Yeah that's why there are two nights there. Up and back down from the summit.
That's one thing I love about doing these sorts of long hikes is I have a total blank check for the whole Sierra. I got hassled in Yosemite by a Ranger telling me I needed a new permit and that she was going to check in on me with the wilderness office to make sure I got one. Well of course when I went to the permit desk they told me I do not need another one.
There are a few technicalities such as in Yosemite I have been told if you exit the wilderness at all you need a new permit but Rangers have told me that sort of thing does not apply to long distance hikers.
I'm sure even the 24 hour out and back in that SEKI does wouldn't be enforced either.
What will be horrible is when I have to go into the permit office at Mineral King and have them enter one at a time 130 days of hiking!
Last edited by RoguePhotonic; 02/10/12 04:51 PM.
