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Inca Trail: Cuzco & Machu Picchu by Richard Danbury Fully updated and revised second edition. This guide to the Inca Trail and the Lost City of the Incas includes the following. - Lima: Street plans, what to see, where to stay - Getting to Cuzco. - The Inca Trail & Machu Picchu - History of the Incas plus plans of eight Inca ruins. - Green Hiking: Minimizing your impact on a fragile region. - Language sections on Spanish and Quechua. - Plus, 30 maps and street plans, 25 color photographs.
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Inca Tail - Trekking and Climbing |
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Inca Trail - Trekking |
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Fully updated and revised second edition which covers Lima, Cusco, the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu. Includes 30 maps and street plans, 25 color photographs. Approx Price: $13.57 |
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Essential trail guide, written for hikers, by hikers. Details the Inca Trail and hikes around Cuzco and the Urubamba Valley. Approx Price: $10.85 |
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by Editorial Lima 2000 Scale 1:150,000. Approx Price: $11.95
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Andes - General |
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26 adventure treks and 18 climbing peaks in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Approx Price: $13.57 |
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The only comprehensive climbing guide to the peaks of the Andes, with route descriptions for all 100 6000 meter peaks, plus 170 lower peaks. Includes 120 route diagrams. Approx Price: TBD (Out of print) |
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Classic Climbs of the Cordillera Blanca is, by far, the most beautiful and comprehensive book yet produced about Peru's - and South America's - most famous mountain range. Approx Price: $23.73 |
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Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Approx Price: $10.36 |
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Trekking - General |
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200+ color photos, maps. A stunning presentation of 30 great hikes around the world, on all continents. Written by a team of experienced guides who have hiked each of the featured treks Approx Price: $21.99 |
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Colorful narratives and stunning photographs capture the most spectacular trekking destinations on the planet. Approx Price: $14.28 |
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A comprehensive guide to evaluating avalanche hazards and choosing safe routes; includes avalanche rescue information. Approx Price: $8.95 |
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Handy pocket size guide to wilderness and travel medicine provides comprehensive and current first aid techniques for the outdoors. Approx Price: $6.95 (Out of print) |
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A pocket reference to both preventing and the treatment of altitude sickness. Travelers to high altitudes will devour this little book, dedicated "To all those who have died of altitude sickness." Approx Price: $8.95 |
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