The hanging bridge has several thick ropes that serve as a platform, with two more for holding on on either side. The replacement of the old ropes takes three days. Some of the workers chew coca ...

Every June, communities in the Cusco region, capital of the Inca Empire, join efforts in making ropes out of q'oya plants to renovate the Q'eswachaka bridge, the last of its kind, keeping alive a work ...

Get fearless, uncompromising truth in your inbox. Subscribe to The Real News. Sign up A torrent of water rushes underneath, gray and angry. Wind whips. Thunder rumbles in the distance. Clouds threaten ...

The annual reweaving was canceled in 2020, due to the pandemic, causing the bridge— one of the last surviving Inca rope bridges —to collapse from disrepair. But community members were able to gather ...

As much as you’re looking forward to your upcoming trip to Nepal, you should always keep in mind that life is a journey, not a destination. But it’s only on a bridge, suspended halfway between two ...

Several interrelated people die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident inquires into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of answer to why ...