We were woken at 5am after spending a comfortable night in our tent. We had porridge with little pieces of apple in for brekky - very nice!

After breakfast we set off for the 900m climb up to 'Dead Woman's pass' - 4200m above sea level - the highest we'd been. As a reference, Snowdon in Wales is 1085m above sea level, Mount Everest is 8850m above sea level, so we were almost halfway up Everest...

The first part of the climb was in the shade of the trees. We passed a llama 'train' on the was up. Then we reached the point were the trees no longer grow. The climb had been tough up to this point, but it became harder with the sun beating down on us and the air getting thinner the higher we climbed. Once we neared the summit it got cooler, as we were very close to the clouds. The last 200m up or so were really tough and we were both struggling a little with catching our breath. We had to slow down quite dramatically to compensate!

Once we'd reached the top, it was time to climb down the other side - back down 500m (quite frustratingly!). We ate lunch at the bottom (more soup (quinoa) and a main course).

After lunch we climbed another 400m to Runkuraquay pass. Runkuraquay was a stopping point for the Incas, were they could have a meal and get a bed for the night. It rained quite hard whilst we were up there so we made use of our bright red plastic ponchos.

Climbing 400m down some steep steps, we briefly visited the ruins of Sayamarca before heading to our camp for the night. We reached camp around 5pm, so it had been a long day for us. More soup, main course and pud for tea.