CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 475 km round trip from Tanta - roughly 11 h 25 in the saddle. It goes by way of Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco, Segment Molle - Huarangal, Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac and back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 4,700 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
76 km on Segment Masho - Piticocha → Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
High above Lima, where the desert coast gives way to the bare, windswept grasslands of the Andean puna, an old stone path crosses the mountains of Huarochirí. This is a segment of the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road network that UNESCO listed in 2014, and it is one of the many trails that linked the Pacific coast with the central highlands. The region has a particular literary fame: a Quechua manuscript from around 1600, known as the Huarochirí Manuscript, records the myths and rituals of the local communities, with stories of mountain gods, floods and the great shrine of Pachacamac on the coast. It is among the few surviving texts that tell the pre-Hispanic stories in their own words.
Read the complete Segment Masho - Piticocha write-up.
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Segment Masho - Piticocha is where the day begins. Next is Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
In the mountains east of Lima, high above the desert coast, a stone path clings to the slopes of the province of Huarochirí. It is a section of the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road system, which in this region linked the sacred coastal sanctuary of Pachacamac with Jauja and the central highlands. The segment between Casila Alto and Chillaco is one of the stretches listed by UNESCO in 2014 as part of the transnational Andean Road System. The Inca engineers built it with retaining walls, steps and drainage channels to cope with the steep terrain and seasonal rains, and parts are still used by local farmers and their animals.
Read the complete Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco write-up.
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Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco comes up 45 km in. Next is Segment Molle - Huarangal.
The names tell a story about the land. Molle is the Peruvian pepper tree, with its weeping branches and pink berries, and a huarangal is a grove of huarango, the tough, deep-rooted desert tree that once covered much of the Peruvian coast. Between these two places, in the lower hills east of Lima toward the Lurín valley, runs a short stretch of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road network. Here the road descended from the highlands toward the sanctuary of Pachacamac on the coast, one of the most important religious centres of the ancient Andes, where an oracle drew pilgrims from far and wide. The segment is part of the UNESCO listing of the Andean Road System.
Read the complete Segment Molle - Huarangal write-up.
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90 km in you reach Segment Molle - Huarangal. Next is Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac.
Lima is one of the driest capitals on earth, and yet just south of it, in the hills above the Lurín valley, the desert turns green for a few months every year. The Lomas de Quebrada Verde are fog oases, where the winter mist called garúa, rolling in from the cold Pacific between roughly June and October, condenses on the hillsides and brings to life a brief explosion of grass, flowers, cacti and shrubs, attracting birds, butterflies and the people of Lima, who come here to walk. The segment between Quebrada Verde and Pachacamac is part of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road system, which linked the coast with the highlands.
Read the complete Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac write-up.
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Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac, about halfway.
If a place could be known by its tree, Huarangal would be known by the huarango. This slow-growing, deep-rooted tree of the Peruvian coast, a kind of mesquite, once covered the dry valleys and fed the ancient people with its sweet pods, and the old Inca road passed through it. Much of the forest has been cut for charcoal and farmland, but a few trees survive, and the name of the place keeps the memory. The segment between Molle and Huarangal is a stretch of the Qhapaq Nan, the Inca road network that was listed as a World Heritage site in 2014, in the dry foothills of the Andes east of Lima, where the Rimac valley opens out and the desert meets the mountains.
Read the complete Segment Molle - Huarangal write-up.
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Segment Molle - Huarangal sits at 179 km, about halfway. Next is back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac.
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Read the complete Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac write-up.
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back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac comes up 224 km in. Next is back through Segment Molle - Huarangal.
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Read the complete Segment Molle - Huarangal write-up.
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269 km in you reach back through Segment Molle - Huarangal. Next is back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco.
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Read the complete Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco write-up.
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back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco, late in the day. Next is Segment Masho - Piticocha.
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Read the complete Segment Masho - Piticocha write-up.
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The route ends here after 475 km.
Segment Masho - Piticocha → Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → Segment Molle - Huarangal is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Molle - Huarangal → Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac → Segment Molle - Huarangal is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segment Molle - Huarangal → back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Quebrada Verde - Pachacamac → back through Segment Molle - Huarangal is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Molle - Huarangal → back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segment Casila Alto - Chillaco → Segment Masho - Piticocha is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.