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Hiking With Denis Martel Is Not A Walk

In The Local Park

from a few years ago, was his
By Jordan Todd toughest hike ever, he says. The
number of hikers that are allowed
ince retiring, Denis Martel
Shas been travelling the world on the mountain is limited because
of the incredible altitudes and the
pursuing his passion – hiking. It’s
brought him to many exotic locales problems that can cause. He went
for six days in 2011. It was quite
and foreign places around the globe.
the mental and physical test. “You
One of his most recent trips was go from extreme heat to extreme
a trek to Machu Picchu in Peru in cold and everything in between,”
November. “It’s unique in that it’s says Martel. “Heavy, heavy rains
an Inca site that has been extremely at times, and mix that in with the
well preserved; also because of how altitude and it makes for a diffi cult
inaccessible and well hidden it is,” trek.”
says Martel.
Martel says that he enjoys
Machu Picchu is located at the hiking because it’s the ultimate
end of what’s called the Sacred combination of physical and mental
Valley. You can hike the entire trail, challenge. “You need to be in shape,
but because some of the people he you need to be patient, it forces you
was with weren’t interested, Martel to slow down, it forces you to spend
didn’t do the whole thing. Instead some time refl ecting on things,” he
he hiked and trekked around the says. “It’s that combination that
site for a few days, which he says, makes it really interesting for me.”
was still an incredible experience. Next up for Martel is a hiking trip
“Those were amazing experiences
to Panama in March, followed by a
for sure.”
trek with his wife in Patagonia in
His trip to Mount Kilimanjaro, Argentina in the fall. Denis at Mount Kilimanjaro Photo Submitted

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