Machu Picchu at last

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Why would anybody build a city on top of a mountain, requiring that people trek long distances through a jungle, up hundreds, no, thousands of steep steps… no, wait, bigger question, why would you almost-completely build such a place, have it completely functional, and then abandon it without obvious reason?

Becky and I visited Machu Picchu today, and discovered just how vast it really is, and how silly we were to think that climbing Huanapicchu should be on that list of fun things to do? More on this later, for now we’ll start with a few photos and let you know that climbing Huanapicchu, and descending it, were two of the toughest Strava segments of my life! And they were only .7 miles each.






2 thoughts on “Machu Picchu at last

    1. Ohmygosh, our guide told us about that. He said the record is 3 hours-something. Yikes! I think I’ll pass. My legs still hurt. But it was worth it. Pretty amazing thing to do. Too bad it was so fogged-in you couldn’t see anything from the top. Does that mean I have to go back and do it all over again???

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