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Subject: We survived Dead Woman´s Pass!

-- "Cathy "
> wrote:
>Helloooo my lovelies!
>
>And what have YOU been doing for the past 4 days? Eat, sleep, work, maybe go >out for a drink or two, some cool people might even play darts or play >around on that new fangled thing I hear about¨: ¨"The Internet".
>
>Well, for the past 4 days, I´ve been on the Inca Trail with 16 other >foolhardy young people from all over the world. We trekked through jungle >and highlands (and I mean HIGH lands!), rain, wind and burning sun... all to >make that centuries-old pilgrimage to the most sacred Incan site, Machu >Picchu.
>
>Come on, I DARE you to call me a wimp NOW! We hiked between 15-20 km per >day, carrying our packs, of course. Through whatever weather mother nature >had to offer. Through whatever terrain they thought would make us most >miserable (OK, sometimes it wasn´t THAT bad!). We camped in negative >temperatures; my little toes thought they would fall off.
>
>The food was plentiful and pretty good, and the company was even better. If >you think you´ve seen something awe-inspiring, I might suggest you give this >a go. It might change your mind about everything you´ve seen before. >Surrounded by nothing but waterfalls, mountains, jungle, flora and fauna, >and complete silence, except for the wind.
>
>I don´t think that I´ve ever had to coax myself so much. I´m in pretty good >shape, and I still had problems keeping up. Everyone on the trek was young >and fit. At least I was acclimatized to the altitude, except on Day 2, when >we ascended about 4000m. Some serious troubles breathing, especially since I >had/have a bad cold and it was pretty much straight up, no breaks.
>
>However, I never once was so stressed as I can get at work. The only time I >THOUGHT about work was when someone asked me what I did for a living. I´ve >now been volunteered to make WebGoddessCAthy.com/peru/ for our trek group. >Should be interesting. It will preceed the development of the rest of >WebGoddessCathy.com, that´s for sure!
>
>Jen and I have been getting along OK, but she´s very.... wound up about her >own health conditions and discomfort that I think I just might strangle her >if she complains again!! I try to ignore it, but it´s easier said than done. >
>We haven´t been attacked again. That´s nice. We´re still very wary of street >kids selling postcards and all that. Not very trusting. Everyone we´ve told >about the attack has been shocked.
>
>I have to go, we´re meeting our group at the bar tonight.
>
>I will be home soon (Sept 19th), if my plane CAN get me there, given all the >backups and precautions taken at the airports now! If anyone has >connections, please put in a good word for us!
>
>
>I love you and miss you all.
>Love Cath.
>*************************
>
>And where we love is home,
>Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts
>The chain may lengthen, but it never parts.
>
>-Oliver Wendel Holmes