01 ngo-06
Isingeniso ekutyeleleni i-EBC
Umbono weMat. Everest kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo, inkampu yenkqantosi iyabonakala kwikona elungileyo. Ifoto nguSara Naumann. Onke Amalungelo Agciniwe. Ndandwendwela i-Everest Base Camp (okanye i-EBC njengoko kubizwa ngokubanzi ngabaqhubi bee-tour operators) ngeTibet Vista ngoMeyi ka-2014. Kuyavunywa, andizange ndenze uphando oluninzi ngaphandle kweenkcukacha zobungakanani kwaye sicinga ukuba siza kuxhomekeka abahamba kunye noSherpas ababethandayo.
Ngoku ndiyazi inyaniso: zikhona ezininzi "i-Everest Base Camps" zeentaba zinyani kwaye zenza indlela yazo ngokunyuka kwintaba, zihambelana kwiinkampu ezahlukahlukeneyo endleleni. I-EBC iindwendwe eziya kuyo yinto nje: i-EBC yeendwendwe. Uyakwazi ukubona i-high tech tech gear of tracks zangempela kodwa uvumelekile ukuxuba. Oko kwathiwa, ufikelela kwindawo ephakamileyo ye-5,200m (~ 17,000feet), ngoko akuyikuba neentloni ngaloo ndlela. Ukongezelela, unombono obalaseleyo we-Everest, nakwii-rock emva kokuba uzikhulula kusasa. Andizange ndibe nombono obalaseleyo kwi window "yokulala" yam.
02 we-06
Ukufikelela kwi-Everest Base Camp
Kungekudala akukho mqondiso wezityalo njengoko ukhuphuka kwindawo ephakamileyo kwindlela ende kunye neyodwa e-Everest Base Camp. Ifoto nguSara Naumann. Onke Amalungelo Agciniwe. Ayikho enye indlela yokuthetha ngayo: sinesihogo somqhubi. Ngokuxhomekeke kwiimeko kunye naluphi uhlobo lwesithuthi ophakathi kuyo, kunokuthatha indawo ukusuka kwiiyure eziyi-8 ukuya kwi-12 ukuya kwi-EBC esuka eShigatse.
Iindlela "ezilungileyo" ziphantsi kokwakhiwa ngoko kwafuneka sithathe ixesha elide kwaye emva kwengubo yokukhangela, i-pavement iphelile kwaye sihla e-gravel path. Ngesinye isikhathi, ireyri yanikela indlela yokungcola kwaye njengoko sasiqhutywe kwibhasi yaqina. Sahamba kwaye sijonge njengomqhubi wethu kwaye sikhokela ngamatye ajikelezayo phantsi kweevili ezisezantsi kwaye ekugqibeleni, ibhasi yaphuma. (Sasiyalelwe ukuba sihambe ngaphesheya kwebhasi ade ifike kwindawo ephephile, encinci, engumdaka ophantsi, emhlabathini.)
Ngoko ke kuyintengiso. Kodwa ukuba ungoqela elincinane kwi-wheel-drive 4, akuyi kuthatha ixesha elide. Kodwa ndiyakumcebisa ukuba ulungele ukongeza iiyure ezimbalwa kwixesha elithile ekuhambeni kwakho.
03 we-06
Ukufika kwi-EBC
Ukuzama ukukhulula ngaphakathi kwetente kwi-Everest Base Camp (iTibet Side). Ifoto nguSara Naumann. Onke Amalungelo Agciniwe. Uya kudlula kwidolophana encinci apho kukho iindwendwe ezibizwa ngokuba yiRongbuk. Indlu yeendwendwe inezindlu ezincinci zokuvakashela abantu abahambahambayo kodwa saxelelwa ukuba bhetele (ucocekile, ukhululekile ngakumbi) ukuhlala ententeni xa kunokwenzeka.
Funda isifundo sam sokuhlala e-EBC Tent Village .
Safika nje njengoko ilanga lihleli kodwa sakwazi ukujonga ukuhlwa kwe-Everest kwaye ukunyaniseka kokubona intaba kwenza i-drive iyifanele. Sasijikeleza izinto zethu ententeni njengoko ukukhanya kuphelile kwaye kuzama ukukhululeka njengoko umoya wawubethelwa ngeentente, izinja zagubungela kwaye bambalwa bethu banqotshwa ukugula okuphezulu.
04 we-06
Dawn Trek kwi-Everest Base Camp Scenic Point (5,200m)
Umendo ekuntambeni kwindlela eya kwi-Everest. Ifoto nguSara Naumann. Onke Amalungelo Agciniwe. Ingcamango kukuba uhamba kwiiyure ezingama-2 ukusuka kwidolophana elishumi ukuya kwindawo ephakamileyo apho kukho umbono obalaseleyo we-Everest (kunye neenkampu zezintaba zeentaba, ngokulandelelana). Ukuba awufuni ukwenza uhambo, ibhasi yezokhenketho inokukuqhuba ukusuka kwidolophana yeentente ukuya kwibala eliqhelekileyo malunga nemizuzu engama-15.
Abo bethu baziva befanelekile ukwenza oko kwavuka ngaphambi kokuphuma kwelanga ukuqala uhambo. Ngaphezulu kwama-5 200m (~ 17,000feet) iya kuhamba kodwa iimbono ziyamangalisa. Uhambo lukukhokela kwidolophana yeentente ukuya kwindlela ehamba ngokukhawuleza ehamba ngokukhawuleza njengoko uhamba. Emva kokunyuka kwentaba (ngeembono ezimangalisayo ze-Everest sele sele sele ubona), uyabona indawo ekhangayo kunye nezinye iindwendwe. Uhla ukusuka kule ntaba ukudibana nomendo uze ukhuphukele kwenye intaba encinane ehlanganiswe nemflegi yokuthandaza.
05 ka 06
Everest Base Camp Scenic Point 5,200m
Iqela lethu kwaye likhokele phambili kwihlabathi. Ifoto ifane noSara Naumann. Onke Amalungelo Agciniwe. Kunzima ukuba ungonwabi ngokupheleleyo emehlweni e-Everest, amawaka amaflegi emithandazo kwinqanaba elimangalisayo kunye neendwendwe ezihamba naye ezenza indlela yazo phezulu. Ngaba uzive uthanda ukubhiyozela kwaye unengqiqo yokwenene - ukunikezela ngeekhamera ukuthatha iifoto phambi kwembono efanelekileyo kwihlabathi.
Saxhoma isilathisi semifanekiso yeeplagiza phezulu kweso sikhangiso, sifunelwe iifoto ezilikhulu kwaye ngokudabukisayo, sabuyela emanzini kuMnt. Everest. Kwisiqela sethu seshumi, kuphela ezintandathu kuphela esenza ngokuhamba kwantambama kwaye ngelixa kwakukuhle ukuhlala elangeni size sibone i-Everest yonke imihla, kwakufuneka sibuyele ukujonga abahlobo bethu kwaye siqale ixesha elide buyela eShigatse.
Inqaku elilodwa, ngelixa kungekho mbonakaliso wangaphandle wegunya, ngamanye amagama, awuboni abalindi abaxhobileyo behamba ngeenxa zonke njengawe kwi-Barkor, isikhokelo sethu sasixwayisa ukuba singazami ukuxhoma nawaphi na amaflegi kazwelonke kwindawo ephambili. Omnye wethu wayelethe ifulegi yase-Australia kodwa isikhokelo sethu sathetha ngokusemandleni ukuba sinokubhinqa ukuyixhoma kwaye kunzima kakhulu, unokufumana ingxaki enkulu. Oku kungomnye umqondiso wesandla esinzima esibe sisinde kwiTibetans phantsi.
06 we-06
Ukusuka kwi-Everest Base Camp
Ukumisa ithuba lamathuba omfanekiso kwindlela eya kwi-EBC. Ifoto ifane noSara Naumann. Onke Amalungelo Agciniwe. Sakwazi ukuphakamisa kwiintente kwenye yeebhasi zezokhenketho kwaye sasinombulelo ukuba singayi kuhamba iiyure ezimbini emva. Emva kokufika emva, sasisidla kwasekuseni ngokukhawuleza, sipakisha kwaye sithwala yonke into emva kwebhasi. Sasisendleleni yethu ende ukuya eShigatse malunga ne-10am.
Ukutyelela kwakubonakala kukufutshane. Kwasithatha ixesha elide ukuba sifumane e-Everest, ephezulu kunye nomfanekiso ongasifanelanga wohambo lwethu, kwaye ngoku sele sisele sibuya. Kwafuneka ndihlale ngasemva kwibhasi ixesha elithile ukuze ndibe nembono.