mokelumne-kid: Edge of Cusco, Peru
mokelumne-kid: more rugged topography around Machu Picchu
mokelumne-kid: Looking down at the Urubamba river, 2,000 feet below. Train cars for scale. Walked up to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientas every day
mokelumne-kid: Machu Picchu, Huayna Picchu is dominant peak about 9,000 ft.
mokelumne-kid: Machu Picchu
mokelumne-kid: stone walls, Machu Picchu
mokelumne-kid: stone walls, Machu Picchu
mokelumne-kid: Looking down at Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu, about 1,200 ft. of relief
mokelumne-kid: rugged topography around Machu PIcchu
mokelumne-kid: near Punta Union
mokelumne-kid: Punta Union Pass: 15,580 feet, Santa Cruz valley below
mokelumne-kid: sctrek3
mokelumne-kid: sctrek4
mokelumne-kid: near Punta Union, amazing amount of green for such a high elevation
mokelumne-kid: Day one Santa Cruz trek: done counter-clockwise, from Vaqueria to Cashapampa
mokelumne-kid: snow, camped just below Punta Union
mokelumne-kid: Fellow trekkers
mokelumne-kid: Alpamayo Pk. base camp
mokelumne-kid: Santa Cruz valley. The Cordillera Blanca is the highest tropical mountain range, 33 peaks rise above 19,600 ft.