Xa kuziwa kwiindawo ezikude ezihambayo kunzima ukufikelela kuMongolia . E-Asia Ephakathi, ilizwe lijikelezwe yiRashiya ngasenyakatho, kwaye iChina ukuya ngasentla kunye nenkcubeko yayo kunye neembali zayo ezibonakalayo zininzi njengemigca ebonakalayo.
Kukho iinkampani ezimbalwa zokuhamba ezihamba phambili ezinika i-Mongolian imizila ehamba phambili, kodwa bambalwa banokuthelekiswa nantoni na yeTusker Trail.
Kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, inkampani iholele i-Mongolia Trek enhle kangangokuthi yayibizwa ngokuba yinye yeehambo zamaphephancwadi zangaphandle zonyaka. Ndiza kwenza lo ndwendwe ngoJulayi walo nyaka, kodwa ngaphambi kokuya e-Asia ndafumana ithuba lokuthetha nomphathi weTusker uEddie Frank ukuba ndifunde kabanzi malunga namava amangalisayo.
Uhambo oluphi
Uhambo luqala kwikomkhulu laseMongolia yase-Ulaanbaatar, ekhonza njengendawo yokufika kunye nokuhamba kweenqwelo-moya ezininzi kwilizwe lonke. Ukuhlala apho kufutshane, nangona kunjalo, kwaye akuyi kuba lide ngaphambi kokuba abathengi beTusker bafumane enye indiza eya eBayan Ulgii, idolophana elikude lifumene kufuphi nomda waseTshayina entshonalanga yeMongolia. Ukusuka apho, kuya kwi-Altai Tavn Bogd National Park, i-wonderland yangaphandle eneendawo eziqingqiweyo ezibandakanya amachibi entaba, iindawo ezikhethiweyo zeqhwa, kunye neentaba ezintlanu ezibhekwa njengezingcwele ngabaseMongolia.
U-Eddie Frank uthi le mibono imangalisayo ibonakala kulo lonke uhambo, kodwa ngokukodwa njengoko iqela lenza inkampu ngobusuku bonke. Unditshela ukuba iinkampu zizinye zezinto eziphambili zolu hambo, kunye nenye into emangalisayo ngaphezu kokugqibela. Abahambi bahlala ezintenteni zentaba kunye neendabuko zaseMongolia njengoko ziphumla emva komhla kwindlela ekubanjeni kwiimbono zamachibi ase-glacier kunye namahlathi avulekileyo ilizwe elidumileyo.
Ekhaya ukuze mhlawumbi abagadi bamabhiza abagqwesileyo abaye baphila, iMongolia yindawo enxwemeni enkulu evulekileyo kunye neentaba. Iyiphi indlela engcono yokuyihlola eso sibhakabhaka kunokuba ihashe? I-Franks ithi ininzi yabathengi banamathuba amaninzi agibela umgama omde xa bhalisela uhambo, kodwa ngokukhawuleza bafumana ukhululekile kwi-saddle. Uthe wangenisa i-Australian riding saddles enikezela ukuzinza xa kuthelekiswa nalabo baqeshwe ngokuqhelekileyo ngabaseMongolia, kodwa i-mountaine eqinileyo, eqinisekisiwe iyazaliswa kwaye ivulelwe ukuwela indawo ekude yeMitha yeAltai.
Ukuhamba endaweni yeHarryback Riding
Kulabo abanqwenela ukukhwela, kukho ukukhetha ukunyuka iikhilomitha ezi-8 ukuya ku-10 ezifakwe kwimihla ngemihla. Enoba ngonyawo okanye ngehashe, abahambi bahamba ngeendlela ezifanayo kwaye babelane ngamava afanayo. Awukushiya ngaphandle kwenkampu enye kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo aphule isidlo sasemini kwinqanaba elifanayo aze afike kwikampu yebusuku malunga nexesha elifanayo.
U-Eddie uye wenza lolu luhambo iminyaka engaphezu kweli-10 kwaye uthi ngelixa iindawo ezintle zihle, kwaye i-adventure iyinyani, ngaba abantu abahlala emadodeni adibana nawo anceda ukubeka ngokuqinisekileyo olu luhambo ngaphandle kwamanye amava okuhamba.
Uthi, "Ukubamkela izibhengezo zabantu abaqhelekileyo," utsho, ekuqapheliseni ukuba kuyisithethe kwi-steppe ukuba bathathe nabani na ofika emnyango wabo, abanikeze indawo yokukhusela kunye nokutya ngokuhlwa.
Abaxhasi bakaTusker abayi kuba nexhala malunga nenye yezo nkxalabo, nangona kunjalo. Ukongeza kokuhlala kwiinkampu ezikhululekile kakhulu, baya kudla ukutya. Ngelixa iindlela ziza kuba zilula, ukutya kuninzi kwaye kulungiselelwe ngabapheki abaqeqeshwe yiCulinary Institute of America, into endiyifumene ngayo xa ndenyuka eKilimanjaro kunye neTusker ngonyaka odlulileyo. Ukutya kulolo hambo kwakumhle kakhulu, nangona sasimise kwiqonga elingu-18,000.
Ummandla we-Altai Tavn Bogd National Park kuthiwa uyathandwa ngabantu abathintekayo, nangona amaqela amaninzi aseTusker ahlangana nabambalwa kakhulu abavela kwelinye ilizwe xa bephuma ngaphandle.
Kwaye kuba akukho phantse iikhompyutheni ezihambahambayo ngaphakathi kwendawo, ukuxhomeka kunye nokuzimela kuyincenye yamava, okwenza olu luhambo lufanelekile kwabo bafuna ukuphuma ngokupheleleyo kuyo yonke into.
Ngoko uhambo oluhle kangakanani? U-Eddie Frank, onamava kakhulu kunye nomkhokeli, uthi "Ukuba ndiza kuthatha olunye uhambo ngalunye unyaka, le nto iya kuba." Oku kufuneka kukunike isibonakaliso sokuba indlela evelele ngayo le ntuthuko yeTusker. Kunene ngokoqobo kwangoko kwithuba lokuphila lokubona inxalenye yehlabathi elisekude, elunxwemeni, kwaye ngokuyininzi litshintshile ukusuka kwindlela eyayineminyaka emininzi edlulileyo.