I am so relieved that I had to share with you guys.
After god-knows-how-many "no, it is still fully booked" responses from John and Cindy at the Permit office, just 10 minutes ago 4 cancellations came through and I hastily picked up 2! Yeah! This DOES mean I have one extra. I will check with my buddies here and see if anyone is coming. If not, I will release it tomorrow morning to the general pool.

Thanks to Steve for keeping me optimistic!

Mt. Whitney, here I come...cell phone or not...Yooohoo
T2n

Way to go, T2! Glad you are good to go.

Awesome T2.Amazing how if you keep trying you will find a way to get your permit.

See you up there! Going up with the "Jeans and Canteens" retro hike group. I'll be wearing my yellow Chuck Taylor All Stars, Dickies dungrees, a flannel and carrying a 2 quart army canteen. No packs or high tech gear allowed. Rumor has it we're going up the MR and down the MT. Hope to see some board regulars on the trail and at the portal.................DUG

Excellent, T2!!