This story was selected as the WINNER of our “A Book Led Me There” competition. Following a sickness-stricken childhood, a traveler vows to discover the long-lost city of Machu Picchu, which she’d known only through books, battling mountain mudslides and broken boots while carrying her younger self on an adventure that once seemed impossible.Story link: https://intrepidtimes.com/2025/11/sick-inner-child-impossible-machu-picchu-adventure/