[pct-l] , planning, rangers,

[Len Glassner]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Joel Fisler <pct at fisler.ch> wrote:
> I have the same question: I didnt put a date, I just wrote late June or early July or something like that and now on my permit it says: July 1st. Does that mean I have to be there on that date or can it be a few weeks before or after? Thanks for clarifications.

I doubt any thru-hiker hits the top of Whitney on the exact day
specified.  And I doubt a 'few week' variance wouldn't raise the ire
of a ranger.  It would be different if you came up from the east side,
which is much more heavily regulated.

If you decided to switch from a NOBO to SOBO hike, creating a
multimonth difference, maybe I'd ask the PCTA if I needed a new piece
of paper.

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> On 08.02.2010, at 12:11, ambery-80243 at mypacks.net wrote:
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>> This leads me to a question about the Whitney permits that I haven't seen addressed here.  On the permit you put in an "approximate" Whitney date.  If you decided to flip-flop for whatever reason, and you end up going through Whitney Portal a month or more later than this date, is this still acceptable, and are we still within our rights to use the same permit?
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Just to be clear, the 'portal' is 6K feet below the summit, on the
east side.  That's where the store and the burgers are.  No portal
burger for the typical thru.