182 days to go

I feeling the pain from yesterday's work out. YAY.

I'm also feeling the pain because I have recently learned that I have yet another obsticle to overcome... no, not the 16 miles of hiking... up hill both ways (haha)

Yosemite has now put permit requirements for anyone who summits Half Dome, 7 days a week. Last year, they were required for people who summitted on Fridays, Saturday, Sundays and holidays.

So what this means for me is, I need to wake up AGAIN early, on a specific day in May to try to secure enough permits for my group... Last year, these sold out in 7 minutes... Another crappy crapshoot is... if it rains, and I have to stall my climb. It's advised that NO ONE should summit Half Dome if its raining, or if a thunderstorm is coming through.

I'm not sure how that will work. Besides... praying. I hope to get my hands on permits. I guess I'll just to have act as if I got them, and start my hiking!

Here is the press release if anyone wants to read it!

http://www.nps.gov/yose/parknews/hdpermits3.htm