PERU - Dangling over a vertiginous gorge, the Apurimac River flowing around 10 stories below, Indigenous Peruvians show no fear as they repair a centuries-old Inca rope suspension bridge -- the ...

As far as team-building exercises go, this one's pretty special - a thousand villagers join forces in a 500-year-old annual tradition to make a precarious rope bridge which will serve as a vital link ...

Dangling over a vertiginous gorge, the Apurimac River flowing around 10 stories below, Indigenous Peruvians show no fear as they repair a centuries-old Inca rope suspension bridge -- the world's last.

Dangling over a vertiginous gorge, the Apurimac River flowing below, Indigenous Peruvians show no fear as they repair a centuries-old Inca rope suspension bridge - the world's last. Every June, ...

Peruvians from the Huinchiri community in Cusco region are rebuilding a 500-year-old Incan hanging bridge, made using traditional weaving techniques to literally string a crossing together spanning ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Made of woven grass and spanning 118 feet, the Q’eswachaka (pronounced with ...

Every June, members of the Quechua Indigenous group come together to braid thick ropes made from a type of Andean straw, then brave the chasm without harnesses to replace worn parts of the Q'eswachaka ...