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Latin America

The Unmitigated Gall

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1. I saw a documentary on this years ago.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Jun 25, 2023, 02:53 PM

Jun 2023

The Inca had an amazing road system and runners stationed at regular intervals. Bridges like this one spanned the many deep gorges, so that messengers on foot could travel length and breadth of the land in just days. Fascinating what skilled hands can do with just grass.

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Gravity-defying: revamping an Inca rope suspension bridge [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2023 OP

I saw a documentary on this years ago. The Unmitigated Gall Jun 2023 #1

It's beyond understanding how so much was accomplished. A powerful bridge from mere grasses. Judi Lynn Jun 2023 #2