Day Two.... A challenge is probably the biggest understatement of the century! Day two should have been named something along the lines of "Yeah right!" Kim and I opted to have our packs carried by porters today and tomorrow as we had struggled the day before. The start of the day was not too bad. We made pretty good time to the first stop and decided to keep going upto Dead Woman's Pass almost straight away before the weather closed in. Dead Woman...

The start of the trail!!! Scary stuff. We woke up very early to get our bus from Cusco to KM82 stopping briefly in Ollantaytambo for some breakfast. At KM82 we went through the checkpoint and had our passports stamped. We then immediately crossed the bridge (pictured) over the river and began our trail... The first day, Kim and I both carried our packs and the going was pretty tough with all the weight. The scenery on the climb however was pretty amazing. We co...