Don't mind skiing in the dark but walking at night in summer would worry me about standing on long slithery things
Summer days are long, you should not need to walk at night. Pretty slim chance of stepping on a snake, says me who has stepped on a few over the years but I've lost track of how many. The thing to remember is not to stay there but take the next 6 steps quite quickly.
I have seen my wife levitate when in close proximity to a large tiger snake on a rock by the trail. A friend of ours was bitten multiple times; survived but eyesight was never the same. To be avoided.
It’s a scenic tour not a race in my world. And I reckon I’ve done enough wandering to past midnight in my time.
and hot, nothing wrong with... walk early - have elevenses or brunch, siesta by a pool , set up a tarp, read book- late lunch then continue walk into cool of evening.
Actually having a second look at this the climb up Mt Gingera using the Stockyards track is ~1100m. Coming in from the south of the AAWT, the biggest ascent is 1125m up Mt Erica So yeah, a good warmup climb.
