[pct-l] Yosemite and cheese

[Edward Anderson]

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
  

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 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.
>
>
>



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