I was only fifteen minutes from the summit of Huayna Picchu, the mountain overlooking the legendary Machu Picchu, but I had no desire to rush. After all, this was the final climb of...

The Peruvian at the helm looked as though he was in his tenth month of pregnancy. His stained old T-shirt was at least two sizes too small, exposing a generous portion of his belly....

Abel woke me up at around four in the morning. A gentle knock on my tent interrupted what had, until then, been a perfectly silent night. I unzipped the entrance and, without wasting...