Monthly Archives: June 2017

Physical preparation for hiking the Inca Trail is not just cardio and leg strength, it also includes gear prep. Confused? Let me explain. First, your Inca Trail porter can only carry 6 kg (about 13 lbs) of gear for you. This 6 kg includes your sleeping bag and pad, leaving 2.5 kg (about 5.5 pounds) for…

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Our Inca Trail hiking trip was all set with G Adventures. All we had left to do was prepare for the trip. I’d love to say that Heather and I took then next 7 months preparing for the trip. We didn’t. We had a trip planned to Jamaica first, and life just got busy.  It…

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People think we’re crazy. Who plans a 4-day, 26-mile hike and spends 3 nights in a tent to mark their 20th wedding anniversary? Maybe we are crazy (could this be a key to making it 20 years?), but this is just what Heather and I did. On May 24th we boarded a flight to Lima,…

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