Thatha kwikhephu laseColorado kunye nabasebenzi be-huskies
Izinkumbi zedaka azikho nje ngeAlaska.
IColorado inesimo esinamandla sokubamba izinja, nayo.
Ukuba ukhangele indlela ehamba phambili kunye neveveli yokufumana ikhephu kwiholide yakho yaseColorado, cinga ukurhweba i-skis yakho ngelinye ilanga kwindawo ethile.
I-Dogsledding iye yanda "ngokucacileyo" kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ngokwe-Colorado-Based Alpine Adventures, ekhonza iidolophu ze-ski zeVail Valley, kunye neCopper Mountain, Breckenridge, Frisco kunye neCrossstone.
Ngaba awuzange uhambe ubanjwe phambi kwezinja? Ayikho ingxaki. Nasi isikhokelo sakho sokufumana uninzi lwamava: yintoni omele ulindele, okokuzisa nokugqoka, i-dos kunye nokungenzi kunye nendlela yokufumana amaninzi kula mava akhethekileyo.
Luhlobo luni lwezinja ezidonsa iidrafti?
Izinja zifana ne-Alaska kunye ne-Siberia, ezizalwe kwaye zaqeqeshwa kulo msebenzi. Unokuba nezinja ezili-12 ezidonsa umtya.
Musa ukukhathazeka ngabo ngokubanda. Bakhetha ukubanda kwaye banomqolo othile oboya.
Intshayelelo: I-Alpine Adventures ithi izinja ezikhohliweyo ziyizilwanyana ezinqabileyo kakhulu kwiMhlaba kwaye ziyakuthabatha ngokukhawuleza ubunzima, iipound-for-pounds, kunokuba ziyihashe.
Izinja ezikhohliweyo zingasebenza ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-150 ngosuku, ngokutsho kwe-Steamboat-based Grizzle-T Dog kunye neMisebenzi eSled.
Nangona basebenzayo, abaninzi abafakiweyo ba khuthaza abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba batye kwaye bathabathe imifanekiso kunye neenja (xa isalathisi singekho, ngokuqinisekileyo).
Izinja zinobubele kwaye zisetyenziselwa ukuba zijikeleze abantu abaninzi.
Ngubani oqhuba iihotele?
Khangela izinja ezihamba ngeendwendwe eziqhutywa ngabaqeqeshi abaqeqeshiweyo kunye nezikhokelo eziqeqeshwe abaqeqeshwayo kunye nokusebenzisana neenja, kodwa nendlela yokunyamekela abahambi kwiindawo zokuhamba kunye nendlela yokuhamba kwendawo (xa kukho imeko engxamisekileyo, ngathi i-blizzard).
Kodwa abahambahambayo badla ngokumangaliswa xa befunda ukuba banokucelwa ukuba bathathe iindima ezahlukileyo kumava. Unokuthi "ugijime" izinja, ugibele kwi-sled (leyo yithuba elihle lokuthatha iipopu; kungekhona xa uqhuba izinja), khawukhwela kwi-sleigh okanye nge-snowmobile kunye nesiqhelo okanye enye imisebenzi kulo lonke uhambo.
Ungabhalisa kwiinketho ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya isifundo malunga nendlela yokusela. Unokufunda indlela yokulawula isantya, unqande umtya, ulungelelanise i-sleigh, ukhuphuke uze ukhuphuke emathambeka uze uphathe ukujika.
Lindela ukukhawuleza okukhulu kwe-adrenaline xa uqala kuqala. Kunokuba nzima ukuphumla kwaye ungasabi ukuhla. Kodwa oku, ngokumangalisayo kukuba, kwandisa amathuba okuwa kwakho, kuba ukuba umzimba wakho unzima, unokukwenza kube nzima ngakumbi ukuba uthabathe i-bumps kwaye uphenduke.
Iimizila emide kangakanani?
Ixesha elihle leNtsholongwane eBreckenridge lihamba ngeetye-ezintandathu kwiiholide kunye ne-Swan River Valley. Amava agcina malunga neyure.
Okwenziweyo into enzulu, iDurango Dog Ranch eDurango inikeza iindwendwe zokuhamba ngezintlu-ntsuku zomhla (i-9 ukuya ku-1 ntambama, ukuqala kwinqanaba elithile) kwiiNtaba zaseSan Juan. Abathathi-nxaxheba bafumana isifundo se-mushing kunye nethuba lokuba yi-musher. Uhambo luphela ngepiknikini ngelixa izinja ziphumla.
Okanye ngenxa yeyona ndlela yokugqibela, iDurango Dog Ranch iququzelela yonke imifuno yemihla yonke ehlathini. Ezi zihlandlo zeeyure ezisixhenxe zivumela kuphela umntu othabatha inxaxheba kwisalathisi, kunye nesikhokelo sabo, kwaye kufuneka ukuba ube nesimo esihle ngokwenyama (kwaye ulungele ukuqhuba neenja, ukuba kuyimfuneko). Oku akukuhle kubaqalayo abangazange baqambe ngaphambili.
Yintoni omele uyipake?
Njengokuba rhoqo kwiColorado, qinisekisa ukuba uhlola isimo sezulu, kodwa ulungiselele ukuxhalabisa. Njengaye-skiing, ugqoke kwiimpawu kwaye ugqoke ezo zigubhu okanye izibuko zelanga kunye neebhotile ezilungileyo. Musa ukulibala iiglavu, umkhwa kunye nekhanda; mhlawumbi uthabathe amaphakethe okufudumalayo ukuze unamathele kwiibhotile zakho kunye neiglavu.
Ukuba unesiqhwa, yambathe. Ukuba ufuna enye, cela umfowenu ukuba unaloo nto unako ukuboleka okanye ukuqesha.
Njengawo nawaphi na amava ekhephu, kungcono ukuba ungagqoki ijee kunye nekotoni, okuyiyona nto iphezulu kakhulu xa ifumana imanzi kwaye ibanda.
Kulungile ukugqoka iingubo ezingenakunqanda amanzi kunye neengubo ezomileyo ngokukhawuleza kwaye zihluthe umswakama osesikhumbeni sakho. Shiya iibhokhwe zakho zeenkomo ezikhunjini ekhaya.
Akucebisi ukuba ugqoke uboya obuyinyani okanye obuyinyumba xa ubanjwa, ngokutsho kweAlpine Adventures.
Hayi, kwaye musa ukupakisha inja. I-huskies ayikwazi ukuba nayo. Bafumana ukutya kwabo emva koko.
Kungcono ukuza kulungiselelwe, kunokuba ilungiswe phantsi, iAlpine Adventures icebisa.
Njalo ugqoke isikrini selanga ezintabeni, naliphi ixesha lonyaka. Musa ukulibala umlenze womlomo wakho, naye.
Ngokuqinisekileyo ngenisa ikhamera. Awukwazi ukuba yiziphi izilwanyana onokuzibona endleleni, ukusuka kwi-coyotes ukuya kwizinyamazane.
Kwakhona, kuya kufuneka uhlanganyele ubunzima bakho kunye nomfaki, ukukuncedisa kunye nenani elifanelekileyo lezinja. Oku kungabetha abanye abahambahambayo ngokungangangekanga ekuqaleni, kodwa kubalulekile ukuba inja ikwazi.
Ngaba nabani na ongaya kwizinja?
Ngelishwa, akukho. Abantwana abancinci (ngokuqhelekileyo bangaphantsi kwe-4, kodwa ezinye izikhokelo zivumela incinci, kuxhomekeke kwintsana kunye nokunyameka) kwaye abafazi abakhulelweyo abavunyelwe ukukhwela, ngenxa yezizathu zokuphepha.
Ukuba usela utswala okanye ubonakala phantsi kwefuthe lento, awuyi kubanjwa.
Ungenza phi oku?
Iidolophana ezininzi ze-ski kunye needolophu zeentaba ngaphesheya kwiphondo zihlala kwikhampani yezinja.
Ezinye ihotele, njenge-Mountain Musher eVail Valley, hamba ngasese, ngoko ke akufanele ukhathazeke malunga nokwabelana ngeendlela ezihamba ngekhethi.
Uninzi lwezobhenketho zihamba ukusuka phakathi koNovemba ukuya phakathi kwe-Apreli, okanye ngokukodwa kwinqanaba le-ski, zinike okanye zithathe. Konke kuxhomekeke kwikhephu.
Ngaba ihlobo lusetyenzwa imbala, na?
Ewe. Ama-Huski ayakuthanda ukutsala, kwaye ehlobo, unokubeka izinja ezikhohliweyo ukusebenza kunye nebhayisikili yakho. Iinqwelo ze-Snow libiza ngokuba yiTug & Tow.
I-Tug & Tow Bike Leash idibanisa nebhayisikili, i-scooter okanye inqwelo yento ethiwa "i-mushing yasezidolophini." Mush ngeedolophu kunye kunye nomzila webhayisikili kwaye unike izinja ziqhube xa zinika imilenze ikhefu.
Abanye abafake iingubo nabo banikela iindwendwe ezingenaqhwala apho iinja zidonsa iinqwelo kumavili, endaweni yokutsala.