I-Tuckerman Ravine ayikho indlela yokuhamba nge-newbie skier
I-circa ebizwa ngokuba yi-glacial ebusweni bentshona-ntshona yeNtaba. IWashington e-New Hampshire, i-Tuckerman Ravine inikeza ithuba lokusasa ikhefu kunye nekhefu lokuhamba ngekhefu. Kuvuleleke unyaka wonke kubakhweli, abaqhankqalazi, kunye nabanye abathandekayo bangaphandle, kodwa kuba kukho ingozi enkulu yeengxwaba kwiinyanga eziphambili ze-skiing, uTuckerman Ravine ayilona khetho oluhle kwi-skiver novice phakathi nobusika.
Kunoko, bayakhuthazwa ukuba balinde ukusa, xa izinto zifumana zizinzile.
Le yiyona nkcazo ye-skiing eqhelekileyo e-mpuma ye-US, kodwa ukuba uphumelele kumngeni, iTuckerman Ravine neNtaba yaseWashington ngokuqinisekileyo kukunika ithuba lokukhumbula.
I-Racing Racing kwiTuckerman
Emuva ngo-1930 iintambo zeqonga zasixhaphaka kwiTuckerman, kodwa akukho nto injalo njengaleyo efana ne-American Inferno, uhlanga olungama-4.2 wamaritha olusuka kwi-summit ukuya kwisiseko. Ngomnyaka we-1939, i-skier egama likaToni Matt yenzeke ngokungahambi kakuhle kwaye yagqiba ukukrazula ngokukhawuleza kwinqanaba lekhanda laseTuckerman, elinamaqela angaphezu kwama-4000 amanyathelo angama-6,000 kwimizuzu yesithandathu nesiqingatha, ngokuphumelela ukuphumeza umncintiswano.
Ukusuka apho, ingcamango yokuqhankqalaza olu donga olukhulu luhlobo oluthile luye lwaba lukhuni, lukhula lwaba lukhokelo lwabafundi abanamantla e-mpuma e-US, baninzi banamathela kwiintlambo zabo phakathi kuka-Apreli noJulayi unyaka ngamnye.
I-Tuckerman Ravine epheleleyo yePrince
I-Tuckerman Ravine isitya esikhulu esivulekile esisezantsi kwentaba yaseWashington, intaba ephakamileyo enyakatho-ntshona.
Njalo entwasahlobo, ingcali, kunye ne-skier ephezulu kunye ne-snowboarders zenza uhambo apho. Uhambo luqala kwizicathulo zakho zokuhamba, njengoko uhamba ngeendlela eziqhelekileyo ezingama-3.1-mile kwisiseko somlambo. Xa ulapho, ubeka iibhola okanye iibhothi zebhola zeebhola ozithweleyo, ukhonkxa i-skis okanye ibhodi kwi-backpack, kwaye uqale ukunyuka umthamo ophezulu ukuya ngasentla.
Kungaba ngumsebenzi wokuzonwabisa, kodwa umvuzo ungaphezulu kwexabiso.
Izixhobo zokuqala zokuncedisa i-first aid help are cached near the rock by Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo awufuni ukuwasebenzisa xa ungadingi.
Lungiselela iNtaba yeWashington Weather
Isimo sezulu kwiNtaba yaseWashington siyaziwa ngokugqithiseleyo, sitshintshile kweso saziso. Kwaye njengoko sele kukhankanywe ngasentla, iimeko zengqungquthela zihlala zihamba phambili. Kukho isizathu sokuba iNtaba yaseWashington kuthiwe ibe nesimo sezulu esibi kunazo zonke ehlabathini: Kwaphela iminyaka emininzi, ibambe irekhodi yomoya oqinileyo kunomhlaba. Ngo-Apreli 12, ngo-1934, ukuhamba komoya kwintlanganiso kwafikelela kwimizuzu engama-231 ngeeyure, eyayihlala irekhodi elide lide lagqitywa ngo-2010.
Ngeemeko ezinzima engqondweni, ukuba ungumqhubi we-novice okanye i-skier, ungalinda uze ube nolwazi olungakumbi ngaphambi kokuba uzame iTuckerman okanye uhambe kunye nomkhokeli onamava kwaye uphulaphule oko akuxelela ukuba uyenze ngamaxesha onke.
Khetha Umzila Wakho
I-Tuckerman ineendlela ezininzi ezinokuthi zikhethwe ngabadlali bezulu xa begqiba ukuzala kwabo. I-Gully yekhohlo enye yeendlela ezilula phantsi, nangona isengomngeni ofanelekileyo kwabatsha.
Hlalani nikhumbula, ngokuqhubekayo uye ekunene, ukugqithisa kwaye kunzima ukuba iimeko zifumane, kunye neCentral Gully kunye ne-Icefall enika ama-angles angama-55 okanye ngaphezulu. I-Chute yinto enye inselelo ehamba phakathi kweentaba ezimbini ezinkulu ekuhlaleni, kwaye zenzelwe iingcali kuphela.
Kuya kwesokunene, abanqabukayo baya kufumana i-Right Gully, eyona nto ihlahla kwi-descente elula, kunjalo, abakhweli be-skiers abanamava kakhulu banokukhuthazwa ukuba bahlale kufuphi nemida.
Indlela yokulungiselela iTuckerman Ravine
I-Tuckerman Ravine i-skiing eqhelekileyo kunye nokugibela, ngoko kufuneka ukwazi ukuba uzifumana njani phambi kokuba uphakamise intaba. Kulula ukulimaza apho, kwaye kuncinci okanye akukho ncedo xa ugqiba unenkinga.
Ukuba unenjongo yokukrazula okanye ukukhwela eTuckerman Ravine, qalisa ngokutyelela i-tuckerman.org, kwiWebhsayithi yaseWashington ye-Avalanche Centre.
Kule ndawo, uzakufumana iingxelo zemozulu kunye nekhephu, ukuhlaziywa kweveki, iifoto, iziphakamiso zokuhamba kohambo, kunye nedatha ye-avalanche. Naziphi na izilumkiso ziya kufakwa apha apha.
Esinye isayithi esithandwa ngabantu abasuka eTuckerman yixesha leTunerman Community Forum. Nye tyelela i-ofisi yeNkonzo yamaHlathi yase-US kwiHlabathi leSizwe seMhlophe, apho iNtaba yaseWashington ikhona.
Ukunyuka kweNtaba yaseWashington kunye nokudabula i-Tuckerman Ravine ayinanto into (ngaphandle kokugqoka kunye nokukrazula emzimbeni wakho). Ukuba ufuna ukuhlala kwindawo yobusuku, i-Appalachian Mountain Club ine-Shelit Lake Shelters kwaye iqhubana neJoe Dodge Lodge. Ukufumana iinkcukacha, tyelela i-AMC yokuhlala kwi-Pinkham Notch.