David Matusiak – American Traveler & Photographer – Images from the past 40 years
While I was catching my breath after the ascent to Dead Woman’s Pass, I noticed all the colorful jackets against the grey foggy backdrop. Wachy in the green jacket was making sure we all got safely from camp to camp. This was a tough, but very rewarding hike. Inca Trail, Day Two, April 23, 2015
After a grueling multi-hour ascent of the 2000 steps to Dead Woman’s Pass, we got to take a quick breather at 4215 meters (13,828 feet) before hiking down for an hour or so to our camp spot for the night. This was without a doubt the most physically challenging part of this journey. The views… Continue reading Atop Dead Woman’s Pass
Once we got above 13,000 feet elevation in the Andes, the landscape began to change drastically. Now we were in the realm of the clouds, and they were just barely touching down on the tops of the surrounding mountains. The lush gold of the vegetation at the time was quite something to behold.