Machu Picchu
2017年4月11日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 32 °CWe finally limped into Machu Picchu and, weather be-damned, it was an impressive sight, and a massive achievement - 42km trekked, up and down over a kilometre in altitude and considerably more in realもっと詳しく
We finally limped into Machu Picchu and, weather be-damned, it was an impressive sight, and a massive achievement - 42km trekked, up and down over a kilometre in altitude and considerably more in realもっと詳しく
Alarm call at 2.30am, breakfast at 3am, depart at 3.30am, all in the pouring rain and pitch black. We descended almost a kilometre over steep, slippy steps by torchlight...my knees were in agony byもっと詳しく
The path to lunch was mercifully shallow. Our arrival at camp was somewhat of a unknown quantity however - it was where we were supposed to be camping too. This would mean the following morning a 2もっと詳しく
En route to our next set of ruins, we encountered some of the local wildlife, a doe hopping around the valley, surprisingly close to us.
The Sayaqmarka ruins we visited were apparently -もっと詳しく
Finally arrived at the second highest point Inca Trail at 3950m starting from camp that was 3600m. It took 2 hours of stairs to get here...ouch!
From the campsite this morning, we trekked up to Runkuracay ruins. Discovered in 1850, it was likely a resting point for travellers/messengers travelling from Machu Picchu to Cusco. It was possibly aもっと詳しく
We arrived into camp about 1pm, with the porters already having set everything up again. The descent down was actually more painful than the rest of the day - the big steps and sharpness made for bigもっと詳しく
Steps, slopes, steeper slopes and more steps. But 4.5hrs after starting, we reached Dead Woman's Pass at 4200m. The pace up had been slow and plodding - whilst none of our muscles actually hurt, theもっと詳しく
Up at 5am, breakfast at 5.45am...and what a breakfast! Bread, porridge and pancakes to gear us up for the most challenging day. The plan was a 6hr ascent to 4200m followed by a 2hr descent to theもっと詳しく
Post-Lunch, we made surprisingly good time according to our guide. Despite this, the ascents still remained a challenge. The terrain is uneven and the steps very in size and security, all of whichもっと詳しく