[pct-l] Yosemite and cheese

Sat Mar 10 12:00:45 CST 2012

Good morning, MendoRider,

In August, 1968 I was hiking in the Central Oregon sagebrush desert about
115 miles east of Crater Lake.  I camped on a slight ridge several hundred
yards from a small water hole optimistically known as Crow Lake.  As usual
I was sleeping under the stars, but I didn’t see many because the night was
bright with a nearly-full moon.

Sometime around midnight I awoke to a soft, muffled thump-a-thump,
thump-a-thump, thump-a-thump which I couldn’t recognize.  As I turned in my
bag to look south I saw a band of about 20 wild horses crossing the ridge
50 yards south of me on their way to water.

I can conjure that image today as pure western Americana:  The horses
walking slowly in the night, single-file; backlit by the moon making them
perfect black profiles. I was down-wind so their smell was mixed with the
scent of the sagebrush.

Over the years I’ve seen hundreds – probably thousands – of wild horses in
the Great Basin Desert, but that image has been the most enduring.

I hope your Primo had good experiences in that desert.

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi Yoshi,
>
> My plans to srart NOBO from Horseshoe Meadows and end at Tuolumne Meadows
> late July or early August, depending on the snow on Forester Pass.
> Perhaps our trails will pass. I will probably ride Primo, but will not if
> I am not able to desensitize him to llamas. He was terrified of them when
> we encountered them in Washington in 2008. He broke away and ran off, cross
> country, in a panic gallop. Before I bought Primo, he had been rejected
> from the sport of endurance racing (at five years old) and was released on
> the desert north of Bend, Oregon. He ran wild with a herd for two and
> one-half years. I'm sure he experienced angry stallions ready to fight.
> They hold their head high - their necks nearly vertical. That's what llamas
> look like from the side view. Primo and I were to win several 50 mile
> endurance races. Primo is now 18 - and I am 76. If I decide that it would
> be risky (because of the likelihood of meeting llamas in the Sierra) I
> might hike it instead of riding.
>
> Off list, I will send you a 32 minute slide show that I have put together
> on my 2008 & 2009 ride. The link requires that you have Microsoft Windows.
> I am assuming that you have same. I look forward to possibly of meeting you
> and your wife on the trail. I might also meet QuincyRider (Charles
> Williams).
>
> MendoRider-Hiker
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>
> To: James A. Streeter <james8313 at sti.net>; Edward Anderson <
> mendoridered at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Yosemite and cheese
>
> Dear YosemiteJames an Mendoridered
>
> I will fly from Los Angeles to Fresno,  go to Amtrak station by taxi,
> and go to Yosemite by Amtrack. It takes more cost than using Amtrack
> only, because I do not know the Amtrak bus station in Union station.
>
> My plan is:
> Tuolumne                  8/1
> VVR                          8/7     resupply
> Bishop 8/12       join with my wife
> 8/13 or 14         hike with my wife ( with very heavy load )
> 8/21-23             Lone Pine
> 8/24                  go to Los Angeles by CREST bus
> 8/25                  fly to Japan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2012/3/9 James A. Streeter <james8313 at sti.net>:
> > Hi
> > We moved to the Yosemite foothills about 15 months ago from the
> > Los Angeles Area were we had helped a number of hikers.
> >
> > What are your plans getting from Los Angeles to Yosemite.  What
> > section
> > do you plan to hike. Let me know if you may need any help. We have
> > access to REI and a number of supermarkets
> >
> > Hard cheese will last longer than soft.
> >
> > YosemiteJames
> >
> >
> > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 08:57:49 +0900
> > From: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] CHEESE
> > To: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> >
> > Dear Edward
> >
> > Ok. I wrote "Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese" in my facebook memo. I
> > will try to find it at Los Angeles.
> >
> > My entry date is 7/31 at Yosemite.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Sincerely
> --------------- --------------------------------------
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