Ewe, iMammoth Cave eKentucky yabiza ityelelo layo ngokuchanekileyo. Ezinye iinketho zingabandakanywa, "Uhambo olubi lweCave Tour", "Uninzi lwolonwabo-Ukholo lwangaphambili", okanye "Uhambo oluPhambili lweCave National Park ." "Uhambo lwe-Wild Cave Tour" luhambo olude kunazo zonke iimpapasho zepaki kwaye zithatha iindwendwe kwiindawo ezinzulu zokungaboni ndawo. Ngethuba elingaphaya kweeyure ezithandathu, ndabona ukubunjwa kwendalo, amacumbi amakhulu edwala, kwaye ndidibana nabanye abantu abapholile kakhulu ukutyelela ipaki.
Kwakuyinxalenye yam endiyithandayo yohambo lwam ukuya kwiHlabathi likaMammoth, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba ndingabakhuthaza abanye ukuba ndiyihlole.
Uyalungiselela
Ngaphambi kokuba uhambo luqale, sihlangene kwiSikolo soTyelelo. Iindwendwe zokutyelela abantu abali-14 (bona ngaphezulu ngaphantsi kweZithintelo zoTyelelo ngaphantsi) okulungileyo kwizizathu zokhuseleko kunye nokunceda ukudala ubudlelwane phakathi kweqela. Kwakumnandi ukudibana nalawo maHolo eMammoti okokuqala ngqa kunye nabambalwa abaye bahamba kwi-Wild Cave Tour ngaphambili. Ababhenkethi babuyela ngokuphindaphindiweyo kuba uhambo luyakuthatha kwiindawo ezahlukahlukeneyo zamaplanga. Qinisekisa ukuxelela isikhokelo sakho apho uhambe khona ixesha lokugqibela kwaye abayi kuluqwalasela kuphela, baya kuqinisekiswa ukuba bakuxelele inxalenye yomqolomba ongazihlolisanga!
Isikhokelo sethu saloo mini kwakunguGabe Esters, umntu othakazelisayo, onomdla kakhulu kunye nothando lwepaki. UGabe wakhula kule ndawo waza waba ngumkhokeli iminyaka engama-7 ngaphambi kokuba afunde ukuba ukufundisa isikolo esiphakamileyo kwakungekho kuye.
Emva kwesethulo esifutshane, saye sabhalwa kwesinye isakhiwo ukuze senzeke. Sanikwa ii-overalls, iigowum nezibane, amadolo, ama-bandannas kunye neiglavu. Emva kwemizamo emibini kuphela, ndafumana i-overalls edibanisa kakuhle kwaye ihambisa iibhotile zam ukuba zikhutshelwe i-disinfected. Kwimizamo yokunqanda i- White Nose Syndrome , akukho gesi yangaphandle evunyelwe ngaphakathi emaphandleni kwaye zonke iibhothi kufuneka zifakwe ngaphambi nangemva kweholide.
Isifo sithinta amaxhamla ahlala emaphandleni kwaye aqala ukunyuka ngo-2009. Enyanisweni, iIndiana yavala imingcwaba yayo kubakhenkethi kwiHosier National Forest ukunciphisa ukusasazeka kwesi sifo.
Emva kokuba iibhotile zam zihlambuluke kwaye zihlanjululwe, ndandikulungele ukugubha. Kwaye kwakungoku-10 kuphela! Sabuyela kwi-shuttle kwaye sithatha uhambo oluya kwiCarmichael Entrance ukuze siqale usuku lwethu.
"Ndifuna urokha!"
Ingcamango yam yokuqala njengoko sahamba phantsi ezitebhisini ukuya emqolombeni yayinguye, "Mntwini, kukhwaza." Amangcwaba abamba ubushushu phakathi nama-50-ukuphunyuka okugqibeleleyo kwimihla yohlobo lwehlobo. Sithatha uhambo olufutshane kwaye safumana indawo ehle ukuhlala size sizenzele. Yayiyindlela enhle yokuqalisa uhambo, ekubeni usebenza kunye kunye nemini. Enoba ufuna isandla phezu kwedwala okanye elula, "Unokwenza!" iqela lisebenza ngokwenene yonke imini. Enyanisweni, nokuba uyazi abanye okanye hayi, unembopheleleko yomgibeli emva kwakho ngamaxesha onke. Ukuba awuboni, kufuneka ukhongoze, "Vuka!" ngoko iqela lingayeka kwaye liqinisekise ukuba bonke abagijimayo babanjwa kwaye bahamba kunye emaphandleni.
Emva kwezaziso zethu ezimfutshane, sasihamba ngeendidi ezahlukeneyo kwaye ngokukhawuleza sifikelele kumngeni wethu wokuqala.
UGabe wasiyeka waza wachaza ukuba wenzeni xa ekhwela ngesithuba esiqinileyo. Saxelelwa ukuba siphuluke, siphefumle ngokukhawuleza, nokuba yintoni na isalathiso sentloko yethu inokuziva ikhululekile kakhulu. Ndineentlungu kodwa ndazimisela ukukhaba. Emva koko ndabona apho wayethetha khona. Akuzange kubonakale ngathi ihamba! Wanikela umboniso omfutshane owawubonakala ngathi indoda idiza intloko kuqala kwimingxuma ehlabathini kunye neenyawo zakhe ziphazamise ukubunjwa kwamandla. Kodwa ngaphandle kokucinga ngakumbi, bekuyixesha lethu. Omnye wam sasiqhaqhazela, kwaye ndiyathetha ukuba, ngendleleni. Yaye uyazi ntoni? Kwakumangalisa! Ngokuqinisekileyo akusiyo wonke umntu. Enyanisweni, abanye abantu ngokwenene bangenalo, kodwa kwakupholile. Ndandiziva ngathi ndingumhloli owenene, ukufikelela kwiindawo ezithile zomhlaba ezingabonwa mntu.
Wonke umntu wakwenza oko kwaye oko ndabona ngaphesheya kwakungomnye wokumomotheka kunene.
Sonke saziva siziqhenkcele ngathi. Ndandivakalelwa ngaloo nto, ngathi, "Kulungile, oko kwakulula. Yaye yonke imihla yayimnandi nje. Ngamanye amaxesha sahamba, ngamanye amaxesha sasidla, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha sasihamba ngokugqithiseleyo ngendlela yethu kwaye sibone iMammoth Cave njengabanye abayi kuze babone. Emva kweeyure ezimbalwa, amandla ethu aqala ukudibanisa kodwa ngenhlanhla kwakuyisihlandlo sekhefu lesidlo sasemini.
Safika kwiGumbi le-Snowball elalixhotyiswe ngokupheleleyo ngeetafile ezininzi zepikiniki, izindlu zokuhlambela, kunye nokukhethwa kwezicathulo, isobho, utywala kunye ne-candy. Kwaye inkwenkwe siyayifuna. Olunye uhambo lwalugcwele ukuhamba okulula kunye nezinye izinto ezinzima ezifana nokutsalwa kweendonga kunye nokukhwela. Kodwa yonke imzila esiyibethayo, yonke indlela esiyihlolisayo, kwaye yonke indawo esiyibonayo yayiyigugu. Ukutyelela kwakuyinkqantosi kwaye inika kakhulu inxaxheba kubathathi-nxaxheba bayo.
Vele uyenze
Ngelixa ipaki ibonisa ukutyelela nje ngokuba "yinkxalabo" kwaye kungekhona abo "besaba iindawo eziphakamileyo okanye izikhala eziqinileyo," ndicinga ukuba abantu abaninzi banokubamba le ndleko kunokuba bacinga. Enyanisweni, ndicinga ukuba ipaki inokwenkqisa abantu. Xa ndifunda izilumkiso, ndaziva ndixhalabile. Ngaba ndiyakwenza oku? Ndiyintoni na? Kuthiwani ukuba ndiza kuphuma phantsi? Kodwa emva kwemizuzu engama-15 yokuba emqolombeni, ndihleka kwaye ndonwabile kakhulu. Into efanelekileyo yokuthetha ngeendwendwe ezivela kwi-Wild Cave Tour ngokwabo.
Ngoku ungangifumani. Andikuthi le hambo yinto yonke. Ukuba uhamba kunye nenqanawa, ungahambi kulo khenketho. Ukuba ukhuluphele okanye ungeyingozi kakhulu, le tyelelo ayikho kuwe. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba unempilo enhle kwaye udibana nezinye iindawo ezithile zesisindo kunye nobudala, hamba! Unokuba noyiko ekuqaleni, kodwa uthembele kum, ekupheleni kosuku, uya kuba neqhayiya ngokwakho kwaye ujabule ukuba wenza.