I-Colorado Backpacking yabaqalayo

Zibekele ukuphumelela ngeengcebiso ezingcono zokubuyisela abaqalayo

Indawo evelelekileyo yaseColorado inokufunyanwa phantse kwiphondo, ukusuka kwiiDenver ezindleleni ukuya kwivenkile yokupaka.

Kodwa abanye baxela ukuba inyaniso yeThala leNtaba i-Rocky ifihliwe kwiindawo ezinzima ukufikelela phakathi kweentaba.

I-Colorado i-ranger ipaki ye-park u-Amy Hoppes uthe xa ubunzima bemvelo oyifunayo, ukubuyela emva kwindlela yokuhamba.

"Kufanelekile ukuzama," kusho uHoppes, okhokele ukuhamba kweentombazana ezingaphezu kweminyaka elishumi.

"Kukhona into yokuba ungabikho kuwo wonke umntu, uhlala ngaphandle kwento yakho kunye nemvelo."

Kodwa ukutyelela kwiindawo ezingabonakaliyo zikarhulumente kunokuba nzima, kunzima kwaye kusongela amava. Ukuba unako ukuqonda nokuba ungaphi. Kukho amawaka eendlela eColorado ekukhethileyo, kunye nobubanzi obude obude, ubunzima bokulinganisela, iingxaki kunye nemingeni.

Zibekele impumelelo kwi-Colorado's backcountry kunye nalezi ngcebiso malunga nokuqala.

Khetha iPakethe

Ijelo elifanelekileyo liyimfuneko, kuqala ngepakethi.

Thetha kwiingcali kwi-REI okanye kwisitoreji sendawo yangaphandle ukuze ufumane iingcebiso ekufumaneni ipakethe elungileyo, isitayela kunye nokufanelekileyo. Zama kwiimpawu ezininzi kunye neendlela ngaphambi kokuba wenze utyalo-mali.

Iipakethi ziyakudala, kodwa akudingeki ulahle i-fortune ukuze ufumane okulungileyo. Emva kokuthelekisa iipakethe kwisitolo, thengisa enye isetyenziswe kwelinye lababantu abathandwayo bangaphandle bafuna ukukhulula iigesi zabo.

Unokufumana iindawo ezisetyenzisiweyo zokuhamba ngezemidlalo kwiindawo zokuthengisa ezithengiswayo, kwiindawo zemakethi e-intanethi (njenge-Craigslist okanye i-Market's).

Entsha ayilona ilungile. I-induduzo yinto ephambili kungakhathaliseki ukuba imdala kangakanani, isetyenziswe okanye ifikeleleke ipakethe. Ngamanye amaxesha ipakethe esetyenzisiweyo ingakwazi ukulungeleka kangangoko kuba iphulwe kuyo. Qinisekisa ukuba iimeko ezintle, kunye neengcingo zokusebenza kwaye akukho mingxuma.

"I-backpack yakho iyona ndlela yokuqala yokukhusela ngoko ufuna ukuba ihambelane kakuhle kwaye ukhululeke," kusho uHoppes. "Iminyaka, uphawu kunye nexabiso lepakethi ayinandaba. Qinisekisa ukuba ufumana ipakethe efanelekileyo kuwe. "

Ngaphandle kwesikhwama, khawuqwalasele ubukhulu kunye nobukhulu bezinto ezikhulu, njengendawo yokulala yokulala kunye nebhegi yokulala, ukwandisa indawo ekhoyo yokugcina kunye nokunciphisa umthwalo.

Ukukhanya kwePakethi

Ngaphandle kwendlela entsha elula, iipakethe ezigqithisiweyo zingaphazamisa amava akho okubuyisela.

Cwangcisa ukugqoka iimpahla ezifanayo iintsuku ezimbalwa. Khawukhawule iingubo ezingenasidingo ukuze wenze indawo yokubaluleka, njengemvula yamanzi ukulwa nemvula yamanzi ntambama, kwaye ugqoke kwiindawo zokugcina ukufudumala njengamaqondo okushisa ahla ephakamileyo.

Ukuba unyuke kwindawo ephakamileyo, phatha amanzi amaninzi kunye neentlanzi ezithwele i-electrolytes ukulwa nokugula okuphezulu.

Yiba nengqiqo malunga noko uzisa, kodwa ungakulibali ukushiya kwigumbi lokunyanga. I-can yebhiya, ibha ye-candy okanye ipakethi yamakhadi ayiyi kuthatha indawo enkulu kwaye yenza imivuzo emikhulu xa umela ubusuku.

Ziqhelise izintaba

I-Colorado iyigcwele imimangaliso, ukusuka kwiimbono ezintle kumoya ongalindelekanga. Ukunciphisa imimangalo engavumelekanga nokwakha ukuzithemba ngaphambi kohambo lwakho olulandelayo lokuhamba ngomqolo kunye novavanyo oluqhubekileyo okanye ezimbini.

Zenza ukuhamba ngepakethi yakho.

Ukunyuka kwemihla kuyindlela enhle yokufumana iinyawo zakho phantsi kwakho, vavanya iimpahla zakho kwaye ukhululeke phambi kokuba unzulu kakhulu entlango ukuba uphume.

Fumana umzila ezintabeni okanye ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza epakini ukuze uvivinye. I-Deer Creek Canyon loop yaseJefferson County yinto elula, i-2.7-mile ukunyuka kwexesha elide, uvavanyo lweeyure ezimbini zeempahla zakho.

Thatha ixesha lakho. Se benzisa usuku ukwenza izilungiso kwipakethi yakho kunye negesi ukuze ufumane ukulungelelanisa kakhulu.

Ungaguquki kwindawo yokuqala yemozulu embi. Phonsa kwiimpahla zakho zemvula okanye ezinye izongezo kwaye uqhubeke uhamba. Kuyinto efanelekileyo yokusebenzisana ngqo. Ewe, qalela. Ngokukodwa xa uhamba kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, apho umbane ungaba yingozi.

Khetha Indawo Yakho

Iindlela ze-Colorado eziqhelekileyo zinika iindawo ezingenasiphelo zokubuyisela emveni kokuqala ukuya kwiindlela zengcali.

Iipaki kunye neendawo zepaki ziindawo ezintle zokuqala ukufumana i-adventure yakho ye-backpacking, apho iingcipheko zinikeza isiluleko esinzulu malunga nobunzima beendlela, imithombo yamanzi kunye neendawo zokukhenketha ezinokukunceda ukuba ubone indlela engcono.

Hlola indlela e-Golden Gate Canyon State Park malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-14 kumntla-ntshona we-Golden. Elula, emodareyitha kunye neendlela ezinzima kulo lonke ipakethi ekhokela kwiindawo ezikhethiweyo zeenkampu ezimele zigcinwe kwaye zihlawulwe kwiziko leendwendwe ngaphambili.

Umzila weHorseshoe uthabatha i-1.8 iikhilomitha ezilinganayo kwiindawo zokuhlala ezikhuselekileyo ezinkulu ngokwaneleyo ukuze zilungele intente yokubuyisela emuva, enika ukukhuseleka kwamacandelo amathathu kwimozulu engalindelekanga.

Iindlela ezininzi ezikufutshane neBayley, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-45 ezantsi-ntshonalanga yeDenver, zinikela ngeendlela ezingenakudlula kunye nekhululekile, ekamise inkampu endleleni.

Musa ukungaqiniseki

Ukubuyisela emuva kubantu bonke, uHoppes uthe. Ungavumeli ukunqoba kwabanye abathandekayo bangaphandle kukuvimbele. Enoba ukhetha ipakethi okanye indawo yohambo lwakho, qhubeka ugxininise kwizinto ezikusebenzelayo.

Yenza umhlobo onokufumana inkxaso ukuba ngubani onokukunceda ekukhokeleni nayiphi na i-bumps endleleni, i-Hoppes icebisa. Yaye ungakulibali ukuyithatha yonke into, wathi.

"Kukhona into malunga nokwaneliseka, ukuhlala kwizinto ozisile kunye nawe ezikunikezela ngempumelelo," kusho uHoppes. "Yilona nxalenye ebhetele."