[pct-l] Post to PCT-L : "Starting earlier than permit date"

[Theodore Locke]

Maybe it's good to start mid-May, given the potential for heavy snow in the
Sierra Nevada?

(That's what I'm hoping since I'm starting 5/10)

Ted

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Brittney Dane <bdane0918 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Subject: "Starting  earlier than permit date"
>
> "Before I start, I want reassure everyone that I don't plan on just
> disregarding my permit and starting whenever I want. I am trying to figure
> out an ethical workaround to this situation and I would absolutely love and
> appreciate some brainstorming. I wasn't able to plan my thruhike months in
> advance because I'm in one of those situations where within the last 2
> months so much has changed in my life that I could have never prepared for
> this opportunity beforehand. So by the time I realized I could actually
> hike the PCT this year, permits had already been open for weeks and all of
> April/earl May were gone.
>
> The start date I got is May 14th. I REALLY want to start at the beginning
> of May. I want to make it Canada, I want to have flexibility to take zeros
> when I need to, and I'm afraid that starting mid May will make me feel
> rushed. Does anyone, ANYONE, have some good ideas on how I can go about
> changing my start date without blowing off the permit system? So far I
> posted on the facebook group requesting a date switch with someone and I
> called the PCTA (they basically just said keep an eye on the permit
> calendar in case someone drops out).
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas/suggestions/enchantments that could get me
> on the trail earlier than Mid-May!?"
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