[pct-l] WAS: parlez-vous français ? NOW: BACK TO THE STORM

Mike Saenz msaenz at mve-architects.com
Thu Feb 22 18:15:52 CST 2007 

Awww.. I thought I was reading a message from the 18 year old French girls at Donna's place!
(doesn't seem very sexy now...)


The sky here in Irvine has begun to turn ugly. It was sunny & blue when I last looked outside... Sat images are showing a small (relatively) clump of heavy clouds coming through. Seems to be feeding off itself just off the image boundary to the west.



Michael  Saenz
Associate Partner

MVE & Partners, Inc. | Architecture + Planning + Interiors 
Irvine + Oakland + Honolulu

1900 Main Street, Suite 800 | Irvine, California 92614-7318 | T 949.809.3388 | www.mve-architects.com

-----Original Message-----
From: cmkudija at ca.rr.com [mailto:cmkudija at ca.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:03 PM
To: Mike Saenz; soulas cyrille; pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] parlez-vous français ?

Mike,

You got it more or less right.  Oh, btw, Cyrille's a guy....aka "French Bob"
;-) .   And a  "col" is a pass.

Cyrille had some difficulty in his initial PCT adventure, but has now risen
to seasoned section-hiker status, with (is it already three????)
springs/summers of PCT travel under his feet.

And it's finally started to POUR in Sclarita - just talked to another friend
in Agua Dulce who told me it poured all night up there.   But the weekend
might produce some fine, albeit cold/damp, hiking.

I hope these Frenchwomen take the hint & go to Yosemite.


Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

www.pcta.org
Join Now!

Ceanothus (see-ah-no-thus) or California lilac:  Shrubs or small trees,
often with divaricate, sometimes spiny, twigs...[flowers] small but showy,
white to blue or purplish, sometimes lavender or pinkish, borne in terminal
or lateral panicles or umbellike cymes.
                                                               Philip A.
Munz
                                                               A California
Flora, U.C. Press, 1973


-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]On
Behalf Of Mike Saenz
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:36 PM
To: soulas cyrille; pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] parlez-vous français ?

If I remember my high school French (I certainly remember my high school
French teacher! Oui! Oui!)

Let' see...
(totally paraphrasing here...)

I'm confirming to you with this communication of the PCT (I assume she means
"by this e-mail to the PCT-L), that trying to cross the Sierra Nevada from
KM so early in the year presents a great risk. I have made (hiked) the PCT
in it's entirety...and something about doing this with difficulty during
summer storms.. in April of 2005 close to San J which was (could be?)
dangerous without a GPS and something about not having experience of
mountains in the winter. She knows about someone who hiked the Sierra in May
named Skeaky...who did this with exceptional "energy and
determination"...arriving at VVR from KM after loosing 5 kilos of weight...
When snow covers the way, it's impossible without a GPS...she acknowledges
Donovan's death in the San J's due to too much snow and bad
decisions...finding his body in May 2006. She doesn't want t o alarm us, but
this is the same 11 ...something (couloir?)... passes to KM.. when the snow
covers the way it's impossible without a GPS

Wait- she's repeating herself! Again with Donovan...

Then....

At the high passes, like Forrester, in the high altitudes the smallest
snowstorm can turn into a catastrophe. Do not hesitate to contact me for
other questions.


I can't believe I remember the lessons! I had such a schoolboy crush on that
French teacher! Plus she was the high school Backpacking Club advisor! Miss
Teaverbaugh  *sigh*

Damn, French even sounds sexy when read!

Michael  Saenz
Associate Partner

MVE & Partners, Inc. | Architecture + Planning + Interiors
Irvine + Oakland + Honolulu

1900 Main Street, Suite 800 | Irvine, California 92614-7318 | T 949.809.3388
| www.mve-architects.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of soulas cyrille
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 2:51 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] RE : pct-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 31

message for the french girls at the Saufleys, in
FRENCH!

bonjour,

Je vous confirme au nom de la communautté du PCT que
tenter la traversée de la Sierra Nevada ( depuis
Kennedy Meadows) si tot dans l"année presente de gros
risques, jai moi-meme fait le PCT en entier et été en
difficulté dans quelques tempetes de neges au mois
d'avril 2005 pres du mont san jacinto et ça peut
devenir tres dangeureux sans GPS et sans experience
serieuse de la montagne en hiver, la seule personnne
que je connais ayant traversé la Sierra fin mai est un
anglais nommé Squeaky, il a reussi mais au prix d'une
energie et determination exceptionnelle, en arrivant a
VVR il avait perdu 5 kg depuis kennedy Meadows, et
lorsque la neige recouvre le chemin, c'est impossible
sans GPS, d'ailleurs un homme est mort en 2005 pres du
San Jacinto, trop de neige, de mauvais choix et on a
retrouvé son corps en mai 2006...
je ne veux pas vous effrayer mais il y a quand meme 11
cols a passer dont 1 a 4000m, le Forester et bq a + de
3000m, et a cette altitude, la moindre tempete de
neige peut se transformer en catastrophe.
N'hesitez pas a me contacter pour d'autres questions.

French bob


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> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:45:03 +0000
> From: "Ziggy Bean" <ziggybean at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Resupply in Warner Springs
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> My plan is to start the trail on April 20th, hike to
> Warner Springs, and
> hitch a ride back to the kickoff.  My question is do
> I pick up my resupply
> box at Warner Springs before or after the kickoff?
> If I decide to pick up
> my resupply box after the kickoff, will there be
> enough food and stuff at
> Morena Lake to tie me over for the weekend?  I guess
> the only reason to pick
> up the box before the kickoff is if I want to start
> hiking on the Sunday of
> kickoff when the post office is closed.  Hmm...maybe
> I just answered my own
> question...
>
> Thanks,
> Greta
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> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:13:02 -0800
> From: "JoAnn M. Michael" <jomike at cot.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] hike4health
> To: <jlkeener at yahoo.com>
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> what would you be looking for?
>
> ...other hiker's posting their starting weight;
> names; ages, etc. so that (in this case...) I'd then
> be able to have someone to encourage me and for my
> competitive spirit kick in.
>
> I think I'd love a site that didn't instruct but
> brought people together, on line (e-mail and your
> site) to have buddies to compare and challenge each
> other via their own exercise and/or lose weight
> activities.
>
> Words aren't coming to me too well today...does the
> above make sense to you?
>
> are we there yet
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:17:22 -0800
> From: "JoAnn M. Michael" <jomike at cot.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] foot swelling
> To: <hikerunion at gmail.com>,   <phix at optigan.com>
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> Does anyone have any insight as to foot swelling and
> your age? weight?
>
> are we there yet
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:36:09 -0800
> From: "JoAnn M. Michael" <jomike at cot.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] sleeping bag
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> I'm looking for a regular size, synthetic, sleeping
> bag for my 10 year old grandson for his 11 birthday
> in May. I've been checking misc. sites and bags and
> my head is swirling with too much information.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to a moderately
> priced bag with a temperature rating between 15 and
> 25 degrees?
>
> Weight is NOT am major consideration for this family
> does not hike. It will be for when he goes hunting
> with family members who operate out of a camp (yeah,
> me too...not big on hunting).
>
> Thanks ahead of time.
>
> are we there yet
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:40:28 EST
> From: LCGRCONRAD at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] pct-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 29
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> I have not seen any entries from Marg.  Does anyone
> know what happened to
> her.  Sparrow
>
>
>
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