- Idilesi: Isiqithi sePasika, isiChile;
- Ukuphakama: malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-539 ngaphezulu kwezinga elwandle.
I-Chile ityebile kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo kunye neengqungquthela emhlabeni, ezenza abatyeleli bevela kwihlabathi lonke. Ezinye zazo zihlala kwilizwe, ezinye zikho kwisiqithi se- Easter . Ibali lakhe ngokwayo lifihliwe emfihlakalweni, phezu kwenkcazelo apho izazinzulu kunye nabavubukuli bekulwela ngaphezu konyaka omnye. Kodwa kubahambi, i-Maung Terevaka Intaba, eyona ndawo ephakamileyo kweso siqithi, inomdla.
Iyintoni intaba?
Xa sele kufuphi neNtaba yeMaung Terevaka, iindwendwe zifumanisa ukuba oko kufumaneka kwijiso lomntu kuphakama ngaphezu kweemitha ezingama-539 ngaphezulu kwezinga elwandle. Kubonakala ngathi ukubonga kwesi sikhundla ngeke kungene kwincwadi yokurekhoda, kodwa kukho enye inkqubela encinci ekufuneka ifakwe ingqalelo - ininzi yentaba ifihlwe phantsi kwamanzi. Kancinci ngaphantsi kwama-3000 m ufihliweyo, kwaye xa ungeze kulo mfanekiso ukuphakama kwendima ebonakalayo, sithola impawu emangalisayo.
Intaba ithandeka njani kubakhenkethi?
Ukunyuka kweNtaba uMaung iTerevaka yinto ekhethileyo, nangenxa yomntu ongaziqhelana nokuzikhandla. Ukutyelela kwesi siqithi naliphi na ixesha, egalelo kwiimeko zezulu. Ngenxa yoko, ukunyuka akuphazamisi ngekhephu okanye iqhwa. Ukuhamba akuthatheli amandla amaninzi, kuba iintaba zentaba zingenanto kwaye zingcolile.
Ukunyuka ukuya phezulu kakhulu ngenxa yesizathu sokuzibamba ngokubhekiselele kwimeko engemuva yelizwe elihle, enye yezona zikude kakhulu ezweni. Into eyona nto inokuphazamisa indlela yokuhamba ukuhamba. Kodwa ukunyuka ukuya phezulu, abakhenkethi bayakulibala ngokupheleleyo ubunzima kunye nokuphazamiseka, kuba ezininzi iintlobo ezinomdla kufuneka zifune umhlaba.
KwiNtaba yaseMaung Terevak iququzelele ukuhamba apho nabani na ongakwazi ukudibanisa, ixesha layo li-3 iiyure kuphela. Unokuhamba uhamba ngokwakho, kwiSiqendu sasePasika kunzima ukulahleka okanye ukuphosakela ngendlela ngenxa yendawo encinane. Xa unxunguphako, unokuhlala ucela indlela esuka kubemi basekhaya banobubele.
Unako ukunyuka waya phezulu kwihashe, apho abavakhenkethi, abahamba ngeenxa zonke kwiipaki zesizwe zaseChile , bayavuya ngokuqinisekileyo. Abanye bathabatha iibhasikidi ukuba baqeshwe, kuba umlinganiselo oqhelekileyo wokuhamba awuyi kubonakaliswa. Abahambi bafanele bahambe ehlathini, kwaye emva kweentlambo ukuya entabeni yeentaba. Xa ufinyelela phezulu, kufuneka ufake ijeythi kumahlombe akho, kuba apha kuya kuba yinto epholileyo, ngenxa yoko kuya kuba nzima ukugxininisa ubuhle obujikelezile. Kwakhona akunakulimaza ukuthatha amanzi aneleyo.
Ndingafika njani entabeni?
Ukwenza umphakamo eNtabeni uMaung Terevaka kwaye ujabulele umbono oqaqambileyo, kufuneka ufike kwisiqithi sePasika . Iyakwazi ukufikelela kwiindlela ezimbini: ukubhukuda kwiinqanawa zokuhamba okanye ukunyuka ukusuka eSantiago ukuya kwisikhululo-moya sasekuhlaleni, uhambo luya kuthatha malunga neeyure ezingama-5.