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Satellite Monitors Peru Glacier Threat
By Jon on 15/04/2003 10:03:23
NASA satellites are monitoring a glacier which could trigger catastrophic flooding in the beautiful Cordillera Blanca area of Peru
An interesting and not unworrying one for anyone thinking of goingto Peru's Cordillera Blanca, one of the world's most beautifulmountain areas.Check out this pagefor a story (with pics) on how NASA satellites are monitoring aglacier in the area
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New Peru Porter Group Needs Help
By Jon on 15/05/2003 13:17:30
A new group set up to improve conditions for porters working on the famous Inca Trail in Peru is in urgent need of both equipment donations and volunteers. Find out more...
of Peruvian porters on the IncaTrail. Set up by Alison Crowther, who travelled to Peru in 2002 afterraising £500 to give directly to a charity working with porters,the organisation is still in its formative stages and is desperatefor help, particularly
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Off To Peru - Read This
By Jon on 08/12/2004 12:07:25
The Inka Port Project is urging trekkers on the Inca Trail to follow a set of basic guidelines to help improve the lot of heavily exploited porters working on the trail.
The Inka Porter Project, a voluntary organisation which supportsporters working on the Inca Trail, is urging anyone planning a visitto the classic route to take some basic steps to ensure that they'renot contributing to the plight of local porters.As we found when we trekked the ...
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Awesome First Ascent In Peru
By Jon on 22/09/2000 16:58:00
World mountaineering rocked to the core...
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori showed an unexpected talentfor climbing last Tuesday night when the beleagured politician,together with his daughter, climbed a pillar outside the presidentialpalace in Lima to wave to the public. pic...
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High Altitude BASE - Video
By Jon on 23/07/2012 13:32:25
Climbers taking the rapid way down from 6,000m plus Hundoy in Peru.
themselves down...Turns out that one of the team, Jerome Blanc-Gras, has 6,000m plus previous form of leaping off high mountains having already BASE-jumped Huandoy in the Cordillera Blanca - Peru and here's the proof on video. Enjoy...
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Inca Trail Trekkers Trapped By Mudslides
By Jon on 13/04/2004 10:05:07
Trekkers on the Inca Trail were among approximately 1500 people marooned by mudslides that killed an estimated 11 local people after heavy rain in Peru.
Trekkers who'd completed the classic Inca Trail in Peru were amongan estimated 1,000 plus toourists stranded at the 'lost' Inca city ofMachu Picchu after it was cut off by mudslides at the weekend.Heavy rain triggered the two serious mudslides
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Observer Discovers Inca Trail...
By Jon on 15/10/2003 10:08:34
Last week's Observer Travel section included an account of Peru's classic Inca Trail trek by eco-political writer Will Hutton, worth a quick coffee-break browse we reckon
Okay, it's not exactly news, but Sunday's Observer carried anaccount of an Inca Trail trek by none other than Will 'the statewe're in' Hutton.Apart from some weird pronouncements about how UK waterproofjackets won't keep Andean rain out for more than a couple of hours -news to us...
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Inca Trail To Close
By Jon on 10/11/2000 12:02:00
Hot news from Peru
Peru's Inca Trail is scheduled to be closed for the month ofFebruary 2001 according to South American travel specialists JourneyLatin America.The information, in the latest issue of their free magazine,Papageio, apparently comes from their ground
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Inca Trail Changes 'Delayed'
By Jon on 01/08/2000 15:04:00
The changes to regulations governing Peru's Inca Trail may not be introduced till early 2001
According to an articleon walking the Inca Trail in this Saturday's Times newspaper, theproposed new regulations governing the Trail (see link to ouroriginal story below) may not actually be introduced until early nextyear. Cath Urquhart writes:'Until this week, new rules were du...
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South American Latest
By Jon on 03/10/2000 15:56:00
News from Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador plus the gay Inca flag scandal, honest
in poverty and resulting surge incrime3. Peru: It's now been confirmed that the changes to theInca Trail regulations have been suspended, but there's no realconfirmation of when they may take effect. The smart money seems tobe on some time before the main
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