{"id":28468,"date":"2024-08-26T15:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=28468"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:51:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:51:13","slug":"inca-trail-trekkers-arrive-to-machu-picchu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/26\/machu-picchu\/inca-trail-trekkers-arrive-to-machu-picchu\/","title":{"rendered":"Inca Trail trekkers arrive to Machu Picchu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28468 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/26\/machu-picchu\/inca-trail-trekkers-arrive-to-machu-picchu\/attachment\/approaching-machu-picchu-tyler-nachand\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Approaching-Machu-Picchu-Tyler-Nachand-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Approaching Machu Picchu (Tyler Nachand)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Approaching-Machu-Picchu-Tyler-Nachand-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Approaching-Machu-Picchu-Tyler-Nachand-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Approaching-Machu-Picchu-Tyler-Nachand-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Approaching-Machu-Picchu-Tyler-Nachand-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28469'>\n\t\t\t\tApproaching Machu Picchu (Tyler Nachand)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/26\/machu-picchu\/inca-trail-trekkers-arrive-to-machu-picchu\/attachment\/machu-picchu-with-the-rocky-peak-of-waynapicchu-behind-eric-simonson\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Machu-Picchu-with-the-rocky-peak-of-Waynapicchu-behind-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Machu Picchu with the rocky peak of Waynapicchu behind (Eric Simonson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Machu-Picchu-with-the-rocky-peak-of-Waynapicchu-behind-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg 150w, 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the tourist bus to the hotel in Aguas Calientes (6,724&#8242;) for showers, lunch and a rest!\u00a0 Tomorrow the team will go back up to Machu Picchu and climb Waynapicchu, the cool looking peak that overlooks the site.\u00a0 The view from up there is pretty neat, but it is a steep trail with ladders in places to get up to the summit, so not a very good place for people who have acrophobia.\u00a0 Well done team, way to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 26, 2024 &#8211; The team got up very early this morning to get to the Sun Gate for the big entrance view to Machu Picchu (7,875&#8242;).\u00a0 It was cloudy, but they waited for a while and it cleared!\u00a0 Descending down into the Citadel is quite an experience.\u00a0 After a couple hours looking at the 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