{"id":8324,"date":"2012-10-25T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T21:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=8324"},"modified":"2012-10-25T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T21:30:24","slug":"stolen-donkeys-wait-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/25\/machu-picchu\/stolen-donkeys-wait-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Donkeys!! Wait, What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, 2012<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8324 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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tye-and-Erika.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[8324]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tye-and-Erika-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8329\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8329'>\n\t\t\t\tTye and Erika\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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Cordillera-Blanca-Trek-Donkeys-Tye-Chapman.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[8324]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Cordillera-Blanca-Trek-Donkeys-Tye-Chapman-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8325\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8325'>\n\t\t\t\tNot pictured: the two missing donkeys. \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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Cordillera-Blanca-Trek-Tye-Chapman.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[8324]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Cordillera-Blanca-Trek-Tye-Chapman-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8326\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8326'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom the pass at 15000ft down to camp. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Since our wedding\/honeymoon was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/climb\/img-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">fuel for the IMG blog<\/a> I find it only fitting that I give everybody some closure to what was surely a white knuckled, edge of the seat read\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nWhat a night! We couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have asked for a better evening. Good friends and family, great weather, open bar, and just a hell of a time. Everybody did their all to squeeze every last minute out of the night.<\/p>\n<p>4 hours later\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6we woke up and grabbed some breakfast and quickly doubled checked the duffel before heading to the airport for the honeymoon in Peru. Machu Picchu should be on everybody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bucket list, but naturally we thought since we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in Peru, why don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t we go on an 8 day trek. Seems normal right? Just me, Erika, our friend\/guide Maximo, our cook Hacinto and our mule driver Robert (<em>not Roberto<\/em>!) out trekking for a week between 12,000ft and 16,000ft, on our honeymoon. And who doesn&#8217;t take a Sat phone on their honeymoon!\u00c2\u00a0 Normal, not normal, who cares, everything worked out perfectly \u00e2\u20ac\u201c drivers with signs with our names on it at every airport, train station or bus terminal \u00e2\u20ac\u201c pretty sweet.<\/p>\n<p>First stop was Cuzco, an amazing little-big town and a nice place to acclimatize for the upcoming trek. After a couple days touring the countryside we made our way to Machu Picchu \u00e2\u20ac\u201c amazing and absolutely unforgettable. The next day we climbed Huayna Picchu, which gave us breathtaking views of Machu Picchu, worth ever step. Up was no problem, though the steep stairs down and nearly vertical drop on the side (no handrail) was a little unnerving, nevertheless we made it down in one piece.<\/p>\n<p>Onto Huaraz where we met up with Maximo. He showed us around and then we hit the road\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Trekking season was winding down which was great \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see any other groups on the trail. The weather wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t perfect, but it stayed dry when we were walking, saving the occasional downpour for the evenings. We may have missed a few views of the mountains, but we wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t change a thing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c except maybe losing two donkeys along the way. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still not entirely sure if they ran off or were stolen (it happens) but we left word in the local village and pushed on having to load up the horse (aka our escape vehicle should we have had any medical issues). The trek continued without another problem and we couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be happier.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m back at my desk now cranking out emails, blog posts and answering boot questions, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/rainier-faq.shtml#37\" target=\"_blank\"><em>oh how I missed the boot questions<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for all the well wishes and kind words now let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all get back to work!<\/p>\n<p>Tye Chapman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, 2012 Since our wedding\/honeymoon was fuel for the IMG blog I find it only fitting that I give everybody some closure to what was surely a white knuckled, edge of the seat read\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 &#8212; What a night! We couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have asked for a better evening. 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