Two surgeons and their friends test endurance and alignment on the 43-km Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

xThey usually mend bones and restore mobility—but for four epic days in the Peruvian Andes, two orthopaedic surgeons and their friends traded scalpels for trekking poles, testing their own joints and limits along the 43-kilometre Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Where Bones Meet Stone

The trail’s interlocking stones, steep ascents, and sacred ruins challenged their muscles and thrilled their minds. “This trail is a surgeon’s delight,” joked Dr. Shashi Kanth G, Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Star Hospitals, admiring its natural shock absorption and historical load-bearing structures. “Every step felt like studying biomechanics in real life—nature’s perfect alignment.”

Tents, Te

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