I-Piestewa Peak: Yiphakamiso yeNtlanganiso

Uthi i-Stairmaster iyakhathaza kakhulu? Ngaba ekugqibeleni uye wagqiba ekubeni uphume ngaphandle kwaye usebenzise umzimba? Amawaka abantu bayazi apho ungaya khona. Abanye abantu baya khona rhoqo ekuseni ngaphambi komsebenzi. Kuphakathi phakathi kwePhoenix. Ujikelezwe ngeendlela zokuhamba, iindawo zokuhlala kunye neendawo zokungcebeleka uya kufumana enye yezona ndawo ezikhethiweyo zokuhamba kwiPhoenix: iPiestewa Peak. Le ndawo yaqanjwa kwakhona kwaye isetyenziselwa ukwaziwa njenge-Squaw Peak.

Igama elitsha linikwe ngenkumbulo kaLori Piestewa, isiXeko saseTuba, isijoni sase-Arizona owamnika ubomi kwi-Operation Iraqi Freedom ngo-2003. Igama libizwa ngokuthi: i-py- ess- tuh-wah.

Kukho izinto ezimbini eziphambili kwiPiettewa Peak: I-Trail Sum and Trail Circumference. I-Trail Summit ihamba kakhulu. Ku malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1.2 ukuya phezulu. I-trail ngokwayo ilitye kwaye inemiphumo yesiteji. Kukho iindlela ezilungeleyo endleleni eya kuba ngubani omele ukuba athathe umoya okanye abo bethu bafuna ukufumana umbono oqaqambileyo wesixeko. Iimbono zedolophu ziyamangalisa, kwaye akudingeki ukuba ukhuphuke phezulu ukuba uzibone. I-Trail Summit inikeza ukuqeqeshwa okufanelekileyo kwalabo bahamba ngamava. Ilinganiswe njengendlela yokunyuka ngokuthe ngqo. Kwinqanaba eliphakamileyo liyi-2,608 iienyawo, inzuzo yokuphakama yenani liyi 1,190 iinyawo.

I-Trail Circumference kwi-Piestewa Peak ininzi malunga neekhilomitha ezili-3.75 kwaye iphakame kakhulu.

Kuthatha ixesha elide, kunjalo, kodwa abantwana banokwenza oku kunye neembono zilungileyo. Kwakhona kuncinci ngaphezu kweNgqungquthela, ngezinye izihlandlo kubonakala ngathi i-Interstate ngexesha lokukhawuleza. Ukuze ufike kuMzila weNgcaciso, udlule kwindawo yokuPaka kweeNgcaciso zeSmmit ukuya kwi-ramada yokugqibela. Naliphi na indlela e-Piestewa Peak uzimisele ukunyuka namhlanje, qinisekisa ukuba unxibe izicathulo ezintle zokuhamba, isiko, izibuko zelanga kunye nokuzisa amanzi aneleyo.

Ndiyongezelela kwiimbono eziphambili ze-360, nandipha iintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-cactus, kuquka i- saguaro , ibhondi , i-hedgehog, i-pincushion, ne- peckly pear . Hlalani niqaphele ngeenxale ; ezo zihlunu zibuhlungu ukuba zisuswe xa zixhomekeke emzimbeni wakho.

I-Piestewa Peak inxalenye yePhoenix Mountains Preserve, iPhoenix Point of Pride. Kukho i-31 Phoenix Points of Pride ekhethwe njengaloo khomishoni yasePhoenix Pride. Ngokutsho kweKhomishoni, "Iingongoma zokuziqhayisa ziquka iipaki, izakhiwo zenkcubeko, indawo yokuhlala kunye neentaba. Zonke ezi ndawo zizodwa zifumaneka kwiindawo zaseMeko zePenix kwaye zinegalelo kumgangatho wobomi entlameni."

Indawo yezoLonwabo yePiestewa ikhona kwi-2701 E. I-Squaw Peak Drive, efanelekileyo kufuphi ne-24 Street kunye neLincoln. Ipaki ivuliwe ukususela ngo-6 ukuya kwe-10 ntambama. Akukho zixhobo ezivunyelwe.