August 15th to 18th There is not much I can say about the trek that the pictures can´t do better.The climbing was hard on the lungs, the nights were frigid. At the highest peak on the second day we topped out at 5100 meters or around 16500 feet. At the last peak we were walking a hundred feet or less , stopping and just drinking in the air. The porters had prepared a horse and saddle for anyone who wouldn´t or couldn´t finish the last summit. I was proud of Deb as she graciously turned down the offer several times. Finally at the top we got clouded over and of course it started to snow. Nobody was too interested in pictures as everyones thoughts were on heading down so we could get warm and breath. We only saw other trekkers once at a common campground on the first night. As you can see the landscape was beautiful. On the third afternoon after decending at Urubamba the bus picked us up driving us to Ollantaytambo with its magnifacent terraces where we picked up the train to Machu Picchu and warm hot showers.to be continued
At the TOP!!
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