fluent,
but practical.

2011/1/6 Vermilion Valley Resort <pct-l at edisonlake.com>:
> 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
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> 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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>
>
>



-- 
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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