Choquequirao Ultra Endurance Route Endurance Logistics in the Cradle of the Last Incas

The trajectory towards the Choquequirao archaeological complex constitutes the most demanding biomechanical endurance test in the Eastern Andes. The abrupt descent to the Apurimac river bed and the subsequent vertical ascent of fifteen hundred meters of net altitude gain impose an extreme muscular stress load. The osmotic hydration protocol and glycogen reserve management must be calculated and audited to prevent metabolic failure.