[pct-l] Late permit application.

[Scott Williams]

Hey Brenna,

If you can get here as soon as the weekend of Kick Off, April 26 - 28, you
can get a permit issued right on the spot.  The PCTA issues them to all who
need them in person at the event.  If not, I would contact the PCTA and
explain your circumstances and have it sent somewhere on trail in the first
section.  Have them mail it to you, General Delivery, at whichever post
office you choose.  The best option for heading out with most of the other
hikers, however, is to make it to KO and do it in person.

Shroomer


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Brenna Ford <brenna.e.ford at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am considering doing a solo long-distance pct northbound hike from Campo
> to the half-way point
>  near Chester this year, but due to recent circumstances have only just
> been able to solidify plans to
>  actually take 3 months out of life to go and do it, but have yet to apply
> for the 500 mile-plus pct permit from the PCTA.
> Ideally I would like to start around the same time as most other northbound
> thru-hikers, which would
>  be within the next month or so.
> I've searched around on the internet for a lot of information, but I seem
> to be stuck still.
>
> So..
> 1) My question is: would there be a way that I could obtain a permit in
> person when I arrive in
> S.California for a large chunk of the PCT, so that I could perhaps apply to
> get a long-distance
> permit sent somewhere along the route? (I have found that it's possible to
> get a 'wilderness permit',
>  but there seems to be very little information on how to go about getting
> one in person, and the
>  areas it covers etc.)
> 2) OR would I be better off applying for the permit from the PCTA and
> waiting until it arrives before
>  booking flights to the US? (If so, does anybody know how long it would
> take for someone living in
> the UK to receive the permit?)
>
> Obviously, if I did the second option, I would set off a lot later than
> most other hikers.
> My main other question would then be, would it be unreasonable to start a
> northbound hike
>  around mid June (no other hikers on the trail, no water caches, little
> water in S. California etc?), or
>  would that simply be too late in the year?
>
> Thank you very much for reading my big list of worries, and if anyone has
> any information I would be
> really grateful!
>
> Thanks,
> Brenna
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