Kwimitha engama-5895 (19,341 iinyawo) ukuphakama, iMat. I-Kilimanjaro iyona ntlanzi ephezulu e-Afrika kunye nentaba ephakamileyo kakhulu ekhululekile ehlabathini lonke. Kwakhona kwenzeka ukuba uhambo oluhambelayo lokuhamba, kunye nabantu abaninzi abayibhala eluhlu lwamabhakethi abo bafuna ukutyelela khona. Ngelixa intaba ayifuni naziphi na izakhono zobuchwepheshe ukunyuka, ihlala ingumngeni omkhulu nakubuncinane.
Ngendawo yayo enamatye kunye neendlela eziphakamileyo, kuya kumangalisa iindwendwe ezingazilungiselelanga kunye nenqanaba lobunzima. Kodwa kulabo bawenza phezulu, kuba ngamava avuzayo ngokungafani nawuphi na omnye.
Yintoni eyenza iKili ekhethekileyo?
I-Kilimanjaro ibizwa ngokuba yi "Everest kwaBantu bonke," oko kuthetha ukuba ngelixa kulukhuni olukhuselekayo lweentaba, malunga nabani na obeka ingqondo yabo, bangafikelela phezulu. Ukubaluleka komzimba kubalulekile ngokuqinisekileyo, kwaye imilinganiselo enempilo yokuzimisela iyadingeka ngokunjalo, kodwa inxalenye enkulu, ukunyuka kufinyeleleke kakhulu kwaye kufikeleleke. Ngokwahlukileyo, iMat. I-Everest idinga iinyanga ezimbini zokunyuka kwexesha, ubuninzi bamava kunye nekhono, i-gear ekhethekileyo ngakumbi, kunye neendleko zeenkulungwane zama-dollar. Ixesha kunye nokutshala imali kweeKili, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yincinci yelo, ekwayibeka kakuhle kwindawo yokuhamba ngeendwendwe .
Intaba ineempawu ezininzi ezahlukileyo ezazihlukanisa nezinye iindawo zokuhamba. Ngokomzekelo, endleleni eya kwintlanganiso, abahambahambayo badlula kwimimandla emihlanu yemozulu ehlukeneyo, kubandakanywa amahlathi, imvula, i-moorlands, intlango ye-alpine, kunye neemeko ze-polar ezikufutshane. Ukongezelela, ekubeni i-Kilimanjaro ayiyona inxalenye yentaba enkulu, iimbono zeendawo ezijikelezayo ziphefumulayo.
Abahambi bahlala bebona iikhilomitha kuzo zonke iindawo-okokuba loo mibono ayifihliwe ngamafu ahlala ehamba ngaphantsi kwendlela ehamba ngayo.
Uhambo lweeTrkking
Kukho iindlela ezininzi ezinokuthi zithathwe kwi-summit yeKilimanjaro , nganye ibe nemingeni yazo kunye neempawu ezizodwa. Njengoko kukhankanywe ngasentla, le mizila ayinalo lobugcisa kwimvelo, oko kuthetha ukuba abaqhubi abayidingi ukuba babe neyiphi na inzululwazi yokunyuka ukunyuka ukuya phezulu phezulu. Kungenxa yazo zonke iinjongo kunye neenjongo, uhambo oluphezulu oluza kukuvavanya nomoya walo omncinci kunye neendlela ezinqabileyo kunokuba kunzima ukukhupha izithintelo.
Iindlela eziyisixhenxe ze-Kili ziquka iMemosho, iMachame, iMarangu, iMweka, iRongai, iShira, ne-Umbwe. Kulabo, iMarangu ngokuqhelekileyo ithathwa ngokuba "yinto elula," leyo eyenza ibe yindawo ephezulu kakhulu. I-Machame ibonwe ngokuba yinto ebalaseleyo, nangona ibuye iphezulu. Eminye yezinye iindlela zineendawo ezizimeleyo kunye nokudibanisa umngeni jikelele kunye nemimandla emihle, iimpawu zemvelo kunye neepropati ezizodwa ezifumaneka kuphela kuloo mizila ethile.
Inani leentsuku eNtabeni
Inani leentsuku ezisetyenziselwe ukuhamba e-Kilimanjaro linokuchaphazela ngqo kwizinga lokuphumelela kwabaqhubi.
Abaninzi baya kuzama ukumbamba ezincinci iintsuku ezi-5 ukuya kwezi-6, oko kukunyuka okukhawulezayo okuvelisa ithuba lokukhula kokugula . Ngoxa iifudshane zihamba ngexabiso eliphantsi, nazo zinzima kakhulu ukugqiba. Kuqikelelwa ukuba kule mizila, abahambi bajonga i-60% yezinga lokuphumelela ngenxa yokuba imizimba yabo inexesha elincinci lokunyanzelisa umoya.
Ngokwahlukileyo, ezinye zeendlela zifuna ezininzi iintsuku ezi-7 ukuya kwezi-8 ukuya kufomfa, zinika umzimba ixesha elingakumbi ukulungelelanisa kwiimeko kwiintaba, kwaye isebenze ngokusebenza kakuhle kwiindawo eziphakamileyo. Izinga lokuphumelela kule mizila landa ukuya kuma-90% ngokubulela kwisantya esincinci sokunyuka. Kunconywa ukuba nabani na ozama ukunyuka eKilimanjaro bacinge ukuba enye yezinto ezikhuphukayo ukwenzela ukukunceda ukuqinisekisa amava aphephile.
Usuku lokuSungula
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yiyiphi indlela oya kuyo ukuya phezulu, uSuku lweSummtaniso ngokuqinisekileyo luya kuba yinto enokude kwaye ibangele. Amaqela amaninzi ahamba ngaphambi kokuphuma kwelanga, ukukhanyisa iindlela kunye neentloko zazo njengoko zihamba. Oku kuqinisekisa ukuba baninzi ixesha lokunyuka kunye nokuhla entabeni ngaphambi kokuhlwa, kunye nenzala eyenziwe ngokupheleleyo emini. Ukufikelela eGilman's Point okanye kwiStella Point ecaleni lomkhonto we-volcanic uhlala umzuzu othakazelisayo kubagibeli, kodwa i-summit isese-1/2 iiyure kunye neyure eli-1 ukusuka kuloo ndawo. Inkomfa yokugqibela ukuya phezulu yenziwa yinto enzima kakhulu yimimoya ekhukhulayo, amaqondo okushisa, kunye nekhephu elinzima.
Njengoko unokucinga, iimbono eziphezulu ziyabangalisa kakhulu. I-Uhuru Peak kuphela-igama elisemthethweni le-summit-lijongene nekhrikhi enkulu ye-Kili, kodwa inika iindwendwe ezingabonakaliyo zeengqungquthela ezihlala phezulu kwintaba. Kule nkalo, amafu amaninzi angaphantsi kweendwendwe, abahlala bevakalelwa kukuba bavuyiswe, bavuyiswe kwaye bavuya xa begqiba ukunyuka kwabo.
Phansi, phantsi, phantsi
Ukufikelela esiqongweni sentaba kukuphela kwesiqingatha semfazwe, kwaye abaninzi bafumanisa ukuba ukuhla kungaba ngamava amanzima. Ukuhla kwi-summit kunokwenene ukubeka ubunzima obukhulu kwimilenze esele idiniwe, okwenza kube yinto emangalisayo yoluhambo. Nangona umoya ocebileyo uqala ukuhlaziya iimpawu ezihambelana nokuphakama, imilenze ihlala ihlupheka ngenxa yehla. Akuncedi ukuba amaninzi amaqela achitha iintsuku ezi-6 ukuya kwezi-7 ezikhuphukayo, kwaye u-1 ukuya kwe-2 ebuyela ehla, ehla iinyawo eziliwaka kwinkqubo.
Ukuba ucinga ngokunyuka kweKilimanjaro, qiniseka ukuba ushiye igesi elincinci kwitenki yakho. Kuya kuba nzima ngakumbi kunokuba ulindele, kwaye iiplani ezilungileyo zokuhamba ziyakunceda kakhulu.
Iinkonzo zoKhenketho
Inkonzo yesikhokelo iyadingeka ukuba uhambe kwi-Kilimanjaro, oku kuthetha ukuba kufuneka ubhale nenkampani egunyazisiweyo ukuba ithathe abahambi ngeentaba. Ezi nkonzo zihlala zibonelela ngeendlela ezikhokelayo zengcali, kodwa abaphathi beenqwelo zokuphatha izithuthi ezinjengeentente, ukutya, amafutha kunye nezinye izixhobo kunye. Banikezela nabapheki ukuba balungiselele ukutya ngexesha bekampu, kunye neenkonzo zonyango, xa kufuneka imfuneko.
Nangona kukho iindidi zeenkampani ezinika iKimmanjaro ukunyuka, akuzona zonke ezidalwe ngokulinganayo. Umzila weTusker ungomnye wabasebenzi abakhulu entabeni. Umgangatho wabo wobugcisa kunye nenkonzo ayinakulinganiswa kwaye iyacetyiswa kakhulu. Zisekupheleni komgangatho wexabiso, kodwa inkampani idlula ukulindela ngazo zonke iindlela.
Ukuba ucingisisa ngeKilimanjaro ukunyuka kwakho, ngoko kukulungele ukungena njengoko ulungeleyo. Oko kuquka ukukwazi i-pros and cons of the path you choose, ukuqonda imingeni ezayo, kunye nokulungiselelwa ngokomzimba ngokunokwenzeka. Uhambo oluya eluphahleni lwe-Afrika lunye lweendlela ezinzima kakhulu oza kuqala ngazo, kodwa kunomvuzo omkhulu.