[pct-l] confusion over climbing Whitney:clarification

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Conflicts galore.  Thinking about it, there was no extra $15  charge for a 
JMT permit exiting at the portal in '05, but  you still needed  a permit.   In 
'99 IIRC, the PCTA attached a Whitney stamp at no extra  charge.  
 
There's even conflicts on the updated Inyo forest page
 
_http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/wild/mtwhitney.shtml_ 
(http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/wild/mtwhitney.shtml) 
 
Then click on Mt Whitney Lottery
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/17/2007 1:38:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
kmurray at pol.net writes:

HOWEVER,  just to make ABSOLUTELY sure, I called and spoke to the
wilderness permit  office this morning, and confirmed that for PCT through
hikers that start  outside the Inyo National Forest, you DO NOT NEED any
additional permit if  you decide, on the spot, that you want to climb
Whitney.....as long as you  DO NOT cross Trail Crest. If a person wanted to
resupply at Whitney Portal,  you would need the exit permit, and
significant numbers of people do that,  and that may be why the PCTA
includes that.