I hope (and assume) you guys are right. There were 18 permits when I looked last week and figured there was no way all of the reserveable permits would be used up. I was a litle shocked when I checked yesterday!

If I get my vehicle back in time and everyone doesn't bail on this trip, I'm going grin

As a side note, have any of you hiked Mt Gould? How dangerous is the exposure on the summit block?

What about Cloudripper? Is there a use trail or a somewhat obvious route to the summit? I have been looking at the North Slope 'route.'