This handwoven rope bridge is a remnant of the great Incan road system. Before, there would be hundreds of these rope bridges connecting cliffs and people. Now, this is the last one in existence.
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.
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 ...
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 ...