Injini ye-steam iyakuthatha phezulu kwi-fourteener
Le njini encinci isenokuthi ibe isenza njalo.
Unyaka ka-2016 wawubhalwa iminyaka eyi-125 yeyona ndlela eyaziwayo, eyona mzila. Ngasekupheleni kukaJuni ngo-1891, umzila we-Pikes Peak Cog Railway wabuya kuqala, kwaye awuzange uqalise ukugxila. Ingongoma enkulu yokukhenketha iintsapho, iintlobo zeembali kunye nabantu abafuna iindawo ezibukrakra, kuphela kwi-Colorado.
Lo mzila ujongene neColor Springs kwidolophana encinane, idolophu yaseManitou Springs.
Ikhuphuka entabeni yonke indlela eya kwisiqwenga sePike Peak, enye yezona ndawo zidumileyo "ezilishumi elinine," okanye iintaba ezingaphezu kwei-14,000 ezinyawo ngaphezu kolwandle lolwandle.
Abanye bathi iPikes Peak "iNtaba yaseMelika."
Oko kuthetha ukuthini abahambi ukuba ufike kwi-top of fourtneener ngaphandle kokuba uphule umqubu. Ukuhamba ngezinyawo kungaba ngumngeni omkhulu, ingakumbi ngokufumana inzuzo.
Abahambi bahamba ngaphaya kweRuxton Creek, i-Englemann Canyon, iiplanga ezinkulu, iNtaba iA Almagre kunye neMinnehaha Falls. Uza kubona ezinye zezinto ezindala kakhulu eziphilayo emhlabeni, i-bristlecone tree pin 2-plus-year.
Ukufumana iSitimela
Ehlobo, i-Pikes Peak Cog Railway ithatha abagibeli kwi-3 ½-uhambo lweeyure ukuya kwintaba yokujonga i-jaw-dropping view of the green aspens kunye nemithi yephayini kunye nezobuqaqawuli bhakabhaka obuqaqambileyo e-Colorado. Abagibeli beLucky banokubambisana nendawo ye-marmot, inyama yeeyile okanye iigusha ezinkulu.
Enyanisweni, le ndawo yikhaya kwelinye lemfuyo enkulu yeenkomo ezinkulu kwilizwe. Ukuba isibhakabhaka sicacile, abagibeli banokubona i-Denver skyline kude.
Ekubeni, ukukhwela kuyindlela eyithandayo yokubona imibala eguqukayo yamacembe. Njengoko ukhuphukela phezulu phezulu, amaqabunga aguquka ngamaxesha ahlukeneyo enkathini, oku kuthetha ukuhamba omnye kunokufana nokudlula umlotha.
Kwaye ngexesha lokubusika, isitimela sitshintshela kwiState Train, ngenxa yendlela evuyayo kunye neyoyiyo yonke into yokubhiyozela ixesha - kunye nomntu odibeneyo. Iimbono zeentaba zeentaba zifakwe kwi-blank blanket yeqhwa ekhupha iKrismesi.
Imbali yeTeetri
Emuva kwe-1800s, le injini ye-steam yaqwalasela ukukwazi ukunyuka kwayo kwiindawo eziphakamileyo kunye nolu lukhulu lwe-incline, usebenzisa inkqubo ekhethekileyo ye "cog".
Izitimela eziqhelekileyo zisebenzisa ukuxhatshazwa kwamavili kwimizila yokunyusa imoto phambili, kuphela amazinga okufundela ukuya kuma-6 ekhulwini (okanye ukukhawuleza kufike kuma-9 ekhulwini). Kodwa isondo lesogwayilo, okanye u-rack, uhlobo lwesitimela linokukwazi ukuphatha ibanga elimangalisayo ukuya kuma-48 ekhulwini-kubalulekile xa uthetha ngokukhawuleza kwicala lesinezeli.
I-trade-off: Izitimela zogqirha kufuneka ziqhube ukuhamba kancane - nje ngeekhilomitha ezili-9 ngeyure kwi-Pikes Peak train. Yenza uhambo luziva lufana nokunyuka ngokukhawuleza, kodwa lunikeza abagibeli ixesha elide lokumisa idilesi epheleleyo.
Namhlanje, enye injini ye-steam isebenza ukutsala imoto yembali, i-historical history malunga neekhilomitha ezili-9 ukuya entabeni.
Iingcebiso zoLwazi
Ngenxa yokuphakama okuphakamileyo, abanye abahambi banokuziva begule ukugula. Nazi ezinye iingcebiso malunga nendlela yokulungiselela nokulawula ukugula kwe-Colorado .
Phakamisa isidlo sasemini uze uphuze ukutya kuloo ngqungquthela ngenxa yokuba umgca wokufumana ukutya kwiNdlu yeStumenti ingaba yinde, kwaye uvumelekile malunga nesiqingatha seyure ngaphezulu, ngenxa yemiphumo yokuphakama.
Ungaphuthelwa kwicala elingasenyakatho yesiganeko. Yilapho uza kufumana iifoto ezingcono, kwaye apho ubude buya khona ekhaya. Qaphela i-Pit Pit, engummangaliso kodwa eyingozi.
Eyona nto iyonwabileyo
Enye indlela yokufumana intaba-kwaye isebenze isithukuthezi esikhulu-ku-Inclinate Manitou. Umzila ukuya phezulu kweNtaba iManitou eyayisetyenziselwa ukubonelela ukufikelela kwamathangi amanzi avaliwe ngo-1990 kwaye sele ibe yindlela eyaziwayo yokuhamba kunye neendlela ezihamba phambili kubadlali abaqinileyo. Sithetha inzuzo ye-elevation-foot-foot in less than a mile. I-Newbies ingenakho ukuyenza, kodwa ukuba ufuna umceli-mngeni (kwaye ulungiselelwe kakuhle, u-hydrated kwaye ulungele), yenza oku kulandelwa.
Kukho iindlela ezincinane ezahlukahlukeneyo zokuthatha, ngokuxhomekeke kumandla akho kunye nokunyuka kwamanqanaba. Thatha umzila weemephu kwi-depot okanye kwi-Incline Base Camp ukucwangcisa isicwangciso sakho. Buza iingozi ngeengcebiso, nazo. Bangakuxelela ngokukhuseleko kwendlela, ngokubhekiselele kwizilwanyana zasendle, udaka okanye ezinye iintlobo zokuvalwa kweendlela.
Unokuthi uthathe isitimela ukuya phezulu kwaye uqeshe ibhayisikili ukukhwela umgwaqo omkhulu. Umngeni ongenamkhawulo kunye nePikes Peak Iintambo zeeNdwendwe zeeBhayisi zintaba zinokukuxhoma.
I-Colorado Springs iyindawo eyaziwayo yokuhamba ngebhayisikili yaye ngokuqinisekileyo yayingumnye wezona zixeko ezihamba phambili zebhayisikili ezili-10 ezizweni.
Ingaba ufumana iPikes Peak ngebhayisikili, iinyawo okanye isitimela, kufuneka wenze eColorado.