[pct-l] Foreign Hiker - 2 questions

[lilacs007 at yahoo.com]

There are two posts below.

Same could be said of you?
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From: "ralvek088-hiking at yahoo.com" <ralvek088-hiking at yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 09:44:50 
To: Pacific crest trail PCT Listserve<pct-l at backcountry.net>
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Subject: Re: [pct-l] Foreign Hiker - 2 questions



This list is a great resource because the quality of information provided is spot on and folks usually speak from personal experience.

However I'm compelled to call out the post below as the perfect example of JUNK; please refrain from posting nonsense when you have NO
CLUE about what you're writing about. 






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 From: "lilacs007 at yahoo.com" <lilacs007 at yahoo.com>
To: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>; Stefanie Lischke <s.lischke at yahoo.de> 
Cc: Pacific crest trail PCT Listserve <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Foreign Hiker - 2 questions
 

AT&T merged with Sprint and is now CDMA.

Most plans in the USA require 2 year contracts. T-Mobile is the only major company to remove this requirement and is GSM.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>
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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 15:26:18 
To: Stefanie Lischke<s.lischke at yahoo.de>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net<pct-l at backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Foreign Hiker - 2 questions

Dear Stefanie

Q1: Visa may be needed  for staying 5 months in US, but passport is need to
enter Canada. ( I don't know VISA may work in place of passport. Ask Canada
Border Agency )

Canada Border Agency
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/contact/menu-eng.html

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp?country=Germany

and you also need

PCT permit and Canada entry permit
http://www.pcta.org/discover-the-trail/permits/

http://www.pcta.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/PCT-Canada-Entry-Form.pdf

Without these permits, you may be charged very expensive payment or
imprisonment.


Q2. Very difficult question. I failed frequently.

Cell phone

I heard that Verizon worked the best in remote place, but it may be
difficult to buy a cell phone of Verizon in other country. I live in Japan,
I bought a SIM card of AT & T. AT & T may be the better choice.

If you want to reduce the communication fee minimum, it may be better to
search IP phone application of Android or iPhone. I have just get free IP
phone application. Next year, I will call my wife by IP phone using Motel
WiFi. then the communication cost became minimum.

Iridium satellite system

I do not trust cell phone. Now, I am using a two-way communication system,
called inReach, http://www.inreachdelorme.com/

The subscription is not expensive. You can send / receive an e-mail from
anywhere, only open sky is needed. Your family or friend recognize your
location easily.  This system uses Iridium satellite network. I think it is
a very reliable system.

http://www.inreachdelorme.com/product-info/subscription-plans.php

I am using this system in Japan and USA. Therefore, the cell-phone became
secondarily.
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