Steve C
EXCELLENT info you are posting for me and others. Thanks for your links to the historic data of unused permits. At this point I am considering driving up on a Sunday (from San Diego) to try for a Monday overnight permit in June for 2-4 people. if I can put this plan together I will give up my May 20th permit.
I answered an ad for a permit from a group who has 10 permits. They committed me for one permit May 20 but I have never met the other 9 people so they would all be strangers to me. I would rather hike this on a Monday with my brother and we are already talking about this again!
Jean McC -- one failed Whitney attempt for me last October due to snow covering the trail above the cables.