Esther

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Posted: 14 Aug 2014


Taken: 16 Aug 2013

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1/200 f/9.0 61.0 mm ISO 400

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Incan
Inca
Andes
Peru
Picchu
Machu
Mountains
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One man - Ten thousand stones

One man - Ten thousand stones
The Incans created narrow terraces on the steep mountainsides from which they grew crops to feed the city. Some of the boulders were too large to move so they just built the retaining walls around them.

Machu Picchu is believed to be the estate of a 15th-century Incan emperor. It is located at an altitude of 7,970 feet (2,430 meters) in the Andes mountains of Peru.

I climbed from the top to the bottom and back to the top of these terraces, which was rather difficult at this altitude. I owe my success to Diamox (altitude sickness medicine) and a good walking stick.

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 RHH
RHH club
Glad you have the figure for scale. What immense labor went into this.
10 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
:)
wishing you a most beautiful time:)
10 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Très belle image
10 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Thank you all for your comments.
10 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Thanks, Maria.
10 years ago.

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