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Machu Picchu, photo gallery 24: the way up to Huaynapicchu - irregular stairs

Die Warteschlange beim Eingang zum Bereich mit den
            Hausbergen, mit dem Hausberg Huaynapicchu  Wanderweg zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
            unregelmässige Treppe mit Geländerseil / Sicherungsseil  Wanderweg auf den Hausberg Huaynapicchu, noch eine aus
            dem Fels herausgehauene Treppe 03 - ohne Seil!  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, herausgeschlagene
            Treppe in einem Stück in einem geschnittenen Fels 1

Photo gallery by Michael Palomino (2016, translation 2017, the photos are from 2011)

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Entrance to the sector of the local mountains of Huchuypicchu and Huaynapicchu

This sector of the local mountains is open from 8am to 3pm. One has to inscribe oneself at the control house with passport number or ID number.
Die Warteschlange beim Eingang zum Bereich mit
                    den Hausbergen, mit dem Hausberg Huaynapicchu  Die Warteschlange beim Eingang zum Bereich mit
                    den Hausbergen, mit dem Hausberg Huaynapicchu
The queue of the entrance to the zone of the local mountains, with the local mountain of Huaynapicchu 1,2

Some rules and dangers in the zone of the local mountains of Huchuypicchu and Huaynapicchu

The visitors have the task to organize their tour so they will be back at 3pm. This tour to Huaynapicchu is partly hard and sportive, and with beach sandals it's not possible to pass here. For children less than 12 this climb is not advisable. Some parts are dangerous with a safety rope, but mostly is missing any safety rope.

Additionally the steps are only made for little native feet of size 38 (natives here are descendants of Asian race which is of little shape). Tourists with feet of over the size of 40 have big difficulties with these stairs of Huaynapicchu, above all going down the mountain. The last part the way up is another path than the way down, thus one makes a "round" around the top. One has to accustom to put the feet in a side way on the steps and this is very uncomfortable during the way down. Additionally almost all steps are made of several stones put one aside the other. Earthquakes during 600 years changed their positions thus these step stones are not all next to each other. This means: steps are hardly steps any more, and because Machu Picchu is a world heritage there is no change with these steps. Thus it's always more uncomfortable to pass these stairs on these local mountains.

Additionally just during the way down any railing or safety rope for the stairs are missing. Thus many tourists are only coming down on all fours. It seems that the Machu Picchu administration does not see this problem with the dangerous stairs. On the way down there is missing any safety measure in this national park. A walking stick does not help at all.

The last part of the way up is with 2 tunnels. Fat people cannot pass there because these tunnels are made for natives of little shape.

For children under 12 years remain the walks around the mountains which are more or less flat.

In this section of the local mountains there are no food or beverage stands. All visitors have to take their things in rucksacks.

There are some guards in the zone. People not coming back until 3pm not having been canceled from the list of the guard house will be searched.

It's not allowed to leave garbage or pluck plants or take stones.

Machu Picchu: Zone der Hausberge Huchuypicchu
                    und Huaynapicchu, das Kontrollhäuschen beim
                    Eingangsbereich mit der Karte  Machu Picchu: Zone der Hausberge Huchuypicchu
                    und Huaynapicchu, das Kontrollhäuschen beim
                    Eingangsbereich mit der Karte, Nahaufnahme  Machu Picchu: Zone der Hausberge Huchuypicchu
                    und Huaynapicchu, das Kontrollhäuschen beim
                    Eingangsbereich mit der Karte, Nahaufnahme 2
Machu Picchu: the section of the local mountains of Huchuypicchu and Huaynapicchu, the control house at the entrance area

On this map (which one cannot purchase, what a pity) one can see that there are many more trails but only up to the mountain. There are walks around the hill with a big cave and some stairs. People who want to see all this and who want to go up the hill the same day have to arrive at 8am.

The name: Huaynapicchu - Huayna Picchu - Waynapicchu etc.
Machu Picchu Administration is writing the word Huaynapicchu in Quechua way as Waynapicchu (also on maps and signposts). Peruvian Government is not defining the way to write this word. CIA-Wikipedia writes the word as Huayna Picchu (https://dt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huayna_Picchu).

Height of Huaynapicchu
Machu Picchu is on 2,360m over sea level [web02], the peak of Huaynapicchu is on 2,667m over sea level [web01]. Thus the difference of height is 307m, so this is as if one would have a hard climb to an Eiffel Tower - and the view is also as it would be from an Eiffel Tower - be sure!

Honoring Mother Earth - a travel agency "Pacha Mama Explorers"
In the queue there was a flashing T-shirt of the person before me honoring Mother Earth in English:

Honor the sacred,
Honor the Earth, our Mother etc. etc.

The web site is www.pmexplorers.com - today (2016)  http://pmexplorers.com/ (only in English) - standing for Pacha Mama Explorers, thus Mother Earth Explorers. This is a travel agency in Peru in Cusco, calle Garcilaso 265, Cusco, phone 0051-84 43 75 47 [web03]

Machu Picchu, Aufstieg zum Hausberg
                    Huaynapicchu, ein Gedicht auf einem
                    Touristen-T-Shirt einer Touristen aus den
                    kriminellen "USA"
Machu Picchu, way up to local mountain of Huaynapicchu, a poem of a tourist T-shirt

And now we go:

Partition of the paths just at the beginning

Just at the beginning after about 200m the paths are parting, to the left to the little local mountain of Huchuypicchu, and to the right to the big local mountain of Huaynapicchu.

Spaziergang und Wegweiser: Die Teilung des
                    Weges links zum kleinen Hausberg Huchuypicchu und
                    zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu (Waynapicchu)  Spaziergang und Wegweiser: Die Teilung des
                    Weges links zum kleinen Hausberg Huchuypicchu und
                    zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu (Waynapicchu),
                    Nahaufnahme
Path and signpost: partition of paths to Huchuypicchu (small) and Waynapicchu (big)

Huchuypicchu is 2,479m over sea level [web04], Huaynapicchu is 2,667m over sea level [web01].

It seems strange that this important signpost is only in English not respecting any Peruvian, Spanish, Chilean or Columbian or else Spanish speaking tourist...

Wegweiser zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu
                    (Waynapicchu) 
Signpost to Huaynapicchu (Waynapicchu)

Go!

Spaziergang zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu: Treppen
                    und Gigasteine  Spaziergang zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu:
                    Spazierweg 1  Spaziergang zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu:
                    Spazierweg 02
Trail to Huaynapicchu: stairs and giant stones - walk 1,2

Spaziergang zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Beginn von Treppen  Spaziergang zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Beginn von Treppen  Spaziergang zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu -
                    Sicht auf Berge
Trail to Huaynapicchu, beginning of the stairs - view to the mountains

Spaziergang zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Treppen
                    mit dem Hausberg Huaynapicchu im Hintergrund  Spaziergang zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Sicht
                    ins Urubambatal mit Terrassen, Panoramafoto  Spaziergang zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    unregelmässige Treppe
Trail to Huaynapicchu, stairs with Huaynapicchu in the background - view to Urubamba Valley - irregular stairs

  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Pflanzen
                    und Kräuter  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Farnkraut  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Kräuter
                    mit Sicht ins Tal
Trail to Huaynapicchu, some plants like shrubs, ferns, umbel flowers

Wanderweg zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Doldenblume  Wanderweg zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Wanderweg mit Treppen  Wanderweg zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Doldenblume
Trail to Huaynapicchu, umbles - trail with stairs - and again umbel flowers

Wanderweg zum hohen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    erste Sicherheitsseile  Wanderweg zum hohen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Treppen  Wanderweg zum hohen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Sicht auf den Aussichtsberg Putucusi
Trail to Huaynapicchu, first safety ropes - stairs - view to local Putucusi Mountain

And now it begins to be dangerous:

Wanderweg zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Sicht auf die Spitze, Nahaufnahme  Wanderweg zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    unregelmässige Treppe mit Geländerseil /
                    Sicherungsseil  Wanderweg zum grossen Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    unregelmässige Treppe
Trail to Huaynapicchu, view to the peak, zoom - irregular stairs with safety rope

Irregular stairs at local mountain of Huaynapicchu

All stairs here are very irregular, and this is making the way up enormously difficult. The zone is world heritage and nothing is permitted to be changes - only earthquakes may change something here - it's perverse. Earthquakes during the last 500 years did change the position of most step stones. Therefore the danger to wrench a foot is very high and therefore this trail is very sportive and is nothing for sleepy people - and it's a unique event, really!

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Treppen
                    und Halteseile / Sicherungsseile 02  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Treppen
                    und Halteseile / Sicherungsseile 03  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Wanderweg
                    mit Treppen
Trail to Huaynapicchu, stairs and safety ropes 2,3 - trail with stairs

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu mit Treppen
                    mit Bergpanorama  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu mit gelben
                    Blumen  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu mit
                    Treppen
Trail to Huaynapicchu with stairs with mountain panorama - with yellow flowers, and stairs again

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Sitzbank /
                    Pausenbank zum Ausruhen in einem Stück  Wegweiser Waynapicchu 25 Minuten
Trail to Huaynapicchu, rest bench for a rest in one piece - signpost to Waynapicchu indicating 25 minutes

Who again has cut the stone here? Natives with wooden spoon not for sure!

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu mit Treppen
                    und unregelmässig verschobenen Steinen  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu mit Treppen
                    und unregelmässig verschobenen Steinen  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    Vermessungspunkt
Trail to Huaynapicchu with stairs with irregular shifted stones - benchmark

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    unregelmässige Treppe mit Seil, Sicht nach unten  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    unregelmässige Treppe mit Seil, Sicht nach oben mit
                    Touristen 
Trail to Huaynapicchu, irregular stairs with safety rope, view from above - and view from below with tourists

Also on the Huaynapicchu trail stairs in one piece can be found, but they are very odd:

Stairs steps in one piece being formed into cut rock

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    herausgeschlagene Treppe in einem Stück in einem
                    geschnittenen Fels 1  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    herausgeschlagene Treppe in einem Stück in einem
                    geschnittenen Fels 2
Trail to Huaynapicchu, sculptured stairs in a cut rock 1,2

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Strauch
                    mit rosa Blüten  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Strauch
                    mit rosa Blüten, Nahaufnahme
Trail to Huaynapicchu, shrub with rose flowers - zoom

And now comes the view of Machu Picchu as one can see it in the travel prospects:

View of Machu Picchu

Wanderweg auf den Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Sicht
                    auf Machu Picchu 01
Trail to Huaynapicchu, view of Machu Picchu 01

Wanderweg auf den Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Sicht
                    auf Machu Picchu 02
Trail to Huaynapicchu, view of Machu Picchu 02

The standard interpretation of this form is an eagle's head with two feathers on the top. In Peru this is always a condor eagle.

Wanderweg auf den Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Sicht
                    auf Machu Picchu, Nahaufnahme
Trail to Huaynapicchu, view to Machu Picchu, zoom

Wanderweg auf den Hausberg Huaynapicchu, noch
                    eine aus dem Fels herausgehauene Treppe 03 - ohne
                    Seil! 
Trail to Huaynapicchu, again some stairs with steps sculptured from a cut rock 03 - without rope!

I just said, it's just sportive!

And now comes the hamlet on the local mountain of Huaynapicchu:

The hamlet of Huaynapicchu
Wanderweg auf den Hausberg
                            Huaynapicchu, der Eingang zum Weiler auf dem
                            Hausberg Huaynapicchu 
Trail to Huaynapicchu, the entrance of the hamlet
Wanderweg auf den Hausberg
                            Huaynapicchu, der Eingang zum Weiler auf dem
                            Hausberg Huaynapicchu 01

Wanderweg auf den Hausberg
                            Huaynapicchu, der Eingang zum Weiler auf dem
                            Hausberg Huaynapicchu 02


Summary: we have seen 4 times cut stones respectively cut rock during this trail

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu, Sitzbank /
                    Pausenbank zum Ausruhen in einem Stück
Trail to Huaynapicchu, bench for a rest in one piece

Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    herausgeschlagene Treppe in einem Stück in einem
                    geschnittenen Fels 1  Wanderweg zum Hausberg Huaynapicchu,
                    herausgeschlagene Treppe in einem Stück in einem
                    geschnittenen Fels 2  Wanderweg auf den Hausberg Huaynapicchu, noch
                    eine aus dem Fels herausgehauene Treppe 03 - ohne
                    Seil!
Trail to Huaynapicchu, sculptured stairs in one piece from cut rock 1,2,3

So who did cut the rocks and sculpture the steps of stairs? Natives were with wooden spoons? - These were extraterrestrials I think.
 
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Sources
[web01] Huaynapicchu Mountain: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huayna_Picchu
[web02] Machu Picchu: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu
[web03] Pacha Mama Explorers: http://pmexplorers.com/
[web04] Huchuypicchu Mountain: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huayna_Picchu

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