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The Chasqui

Quila is a chasqui, a courier used to carry messages across the Inca empire. Not only were they incredibly strong runners, chasqui were trained to read and decipher the Quipu, or knotted ropes, and pass on the message it held. The Chasqui could, and often would, run up to 240km a day, and so had to be agile and physically very fit.

The chasqui ran along a vast network of purpose built roads and rope bridges that spanned the Inca empire, which at its height was two million square kilometers. There were stopping points called tambos which were used as relay sttions for the chasqui to pass the message on to the next runner.