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Trekking is a very pleasant activity, but it's usually done during the day time. What about night trekking, would this be an activity that you consider?

I've done it only once, in a group, with ropes connecting each others so that we didn't get lost, and I loved the experience!

i have once done it in bengluru India. it is an awesome feeling. witnessing the thrills of nights and faScinating sun rise are something which you can't express in words. You just need to be in your comfortable clothes to enjoy it.

The night really isn't my time to do my workouts. I always like to do them in the morning or in the afternoon. At most, in the early evening.

I think that night is a dangerous time (depending on the locality where you live) to play sports because you become very vulnerable to many dangers (such as robberies, for example).

I can still consider this idea if I'm in a group, but my tendency is even in the mornings and afternoons.

It's quite a long I engaged in a night trekking activity. We formed a group of five an decided to trek about 7km which was a to and fro. The moon was shining good and gave some little light for the jolly trek. The fact is though enjoyable since we were in a group, I would say it's a bit risky trekking at night. You aren't seeing the roads clearly and oncoming cars aren't seeing you clearly.

We were vacationing in Batanes when I was invited to a night trekking. Batanes is the northernmost province in the Philippines. It’s actually a photo safari. We were with our camera, walking on the hillsides. It was a thrill because the place has no electricity so it is pitch dark except for the moonlight. Yeah, thanks to the moon which made our night trekking a bit pleasant since we could see the pathways. But if there was no moon and we were just using the torch (flashlight) then I guess that would be a bit scary because we are all strangers in that place.

I don't think it is better idea to go for night trekking instead of day. At least I have seen all the trekking and camping activities in the day time only. Trekking is not that easy, and doing it at night, I guess there are many risks involved in it. I mean there would not be proper vision during night so thing like trekking can be risky. I will surely avoid such unnecessary risk. And also trekking and camping activity is also for enjoying the nature around it, so the best way to enjoy it is to go for it in day time.

I have done most of my trekking either in Himalayas or Australia in recent times and I don't think I have done much of it in any of these places except the ones which were forced on me. I remember my visit to Bhimtal during my stay in Nainital when I happen to miss my last bus and had to walk all the way from Bhimtal to Nainital via Bhowali (19 km) where I had kept a case of apples (8 kg) and carried it all the way to Nainital a distance of 8 km rising from 2000 ft to 7000 ft. I started from Bhimtal at 5.30 in the evening and reached Nainital at after 11. I found almost nobody during that trip of 19 km except the apple shopkeeper at Bhowali. Some trekking that

In my last camping when we did a long trekking which was more than 25kilometers we had it during the day. We started early in the morning as early as 6.00 there was a team of paramedics nurses accompanying us with a ride. This was put in place for the purpose of those that may suffer exhaustion on the way. This special trekking was named Endurance trekking not everyone had enough energy for the walk and took available motorcycles to meet up.

Ray1 wrote:I have done most of my trekking either in Himalayas or Australia in recent times and I don't think I have done much of it in any of these places except the ones which were forced on me. I remember my visit to Bhimtal during my stay in Nainital when I happen to miss my last bus and had to walk all the way from Bhimtal to Nainital via Bhowali (19 km) where I had kept a case of apples (8 kg) and carried it all the way to Nainital a distance of 8 km rising from 2000 ft to 7000 ft. I started from Bhimtal at 5.30 in the evening and reached Nainital at after 11. I found almost nobody during that trip of 19 km except the apple shopkeeper at Bhowali. Some trekking that

That kind of experience is just unforgettable. I wonder if I would have walk that much on hilly area as you mentioned. I would have stop somewhere for sure. Lol. Its not about 19KM but walking that much with rising roads and ft as you mentioned , that sounds really hard with case you were having. So how was the after effect? I mean you must be very tired after reaching to target. Any side effects?

@naruto100 during my posting in Himalayan areas I have done lots of such trekking intentionally and at sometimes I was forced to do so. I was staying in Gopeshwar town which is almost 35 km away from a place called Joshimath, base station of valley of flowers and Badrinath, Kedarnath etc. I went up the hills and returned late due to unexpected rain and missed my last bus and walked all the way to Gopeshwar. Luckily that was down the hill journey so I covered it in almost 6 hours. Incidentally, last stretch of 3-4 km from Chamoli to Gopeshwar was again a steep rise that was too tiresome.