#^$&% &#*@ Half Dome Permit System
 

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Every friggin' year I do Half Dome. I usually go in late Sept. or early Oct. I start in the dark and am usually one of the first up the cables. I spend three minutes on top and head back down. Crowds have NEVER been an issue. Sometimes I am the only one on top and at most there might be ten others.

Now, you have to have a permit. ALL %$^@&#$#&^ permits for the year are reserved. Permits for October (400 per day for 11 days=4400) were up for sale this a.m at 7:00 and are all gone. There is no friggin' way all these permits were reserved by people with firm plans to make the hike. The permits cost $1.50 and it is illegal to sell them.

I hate everybody. I'm gonna go ding someone's door.

use a lawnmower - leaves a bigger mark

I suppose this means our hike for the year is off...

No permits needed to go up the front side.

I love Yosemite... but it has got so crowded I haven't been in years.

I feel you pain.

I will brake check a random person on the way home in your honor.

Did you see this?

"Permits are not available in the park or on a first-come, first-served basis. However, any canceled permits may be available until midnight the evening before the hiking day through Recreation.gov. If you have a permit that you won't use, please cancel it so others may use it. (You may cancel your permit as late as midnight the evening before the hiking day.)"

Yeah, I saw that, Scott. But you know what? People are too ^$%#& ^$* ^$ stupid and %#$@^&^%# lazy and %#^#*^&# selfish to actually cancel them. I just saw an ad on Craig's list and sent an e-mail. If that $^$%& ^$^$ tries to make a buck I will absolutely ^$%# him up.

(Is this how Speeder feels all the time?)

My elegant solution is to go up after the cables are taken down. BFD, stupid #%$@$ park service.

This person... I would not want to be...

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From the craigs list ad

Thank you for your interest in our post. Yes, all 4 half dome permits are currently available for October 5th. I don't know if you know this already or not but selling permits is illegal. However, we are selling 4 collectible stickers for the price of 50$ per sticker and will be including a permit free with each sticker purchased. Please let us know if you would like to proceed.

Thanks!

Well then... there collectible stickers! :rolleyes:

Such a deal!

nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded
Jim

The dude probably drives a black Audi Wagon too.

Go in January. I did this year. Almost NO ONE in there. Was amazing, although driving 35 miles on chains kinda sucked.

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Half Dome taken from a disposable camera. Thats not me BTW.

Only in the early morning, homie. The rest of the day, I'm a spiritual giant. :cool:

yea......any federal prosecutor will see right through that one......

I wanted to go on that hike with you, too.


KT

I stopped at Yosemite (and all the other national parks) last September as part of my California road trip (started in Houston). The trails wern't too crowded for me - there were people on them but it wasn't packed. Though I didn't do half-dome, but I did do the trail that was used for it to the waterfalls.

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They should serialize the permits and track them to purchaser. Permits will not be honored unless purchaser is present at the top of nevada falls.