Ukukhuphuka uMt. I-Kilimanjaro eTanzania ingenye yezinto eziphezulu zohlu lwamakhebhu cishe nganoma yikuphi umhambi we-adventure. Emamitha angu-5895 ukuphakama, akuyona nje intaba ende kunazo zonke e-Afrika, iyintaba ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni jikelele. Nazi izinto eziyisishiyagalolunye esizifunde ngesikhathi sezintaba ezingasiza abanye abahlela ukwenza lolu hambo futhi.
Yiba Ngokwemvelo
Nakuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi noma ubani osesimweni esihle ngokomzimba unethuba lokwenza kube semhlanganweni weKilimanjaro, lokho akusho ukuthi kuyoba lula ukuhamba phambili phezulu.
Ngokuphambene nalokho, njengoba imigwaqo evame kakhulu, ehlanganiswe nokuphakama okuphakeme, ingenza inselelo enzima kulabo abangakulungele. Okuhlangenwe nakho konke kuyoba okuthakazelisayo xa ufika entabeni njengokwanele ngokomzimba ngangokunokwenzeka, futhi ulungele izinselelo ezizayo. Ukuqeqeshwa kwe-Cardio nokuqina kuzokusiza ukuba umzimba wakho ulungele izinsuku ezihamba phambili zokuhamba futhi kuzokuvumela ukuba ujabulele isikhathi sakho entabeni kunokuba nje uhlupheke ekukhuphukeni.
Akuwona wonke amaKhovisi okuHlela adalwe afana
Ukuze ukhuphuke eKilmanjaro, kumele uqale ungene ngemvume ngensizakalo yesikhombisi engakususa entabeni. Kunezinhlobo eziningi zezindlela ongakhetha kuzo, ngezindleko ngokuvamile ezidlala indima enkulu kulabo abahamba phambili ekukhetheni ukuqasha. Nakuba iningi lalabo abaqashile belihle, izinkampani ezihloniphekile zokuhamba nazo, ngokuqinisekile akuzona zonke ezidalwa ezilinganayo.
Abapheki abaqeqeshiwe be-CIA bahlale bemanga amandla abo ekwakheni ukudla okumnandi kakhulu ngenkathi sisezinkampanini ezikude, futhi kabili-amasheke wezokwelapha nsuku zonke agcina iziqondiso zikwaziswa kahle ngempilo yeqembu lonke. Ngamafuphi, uTusker waqinisekisa ukuthi abahambi bazizwa benakekelwa kahle futhi balungiselele izinselelo, ezasiza ukwandisa amathuba ethu okufinyelela phezulu.
Sipho, Sipho!
Ukuziqhafaza nokuthatha isikhathi sakho kuyisihluthulelo sempumelelo e-Kilimanjaro, okunye okuqondiswa yilowo nalowo kuzokukhumbuza njalo. Uzovame ukuwazwa athi "isibalo, isibalo!" okusho "kancane, kancane kancane" ngesiSwahili, njengoba bebeka ijubane elilinganiselwe phezulu entabeni. Ukuhamba ngokuhamba kancane kuvumela umzimba wakho ukuba uhambisane kahle nokuphakama, futhi usindise amandla akho ngokucindezela okunzima esiqongweni. Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ukukhuphuka kwe-Kilimanjaro kuyimarathon, hhayi i-sprint, nangokuhamba kancane uzoqinisekisa ukuthi unethuba elihle lokuqeda ukukhuphuka.
Umzila wenza umehluko
Kukhona okungenani imigwaqo eyishumi nambili engadluliselwa emhlanganweni weKilimanjaro, ngayinye enezinselele nezici zayo ezihlukile. Isibonelo, i-Marangu Road iyona ehlukumeza kakhulu, engenza umzila uqhumeke ngezikhathi ezithile, kodwa futhi unikeza izindlu eziyisisekelo (kunamatende) zokulala ebusuku. Okwamanje, i-Machame Route iyinselele kodwa iyaziwa ngokuba yindawo enhle kakhulu. Yimuphi umzila owukhethayo uyoba nethonya empilweni yakho yonke, ngakho-ke yenza ucwaningo futhi uthole okukuthandayo. Emgodini we-Tusker for Valor, sasihamba ngesivinini esasisebenzisa i-Northern Circuit - i-offshoot ye-Lemosho Route - okusho ukuthi kuningi ukuhlala kwedwa emgwaqeni izinsuku ezimbalwa.
Ngezinye izikhathi kwakungathi sinezintaba zonke kithi, okwenza kube nesipiliyoni esihluke kakhulu kulabo abahamba emigwaqweni eyodwa ehamba kahle kakhulu. Futhi, imigwaqo ende yabiza imali eyengeziwe ukunyuka, kodwa futhi inikeze isikhathi esengeziwe sokungena ngokuvumelana nalokho, okuyinto engafanele inganakwa.
Ukugula Kwesisindo Kungaba Nomthelela Noma ubani
Njengoba kushiwo, enye yezinselelo ezinkulu kunoma yikuphi ukukhuphuka kweKilimanjaro kunqoba ukuphakama. Kuyinto engavamile ukuba abagibeli bezwe ikhanda, inselele, ukulahlekelwa ukudla, ukulala nokulala nezinye izimpawu njengoba bekhuphukela entabeni. Kungabangela nokugula okuphakeme okuphezulu, okuyinto engasongela impilo uma ingelashwa kahle. Indlela yodwa yokunciphisa lesi simo ihlela phansi endaweni ephansi, okwakungeyona elula engxenyeni eyikude yentaba esasihamba kuyo.
Ekugcineni, i-helicopter yabizwa ukuba iphume naye futhi kungakapheli amahora amaningi, wayezizwa kangcono kakhulu. Kodwa ukukhuphuka kwakhe kwaKhili sekuphelile, futhi kwakuyisikhumbuzo esihle kithi sonke ukuthi ukuguguka kokuphakama kungathinta noma ubani, kuhlanganise nalabo abalungiselele kahle futhi banesisindo somzimba.
Ama-Polk Trekking ayadingeka
Enye yezingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu zamagesi ongaletha nawe ekukhuphukeni kweKilimanjaro kuyisethi esihle sezingodo zokuhamba. Lezi zibonda zizokusiza ukuba ugcine ibhalansi yakho emigwaqweni engase ibe yingozi, ingalingani, futhi ifakwe emadwaleni angaguquki. Zizosiza futhi imilenze yakho ukuba ihlale iqinile kulo lonke uhambo, kokubili kokukhuphuka, futhi ikakhulukazi lapho ihlehla phansi entabeni. Uma ungajwayelene nokuthi ungasebenzisa kanjani izigxobo zokuhamba lapho uhamba, khona-ke singathanda ukusikisela ekusebenzeni esikhathini esithile. Ngaleyo ndlela, uma uqala i-Kili trek uzojwayele ukuba nazo ezandleni zakho, futhi ngeke uzizwe unzima kakhulu endleleni. Ngemuva kokuthola ulwazi oluthile usebenzisa izigxobo, uzothola maduzane ukuthi ukuhamba kanye nabo kuyinto yesibili, futhi uzobonga izinzuzo abazithumelayo.
Ukuhamba phansi kunamandla kunokuba ucabange
Njengoba imigwaqo yawo ephakeme, umoya omncane, nomhlaba onzima, ukufika emhlanganweni weKilimanjaro kudinga ukugxila okuningi nokuzinikezela. Yingakho abagibeli abaningi bebheke phambili ekuphenduleleni futhi behlehla emuva entabeni lapho sebeqedile. Kodwa ngezindlela eziningi, ukwehla kungase kube nzima kunokukhuphukela esiqongweni, okungaholela ekuhluphekeni okungalindelekile ngosuku lokugcina lokuhamba. Abaningi abagibelayo bazochitha okungenani kwezinsuku ezingu-5 bafinyelele esiqongweni, kodwa ngokuqinisekile bayochitha usuku olulodwa nje behlehla phansi, behla izinkulungwane ezinyawo kulolu hlelo. Lokho kwehla okukhulu ekuphakameni kuhle kakhulu emaphashini kodwa kunzima kakhulu emilenzeni, ngokuvamile evame ukukhathala futhi ibuhlungu ngemva kokuhamba uhambo olude kuze kube semhlanganweni. Thatha isikhathi sakho emuva emuva, futhi ulungele olunye usuku olude kakhulu endleleni. Ukukhuphuka akuphelile uze uphume ngokuphelele entabeni, futhi leyo mizuzu embalwa edlule ingaba yinkimbinkimbi kunazo zonke.
Akuwona wonke umuntu okwenza ku-Summit
Njengoba sekushiwo kakade, kunenganekwane ezungeza iKilimanjaro ethi umuntu angayenza phezulu. Lokhu kuzokuholela ekubeni ukholelwe ukuthi kunezinga eliphakeme kakhulu lempumelelo entabeni cishe cishe wonke umuntu ofika enhlanganweni. Iqiniso lilinganiselwa ku-60% labo abazama ukugibela iKhili empeleni baphumelele. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ku-4 kwabangu-10 abawenzile phezulu, ngokuphakama kanye nezindaba zezempilo ezibavimbela ukuba bangaboni "I-Roof of Africa." Kubalulekile ukuba umhambi we-adventure aqonde lezo zinkinga ngaphambi kokuzama ukukhuphuka, njengoba kuthanda futhi ubasize ukuba bahlole isimo sabo ngokucacile uma benquma ukuthi bangakwazi yini ukuqhubeka bekhuphuke phezulu entabeni, noma badinga ukuziphendulela. Ngendlela, izinga lokuphumelela likaTusker lisondele ku-90% ngenxa yezingxenye ezinde ezihambayo kanye nokuhlolwa kwezempilo abakwenzayo endleleni.
I-View From the Top iyinzuzo umzamo
Ngesikhathi sokukhuphuka kwe-Kilimanjaro, abagibeli bazothola inselele njalo. Ngaphandle kwezinsuku ezinde endleleni, futhi kunzima ukuphefumula umoya omncane, bangathola ukuthi balahlekelwa isifiso sabo, banenkinga yokulala, futhi bahlale bengakhululekile ngenxa yezinye izici ezihlanganisa isimo sezulu, abalingani babo , njalo njalo. Kodwa lapho befika enkundleni yonke yalezi zinselelo bahlanza njengoba begubha ukufeza kwabo. Umbono ovela endaweni ephezulu e-Afrika iyamangalisa, kanti intaba iyasebenza njenge-perch yakho, nezintambo zase-Afrika zisakaze kuzo zonke izinkomba. Kuyinto enhle kakhulu, ukusho okungenani, kanti kuyilapho kungelula, ukukhokhelwa esiqongweni kwenza konke kuzuze.
Kuyisikhumbuzo esihle sokuthi kungani sithanda ukuhamba nge-adventure kakhulu.