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HUAYNA
PICCHU, PERU ... .The
"Lost City" rests in a saddle created by two mountains,
Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu. The biggest of those mountains is
Machu Picchu (from Quecha for Old Mountain). However, the one you
see in all the photos is Huayna Picchu (Young Mountain). There were
no restrictions on climbing Huayna Picchu in the past. Now, there
is a limit of four hundred people per day, in two groups of two hundred.
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Adjusting
to the high altitude is key to climing Huayna Picchu. And, on my first
visit, after just three days in Peru, I was not even close to adjusted.
I seriously feared I was in trouble on that hike up the mountain.
In the end, on the top third of the mountain, I counted ten steps
and rested the whole way up. But, I did make it to the top!
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Well,
on the second trip, I still rested (a lot), but I had been in high
altitudes for five weeks. It was never as bad as when I wasn't used
to the altitude. Of course, it was way more crowded up at the
top. Way more crowded! But, I lingered until many people
left. And, I was so proud that I was able to make it to the top of
that young mountain.
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Copyright
2012 by Phillip Martin All rights reserved.
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