Gidday all, hope you're all well and getting at least mostly good weather wherever you are.
Wanted to gauge the wisdom of my attempting the Mt Rufus track. Looking at doing it in a couple weeks - weather pending, of course. As it stands, I'm weighing up two alternative options:
1. Standard clockwise circuit from Cynthia Bay, full pack the whole way, up Rufus and down to camp at Shadow Lake for the night before (relatively) easy walk out the next morning, or
2. Head to Shadow Lake first with full pack, set up campsite and then head up Rufus with day pack before returning to Shadow Lake at end of day
My questions are:
1. How feasible/difficult is the Rufus circuit with a full pack?
2. Is option two far more sensible/doable?
3. If neither option appeals as overly smart, is there a better approach I can take for the circuit?
As a guide: my current fitness level is not amazing (certainly not at the level of many of you guys here) ... but not terrible either. Spent all of winter and (apart from a couple of weeks recently) the time since walking every day, including incorporating as many hills as possible, so am at least moderately walk-fit.
Thanks guys. Just want to make sure I'm not biting off more than I can chew.
PS: Please don't kick my *&%$#! too badly for the ludicrousness of any of my questions ... that's why I'm posting them here before attempting it!