A couple of years ago Gerry gave me Bill Bryson's A Walk In the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, which I've just read for fun. It recounts the adventures of Bryson and, his friend Stephan Katz, walking 870 miles of the 2100 mile trail. It's not a new book, copyrighted in 1998, but delightful, as his books are. Added to the account are historical and natural observations about the trail and what it passes. As always with a Bryson book, it sparkles with humor. Yes, it was fun to read.
It brought back memories of hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu with Lisa, Steve and Marylynn. We began at Cusco, Peru, elevation 11, 152 feet, via train. Cusco is located at the bottom of a bowl too steep for the train to climb out directly. It would take a slice of the hill, back up another slice, then forward again many times until it finally summited. We dismounted a distance from Machu Picchu, and then hiked the Inca trail four days, so entered the way the Incas had. Bryson and Katz agreed they'd hiked the Appalachian Trail, when they'd done 870 of 2100 miles. So we had hiked the Inca trail when we'd done four days of 1200 miles of trail. 😁 Compared to climbing Kilimanjaro, which we'd done the previous year, this was much easier.
Takk for alt,
Al
PS My gauge held 1.5" of rain.
Al
Machu Picchu seen from the Inca gate.
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