I park my 5-speed with parking brake and in 1st gear. I noticed that when I'm ready to drive her I don't have to depress clutch to put her in neutral, while engine is off. Is that harmful?

 

its normal, cuz when the parking brake is up the car is not resting on the gears, the gears are just freely together, so it will go in and out the gears. But if your on a hill and have the car resting on the gears not the parking brake, it is very hard to get it out of gear w/o the clutch, because there is pressure and strain on the gears.