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of the explorers. Hiram Bingham used to see if he could beat his personal best every
time he climbed.
5 READ A GOOD BOOK BEFOREHAND
John Hemmings'
Conquest of the Incas
is a classic. But for fun, I recommend
Plunder
of the Sun,
by David Dodge. It's a noir novel about bruisers fighting for an Inca treas-
ure and will give you a good sense of what Cuzco was like in the 1950s. Machu Picchu
is rich with history - these books will make it come alive.
