9 Izifundo Ezifunyenwe Ukusuka eKulamanjaro

Ukunyuka kweMat. I-Kilimanjaro eTanzania yenye yezinto eziphezulu zokubhala ibhakethi malunga naliphi na umhambi wezohambo. Kwiimitha ezili-19,341 (5895 metres) ukuphakama, akusiyo kuphela intaba ende kunazo zonke e-Afrika, yintaba ephakamileyo kakhulu ehlabathini lonke. Nazi izinto ezisi-9 esizifunde ngexesha leentaba ezinokunceda abanye bacwangcise ekwenzeni uhambo.

Yilungiselele Ngokwenyama

Nangona kuyiqiniso ukuba nabani na abanesimo esihle somzimba banethuba lokuyifumanisa kwingqungquthela yeKilimanjaro, oko akuthethi ukuba kuya kuba lula ukuhamba ukuya phezulu.

Ngokuphambene nenyani, njengokuba iindlela eziqhelekileyo ezixubileyo, ezixutywe kunye neendawo eziphakamileyo, zingenza uhambo olungumngeni kulabo abangakulungele. Amava onke aya kuba mnandi ngakumbi xa ufika entabeni ngokusemgangathweni ngokusemgangathweni, kwaye uzilungiselele imingeni ezayo. I-Cardio nokuqeqeshwa kwamandla kuya kunceda ukuba umzimba wakho ulungele iintsuku ezinde zokuhamba kwaye kuya kukuvumela ukuba ujabulele ixesha lakho entabeni kunokuba nje uhlupheke ngokunyuka.

Azikho zonke iiNkonzo zoKhokelo ezenziwe ngokulinganayo

Ukuze ukhuphuke eKilimanjaro, kufuneka uqale ungene ngemvume kunye nenkonzo yesikhokelo enokukunyusela entabeni. Kukho iinqununu ezininzi zonketho zokukhetha kuzo, ngexabiso ngokudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekugqibeleni abahambayo baqeshwe ukuqesha. Nangona uninzi lwabafundi bezinto ezilungileyo, iinkampani eziziwayo zihamba kunye nazo, ngokuqinisekileyo aziyiyo yonke idalwe ngokulinganayo.

Abapheki abaqeqeshwe yi-CIA bahlala bekhatyiswa ngamandla abo okudala ukutya okumnandi kakhulu ngelixa sasisezikhamini ezikude, kwaye ngokuphindwe kabili-uphando lwamayeza olondolozo lwamaxesha lwalugcinwa izikhokelo ngokuchanekileyo ngempilo yeqela lonke. Ngamafutshane, uTusker waqinisekisa ukuba abahambi baziva bekhathalele kakuhle kwaye balungiselelwe imingeni, eyanceda ukwandisa amathuba ethu okufikelela phezulu.

I-Pole, Pole!

Ukuzibamba kunye nokuthatha ixesha lakho kuyisitshixo ekuphumeleleni kwi-Kilimanjaro, into ekhokelayo nganye iya kukukhumbuza rhoqo. Uya kubavame ukuva bathi "isibonda, isibonda!" oku kuthetha "ngokuthe ngcembe, ngokuthe ngcembe" ngesiSwahili, njengoko bebeka intambo elinganisiweyo entabeni. Ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza kuvumela umzimba wakho ukuba ulungelelanise ngokufanelekileyo ukuya kwindawo ephakamileyo, kwaye usindise amandla akho ngenxa yokunyanzeliswa kanzima kwintlanganiso. Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba i-Kilimanjaro ukunyuka imarathon, kungekhona i-sprint, kwaye ngokuhamba ngokukhawuleza uya kuqinisekisa ukuba unethuba elihle lokugqiba ukunyuka.

Umzila uwenza umehluko

Kukho ubuncinci imizila engathatha isingqungquthela saseKilimanjaro, ngasinye sinemiqobo kunye neempawu zabo. Ngokomzekelo, iNdlela yaseMarangu iyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, nto leyo ingenza ukuba umzila uqhutywe ngamanye amaxesha, kodwa unikezela ngeendawo zokuhlala (kuneentente) zokulala ebusuku. Okwangoku, i-Machame Route inzima kakhulu kodwa iyaziwa ngokuba yinto enhle kakhulu. Yiyiphi indlela oyikhethayo iya kuba nefuthe kumava akho onke, ngoko yenza uphando kwaye ufumane enye ebhenkisayo kuwe. Kwi-Tusker's Climb for Valor, sasihamba sihlala sisetyenziselwa iNtshona Circuit - i-offshoot yeLimosho Road - nto leyo yayithetha ubuninzi bokuhlala kwedwa kwimihla emininzi.

Ngamanye amaxesha kwakucinga ngathi sinentaba yonke kuthi, eyenza amava ahluke kakhulu kulabo bahamba ngomzila omnye ogqithisiweyo ophezulu. Kwakhona, iindlela ezide zibiza imali ethe xaxa ukunyuka, kodwa zinika ixesha elininzi lokukhawulelana, nto leyo engafanele ingayinakunyuswa.

Isifo sokuPhumela kwesimo seNkcazo sinokuchaphazela nawuphi na umntu

Njengoko kubonisiwe, enye yeyona mingeni enkulu kunanoma yiyiphi iKimmanjaro ukunyuka inqoba ukuphakama. Akuqhelekanga ukuba abagibeli bafumane iintloko, isisonguluko, ukulahleka kwesidlo, ukulala, kunye nezinye iimpawu njengoko bekhuphukela entabeni. Ikwazisa kwakhona ukugula okuphezulu, okungasongela ubomi ukuba ingaphathwa kakuhle. Indlela yodwa yokunciphisa imeko ihla ukuya kummandla ophantsi, okwakungekho lula kwiindawo ezikude zentaba apho sasihamba khona.

Ekugqibeleni, i-helicopter ibizelwe ukuba ikhuphe kuye kwaye kwimiba yeeyure, wayevakalelwa ngakumbi. Kodwa i-Kili yakhe yenyuka idlulile, kwaye kwakuyisikhumbuzo esihle kuthi sonke ukuba ukuguqulwa kokuguga kunokuchaphazela nabani na, kuquka abo bakulungele kakuhle kwaye banesimo somzimba.

I-Trekking Poles ziyimfuneko

Enye yezona zibaluleke kakhulu zeengcingo onokuzizisa kunye nawe eKrimanjaro ukukhuphuka kuyisethi esihle seeplanga. Ezi zibonda ziyakunceda ukuba ugcine ibhalansi kwiindlela eziqhelekileyo zibe zibuhlungu, zingalingani kwaye zigqutywe ngamatye angaqinisekanga. Baya kunceda imilenze yakho ukuba ihlale iyomelele kulo lonke uhambo, kokubili kokunyuka, kwaye ngokukodwa xa ubuyela entabeni. Ukuba awuqhelanga nendlela yokusebenzisa iipali zokuhamba xa uhamba, ngoko siza kubonisa ukuba uqhuba ngaphambi kwexesha. Ngaloo ndlela, xa uqala iKili trek uya kujwayele ukuba nazo ezandleni zakho, kwaye ayiyi kuziva ingenangxaki kwi-trail. Emva kokufumana ubuninzi bamava usebenzisa izibonda, ngokukhawuleza uza kufumana ukuba ukuhamba kunye nabo kuyinto yesibini, kwaye uya kuxabisa iintlawulo abazithumelayo.

Ukuhlamba kunzima kunokuba ucinge

Ngeendlela zayo ezinqamlekileyo, umoya omncinci, kunye nomhlaba onzima, ukufikelela kwingqungquthela yaseKilimanjaro kudinga ukugxila kunye nokuzinikezela. Yingakho abantu abaninzi bebukeka bekhangele phambili bejika baze bahlawule entabeni xa bephelile. Kodwa ngeendlela ezininzi, inzala ingaba nzima kunokunyuka ukuya kwintlanganiso, enokubangela ubunzima obungalindelekanga ngosuku lokugqibela lokunyuka. Uninzi lwabagibeli baya kuchitha ubuncinci beentsuku ezi-5 bafike kwi-summit, kodwa baya kuchitha ixesha elilodwa nje behla behla, behla eziliwaka ezilienyawo kule nkqubo. Ukulahla okukhulu kummandla kumnandi kwimiphunga kodwa kunzima kwimilenze, edlalwa yidini kwaye ibuhlungu emva kwehambo elide ukuya kwintlanganiso. Thatha ixesha lakho endleleni yehla, kwaye ulungele olunye usuku olude kakhulu endleleni. Ukunyuka akupheli kude ude uphume ngokupheleleyo entabeni, kwaye loo mizuzu embalwa yokugqibela ingaba nzima kunabo bonke.

Akusiwo wonke umntu owenza kwiNgqungquthela

Njengoko sele kukhankanywe, kukho inkolelo engqonge iKilimanjaro ithi umntu unokuyenza ibe phezulu. Oku kuya kukukholelwa ukuba kukho inqanaba eliphambili kakhulu kwimpumelelo malunga nantoni naleyo efikelela kwiintlanganiso. Inyaniso kukuba malunga nama-60% abo bazama ukunyuka eKili ngokwenene baphumelele. Oku kuthetha ukuba ku-4 kwabangama-10 abayifuni phezulu, ngokuphakama kunye nempilo yezempilo ekuthintela ukuba bangaboni "iNdawo yaseAfrika." Kubalulekile ukuba umhambi ohamba phambili ukuba aqonde loo mida ngaphambi kokuzama ukunyuka, njengoko kuya Kananjalo bancede bahlole imeko yabo ngokucacileyo xa besenza isigqibo sokuba bangaqhubeka bephakame phezulu entabeni, okanye kufuneka bajike. Ngendlela, i-Tusker impumelelo ye-Tusker isondele kwi-90% ngenxa yenxalenye yeendlela ezide zihambayo kunye nokuhlolwa kwezempilo abazenzayo endleleni.

Umbono ovela phezulu ufanelekile umzamo

Ngaphezulu kwendlela yokunyuka kweKilimanjaro, abagibeli baya kufumana ubunzima rhoqo. Ukongeza kwiintsuku ezinde kwindlela, kunye nobunzima bokuphefumula umoya, banokufumanisa ukuba banokuphelelwa ngumdla, banzima ukulala, kwaye bahlale bengakhululeki ngenxa yezinye iinkalo ezibandakanya imozulu, abadlali babo , kwaye nangokunjalo. Kodwa xa befikelela kwiintlanganiso zonke ezi mingeni zihlamba njengoko zigubha ukufezekiswa kwazo. Umbono ovela kwindawo ephezulu e-Afrika iyamangalisa, kunye nentaba ekhonza njenge-perch yakho, kunye namacaba aseAfrika asasazeka kuzo zonke iinkalo. Lona lihle elihle, ukuthetha okuncinci, kwaye ngelixa kungelula, impumelelo kwi-summit yenza konke kulungele.

Kwakhona kuyisikhumbuzo esihle sokuba kutheni ukuhamba ngeenqwelo-moya.