Richard Turner

Total Raised

$897

Total Distance

112km

Distance Goal

150km

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My Updates

Daily tasks

I have been out of range and missed posting a few of my daily tasks โ€ฆ.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿฆ™๐Ÿ™ˆ So here are a fewโ€ฆ. Love Heart โค๏ธ Family Rock prayer Humanatay lake Red/Orange my fav colours Donating obey to a lovely young Mum at the food market ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿ™ Bestie friends Andy Alpaca and Ted E Bear ๐Ÿป Iโ€™ve probably missed a few โ€ฆ

Cusco puru

Now we have arrived in Cusco Peru ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช, we spend the next 2 full days in Acclimatisation โ€˜modeโ€™, allowing our bodies to adapt to the altitude. Currently at approx 3400masl - walked up to 3800 this morning. Tomorrow is an early start visiting the โ€˜Sacred Valleyโ€™ plenty of pics to come. Wednesday our time , we start our big trek up through the Salkantay Pass with a 4.30am start ๐Ÿ™ˆ The big mileage will really start to kick in and we will climb to over 4800 mtrs on Thursday.

Here we go โœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช

Boarded and waiting to push back โ€ฆ. My wonderful trail leader and bestie PT, Cherie Horne is onboard and ready to go . Iโ€™ll make sure I get up and do some steps in the air every hour. Given the altitude do I get double the step count ?? or check in again soon

Survivor 2 salkantay pass peru.

Unfortunately, there wonโ€™t be many kms today ! About to check in at Melb Int for my trip to Peru ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Do steps on 27 hours of flight time count?โœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚ will definitely make up for it next Wednesday when we start our climb after a few days of acclimatisation โ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Day 2 : no walk completed

Felt a bit flat and anxious about my big trek to Peru , leaving Sunday Oct 4th. Not a great day but thereโ€™s always tomoz๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชโ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

Day 1 down

Spent part of my day walking around Southland getting last few things for my trip to Peru. Not a dedicated , focused effort but in a few days I will well and truly be into the big blocks and effort climbing the Salkantay Pass, Peru, rising above 4600mtrs at itโ€™s Summit. Stay tuned peeps โ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช

Survivor 2 Salkantay Pass

My Achievements

Thank you to my Sponsors

$269.13

Richard Turner

$112.09

Patrick Murray

Good on you Richard, what an amazing thing to do, thank you for stepping up to support such an important cause.

$100

Mark Williamson

$66.73

Andy Mccreery

Thanks Rick. Great work buddy for a great cause!

$66.73

Grenfell

You have got this

$66.73

Felicity Hughes

Having done the Inca Trail twice, I know how tough it is and the feeling at the end of it can’t be put into words. We are all very proud of you cuz xx

$55.95

Sammy Gray

Amazing work, mate.

$55.95

Teresa Van Der Zee

$45.30

Tc

$34.40

Lindy Mcmanus

Cheers to you, Rick!

$23.81

Glen Fearnett

Well done Rick

Thank you to my supporters

$66.73

Andy Mccreery

Thanks Rick. Great work buddy for a great cause!

$66.73

Grenfell

You have got this

$66.73

Felicity Hughes

Having done the Inca Trail twice, I know how tough it is and the feeling at the end of it can’t be put into words. We are all very proud of you cuz xx

$55.95

Sammy Gray

Amazing work, mate.

$55.95

Teresa Van Der Zee

$45.30

Tc

$34.40

Lindy Mcmanus

Cheers to you, Rick!

$23.81

Glen Fearnett

Well done Rick