Okudingeka Ukwazi Ngokudoba Amaningi Ku-Grand Canyon
Ama-Mule Uhambo - I-Edgy Grand Canyon Experience
Ngenkathi izivakashi eziningi zihlangana ukuze zihambele e-canyon kusukela ekubukeni kwezitshalo futhi zibheke ezitolo zezipho, abantu abavame kakhulu bangathola ukuthi uhambo lwama-mule oluya e-canyon luzokwenza ukuvakashelwa kwabo e-Grand Canyon kungakhunjulwa ngempela.
Enye yezinkundla zamabhayisikobho e-Grand Canyon, isithombe esikhulu sikaTeddy Roosevelt sihlezi sihlaziye i-mule ewela phansi umzila we-Bright Angel.
Isivakashi esilindele ukuhamba ekuseni se-mule sathi, "Ngizobheja ukuthi akahlangabezanga umthetho we-pound-200!"
Yebo, kunemithethonqubo nemithetho yokuphepha ehambelanayo nesipiliyoni esisodwa sempilo e-Grand Canyon. Ukuhamba kwe-Mule kunikezwa abadayisi bezinsuku kanye nalabo abafuna ukuhamba yonke indlela eya eMfuleni i-Colorado ukuze bahlale eFantom Ranch ukulala noma kokubili ebusuku. Nakuba abahlomile beqhayisa irekhodi eliphephile elineminyaka eyi-100 eliphelele, uhambo lwamamulu ezansi emigwaqeni enobungozi, ludinga ukuthi abagibeli baqaphele abaholi, ababhikishi abanolwazi abakhona ukuze uthole isiqondiso nokuphepha. Njengoba umbhikishi oholayo etshela iqembu labagibeli, "lokhu akusikho i-pony ride!"
Mayelana ne-Grand Canyon Mule Uhambo
Okokuqala, ubani ongafanele acabange lolu hambo? Uma wesaba iziqhingi noma izilwane ezinkulu (ama-mules amakhulu kunezinye amahhashi futhi azizona izimbongolo ezincane ezincane), kufanele uhambe loluhambo. Uma ulinganisa ngaphezu kwamapounds angu-200 noma ungaphansi kuka-4 ft.
7in. ekuphakameni, uhambo alukho kuwe. Futhi, udinga ukwazi ukulandela izikhombisi-ndlela, ezinikezwe ngesiNgisi, kubabhikishi. Kuwukuhlakanipha ukuhlola abasebenza ngaphambi kokubhalisa uma unezimo zempilo ezingase zibe inkinga.
Usuke uphumelele? Uma unomuzwa wokuzijabulisa, uzizwe ufanelekile futhi ufuna ukubona i-Grand Canyon kusuka phezulu phezulu, kuzo zonke izilinganiso zokukhanya, futhi uhlangabezane ne-geology ye-geanyon, izilwane zasendle nezibuko ngendlela abambalwa abake bazizwa ngayo, kungenzeka ujabulele uhambo.
Kuthiwani ngokukwazi ukugibela? Abagibeli bazo zonke amakhono wamukelekile. Ababhikishi bayokutshela ukuthi uma ugibele njalo, uzothola okuningi kakhulu kunamantombazane, kepha emva kokuhamba kwehora lesi-5 nengxenye eya e-canyon floor noma ubani uzoba nenkinga encane ehamba.
Abagibeli bazokutshela ukuthi ungabuyisa kanjani i-mule, indlela yokuhamba nge-mule nendlela yokugwema izinkinga. Bayokubuka yonke indlela futhi balapho ukuze baqinisekise ukuphepha kwakho. Kodwa kuzodingeka uthathe iseluleko sabo ngenhliziyo futhi wenze ingxenye yakho ukuze uhambo oluphumelelayo.
Yini engingayilindela kuma-mules? Ama-mules akhethwe amandla, ukukhuthazela, nokuqinisekiswa kwezinyawo. Baqeqeshwe ukubhekana nezinkinobho kanye nemigwaqo emincane. Kodwa, njengoba abaphikisi bezokutshela, basesezilwane okungenzeka babe nenkani ngezikhathi ezithile futhi bangesabiswa yimbuzi engalindelekile, imvu, noma i-hiker emgwaqeni. Yebo, futhi ngikutshele yini ukuthi ama-mules ahamba ngaphandle kwengxenye yendlela? (khumbula, ungathathi loluhambo uma wesaba izindawo eziphakeme)
Esikhathini sokuhamba phambili, uzokwaziswa ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuhlala ndawonye. Amaningi yizilwane zezinkomo. Abagibeli bahlinzekwa izitshalo, noma amahlumela amancane, futhi kuthiwa bayisebenzise ukugcina imbali yabo okungenani ngamamitha amabili kuya kwezinhlanu ngemuva kwe-mule phambi kwabo.
Ababhikishi baphakamisa abagibeli futhi banamathole ezincane ezinganeni. Njengoba abagibeli behlelelwe ukuphuma, abagibeli bayatshelwa ukuthi izingane zihamba kuqala, bese kuthi abesifazane, bese kubafana. Futhi, kuthiwa, "uma wenza kahle endleleni, singakuvumela ukuba ubuyele emuva nabantu oza nabo."
Yiziphi izinketho? Kukhona uhambo olulodwa oluya e-Plateau Point. Uhambo luhamba nsuku zonke ukusuka e-Stone Corral eBright Angel Trailhead. Uzogibela izinyawo ezingamamitha angu-3 kuya phezulu, lapho uzoba nombono omuhle kakhulu oMfula iColorado ongamamitha angu-1,3 ngaphansi. Ukudla (ibhokisi lesidlo sasemini) kukhonjelwa emaJinini aseNdiya ngaphambi kokubuyela emuva. Isikhathi se-Saddle amahora angu-6 futhi uhambo lwamamayela angu-12 lithatha amahora angu-7.
Uma ufuna ukufika phansi kwe-canyon, ubusuku obulodwa noma obusuku obubili buhlala e-Phantom Ranch kuzokukhetha. I-Phantom Ranch yenzelwe uMary Jane Elizabeth Colter, umdwebi odumile wase-Grand Canyon. Kuyinto evulekile emithini, emfuleni-oasis ohlangothini owakhiwe ngo-1922. Ungalala endlini yendlu ebomvu noma enye yezinkampani zangaphambili zama-rustic. Ukudla kwasekuseni nokudla kwakusiwa kuleli cantina. Ungase ujoyine abagibeli noma imifula yomfula abangenza futhi ukubhuka ukuze uhlale khona. Izihlahla ze-Sycamore kanye neCottonwood zinikeza umthunzi futhi ngesikhathi sehlobo, lapho amazinga okushisa angadla ngaphezu kuka-100, ungase ufune ukungena emfuleni.
Uhambo oluya e-Phantom Ranch nangemuva kuthatha isikhathi eside kunokuba uhambe ngosuku, kodwa unesikhathi sokuphumula kusukela ekugibeleleni phansi bese uphawula emuva ngemuva kokubuyela emuva ku-canyon rim futhi. Ukuhamba phansi ngamamayela angu-10 futhi kuthatha amahora angu-5.5. Ukubuya kuyindlela ye-South Kaibab. I-7.5 miles futhi ithatha amahora angu-4.5.
Bathembisa ngisho ne-vistas enhle kakhulu ekuhambeni emuva.
Ngibhalise! Malini lokhu? Amazinga ka-2006 (ngokushintshwa) abonisa ukuthi uhambo olulodwa lwe-Plateau Point, kuhlanganise nesidlo sasemini, ngu-$ 136.35. Ukulala ebusuku eFantom Ranch kuyahluka ngokusho kwenkathi kanye nenombolo ephathini kodwa, ngokwesibonelo, phakathi nenkathi yebusika ka-2005 uhambo lwezinyanga ezimbili, kuhlanganise nokuhlala eFantom Ranch nokudla, kubiza u-$ 597.50.
I-Grand Canyon Mule Ride Amathiphu
Hlola Izembatho Zakho Zokugibela. Uma ungewona umgibeli we-horse-back, hlola ezitebhisini zakho zendawo ukuze uhlole indlela umzimba wakho ophendula ngayo ukugibela. Ngikholelwa, usebenzisa imisipha ehlukene yokugibela kunokuba uhambe ngezinyawo. Uma ungeke uhambe ngokuhamba ngomzila wakho, cabangela ukugibela okuncane noma ezinye izifundo ngaphambi kokuba uphume uhambo lwakho lokuqala lwe-Grand Canyon.
Gear Up. Bheka i-website ye-Mule uhambo, funda ipheshana bese uqinisekisa ukuthi unayo yonke igesi oyidingayo ohambweni lwakho. Khumbula ukuguqulwa kokuphakama kanye nokuhluka kwezinga lokushisa elifanayo. Ngenkathi amazinga okushisa ehlobo angase abe mnandi emgqeni, ungagcina ungama-degrees angu-100 kanye nokushisa phansi kwe-canyon. Inkokhelo ebanzi i-floppy ephakanyisiwe iyinconywa. Ngakho-ke ukuphuza amanzi ukugcina amanzi. Futhi, ungakhohlwa isikrini selanga. Ukubeka umqondo futhi kuwumqondo ohlakaniphile. Zama izingubo zakho ukuze uhlulele induduzo ngaphambi kokuthi ugibele uhambo lwakho.
Khumbula uhambo lwakho. Abaqashile bakuvumela ukuthi ulethe ikhamera eyodwa noma ikhamera yevidiyo encane noma amabhayisikili. Qinisekisa ukuthi ikhamera oyilethayo kulula ukuyisebenzisa, ivivinywa futhi iqinisile futhi ibanjwe ukuze ukwazi ukuyifaka emzimbeni wakho. Eqinisweni, konke okungahamba khona kuwe kuyadingeka ukuthi kukhonjiswe phansi ... izigqoko, izibuko, njll. Uma ungenayo amabhande asebenzayo, azokwenza amahloni ngokukunika i-twine ukubopha izinto!
Imibono ye-Souvenir
Ividiyo noma i-DVD ithengiswa esitolo sesipho esingakusiza ukulungiselela uhambo lwakho bese usebenza njengememori enkulu ngemuva kwalokho. Bathengisa amahembe awamemezela kubo bonke ogibele ama-mules eGrand Canyon. Izigqoko ze-baseball zihle, kodwa azihlangabezi nezidingo zesikhwama esiphezulu esifundeni sehlobo.
Ukubhuka okuhamba nge-Grand Canyon Mule
Ukubhuka kuyamukelwa kuze kufike ezinyangeni ezingu-13 kusengaphambili. Ngezikhathi eziphakeme nakumaholide, ukubhuka kungase kube nzima ukuthola. Kulabo abanezimpahla zabo ngokuzenzakalelayo futhi bathanda ukuphila ngokuyingozi, kukhona uhlu olulindile olugcinwe edeskini lokubhalisa eBright Angel Lodge. Bayeke ukukhansela futhi ungase uzithole ugibele ngamahora ambalwa nje.
Kodwa, ngenxa yalokhu okumangalisayo, ngingathanda ukusikisela ukuthi wenze ukubhuka.
Ukuhamba kwe-Mule kusuka eNingizimu Rim kungagcinwa nge-Xanterra Parks & Resorts. Shayela, ngefeksi, noma ubhalele ku-Xanterra Parks & Resorts, 14001 E. Illiff, uSte. 600, Aurora, CO 80014, noma vakashela i-www.grandcanyonlodges.com. Ukwaziswa kohlu lokulinda, shayela noma xhumana ne-Bright Angel Lodge yezokuthutha idesksi ngaphakathi kwepaki.