{"id":1760,"date":"2023-12-07T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:32:05","slug":"tourist-dies-from-lightning-strike-on-rainbow-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/tourist-dies-from-lightning-strike-on-rainbow-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist dies from lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Huatemaltecan tourist dies from a lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain<\/strong>. The tourist named Otoniel Castellanos Gongora, who died after receiving an electric shock from lightning on his journey to the seven-colored hill or mountain of Pitumarca.<\/p>\n<p>The misfortune occurred at noon, and the incident was reported to the Pitumarca police so that they could coordinate with the Public Ministry of Canchis and carry out the procedure to remove the body. The body was taken to the morgue in the city of Sicuani.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1763\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1763\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1763\" src=\"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rainbow-mountain-day-tour.jpg\" alt=\"lightning-strike-on-Rainbow-Mountain\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1538\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Bolivian flag on rainbow mountain<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Summary<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Tabla de contenidos\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/tourist-dies-from-lightning-strike-on-rainbow-mountain\/#What_is_the_time_of_highest_incidence_of_lightning_strike_on_Rainbow_Mountain\" title=\"What is the time of highest incidence of lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain?\">What is the time of highest incidence of lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/tourist-dies-from-lightning-strike-on-rainbow-mountain\/#How_to_visit_Rainbow_Mountain_more_safely\" title=\"How to visit Rainbow Mountain more safely?\">How to visit Rainbow Mountain more safely?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_time_of_highest_incidence_of_lightning_strike_on_Rainbow_Mountain\"><\/span>What is the time of highest incidence of lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The city of Cusco, the nerve center for <strong>visiting Machu Picchu<\/strong> and the mountain of colors, has two very marked periods; the drought season from April to November and the rainy season from December to March.<\/p>\n<p>During this rainy season there is a greater possibility of <strong>lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain<\/strong> as well as on other <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/inca-trail-treks\/classic-inca-trail-to-machupicchu-4d-3n\/\">trails that lead to Machu Picchu<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. Lightning strikes usually happen in the Andes at this time after noon.<\/p>\n<p>Many people, despite the knowledge they have about lightning strikes starting at noon in places that exceed 4000 meters of altitude and much more in places with a high concentration of minerals, continue visiting these tourist attractions in the afternoon, in order to avoid the crowds and be able to take a photo without others around them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_visit_Rainbow_Mountain_more_safely\"><\/span>How to visit Rainbow Mountain more safely?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>During the rainy season, it is best to visit places such as the <strong>colorful or rainbow mountain<\/strong>, <strong>Humantay lagoon<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/alternative-short-hikes\/pallay-punchu\/\"><strong>Pallay Punchu<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waqrapukara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Waqrapukara<\/span><\/strong><\/a> very early; This implies that they will have to leave Cusco around 4 in the morning, visit these natural destinations between 9 and 10 am. This great effort will allow you to visit Rainbow Mountain more safely.<\/p>\n<p>Another little tip to avoid a lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain is to turn off any device that is a conductor of electricity such as: cell phones, iPads or tablets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huatemaltecan tourist dies from a lightning strike on Rainbow Mountain. The tourist named Otoniel Castellanos Gongora, who died after receiving an electric shock from lightning on his journey to the seven-colored hill or mountain of Pitumarca. The misfortune occurred at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[219,100,218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1766,"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions\/1766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incagoexpeditions.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}