"... He _is_ taking 8 days to do it, so he's only got to walk ~30km (just under 20 miles) a day. ..."
Hmm 20 miles a day for 8 days in hilly terrain in April is not to be underestimated. Altitude is one problem. The inland 606m is cold, 2228 is Alpine. The upper Kosciouscko areas is well known for snow to fall, melt then re-melt. I remember going to Kosciouscko as a kid in shorts :) First time I'd been to the snow ~ http://climbing.about.com/od/mountainclimbing/a/KosciuszkoFa...
Hmm 20 miles a day for 8 days in hilly terrain in April is not to be underestimated. Altitude is one problem. The inland 606m is cold, 2228 is Alpine. The upper Kosciouscko areas is well known for snow to fall, melt then re-melt. I remember going to Kosciouscko as a kid in shorts :) First time I'd been to the snow ~ http://climbing.about.com/od/mountainclimbing/a/KosciuszkoFa...
And one other thing... "... in a nutshell I will be running about 15km every morning, and walking about the same distance every afternoon starting at about 2pm ..." ~ http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/2010/02/15/launching-www-...