Machu Picchu
On Monday, I arrived back in Belgium after a long flight home via Madrid. After my successful climb of Alpamayo, I stayed another week in Peru to indulge myself in the Inca culture. On Sunday, 4th September I travelled from Lima to Cuzco in south Peru. 500 years ago, Cuzco was the capital of the Inca empire that stretched from Santiago in Chile al the way to Quito in Ecuador. A few years after Francisco Pizarro and his brothers conquered the Inca empire, a bloody battle took
Alpamayo
As confirmed yesterday in my twitter message, I reached the summit of Alpamayo earlier this week. The climb however was not a walk in the park. It all started pretty good though. Saturday, we took a bus to Cashapampa where we were awaited by a donkey driver that was going to take most of our equipment to basecamp. From Cashapampa we also started with the 2 day trekking to basecamp at an altitude of 4300 meters. The start of the trekking was steep and hot. The journey brought
Alpamayo
Some things can be on your bucket list for a long time. As you can imigane, there are quite a few mountains on my bucket list. Some of them are 8000-ers, but there are also other mountains on that list. Alpamayo was one of them. Alpamayo is just below 6000 meters and is located in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. It is mainly known for its fantastic ice wall which is the last challenge on the way to the summit. In the beginning of 2016, I decided to remove Alpamayo from my buck
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