Ukuhamba ngeendlela ezide kude akuyona into entsha kwabo baqhelanise nenkcubeko yokuhamba ngaphakathi e-United States, kunye neendlela eziqhelekileyo zokuhamba ngeendlela ezifana ne-Route 66 ezifakwe kwiinkcubeko ezibonakalayo. Nangona kunjalo, abo banomdla wokuhamba ngeendlela, ngokukodwa ngebhayisikili baye bahlala bedibanisa ukuhamba kweendlela zokuhamba ngokuhamba ngeendlela ezinqumlayo ezihamba ngokwenene.
I-Trans-America Trail (TAT) yenzelwe ukuxazulula le ngxaki ethile, ngenjongo yokwenza umzila ongekho emzimbeni ongasidingi ixesha elide lokukhwela kwendlela, ngelixa ufumana ukufikelela okufanelekileyo kwizibonelelo ezifana nezitishi zegesi kunye yokuhlala.
Imbali yeTAT
Iphupha lohambo olude elide lokuhamba endleleni luya kuba abantu abaninzi banandipha umdlalo we-motorcycling off-road baye baphupha iminyaka, kodwa bekunomdla wokuhamba ngesithuthuthu uSam Correro owakucinga ngokuzama ukwenza umzila welizwe eliza kuba uhambo lwama-epic. Umlingo walo mzila kukuba akusiyo indlela entsha, kodwa uluhlu lweendlela ezikhoyo eziye zaxhunyaniswa kunye ukwenza enye indlela ende. Emva kweeyure zeekhilomitha zokuhamba kunye neeyure ezininzi zokuphanda iimephu kunye nezindlela ezinokuthi zenzeke, iTrans-America Trail iye yanda ekuthandeni kunye nenani labagibeli abanandiphayo indlela kwiminyaka ukususela ekumisweni kwayo kwandiswe ngonyaka ngonyaka.
Yintoni onokuyilindela xa uhlahlela umzila
Ngamawaka angamahlanu amawaka ubude ubude, akukho hlobo olukhethiweyo lokukhwela onokulindela, kodwa enye yezinto ezinomdla kwiTAT kukuba imihla ngemihla inamacandelo okukhwela kunye neendawo ezinomdla zokuzonwabisa. Uninzi lweentsuku ezikuloo ndlela zijikelezileyo ngeekhilomitha ezimbini, ngoko abaninzi abantu baya kufumanisa ukuba yonke indlela ingathatha iiveki ezine, nangona iyakwazi ukukhwela ngamacandelo amancinci kwendlela.
I-trail yenzelwe ukuba izitishi zokuhlala kunye nezasegesi zifikeleleke lula, kwaye kumgama olinganayo ukuvumela ezininzi izithuthuthu ukuba zihambe ngaphandle kokufuna imoto yenkxaso.
Amaphupha ephambili kwiNdlela
Ngenxa yokuba yonke indlela ijikeleza phantse ilizwe lonke, kukho iindidi ezininzi kwiindawo ezikuyo kunye nezinto eziza kudibana nazo, kwaye ukusuka kwiinduli ezinqumlayo ukuya kwiinduli kunye neentaba eziphakamileyo, i-TAT inomsebenzi omncinane. Kulabo banandipha umdlalo weentaba kunye nohlobo lokukhwela uhlangabezana neenguqu zokuphakama, ngoko ke icandelo kwiRoyy Mountains eColorado liphawuleka kakhulu kwaye lincomekayo . Ukudlula e-Utah, indlela iphantse kwiindawo ezikude kakhulu, kunye neeyure eziza phakathi kweentlanganiso kunye nabanye abagibeli, kunye neenduli ezinamatye nezomileyo kunye neentaba zawo eziqingqileyo ziyimpawu emangalisa kulolu hambo.
Iimpawu eziphambili zoThuthi oMgwaqo ongenawo uhambo olu luhambo
Akungabazeki ukuba i-TAT inikezela ngamava amanqaku ahambelayo, kodwa enye yezinto ofuna ukuyiqwalasela ukuba ingaba i-bike yakho ayiyi kulungelelanisa ukuba i-bike iya kuhamba kwibhayisikili. I-bike-sport-bike ibalulekile kule ndlela, kwaye ngelixa iibhayisikili ezikhanyayo ziyakwazi ukugqiba umzila, zingadinga inkxaso ngenkxaso yokuphatha iinqwelo zendawo kunye nezixhobo, ngelixa iibhola ezininzi ezimbini zezemidlalo ezihamba nge-600cc ziza kuba negalelo lokusingatha indlela engaxhaswayo ethwele izixhobo kwiipanniers.
Uluhlu lweetanki lombane ludinga ukuba lube ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezili-160, nangona ezinye izitulo zegesi zihlangene kunye, ngelixa ukuthembeka okufanelekileyo, amathayi afanelekileyo angcolileyo kunye namacwecwe afanelekileyo.
Ukulungiselela ukuhamba ngeTAT
Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba ugibele umzila omde onjengoba oku kuya kuba nzima ngaphezu kokuhamba kwimihla ngemihla, ngoko ukuba unqanaba elifanelekileyo lomzimba liya kukunceda ukusingatha imingeni ngokukhawuleza. Uninzi lophando ngeemaphu kunye ne-GPS kubalulekile ukucwangcisa apho uceba ukuhlala khona, kwaye apho ungakwazi khona ukufikelela kumbane, ngelixa kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ukulungelelaniswa malunga nendlela ingafuneka, ngakumbi ngokugqithisa kweqhwa e Colorado kunye naseOregon, apho izithuthi zingavalwa yimithi ewileyo. Ukwenza isiqinisekiso sokuthi ibhayisikili yakho isebenza kwaye imeko efanelekileyo kukuba, kubalulekile ukuba usebenzise izixhobo ezintle ukuba unenjongo yokugqiba indlela ngokuphumelelayo.