Ngaba Wake Wake Wakuhamba Ngayo, okanye Uphinda Ungene, iSlot Canyon?
Buza umgibeli othanda ukuhlola ngentlango e-Utah esezantsi kwaye ekugqibeleni uya kuqala ukuthetha ngokuhamba ngeendawo zokuhamba. Buza abakhweli malunga nokubuyisela kwi-slot canyons kwaye baya kufumana ubuso babo.
I-slot canyons iyancipha kwi-crust of earth eyenziwe ngumoya, amanzi, kunye neengonyama zexesha. Zininzi zazo zibanzi phezulu kodwa njengoko ziwela (ezinye ukuya kwii-100 okanye ngaphezulu) zincinci.
Mfa nekiso ngokucwenga phakathi kwendawo phakathi kweendonga apho kufuneka uncelise emathunjini akho (okanye uphakamise ipakethi yakho ngokusebenzisa i-fissure) ukudlula. Ndiye ndagijima kuzo kwaye ndazikhumbuza ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndiyazi ukuba ndifuna ukubuyela ngokunye.
Ukuba awuzange ube nakho oko kufana nokukhupha ngaphantsi kwecala lobuncanyon, kukho iinkampani, ngakumbi eMowabhi nakwezinye iindawo zase-Utah, eziza kuthatha nokuba zize zingabikho izinto ezihambayo ezibandakanya ama-rappels kwiziqwenga zendawo. Abaqhubi bezobugcisa baye bahlala behamba ngokukhawuleza baze baxolisa kwiindawo zendawo ezikude emhlabeni jikelele. (Khangela imifanekiso ephawulekayo kwi-environmentgraffiti.com, ukubona ezinye ezili-15 eziMangalisayo zeSlotons kwi-Earth, ngokwembhali.)
I-Clotons yeSlot kwi-Challenge e-Utah
I-Navajo ilitye lehlabathi elisezantsi lase-Utah lincinci ngokwaneleyo ukuba imikhosi yemvelo iye yakha amaninzi amaninzi. Uza kubafumana kwiSizwe leSizwe leSiyoni, i-Grand Staircase, i-Paria Canyons kunye nesithili saseLake Powell.
Nazi ezo zimbini ezizonwabisa ukuhlola, kunye neyesithathu ekhethekileyo.
Abahambahambayo bathanda ukuhamba nge-Spooky Gulch kuba iyancipha kakhulu kwiindawo ezisebumnyama ezantsi. (Musa ukuthatha lo mkhonto ukuba u-claustrophobic!) Ulinganiswe njenge-3.2-mile ye-hike roundtrip.
I-rocky form formations in the Capitol Reef's Sheets Gulch kwi-Waterpocket Fold canyons inezinye i-clotons.
Emva kokungena kwiindonga ze-sandstone ezibomvu ezijikelezayo, ziyimitha elithoba ukuya ekude. (Okanye, unokumisa umgama uze uphenduke uze uhambe kwakhona.) Ulwaphulo lwe-canyon luhle kakhulu.
I-Ipaki kaZwelonke yeZiyon ibikwa ukuba i-canyons engaphezulu kunezinye i-Utah. I-adventure eyaziwayo kakhulu yiyona ndlela ihamba ngeZion Narrows. UMlambo iMergin ugeleza kule canyon, eneentaba ezinamazantsi angama-2,000. Ukunyuka kwinqanaba elingaphandle kungahlawulelwa inxalenye yonyaka. (Ewe uya kufumana imvula.) Cela kwi-ofisi yepaki ngeenkcukacha, iimeko kunye neemvume.
Unamanye amaninzi okukhethayo epakini. Ukuhamba kwiNtshontsho Yesihlabathi kwiCango eliBomvu yindlela elula kakhulu yokuhlola ubuhle beenqanaba zeZiyon.
Uluhlu lweenkcukacha zeenkcukacha kunye nokwaziswa malunga nokuhamba okanye ukuhlola, nqakraza kwi-website ye-clotons ye-website ye-southwest web site. Njalo uhlolisise iofisi yesevisi yePaki yeePaki okanye abantu abaqeqeshekileyo ukuba babone ukuba ukhuselekile ukuhamba ngeyiphi i-slot canyon ngosuku oluthile. Izikhukhula ezincinane ezisuka kwiindawo ezikude kwiinkonyane zingenza loo nto ibe yintlungu-nokuba yimbi.
I-About.com's Climbing Expert, uStewart Green, unamaphepha amaninzi apho unokufunda khona malunga nokuxela.