Ixesha lasebusika linokuba yinkinga kubahambi. Ikhephu kunye nokubanda kungasikhokelela ekubambezelweni kwexesha lokungalindelekanga, kwaye wenze ukuba uye kwindawo oya kuyo ibe nzima kunokuba ulindelwe. Kodwa, ngohambo lokuhamba ngebhodi, ubusika nako kunokuzisa umvuzo omangalisayo. Ngokomzekelo, izihlwele zihlala zingekho, kwaye indawo yangaphandle ibukeka kakuhle xa igqoke ingubo entsha yekhephu.
Ndazibona zombini iimeko malunga nokutyelela kwangoko kwiQuebec, apho ndingenawo kuphela ithuba lokuya kubamba i-dogling for the first time , kodwa ndaye ndabetha ngenye yezona ndawo zifudumele kakhulu ukuba ndibe nelungelo lokubona ubungqina bokuqala.
IQuebec ihlala kwintsimi esecaleni eyaziwayo njengeSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Le nxalenye yephondo iphinde ibe yindawo yasemaphandleni kunye ne-rustic kunezicwangciso ezininzi zeMontreal neQuebec City, kodwa ineziqhamo zayo zentlalo ezibandakanya iimpembelelo ezicacileyo zaseYurophu ezifumaneka kwiindawo ezisemadolobheni. Kodwa i-Saguenay ibuyele kwiindawo ezikude ezihlala zasendle kwaye zingabonakali. Kukho apho uza kufumana iPhahla eliphefumulayo lePantan.
Ifumaneka kwiParc National des Monts-Valin, iNtlambo yeFantoms yinto ethandwa kakhulu unyaka wonke. Ngexesha lasehlotyeni kwaye kuya kubangalisa abantu abaninzi abahambahambayo abaza kuhamba ngeekhilomitha ezingama-77.
Ipaki nayo ibonwa ngabantu abadlulayo kunye nabaninzi babo abaza kuhlolisisa i-Rivière Valin nge-kayak okanye ngesikebhe.
Kodwa kwinyanga yebusika apho indawo ikhanya khona. Ngenxa ye-microclimate ekhethekileyo eyenza ukuhluma umoya nomoya obandayo kwindawo leyo, intlambo ibona ngaphezu kwesabelo sayo esincinci sehleko lekhephu.
Enyanisweni, le ndawo ethile yaseQuebec ithola ngaphezu kwe-16 imitha (i-5 metres) yekhephu ngonyaka, echaphazela yonke indawo kwindawo epholileyo, epholileyo.
Intlambo yeFantom inenela igama layo kuyo yonke loo mvula. Imithi efunyenwe apho ifakwe kwiqhwa kunye neqhwa kulo lonke ixesha, kwaye zinikezwa ngamagama "imithi yokuphila" ngenxa yoko. Le nto ibonakaliswa kwiindawo ezinjenge-Yellowstone National Park e-US, nangona kungenjalo ngokubanzi okanye kuvelele njengoko kulapha. Le nkcazo yekhephu yenza i-landscape ibonakale ibe yinto ephuma kwifilimu evelele yeDisney, enikezela ngamehlo okumele ibonakale ukuba ikholwe.
Ndifike entlameni ephakathi kwe-Februwari xa kungekhona yonke intaba yekhephu ekhethiweyo yonyaka. Sekunjalo, kwakukho i-powder eninzi yokujikeleza kunye ubuncinane ubunzima beenyawo ezili-3 (ii-3 mitha) esele zifakwe phantsi komhlaba ngexesha lebusika. Kwakungumhla ocacileyo ngexesha lokutyelela kwam, into endixelelwayo ayinqabile ngexesha leenyanga ezigqithisileyo zonyaka. Lezo zulu ezikhanyayo zazisa ukushisa kwamanzi, nangona i-mercury ijikeleza--15 degrees Fahrenheit (-26 degrees C) ngexesha elininzi lomhla.
Umoya wokulila wenza ukuba uzive ukhulu ngakumbi kunoko.
Ukuphela kokuqala kunoma yiphina indlela yokukhwela kwintlambo ukuya kwintlambo sisiko lesityeleli ngaphakathi kwesango likapaki. Ukusuka apho, unako ukufumana iimvume zokuhamba, ubeke isihlalo esihlalweni se-snowcat, kwaye uthabathe nayiphi na imizuzu emfutshane yokugqibela okanye iigesi onokuyidinga loo mini. Ngentsasa endikuyo-eyayiphakathi kweveki-kwakukho iindawo ezininzi kunye neendwendwe ezininzi, ezilindwendwe zilindele ukuphuma. Ngeempela-veki, uya kufuna ukuya khona kusasa kwaye uzivumele ixesha elide.
Emva kokuhlala emfutshane kwiindawo ezifudumeleyo zeziko leendwendwe, kwafika iinqwelo zeqhwa kunye nabahlobo bam kwaye ndibambe izikhefu zethu, i-snowshoes, kunye nezinye izinto ezahlukahlukeneyo, ndaza ndagibela izithuthi ezilandeleleneyo. Eyakhelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuhamba ngokukhuselekileyo ngekhephu eliqatha, uomatshini abanjwe endleleni engazange ibonakale kwezinye iinyanga ezimbini ubuncinane.
Kwathatha malunga nemizuzu engama-45 ukukhwela kwinqanaba lomzila apho siza kuqala khona ukunyuka kwethu. Oku kwanikezela wonke umntu kwi-snowcat ithuba lokuzilana, kwaye uhlolisise indawo esiza kuhamba ngayo ngaloo mini. Umqhubi wawungummangaliso, kodwa ngeli xesha sasiyeke, phantse wonke umntu wayezimisele ukubetha umzila.
Kungekudala, safika kwinqanaba le-trail, saqedqa ukuqoqa izitya zethu ezifudumeleyo, sagqitha ama-snowshoes ethu, saza sahamba. Umzila uqala kwindawo ephantsi kakhulu, kodwa ngokukhawuleza uqala ukunyuka ngokukhawuleza, kodwa ngokukhawuleza. Ngenkqantosi enkulu njengoko ipaki ithola rhoqo ngonyaka, umzila kufuneka ulungiswe kangangoko ngeveki ukwenzela ukuba uhlale uhamba phambili. Oko kungekudala kwenza indlela elula kakhulu ukuyilandela, kodwa kulula kakhulu ukuhamba kunye. Enyanisweni, ngamanye amaxesha, kwakulungele ukulungiswa ukuba ungasadingeki usebenzise i-snowshoes nonke.
Ukufuduka kwindlela kwaye ungene ehlathini, ubuhle bokwenene beNtlambo yeFantom bubonakala ngokukhawuleza. Imithi yemipayini eyenza ihlathi elikufutshane lilula kuze kube yilapho iliso liyakubona, lihlanganisa iinduli ezikufuphi ulwandle oluhlaza. Kodwa bona ngokwabo bahlangene nolu ngqongqelo lwekhephu, banika ibukeka obuyingqayizivele engabonakaliyo kwenye indawo. Ngokuqinisekileyo iguqula le ndawo ibe yindawo engabonakaliyo yasebusika engenakulinganiswa kuzo zonke iindwendwe zam.
Imithi ekhethiweyo ekhephu yenza ukuba umoya ophuculwe kakuhle, ngoko kungakabikho ndifumene ndisebenza ngokukhupha ngaphandle kweemeko ezibandayo. Indlela eya kwintlanganiso yeentaba ayiyiyo inqabileyo, kodwa ukunyuka phezulu xa ugqoke ama-snowshoes kuya kufumana intliziyo yakho. Iimpazamo nokokuba iimbono zihamba ngcono ngapha nangapha, kunye nemimangaliso emitsha ukufumana endleleni.
Emva kweeyure ezimbalwa zokuhamba sabuya siboneke kakhulu. Ipaki ineendawo ezinokufudumala ezikufutshane neendlela zayo, ezinika iindwendwe ithuba lokuba baphume ebusweni kwaye banandiphe ixesha lokutya. Ezi zikhuni ziquka izitofu ezivuthayo zokhuni, ezigcina ingaphakathi lifudumele kwaye limile. Kwakuyindawo ephakamileyo yokuchitha amacandelo ambalwa, phumula kancane, kwaye ufumane ukukhulula ebusweni.
Ukongeza kwiindawo zokufudumala, kukho iindawo ezinobumba ezininzi ezinokugcinwa ngabo bafuna ukuchitha ubusuku ngaphandle kwendlela. Ezi ndawo ziyaziwayo kwiinyanga zasehlotyeni, kodwa zifumana ikhefu lebhola lelo xesha. Isiseko kunye ne-rustic, azikho ezininzi izinto eziphathekayo, kodwa kunye nesitofu esitshisayo sokhuni, senza indawo epholileyo yokuhlala, kwaneentsuku ezinzima.
Ukuphefumula kwethu kubanda kwakungahlali ixesha elide, kwaye ngaphambi kokuba siyazi ukuba sibuyele endleleni kwaye siqhubeka sinyuka phezulu. Kwakuyindoda engama-khilomitha angaphezulu ukuya kwintlanganiso, ehleli kwiimitha ezingamamitha angama-3228 (984 amitha). Oko akusikho ukuphakama okuya kuba nefuthe kakhulu, kodwa ukuba ujwayele ukuhlala kwinqanaba lolwandle, unokuvakalelwa ngandlela-thile. Isinconywa sam kukuthatha ngokukhawuleza kwaye uhlale u-hydrated. Ukunyuka ukuya phezulu kwintaba kulula, kodwa awufuni ukuwudlula ngaphaya kwendlela.
Ukuba ukuhamba ukuya kwintlanganiso kwakuhle, imbono evela ekubukeni phezulu yayikuphela kwehle. Ukusuka apho ufumana ummandla wendawo ejikelezile, kuquka amahlathi anqwenela amazwe, imilambo ehambayo kunye namachibi amaninzi. Kwakuyindawo eninzi yokubona apho i-microclimate ye-valley iqala kwaye iphelile, njengoko kwakukho ukucaciswa okucacileyo apho ikhephu liwela khona ngaphandle kwemida yepaki. Oku kwongezwa kuphela ekukhangekeni kwendawo kodwa, kusikhumbuza konke ukuba yayiyindawo ekhethekileyo.
Umnquba wehla entabeni wawuqhelekile ukuba ukhawuleze, kodwa iqela lam lagqiba ukugxotha kwindlela leyo kwaye ihlolisise ingaphakathi lomhlaba ngokubanzi. Oku akuyinto engingayincoma kunoma ubani nangona kunjalo, kuba kuya kuba lula ukulahleka kakhulu ehlathini. Ngethamsanqa, sasihamba kunye nesikhokelo sendawo, owayesazi kakuhle iTlambo yePantan. Ngoxa thina sonke sasiqhutywe ngokukhawuleza, wayesoloko esazi indlela efanelekileyo yokuhamba kwaye wasigcina sishukunyiswa ngendlela efanelekileyo.
Ukuhamba umzila, ukuhamba kwaba nzima nakakhulu, kwaye ubukhulu beqhankqalazi beqhankqalazi babonakala. Ngexesha elide omnye umntu eqela lawela emngxeni ekhephu waza wafumana engcwatyelwe kwinqeni, ukuba ingenzulu. Oko kwenzelwe ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwinqanaba elincinci lezinkuni, kodwa kwanceda ekuphuculeni i-adventure. Ininzi sasihleka ngokukhawuleza xa kwenzeka, kwaye senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukunceda umntu abuyele ezinyaweni zakhe.
Ukugqibela kweqhwa le-snowcat kuphuma kwiintsuku zeentaba nge-4: 00 PM, ngoko ke kubalulekile ukuba uhla phambi kwangaphambili. Ngaphandle koko, unokuzifumana udibeneyo ubusuku, okanye ubhekane nokuhamba kwexesha elide ukuya kwinqanaba leendwendwe. Saphelela ukuhlala kwikhishi elihle ngaphakathi kwipaki kazwelonke ngokwayo, kwaye ngelixa ukuhamba kwethu kwiNtlambo yePantan kuphelile, bekuyiyona nto incoko enkulu yokuthetha ngokudliwayo ngalobo busuku.
Ukufika kwimihlaba yasebusika, uya kulukhuniza ukufumana enye inqabileyo njengeli ntlambo. Kufanelekile ukutyelela iQuebec ukwenzela ukunyuka kwi-Valley of Phantoms yodwa, kwaye ngoku iindawo zam ebusika ezizithandayo. Ukuba nawe ujabulela i-adventure yezulu ebandayo ebandayo, le ndawo kufuneka ibe "kwi-list" yakho.