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    In the Footsteps of Incas

    Oct 15, 2018 5 minutes

    ‘I just saw your post about your trip on the Inca Road, I live in Huanchaco, Trujillo. I checked the map and found that one road of the Qhapaq Ñan passes close to Huanchaco and continues to Chiquitoy, at the bottom of Apu Campana Hill’.

    Wen Sulem contacted me after I posted on my Facebook page about an upcoming running adventure in South America.

    A complete stranger by every measure except one – the passion for trails that binds us all.

    In my post I mentioned that I would like to explore an ancient road network. Without the benefit of gels, protein whey and electrolyte powders, Incan and pre-Incan road runners (called Chaquis) could travel for days relaying messages throughout villages using this network.

    It is reported that a team of these runners could cover more

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