Huayna Picchu Climber's Log
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| benjamingray | Route Climbed: Inca Steps Date Climbed: December 2nd, 2005  | |
| Amazing. I had to look at my pictures to convince myself it was real! Peru is an excellent way to acclimate on the way to Aconcagua. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2005 7:02 pm | ||
| ben jammin | Route Climbed: Normal (after Salkantay Trek) Date Climbed: 15 September 2005 | |
| Awesome! | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2005 3:47 am | ||
| charles97 | Route Climbed: Camino Inca km 82 Date Climbed: Sept. 21, 2005 | |
| One of the classic hikes of all time. Six of us made the trek from km 82 to Winay Wayna in 2 days. On day 3, we took the short hike down to Machu Picchu, where we visited for the morning. Then, we climbed the short distance up Huayna Picchu for a picturesque look at Machu Picchu. Also checked out Gran Caverna and Huchuypicchu. Great weather, great tour guides and porters. No problems. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2005 7:28 pm | ||
| Guillaume.Ceyrac | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: August 2000 | |
| Went there with PO and Benoît, also from France. Beautifull trekking up to Huayna Picchu and (that goes without saying) incredible views on Machu Picchu. "Climb" in a bit less than 30 minutes, nobody up there... | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2005 4:01 am | ||
| lucaskerper | Route Climbed: Huayna Picchu from Aguas Calientes. Date Climbed: December 2005 | |
| I took the little buses to Ollantaytambo from Cuzco, then i hoped on the train, and headed up to aguas calientes for the night. i meet some awesome argentinan amigos in the train, and we ended up sharing a room in a hostel. early the next morning we hiked up from the town all the way to the ruins. the hike took about an hour. machu picchu is so amazing. it is a very spiritual place. we hiked up Huayna Picchu, that afternoon, and shared check fulls of coca leaves. it was amazing. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2005 7:28 pm | ||
| Lobelia | Route Climbed: Normal route from Machu Picchu Date Climbed: 11 August 2004 | |
| The incas ruins and the views were spectacular from the summit. Climbing this mountain was the finishing touch for our journey to Perú. Lobelia. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 1:15 pm | ||
| hyperbolictans | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: 15th june 2005 | |
| Pretty good view. Climbed it at the end of the standard 4D/3N inca trail trek. took 24min. from the ridge between the HP and the shorter peak beside it. Very crowded at the top. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2005 2:31 pm | ||
| tahai | Date Climbed: May 2000 | |
| Climbed Huayna Picchu at the end of the "Four days Inca Trail". Amazing views from the top! | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2005 4:07 pm | ||
| Nyle Walton | Route Climbed: Steep trail from the ruins of Macchu Picchu in 15 minutes Date Climbed: April, 1958 and April, 1971 | |
| In April 1958 after a four-month-long hitchhike down the Pan American Highway from Utah, Karl Nelson and I visited Macchu Picchu. That night after the tourist left the ruins on the last train, we bedded down for the night on the sun dial (Intihuatana). In 1958 Macchu Picchu was not patroled by any tourist police. Around midnight rainfall forced us to flee to the only thatch-covered hut with walls of stone intricately fitted together by the Inca stone masons six hundred years ago. At dawn we wandered around the ruins taking photographs and found the steep track that leads to the topmost temple on the peak of Huayna Picchu. The photographs I took of Inca stone city from that high crag are spectacularly panoramic with snow-and-jungle-clad peaks that surround it. Thirteen years later I followed the Inca trail from Wikiwaini, six or seven miles up the railway line, in the company of my then-wife, Shigeko. This approach to Macchu Picchu ends at a point high above it, a position that allows for a classic panoramic view of the ridgetop ruins and Huayna Picchu behind it that plunges into the gorge of the Urubamba and rises to the snow peaks beyond it. This time the Peruvian Tourist Department did not permit us to bed down inside the ruins. We were compelled to lay our sleeping bags on the lawn next to the tourist hotel, a structure that had been erected long after my first visit in 1958. I shall always remember with fondness when Karl and I had Macchu Picchu all to ourselves on a rainy night forty-seven years ago. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2005 11:06 am | ||
| coloradoattorney | Route Climbed: Standard. Date Climbed: April 1, 2005 | |
| Wear Great Shoes with super rock traction. Take light Rain Gear and a Camera | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2005 12:13 am | ||
| balajisv | Route Climbed: Inca Trail Date Climbed: 2002 Dec 26 | |
| One of the many highlights of an unforgettable tirp to Peru. Have been meaning to write a trip report, someday... | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2005 1:58 am | ||
| The Defiant One | Route Climbed: Inca Trail Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| What an amazing experience. If you go to Machu Pichu, spare the 15 mins it takes to hike to the top of this mystical mountain. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2005 12:14 am | ||
| CBakwin | Date Climbed: around 1972 | |
| What a nice little hike, I climbed up this to get an over view of Machu Picchu, but left my camera when i came down and had to blaze up it again to get the camera. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2005 5:11 pm | ||
| climbmn | Route Climbed: Inca Trail Date Climbed: March 2003 | |
| Great views of Machu Picchu from the top. Great day to climb! | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2004 3:24 am | ||
| Scott Fulton | Route Climbed: Inca Trail Date Climbed: April 2002 | |
| Definitely worth the approx. 45-minute climb., even if you have already hiked the 27+ mile Inca Trail beforehand. And at the top, there are all these cute little biting flies! | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2004 6:49 pm | ||
| gato | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| A truly fantastic hike up ancient Incan steps, through a tunnel, and up more steps to the top. Was fortunate enough to share this incredible adventure with my wife and our friends. We were the only folks on top for about half an hour, enjoying the breathtaking scenery. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2004 11:59 am | ||
| eza | Route Climbed: Normal route from Machu Picchu Date Climbed: 11th August 2004 | |
| A nice climb, shared with my friend Rafa, to finish an unforgettable trip to Peru. Absolutely advisable, for almost all publics. The sights are really impressive | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2004 8:14 am | ||
| Rafa Bartolome | Route Climbed: Ruins of Machu Picchu Date Climbed: 11 august 2004 Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2004 | |
| After the climbings in Cordillera Blanca we have visited MP's ruins and we climbed this popular mountain. The landscape was really spectacular and the sacred mountain of the Incas is precious. It is a shame the tourists great quantity that they promote it for what is highly advisable to get up early and to come soon to the ruins in the first buses. An unforgettable experience. Probably the Incas were the first "mountaineers" since they were marking the tops with cairns with stones as honoring to the gods (they were adoring to the mountains considered as gods and called "apus") | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 7:51 am | ||
| Bill562 | Route Climbed: Inca Trail from km 82 Date Climbed: May 2004 | |
| Four day trek. Enjoyable and rewarding. Excellent sites along the way, gorgeous scenery. Hiking in from the Inca trail it was a bummer to see all the people who got in the easy way - train. Climb up Huayna Pichu was disappointing - too many people scrambling too close to one another, not that I am an expert but know enough to leave a little room. Careful with the 'handrails' - I had a fiber from the rusty cable poke a hole in my hand, was glad my Tetanus was up to date. | |
| Posted May 29, 2004 1:56 pm | ||
| dsc101 | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: April, 2001 | |
| Good fun little walk/scramble! Amazing views down to the river below, with just the right amount of exposure! There is one cool bit near the top where you have to crawl through a little tunnel! | ||
| Posted May 25, 2004 11:09 am | ||
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