So when I finally got to Machu Picchu after waking up at 4am to hike my way up the mountain here is the view I was rewarded with. In order to climb Wayna Picchu (the neighboring mnt.) you need to be one of the first 400 people on line due to erosion worries. I climbed in the pitch black , passing many people on the way up, did a climb they say should take 1.5 hrs in 1hr and 10 minutes and reached the top exhauseted but certain I would be in the first 400. I can say this was the most tired I have ever been, exercise wise, excpet for perhaps when Katie had me run the first half of last years NYC Marathon about 20 minutes faster than I had ever run 13.1 miles prior, I mean climbing in the heat and humidity and at such altitude really took its toll on me. I got to the openeing gate and there were about 600 people on line already!!! They all took the damn bus up, passing me as I climbed... to say I was pissed off would be an understatement. When we got in and the view was so foggy I was a little ahppy in that I said at least those "cheaters" coudn't see antyhing either. I waited for about 4 hrs for the fog to clear and will show you the view I was rewarded with next.