John tries to squeeze through a tiny tunnel that one had to pass through to reach the peak of Huanya Picchu, the mountain behind Macchu Picchu.

Despite a sore knee I took the 35 minutes to climb up (and the 40 minutes to climb down) to reach the peak of this mountain. I might not have, bar for the insistence of Don Rankin before I left mountain that 'you've just got to climb this mountain'. It was certainly worth it.

A few of the inclines on the climb of Huanya Picchu were certainly more steep and demanding than anything we'd encountered on the Inca Trail. Libe had opted not to do this climb, and I was glad she did - I'm not sure if her knees would have fully held up here.