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Link makes another visit to the lost city
Altitude sickness and a gruelling trek were forgotten when Martyn Bailey from Westlea finally arrived at the sun gates of the lost city of
Machu Picchu in Peru at the end of May.
Accompanied by his son, Dale, done to avoid altitude sickness and affected but, after a day resting and to pose for a photo holding The
he took part in a four day trek to Martyn was struck down almost acclimatising, they were ready to Link in front of the mystical ruins
the ancient site, raising £4,000 for as soon as he set foot off the plane. set off. The challenge of walking at of the UNESCO world heritage
Marie Curie Cancer Care. Dale "Either you're going to get it or altitude was compounded by upset site. "We were warned off on the
gave up smoking to take part in you're not. I felt really sick and had stomachs but there was never any first day so when we went back.
the challenge and the pair had been a throbbing head and my heart was talk of giving up. I asked someone to quickly take a
regulars at the gym in preparation. beating twice as fast as usual." "The best moment was when photo and then ran back to the bus
Unfortunately, there is little to be Six members of the party were we went through the sun gates in before anyone noticed."
the late afternoon at nearly 8,000 You can still help Martyn and
feet above sea level and we looked Dale at: www.justgiving.com/
down at Machu Picchu. It was very martynanddale
the positive newsforce emotional." • Eunice Salmon was pictured with
inSwindon With thoughts of home, Martyn The Link at Machu Picchu in the
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