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**LAST CHANCE TO CONFIRM YOUR HALF DOME PERMITS**

**Half Dome webinar  HD info**

http://hikehalfdome.com/the-half-dome-hike-all-of-it-1-hour-webinar-sunday-may-19/

Friends of the big granite monolith. Sunday at 11 am is the ultimate LAST chance to confirm your Half Dome permits. I think it’s 11 am because the vendor who manages this is in New York State and want to go home on Sunday at 2:00. If you don’t confirm, your efforts will have been for naught. Really. All that time and agony of the NPS Mega Lotto  down the drain. Your permit will be zipped and put into the 2-day mini lottery. I did mine and it was painless. DO NOT print out your permit until you are SURE that you can go. Printed permits cannot be refunded.

Kind of a real dumb idea. If you won the lottery – you won and should not have to “confirm” – that process is new for 2013. Either they are trying to catch people napping or they want to make sure that every permit is loved and cared for. Come here for details on what the heck to do. Gangnam Style. Whop Whop.

If they sense you are not serious then,  more  who REALLY want to go can get those slots.  Oh well.

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Don’t have a Yosemite Half Dome hiking permit? Mr Half Dome is here to help.

If you did not snag a permit in the March Half Dome lotto, and you don’t want to risk the 2-day lottery, I’d like to tell you about a way you can still hike to the summit. I have a relationship with a non-profit guide service that has been around 15+ years – Lasting Adventures.com. I am a qualified guide and will be leading many of the one-day hikes up Half Dome.

As a commercial outfitter, Lasting Adventures has secured permits for groups of 5 for: 5/24, 5/31, 6/11, 7/6, 7/8, 7/15, 7/19, 7/29, 8/16, 8/18, and 8/23. Imagine hiking Half Dome with Mr Half Dome. The rates are lower than any other service and when you register, you will be given a copy of the only hiking guide to HD, “One Best Hike: Yosemite’s Half Dome.  

Your Lasting Adventures guide, or me (depending on availability) will narrate the history and geology of the hike as well as getting you safely to the top. All hikers will also receive my recommended nitrile (rubber) gloves that stick to the cables. This is not an easy hike, but many prefer the confidence …

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Confirm Your Half Dome Cables Permit by May 20 – or You will lose it.

Gang,

This one is real important. You may want to print it out.  You must confirm your Half Dome permits that you got NLT May 20 – just a few weeks away or they will be cancelled and put into the 2-day mini lottery.  If you are not aware, you may be surprised. I hope all 40,000 people read this reminder (fat chance).  OK . .  here is the process.

1. Sign into your account at www.Recreation.gov 
2. Click on the ‘Log-In’ link.
3. Click on the Lottery Applications menu item from the left navigation bar.
4. Review your lottery application by clicking ‘See Details’.
5. If successful, review the Awarded entry date. If you want to keep your reservation, press the ‘Accept’ button.
6. Confirm the Acceptance message.
7. You will be directed to the Permit Order Details page to complete/verify the required information. Completing the required information and confirming the changes will generate a confirmed reservation under your name in the system.
8. Complete the processes and prompts to secure your Permit
   NOTE: The charge of $8.00/per person permit fee must be paid in advance (during this process).
9. Once you have successfully accepted your awarded permit, a confirmation letter from www.Recreation.gov will be emailed to you.
10. Once you have accepted your awarded

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