\n\t\t\t\tFirst day on the Inca Trail (Tyler Nachand)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nTyler and the team departed Ollantaytambo on schedule this morning and shuttled to the trailhead where they met up with their porters and staff.\u00a0 First off was the mandatory check in with the government authorities, who carefully review everyone\u2019s permits since the access to the Inca Trail is strictly controlled to avoid overcrowding.\u00a0 Then, it was finally time to start hiking!\u00a0 Today the route climbs steadily to the first camp at Wayllabamba (9,840′).\u00a0 Tomorrow they will continue the ascent over Dead Woman\u2019s Pass (Warmiwa\u00f1usca in Quechua, the language of the Incas) at nearly 14,000 ft.\u00a0 All\u2019s well on the Inca Trail!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
August 23, 2024 Tyler and the team departed Ollantaytambo on schedule this morning and shuttled to the trailhead where they met up with their porters and staff.\u00a0 First off was the mandatory check in with the government authorities, who carefully review everyone\u2019s permits since the access to the Inca Trail is strictly controlled to avoid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-img-news","category-peru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28420"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28463,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28420\/revisions\/28463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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