[pct-l] JMT Permit......BAD ADVICE given

[Junaid Dawud]

Hey my bad.

I knew some folks who had a hell of a time getting a
JMT permit.  The thru permit is rather easy to get, so
I thought it might be an alternative.  After I posted,
I went and looked at my thru permit and it would seem
that the "500 + miles" of the PCT means you intend to
do AT LEAST 500 miles of the trail.  Since the JMT
falls far short of that distance I don't think it
would be a valid permit.  Now if you wanted to do a
longer trip (JMT + some PCT) it would be valid.  


Soooo, please disregard the idea I presented in my
previous post.  The idea was not to commit "fraud",
but to use an alternative permit.  It does not appear
to be a VALID alternative.

Sorry----------Speshul 41



--- kmurray at pol.net wrote:

> The fastest, easiest way?  Call the reservation
> office, and reserve your
> permit.
> 
>
http://www.nps.gov/archive/yose/wilderness/permits.htm#reserve
> 
> However, the advice given earlier, to reserve a PCT
> permit, and use it for
> the JMT, is JUST WRONG.
> 
> The PCTA is granted the authority to write permits,
> as far as I know, the
> only such entity able to write wilderness permits
> outside the Forest or
> Park service in California.  It is a great
> privilege, and a great
> convenience for PCT hikers.
> 
> If people are known to be "cheating" by fraudulently
> getting permits to do
> the JMT, by getting a PCT permit from the PCTA, this
> privilege could be
> lost.  I'm sure it happens, rarely.  But there is no
> reason to, as one can
> easily get a permit, above.
> 
> It is lunacy to advocate "cheating" and putting the
> entire PCTA process in
> jeopardy.  It is likewise bad to try to create a
> bias in the useage
> pattern by false permits.
> 
> You may think that nobody notices this activity, but
> you'd be surprised at
> how many people like wilderness managers and rangers
> read these forums.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> pct-l mailing list
> pct-l at backcountry.net
> unsubscribe or change options:
> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
> 



 
____________________________________________________________________________________
It's here! Your new message!  
Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/