Halfway up the second pass, at 12,464 feet another set of great ruins. The ruin is laid out like a large semi-circle with a circle within it, and an attached small rectangular room. Either a ceremonial site for a city far below, as it is laid out in a sun-like circle with the semi-circle representing the moon; or a guard house; or as Elias posited, a social checkpoint on the Inca trail for travelers making the journey between Quechua cities, and storing Llama's in the center while staying overnight--apparently the semi-circle was enclosed with thatch, while the circle center was left open, and a lot of llama dung was found there, as it it was used to house llamas for the trail; and the rectangular room was a general shared storeroom.
climbing up from campsite to the ruins; View of the side of the ruins;
two views of the ruins from above
Ted and Nidiana in the side room of the ruin
Nidiana above the ruins; Chaylee and Nidiana take a break above the ruins
Getting ready to move on up
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