[pct-l] Foreign Hiker - 2 questions

[Dan Jacobs]

Please take the personal poop-flinging OFF LIST. PLEASE.

Dan Jacobs
Vancouver, WA
On Sep 8, 2013 2:38 PM, <lilacs007 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There are two posts below.
>
> Same could be said of you?
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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>
> Reply-To: "ralvek088-hiking at yahoo.com" <ralvek088-hiking at yahoo.com>
> Cc: lilacs007 at yahoo.com<lilacs007 at yahoo.com>
> 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.
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>
> Sender: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
> 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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