The day started off with a 5:30am pickup at the Hotel followed by a 2:30 hour bus ride from Cusco to the start of our trek at km82. We arrived in Piscacucho which is at 8,790 feet. Our group meets our camping crew etc and start off across the checkpoint and suspended bridge on our journey. We cross over the Urubamba River which will be around us for a bunch of our trip. Today is training day to help us just get in a rythem. Although I find my rythem is a bit slower than most of the group. As a sign of things to come, I am the last person to all checkpoints and camps the entire trek, including finishing two nights in the dark. But more of that to come.
The views are truly beautiful and a good thing about going slow and resting is you actually really take them in. A major view on day 1 is the snow capped view of Mt. Veeronica. Really holds your eyes. At the end of the day after about 7 hours or so of hiking I end up at the camp for dinner and comraderie with my fellow hikers. Tent is up and ready to go. I eat a great dinner (my last night I found I could eat anything) and head off to bed.
Minimum Altitude: 8,790 feet
Maximum Altitude: 10,824 feet
Distance: 7.5 miles
JB
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