[pct-l] Hiking with ''YOSHI''

[Melanie Clarke]

Yoshi seems great, then when I heard he was "a salty sea dog (pirate)" I
thought he was even "cooler"!  He is in good company with all the scalawags
on this site (I mean YOU, Reinhold).  Brick can barely keep us all under
control.  Anyway, I told my 20 year old about him and asked if she wanted to
hike with them and she just kind of gave me that "what ever" look that 20
year olds give, when their mothers want to plan "play dates" with them.  She
is not 8 years old any more and she sets her own agenda right now.  She
thinks I'm old!!!!!  My 20 year old thinks Japanese men are the most
beautiful creatures on earth, in her words, "they are so hot!".  There are
not a lot of them here in America.  My daughter would resent me if I tried
to be a match maker but if Yoshi knows any 19 to 25 year olds, let me know!
 She plans to major in Chemical Physics so he better be a science major.
 Keep in mind she would roll her big Manga eyes if I tried to "arrange"
anything so it would be a long shot.  I talked her into a 100 mile out and
back hike from King's Canyon, over Forester, to Whitney and back 1.5 years
ago.  I could barely keep up with her and we completed it in less than 4
days!

Melanie

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>wrote:

>  Melanie,
> If you have a chance to hike with  ''YOSHI''  jump on it.....he is one of
> the nicest guys you could possibly hope to meet on the trail.
>
> Ooohhh yes,.....be prepared to consume some of his world famous  ''JMT
> Bread''  and coffee.
>
> You can always hike the PCT, but the chance to hike with  ''YOSHI''  may
> come but once in a lifetime.
>
> Let me warn you....''YOSHI'' is also a good looker.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> ----------------------------------------
> Melanie wrote:
> 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 <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l> *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. *
>