{"id":26078,"date":"2022-07-05T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=26078"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:28:08","slug":"finishing-off-the-inca-trail-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/05\/machu-picchu\/finishing-off-the-inca-trail-in-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing off the Inca Trail in Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>July 5, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Inca Trail trekkers finished off the challenging&nbsp; Inca Trail this morning in fine style.&nbsp; The last four days have definitely put their fitness (and knees) to a good test.&nbsp; Yesterday they did the rugged section from Pacamayo to Phuyupatamarca and today they got up early and did the last few hours of the hike in time to enter the Citadel through the Sun Gate in the morning light.&nbsp; Tomorrow they will go back up to Machu Picchu and take a crack at Waynapicchu, the small rocky peak that overlooks the site.&nbsp; Well done team!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26078]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/We-made-it-Dustin-Balderach-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>We made it! (Dustin Balderach)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26078]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-small-peak-of-Waynapicchu-rises-behind-the-Citadel-Dustin-Balderach-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The small peak of Waynapicchu rises behind the Citadel (Dustin Balderach)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26078]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Thats-a-good-looking-team-Dustin-Balderach-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>That&#8217;s a good looking team! (Dustin Balderach)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26078]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Small-lake-after-the-Second-Pass-Eric-Simonson-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Small lake after the Second Pass (Eric Simonson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 5, 2022 Our Inca Trail trekkers finished off the challenging&nbsp; Inca Trail this morning in fine style.&nbsp; The last four days have definitely put their fitness (and knees) to a good test.&nbsp; Yesterday they did the rugged section from Pacamayo to Phuyupatamarca and today they got up early and did the last few hours [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,262],"tags":[287,81,109,259,145],"class_list":["post-26078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-machu-picchu","category-peru","tag-machu-picchu","tag-mountain-guides","tag-mountains","tag-peru","tag-trekking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26083,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26078\/revisions\/26083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}