Ukuhamba ngezinyawo kungenye yezinhlobo ezithandwayo zokuhamba nge-adventure. Phela, ukukhuphuka kweKilimanjaro nokuvakashela e-Everest Base Camp kukhona izinto zezinhlu zamabhakethi kubantu abaningi. Kodwa umzila omude obanga ubude owakhiwe manje futhi owakhiwe eMpumalanga Yurophu uthembisa ukunikeza inselelo entsha kulabo asebevele bekhona futhi benza lokho.
Umzila weTranscaucuses (TCT) udlulisela amakhilomitha angu-1500 ngamadolobha aseCaucuses, asebenza njengomngcele waseRussia neGeorgia, i-Armenia ne-Azerbaijan.
Umzila uqala e-Black Sea entshonalanga bese uphela ogwini lwaseCaspian empumalanga. Endleleni, umzila ubeka phezu kwamathunzi ezintaba eziqhwaqhwa njengeqhwa, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwamahlathi aminyene, emadolobheni asendulo, nasezindaweni ezidlule ezigodini nezigodi, ehlangene nemiphakathi ehlukahlukene nemvelo ehamba endleleni.
Yebo, okungenani kuzokwenza zonke lezo zinto uma seziqedile. Njengamanje, umqondo ohamba kancane kancane ngenxa yeqembu labazinikezele kanye nabavolontiya abaye bahamba kancane kancane, bahlola izigaba zayo ezihlukahlukene, futhi basiza ukuyibala abanye ukuze bahambe nabo. Labo bantu abanjalo bayakha nendlela abahamba ngayo futhi bafaka izimpawu zomzila ukwenza kube lula ukulandela, benethemba lokuthi ngokwenza kanjalo umzila uzokhambela izivakashi eziningi esifundeni.
Yini evulekele abahlukumezi
Okwamanje, izingxenye ezithile kuphela zomgwaqo ovulekile ngokugcwele kwabakwa-trekkers, nezigaba eziningi zisadingeka zihlolwe futhi zikhishwe kwabanye.
Lona umsebenzi omude, okhandlayo okulindeleke ukuba uthathe iminyaka emihlanu ukuqedela, kodwa uma uvula uthembisa ukuthatha abagibeli bezemvelo endaweni emangalisayo, umlando, kanye namasiko.
Enye indawo efana nale ndawo isifunda se-Upper Svaneti. Le ndawo ye-Heritage World World Heritage iyayaziwa kakhulu ngenxa yokubukeka kwayo okumangalisayo kwezintaba zeCaucuses kodwa inqwaba yamadolobhana ayenayo izibonelo ezithile ezimangalisayo zakhiwo zokwakha zasendulo.
Izakhiwo lapho zihlanganisa imizi engu-200 yombhoshongo eyayisetshenziswe kokubili njengezindawo zokuhlala nezikhundla zokuzivikela kumabutho ahlasela. Lezi zakhiwo zigcinwe kahle futhi zivikelwe ukuvumela izizukulwane ezizayo ukuba zibabone futhi.
Iningi lomzila wamanje we-TCT ulandela imigwaqo yakudala yaseSoviet, iningi lawo liye lagcwala. Abakwa-trail markers bangakapheli konke okwenzekile kuleli phuzu, futhi amabalazwe wendawo ajwayele ukudweba futhi aphelelwe yisikhathi. Kodwa, ithimba elizinikezele elisebenza ekusunguleni umzila lihamba kancane kepha ngokuqinisekile lilungisa lokho. Bahlale behlola indawo ukuze babuyiselwe emigwaqweni ababekade bekhona, kuyilapho beqala nokuqala.
Kodwa, akuzona izinselelo kuphela iqembu elibhekene nazo. Esikhathini esilandelayo esivela ku-National Geographic esibonisa imizamo yokwakha iTranscaucuses Trail, ithimba lithi kukhona nokungahloniphi okukhulu kohulumeni basekhaya. Abaningi abakhathaleli ngomzila omusha wokuhamba ngezinyawo owakhiwa emakhaya abo, kanti abanye bavuleka ngisho nokuphikisa umqondo, ngisho noma ngabe kusho ukuthi amahora angama-dollar angaba khona. Noma kunjalo, abagqugquzeli be-TCT bayaqhubeka nokucindezela phambili ngezinhlelo zabo, futhi kancane kancane kodwa bahlose ukusekela lo mbono.
Noma kunjalo, kukhona izinhlelo zokuqedela ukwakhiwa komzila engakapheli iminyaka emihlanu kungaba yinto enethemba.
Impumelelo Yomzila
Uma livulekile, izivakashi zizokwamukelwa abantu bakuleli ndawo abafisa ukuba nabahambi bafike ekhoneni labo emhlabeni. Ukwamukela izihambi zaseMpumalanga Yurophu kuzoba nombukiso omuhle, nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezincane, izindawo zokudlela ezikhangayo, nezitolo eziyingqayizivele konke okugcizelela ukunakwa kwabo. Le yingxenye yeplanethi eye yabona amathuba ambalwa emnothweni eminyakeni yamuva nje, futhi umzila ode kakhulu wokuhamba ngezinyawo kungase ube yinto eguquguqukayo enkulu kunezindawo ezimbalwa eziwela endleleni.
Okwamanje, amakhilomitha amaningana emgwaqweni avulekile futhi abagibeli bavele sebeqalile ukufika. Izigaba eziningi zomzila zivuliwe sonke isikhathi, lapho amabanga ethulwa njalo.
Uma konke sekushiwo futhi kwenziwa, i-TCT izozulazula ngezifunda ezingu-17 ezahluke ngokuphelele, ngezilimi ezingaphezu kweziyishumi ezikhulunywe ubude bayo. Izophinde inikeze indawo eningi (izindawo eziyisikhombisa ezingaphezu kwamamitha angu-5000), okuhlangenwe nakho okumangalisayo kwamasiko, nethuba lokuvakashela indawo lapho umlando ushiye uphawu lwawo olungapheli.
Uma ungathanda ukuhamba ngale ndlela emangalisayo, vakashela i-TranscaucasianTrail.org.