[pct-l] Sierra Snow Report...getting better

[Vermilion Valley Resort]

We're bracing for it already!  :)

-- 
Bill Richardson
Webmaster, VVR

Scott Williams wrote:
> I want to be there when all youse guys get dem free beers all at once.  VVR
> will never be the same.   From your pictures, I see the quality of food you
> bring Yoshihiro, so you probably bring good drink as well.  This could be
> real trouble, and great fun.
>
> Shroomer
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami<
> completewalker at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Dear Reinhold
>>
>>
>> Due to my poor English ability and to my habit (I can drink but I
>> usually do not drink), I forgot to drink beer or soda at VVR in 2009
>> and 2010. So, in my case, I expect THREE beers in this summer.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/1/26 Reinhold Metzger<reinholdmetzger at cox.net>:
>>> Hi gang,
>>> Trouble is back in town which,  like always,  is good news for the girls
>>> but bad news for the guys.
>>> Nothing new....the Sierra is still buried in snow.
>>> Mammoth Mountain has already received 324'' of snow this season which is
>>> about the average total for the whole season or about twice the average
>>> snow for this time of the year and the season is far from over.
>>> To give you an idea of how much snow we are talking about,.....Jim, from
>>> Vermilion, wrote  "Reinhold, I'm heading back this weekend to shovel
>>> roofs, not sure were we'll put it as the buildings appear to be buried.''
>>>
>>> Serves that ''LOUSE'' right!!!.....when I picked up my resupplies last
>>> year he called me a trouble maker and did not give me the free beer or
>>> soda which is customarily given to JMT&  PCT thru-hikers.
>>> However, Vermilion is still my favorite resupply in the Sierra...they
>>> treat thru-hikers right...free beer, free camp site, meals loaded with
>>> ''horsepower'' and a store with most everything a hiker needs to
>>> ''hike-on''.
>>>
>>> I expect  ''TWO''  beers when I resupply at Vermilion this year!!!!!
>>>
>>> Say Switchback,
>>> This has been three solid weeks of high powered skiing for me and I have
>>> not gone down once.
>>> I can think of only one logical explanation.........I  AM  GETTING
>>   BETTER.
>>> Some things do get better with age....take wine and whisky for instance.
>>>
>>> I  ''MUST  BE''  one of those  ''RARE  GEMS''  that get better with age.
>>> I am so exited about this I can't sleep,......knowing I will be better
>>> tomorrow than I am today!!!!!
>>>
>>> JMT Reinhold
>>> Your excited trail companion
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Sincerely
>> --------------- --------------------------------------
>> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
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>> Backpacking since about 1980 in Japan
>> 2009 JMT, the first America.
>> 2010 JMT, the second America.
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