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We arrived in Lone Pine the next day on Sunday 9/9 and headed straight for the visitor center to try to get a walk up permit for the next day. There were probably about 10 groups (each 2-3 people with a few singles thrown in) trying to do the same thing. I drew #7 at the lottery and was feeling a bit nervous, but it turned out no one drew 1, 2, or 4, so that placed us at #4 essentially! We successfully got a day hike permit for Monday the 10th and asked out of curiosity and were told there were “20-something” permits available at that time. We didn’t stick around to see if everyone who was waiting got one though.
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We were in the same lottery on Sunday. I was one of the singles and drew #8.
I think everyone there got a day permit.
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We made the summit shortly after 11am and ended up spending over an hour there. My (now) fiancé proposed to me here as we were admiring the view and of course I said yes! We also had great reception on the summit with Verizon so we each made several calls with the news.
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Congratulations!
What a place and moment to propose!
