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Riding in the Peruvian Andes, a photo story

Aug 17, 2009
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Peru, South America

This is an amazing descent from top of the Andes in Cusco to Manu National Park in the Amazon Jungle. Amazing singletrack that goes through old Pre-Inca sites and little villages. One of our brst rides we have ever made!


North Shore style trail in Pachacamac, close to Lima.


Riding a dried river bed on the way out to the coast.


Traffic jam riding an old Inca trail in Cusco.


Riding on a side of an old Inca site near Lima.


Awesome 3,500m vertical descent near Lima. Maybe the biggest downhill on earth!


Just resting on the middle of a 5 hours ride besides an old Inca fortress on top of the Sacred Valley.


Mark riding over that rustic bridge built more than 1,000 year ago!


Some cool cultural exchange.


Top of the mountains on a strange rock formation at 4,000m.


Yeah, that's an awesome Inca trail in Cusco. Actually, it's the main trail that goes from Cusco to Machu Picchu!


A technical shortcut.


Amazing shot of this guy going fast in this technical section.


The best bike in the world! Santa Cruz and Fox Racing Shox.


Hanging out in Cusco main plaza.


Inca trail in the Colca Canyon, deepest canyon on earth with more than 4,000m deep!


At the start of the trail with Chris Van Dine above 5,000m!


Chris Van Dine on top of the Colca Canyon.


Peruvian trucks!


Amazing trail descending from 4,500m to the bottom of the Sacred Valley.


Lovely kids in the mountains of Cusco.


Nice Ibis bike on the Inca trail!


Stairway to Heaven. Riding back to Earth!


Hanging out in the Peruvian Andes.


High Andes Ride.


Riding towards Huascaran Mt. (6,867m - 22,204ft.).


Amazing view from top of the trail (mountain).


Horse back ride to the top of the trail.


Amazing. No more words for this pic.


Into an Inca cave.


Free riding around Cusco.
 
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Aug 17, 2009
35
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Peru, South America
Wow - was this a sponsored photoshoot type of ride or something?

Cool stuff.
They are just simple pictures taken with a small fujifilm camera :). The fact is that the place we ride, make the riding and the pics epic haha! Visit the fb page and you will see lots of pics and awesome videos! cheers!