ciudad perdida pt 1

Finding the Lost Citya 5-day trek to Colombia’s Ciudad PerdidaJanuary 2016 part one

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My bucket list

Rim to Rim, Grand Canyon

Abel Tasman, New Zealand

Inca Trail, Peru

Kilimanjaro

If at first you don’t succeed … May 2015

Should I be playing with my own age group?

Can you find the old guy?

Where is Ciudad Perdida?

Santa Marta

Santa Marta

La Brisa Loca Hostel

Beach HikeTayrona Park

Beach hikeTayrona Park

Getting to Santa Marta

• Fly MSP – Bogota – Santa Marta – Bogota - MSP

• Fly MSP – Cartagena – Bus – Cartagena - MSP

No Visa – No shots

5-day hike

Day One– Santa Marta to

Machete– Machete to Camp 1– 3.5 hours– 4.7 miles

There are 4 and 6 day options.

5-day hike

Day Two– Camp 1 to Camp 3– 7.5 hours– 9.2 miles

5-day hike

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Day Three– Ciudad Perdida - AM– Camp 3 – Camp 2 PM– 9.5 hours (lost)– 7 miles?

5-day hike

Day Four– Camp 2 to Camp 1– PM Free!– 3.75 hours– 4.5 miles

5-day hike

Day Five– Camp 1 to Machete– Machete to Santa

Marta– 3.5 hours– 4.7 miles

Total less than 35 miles

1060 meter/3500 foot elevation gain

Getting to the trail head

Machete Town

Guides – Ariel and Julian

The path

“I don’t think I will need to exercise again for the rest of my life.” – fellow hiker

19 river crossings

To be continued

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