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Peru

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Another great view.


"Staircase of Doom", Huyana Picchu (mountain behind Machu Picchu)



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A well-known Machu Picchu landmark, the "Inca Drawbridge".


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...but there's also two sets of staircase steps in this same photo. Can you spot them?


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Perhaps this image will provide a clue to the last one:

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Huyana Picchu watchguard terraces, with flying step staircases.
(restored in 2004)


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Not all steps are for walking on...

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An example of Inca stonework, done with Bronze Age technology
(at least a 10-sided stone).


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Portrait on the steps at Ollantaytambo

If there's any New Yorkers reading who doesn't recognize the gentleman on the left...shame on you :rolleyes:


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That's the last of my "new" old stuff from 2004. Was fun to have a topic that prompted me to go back through stuff that's in the proverbial shoebox organizer.

Last one for me...I think this one's probably been seen before here:

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Sunrise Photographers, Waiting for the Fog to Lift
Terraces of Machu Picchu, Peru



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This was taken in 2004 inside a kiva at Mesa Verde National Park.
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That's cool. :)


And nice photos, -hh. I didn't recognise the guy on the left, but I'm not from New York. ;)

Here's one I took on Cradle Mountain. There's one point during the climb where I almost killed myself at a vertical ledge. It happened because I was wearing my Crumpler Sinking Barge, which carries my DSLR. I didn't "need" to bring my DSLR or backpack with me, but I insisted it would be alright. Other people carried backpacks during the climb, but my pack stuck out too far behind me, and it was almost impossible for me to sneak below a certain rock. :eek:
 

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