Turn right at Machu Picchu : rediscovering the lost city one step at a time / Mark Adams.
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TextPublication details: New York : Dutton, c2011.Description: 333 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0525952241
- 9780525952244
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Mark Adams has spent his career editing adventure and travel magazines, polishing hair-raising tales about the exploits of famous explorers. So his plan to investigate the allegations against Bingham by retracing the explorer's perilous path to Machu Picchu isn't completely far-fetched, even if it does require him to sleep in a tent for the first time. Along the way he finds a still-undiscovered country populated with brilliant and eccentric characters, as well as an answer to the question that has nagged scientists for generations: just what was Machu Picchu?
Includes index.
Traces the author's recreation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides.