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Machu Picchu with G Adventures – Inca Trail Adventure Part X August 26, 2017 •4 Comments
Several days of fresh air, plus nearly 26 miles of hiking on the Inca Trail led to a 2nd night of great sleep. It was short lived. Jesus tapped on our tent at 3:30a to get us moving for our final day. Day 4 of Our Inca Trail Adventure There are very few things that…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part IX August 19, 2017 •1 Comment
Hiking Dead Woman’s pass wore me out. Heather and I slept like babies until about 3am when I woke up freezing cold. I threw on my fleece and went right back to sleep. Before I knew it Jesus was waking us up at 5:30a. Day 4 of Our Inca Trail Adventure The drill was the…
Conquering Dead Woman’s Pass – Inca Trail Adventure Part VIII August 12, 2017 •1 Comment
Finally after two nights of not great sleeping I got a decent night’s sleep. Go figure. Put me in a tent, sleeping on the ground and I’ll sleep. Put me in a hotel and I’ll toss and turn all night. I’m sure the hiking had something to do with it, but I was happy to…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part VII August 5, 2017 •1 Comment
For the second night in a row sleep was hard to come by. This time it was a stupid rooster somewhere near the hotel. Apparently it thought sunrise was at 2 o’clock, and it had a one hour snooze button. It woke me up at 2, 3, 4, and 5 o’clock. By 6 o’clock, when…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part VI July 23, 2017 •1 Comment
Sleep at the end of Day 2 of our Inca Trail adventure did not come easy. I’m sure some it was the excitement Heather and I were feeling about the Inca Trail hike ahead. But, most of it was the noisy street outside the window of our hotel room. I actually broke out the earplugs…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part V July 16, 2017 •1 Comment
There was a lot of excitement the night before we started day 2 of our Inca Trail adventure with G Adventures. Somehow Heather and I managed to sleep through it. First, Lizzy was expecting her best friend, Sheila, to arrive very early in the morning and join her in her room. Instead, a total stranger walks…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – PART IV July 2, 2017 •1 Comment
Finally, after all of the planning and preparation, it was time to begin our Inca Trail journey with G Adventures. The day that seemed like it would never get here, had finally arrived. Due to the schedule of flights into Lima, most of our group decided to arrive the day before our tour officially began….
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – PART III June 24, 2017 •1 Comment
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…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part II June 17, 2017 •4 Comments
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…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part I June 11, 2017 •5 Comments
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,…