I-Adirondack's Wild Walk, i-Sanctuary Esimiswe eTreetops
Lapho ngisemncane, ngakhuphuka eziningi zezihlahla. Futhi nakuba bekulokhu kubonakala kuyindlela ephelele yokushaya abangani bami emdlalweni omkhulu wokuzifihla nokufuna, ngangihlale ngiyazi ukuthi isisusa sokwenza kanjalo sasinkulu kakhulu. Uma ngifakwe emasimini omuthi omkhulu oki engadini yami ebuntwaneni, ngase ngibheka phansi ngapha nangapha ngaphesheya kwendawo, ngifakwe umonakalo hhayi nje kuphela ukuthi konke okungajwayelekile kungabukeka kanjani, kepha nokuthi ngangizizwa kanjani ngibheka.
Nakuba ngangiphakeme ngaphezu komhlabathi, ngangixhumeke kakhulu emhlabeni kanye nezidalwa engangizihlanganyela nakakhulu; konke okwakungadingeka ukuba ngibalekele kuleli zwe elisha kwakungumqondo wokuzijabulisa kanye nobungozi bamadolo aqoshiwe.
Yilo kanye le ncazelo yokuzizwa kwengane mayelana nezwe lemvelo ukuthi i-Wild Walk e-Adirondacks esifundeni saseNew York inikeze izivakashi kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo kwehlobo. Kutholakala eduze kweTupper Lake, i-Wild Walk yakamuva ibizwe ngokuthi yizindawo ezinhle kunazo zonke zokuvakashela ehlobo. Ngokuvamile kuqhathaniswa nomgwaqo ophezulu waseNew York City, ovule iminyaka engama-6 ngaphambi kwalokho, umgwaqo ophakeme ohamba nge-Adirondack i-canopy yashintsha umbono wakho wendawo eyake yazizwa ijwayele ngokumane ihlinzekele ama-angles amasha wokuyibuka.
Ukukhangwa kungokwezikhungo ze-Wild Centre, isikhungo esingenzi inzuzo esisebenza kuma-81 ezigidi eziyisithupha zamahektare angama-acres akha i-Adirondack Park.
I-self-echazwe "i-un-museum," umsebenzi we-Wild Center, owavula iminyango yawo ngo-2006, ukugqugquzela izivakashi ukuba ziqonde, ziqonde futhi zihlanganyele nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ze-Adirondack flora nezilwane. Njengoba kuningi kakhulu okuzinikezelwe ekuhambeni ngezindlela zemfundo, i-Wild Centre isebenzisa imibukiso ye-multimedia kanye nokuhamba okuhamba phambili nokuhamba ngemikhumbi ukuze kufinyelele umgomo wayo wokukhuthaza nokwandisa ubuhlobo bomuntu nomvelo.
Futhi iyiphi indlela engcono kakhulu yokushintsha imibono kunokuthi ukwakha ngokoqobo?
I-Wild Walk iyiyindlela yemigwaqo namabhuloho akwandisa kuwo wonke amahlathi, ahlinzeke umbono wezwe njengoba unolwazi lwezinhlobo ezingu-72 zezinyoni nezilwane ezihlala kuzo. Kusukela ebangeni, umgwaqo uhamba kancane kancane kuze kube ngamamitha angu-42. Nakuba inamba encane iqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela zomgwaqo endaweni, njengezinga eliphakeme kunazo zonke likahulumeni uMt. UMarcy okhuphuka ngamamitha angu-5,544 (izikhathi ezinhlanu ephakeme kunompheme we-Empire State Building!), Ukuzwa kokuphakama kuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Isibonelo, isihlahla esingaphansi komzila sizobukeka ngokufana nomuthi 3,000 ukuya entabeni, uma nje izinyawo zakho zisemhlabathini. Ku-Walk Walk, ungabona isimiso esisha semvelo, esebenzayo nese-animated, esebenza amazinga angama-altitude kuphela ukusuka lapho ubeka khona imoto yakho.
Kuthatha iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye yokuhlela nokuthuthukiswa kukaCharles P Reay, umqambi olandelayo we-IBM Pavillon we-World Fair Fair ka-1964 kanye ne-Space Museum eWashington, DC, ukuze agcwalise umbono wakhe "wokuphuma kwehlathi." Ngempela, uReay ufezekisa lokhu kokubili ifomu nomqondo.
I-cylindrical engu-27, ekhombisa imibhoshongo ehambisana nomgwaqo futhi ixhase umgwaqo esibukweni izihlahla zomuthi wezimpaphe ezimhlophe ezizungezile. Yenziwe ngensimbi ye-Corten eyandulelwe ngaphambili, ngisho nombala walezi zakhiwo kuhloswe ukukhombisa umber yemvelo kanye ne-sienna palette yehlathi. Futhi, uma kwenzeka ukhathazekile, ukwakhiwa kwalesi sikhangiso kwakungenasidalwa esimisweni semvelo. Baqothula izihlahla ezingu-50 ezingezona izakhamuzi esifundeni sase-Adirondack kodwa batshala abalimi abangu-120 abasha.
Yonke, indlela ehamba phambili i-panoramic vista. Omunye angakwazi ngisho nokuzitholela endaweni yakhe yokudlala emithini: indawo yokuphumula ehamba ngamapulangwe, ephakamisa izindaba ezine ezimangalisayo; zikhona amabhuloho azintambo agijima afanisa ukuzwa kokuhamba kwesilwane kusuka emthini kuya esihlahleni; ungakhuphuka ukuphakama kwezinhlobo zemithi ezide kunazo zonke esifundeni, i-White Pine, esiteji esivunguzayo esingcwelisiwe esiqwini sayo; ukuphumula kwiwebhu yezintambo njengokungathi uzoba nenhlanzi, enezinyawo eziningi zezulu ngaphansi kwakho; uma uyenza kuze kube sekupheleni, bheka njengoba ukhozi luzofika, endaweni ephakeme kakhulu ehlelwe ukubukeka, uyaziqagela, isidleke sokhozi.
Ephakeme ngakhuphuka, lapho ngiqala khona. Ngangingumvakashi kuphela kule ndawo yangaphandle, engaziwa ngaphambili nakuba ngabe kunezingqimba ezimbalwa ngaphezulu. Kukhona ukuqwashisa okungenakugwemeka okukunqobayo lapho ubheka into engaphezulu kakhulu kunendawo yakho yansuku zonke. Ikhuthaza ithemba nethabo, njengoba livula ingqondo yakho kuzo zonke izinto umhlaba wethu ozosinikela kodwa awusaboni. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kubangele ukuzwela kulawo mazinga okusimama okubalulekile ngekusasa lethu, kodwa okwedlulele kancane kakhulu ezingxenyeni ezinkulu zezwe. I-Wild Walk, kubonakala sengathi ithemba ukuphakama ngokuphakama, inikeze ukwesaba okunjengomntwana ongekho namadolo aqoshiwe adingekayo.