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

[Pete]

Just start when you want. I am way early but have not seen anyone checking. 
Pete 

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> On Mar 21, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Start someplace other than the border and then flip back and do the skipped stretch later.
> 
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>> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:22:39 -0400
>> From: bdane0918 at gmail.com
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Subject: [pct-l] Post to PCT-L : "Starting earlier than permit date"
>> 
>> 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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