In reply to Toerag:
Unfortunately cannot post photos - but there's a couple on my instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfwKlCIjxEE/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_she...
Weather forecast was supposed to be risk of lightning all week (and previous days) - so we waited a day or two, but it never actually happened (apart from very light storms at night).
We just decided to go for it, and there were many other people on route.
We set off at 5am from Garmish on the 5th July - down he rental valley, which is basically a slow gradient assent heading west.
It was rainy, warm and humid in the valley.
Our plan was to summit and get the last cable car down by 4:30pm - but as we reached 2000/2100m at roughly 4pm, we realised this was not going to be possible. The guys didn't want to walk up and down in one day, so we sought refuge in the Knorrhutte.
We were unprepared for the hut. We hadn't booked a reservation, and didn't have sleeping bag liners or slippers... We felt a bit foolish walking around in socks and having to wait to see if there was a spare place for us. It cost us roughly 29 euros for the night. I would recommend booking in advance - although to be fair to us, we genuinely thought we would get up in one day.
The next day we set off from the hut at 6am, and hiked up to 2600m where you can stop off at the cafe/station for food/drink if you need.
After heading up 100/200m up the scree slope towards the summit before we reached the rocky via ferrata section.
I am not great with heights, but I didn't feel that I needed to use my via ferrata kit, and made it to the summit half 12 that afternoon.
The effect of altitude was very minimal. Only noticed a slight change in my breath/stamina. Nothing serious.
We took the cable car back down.
Post edited at 17:25