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  • + doug0077 doug0077 2 years ago
    Thanks. I know several new sites and trails were under excavation, but not sure about Huyana Pichu. The trail was an amazing experience - exhausting but amazing.

    All the best,

    Doug
  • + guest298e05 guest298e05 2 years ago
    Doug,

    Amazing trip, amazing pics! I went to Cuzco in 1982 as a foreign exchange student. Took train, not trail. Thanks for sharing & bringing back some memories. Did they tell you about Huayna Pichu (sp) nearby? Just wondering if it was excavated yet?
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  1. Survivor: the Inca Trail Doug Johnson Created … January 29, 2007
  2. Blending in…
  3. Lost City of the Incas
    • Hiram Bingham III - Yale - 1911
    • Heart of the Incan Empire 1532 - 3,000 miles long - roads -200 ft bridges made of reeds - “pony-express” Never developed: writing the wheel use of draft animals
    • Not Inca, Quechua (cash’-wa)
    • Lasted only 300 years
    Greedo
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  5. Cusco 300,000 pop., 11,500 ft. elevation
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  7. Dominican Priory and Church of Santo Domingo
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  12. Sac-say-hua-man
  13. 300 TON stones
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    • 45 km (28 miles)- 4 days
    • “ The trek is rated moderate and any reasonably fit person should be able to cover the route.”
  20. Day One 7.5 miles - beginning elevation 8,500 feet, ending elevation 9,850 feet. Uru-bam-ba River
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      • Freddy Zapata
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  28. Llaq-ta-pata
  29. Pre-hispanic history of Peru 60% speculation 30% probability 10% fact - P. Frost
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  32. Way-lla-bamba
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  34. Day Two 7 miles - beginning elevation 9,850 feet; high point, 13,800 feet; ending elevation, 11,500 feet
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  39. Peru: Poverty rate: 48%. Income pp has not risen in 25 years. History of political instability.
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  46. 50 steps, catch your breath, repeat “ soroche” (aka Hypoxia or Acute Mountain Sickness) pills cocoa tea 2-3 day adjustment time go lower
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  48. Dead Woman’s Pass, 13,800 feet
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  50. Paca-mayo
  51. Day Three 9 miles - beginning elevation 11,500 feet, highest points - two separate passes, 12,800 feet and 12,000 feet; ending elevation 8,700 feet
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  55. Run-kura-cay “The Egg”
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  59. Tribute to Pacha Mama
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  62. Sa-yac-marca “Inaccessible Town”
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  71. Phu-yu-pata-marca “Town in the Clouds”
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  74. 3,000 ft drop = blisters
  75. Win-ay way-na “Forever Young ”
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  77. Day Four 5.5 miles - beginning elevation 8,700 feet; ending elevation at Machu Picchu 7,800
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  81. Inti-pun-ku: The Sun Gate
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  89. Machu Picchu
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  92. Earth - Llama Underground - Serpent Heaven - Condor
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  96. Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail: a complete work of art
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  98. Aguas Calientes
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  101. If you go: Book early Get in shape Get good boots Read up ( Cusco by Frost) Have fun! And remember…
  102. No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. - Elbert Hubbard
  103. Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not be lazy.

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