Inca Trail - Day 2 Dead Woman's Pass to Chaquicocha
We got up fairly early and had a good breakfast of fruit, yoghurt and bread. I managed to get some early morning photos in (6.00am) of the view from the campsite. I felt a lot better for my long sleep and Mairi was fitter too. We started to climb up to Dead Women's pass or Abra de Warmiwanusca. It took around 2 hours to get there and was pretty steep. At that altitude (the top is at 4,200m) I found myself getting breathless and my leg muscles felt that they were not getting enough oxygen to them. I had always been a little nervous of this ascent, only because of the name and the fact that Mairi had wanted to do the Inca trail about 5 years ago, and when I saw that part of the trail was called dead woman, I refused. Now here am I older still .... On the way we passed llamas. We were walking up through cloud forest, with some sensational views. Mairi stuck with me and let me rest from time to time to get the oxygen back into my legs. The view bac...