I-Adirondack yeWorld Walk, iSanctuary esasimiswe kwiTreetops
Xa ndisemntwana, ndanyuka imithi eninzi. Yaye nangona ihlala ibonakalisa isicwangciso esilungileyo sokubetha abahlobo bam emdlalweni omkhulu wokuzimela nokufuna, ndandisoloko ndiyazi ukuba umgudu wokwenza njalo wawukhulu kakhulu. Emva kokuba iqhutywe kwaye ikhonxwe phakathi kwamasebe omthi omkhulu omkhulu kwindlu yangasemva kwam, ndandifuna ukujonga phantsi phantsi kwipropati leyo, ndiyifumeneyo nje kuphela indlela engaqhelekanga ngayo yonke into, kodwa nendlela eyahlukileyo ngayo ndijonga ngayo.
Nangona ndiphakamileyo ngaphezu komhlaba, ndandixhamene nehlabathi kunye nezidalwa endibabelana ngazo nangakumbi; Konke okwam thabatha ukuba ndibalekele kweli hlabathi elitsha kwakungumngcipheko we-adventure kunye nomngcipheko wokuguqa ngamadolo.
Yiyo kanye le ngcamango yokumangalisa kwabantwana malunga nehlabathi lemvelo ukuba i-Wild Walk e-Adirondacks kwingingqi yaseNew York inike iindwendwe ukususela ekuqaleni kwayo kwehlobo. Ekufuphi kufuphi neTupper Lake, i-Wild Walk yayisithiwa enye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokutyelela ihlobo. Ngokuqhelekileyo ngokuthelekiswa neNew York City High Line, evule iminyaka engama-6 ngaphambili, umzila ophakamileyo ogqithisa i-Adirondack i-canopy yatshintsha indlela oye waziva ngayo ngokubonelela nje ngeendlela zokuzijonga.
Umtsalane ungowesiko sase-Wild, isiko esingenzi nzuzo esisebenza kwi-81 yezigidi ezili-6 iihektare ezenza i-Adirondack Park.
I-self-echazwe "i-un-museum," umsebenzi we-Wild Centre, ovule iingcango zayo ngo-2006, kukukhuthaza abavakalisi ukuba baqonde, baxabise kunye nokusebenzisana nemvelo eyahlukeneyo ye-Adirondack kunye nezilwanyana. Ngokugqithiseleyo kunikezelwe ngezandla kwimfundo, i-Wild Centre isebenzisa imiboniso ye-multimedia kunye nokunyuka okuhamba phambili kunye neenqanawa ukuza kufezekisa injongo yayo yokukhuthaza nokukhulisa ubudlelwane babantu kwimvelo.
Yaye yintoni enye indlela engcono yokuguqula iimbono kunokuzakhela ngokwenene into entsha?
I-Wild Walk yindlela yeendlela kunye neebhanti ezandayo kummandla wehlathi, enika umbono we-landscape njengamava ngeentlobo ezi-72 zeentaka kunye nezilwanyana ezihlala kuyo. Ukususela kumgangatho webanga, indlela yokuhamba ihamba ngokuthe ngcembe ibe iphakamileyo ngamanqina angama-42. Nangona inani elincinci lifaniswa nezinye iindlela zokuhamba ngommandla kule ndawo, njengoluphakamileyo oluphezulu lweMat. UMarcy okhupha ama-5,344 ngeenyawo (amahlanu amaxesha aphezulu kunommandla weZakhiwo zoBukumkani baseBukhosi!), Ukuvakalelwa kokuphakama kunzima kakhulu. Ngokomzekelo, umthi onyaweni lomzila uya kubonakala ufana nomthi 3,000 ukuya entabeni, ixesha elide ukuba iinyawo zakho zisemhlabeni. Kwi-Wild Walk, unokwazi ukugcina inkqubo entsha yezinto eziphilayo, esebenzayo kunye nezilwanyana ezinobunzima, usebenza nje ngamazinga aphakamileyo ukusuka apho ubeke khona imoto yakho.
Kuthatha iminyaka eyisibhozo yokucwangcisa nophuhliso lukaCharles P Reay, umakhi we-IBM Pavillon we-IBM Pavillon ye-1964 ye-World Fair kunye ne-Space Museum eWashington, DC, ukugqiba umboniso wakhe "wokuphuma kwehlathi." Ewe, uReay uphumelele oku kubini kwimo kunye nomxholo.
I-cylindrical 27, ibhekiselele kwiinqaba ezisezantsi kwaye zixhasa i-walkway mirror izihlahla zomthi weepini ezimhlophe ezizijikelezile. Yenziwe nge-Corten yensimbi yangaphambili, nangona umbala walezi zakhiwo zibhekiselele ekuboniseni umgangatho wemvelo kunye ne-sienna palette yehlathi. Kwaye, xa ukhe ukhathazeke, ukwakhiwa kokukhangeka kwakungenakunqwenela kwizinto eziphilayo. Baxhamla imithi engama-50 engesiyo isizwe sase-Adirondack kodwa ityala i-120 entsha.
Eyona ndlela, indlela ehamba phambili i-panoramic vista. Omnye unokukwazi ukuzifumana kwindawo yakhe yokudlala emithini: indawo yokuphumula ehamba ngamagatsha, ephakamisa amabali amane anomangalisayo; kukho ukugqithisa iibhanti zentambo ezifanisa ukuhamba kwezilwanyana kumthi ukuya kumthi; unokwenyuka ukuphakama kweentlobo ezide kunazo zonke zomthi kwingingqi, i-White Pine, kwizitepsi ezijikelezayo eziphuma kwindawo yayo; i-lounge kwiwebhande lewebhu njengokuba unokwenza intambo, kunye neenyawo ezininzi zeenyawo ngaphantsi kwakho; xa usenza ekupheleni, jonga nje njengokhozi, kwinqanaba elona liphezulu lenzelwe ukubonakala ngathi, uqikelele, isidleke sokhozi.
Ephakamileyo ndikhuphuke, ngakumbi ndaqala. Ndandwendwendwe kuphela kweli zwe langaphandle, engaziwa ngaphambili nangona zimbalwa ezimbalwa ngaphezulu. Kukhona ukuqonda okungenakukuphepheka okukunqobayo xa ukhangela into enkulu kakhulu kuneendawo zakho zemihla ngemihla. Ikhuthaza ithemba kunye nenjabulo, njengoko ivula ingqondo yakho kuzo zonke izinto umhlaba wethu oza kunikela kodwa awusayi kubona. Ngexesha elifanayo, kubangele ukuba uvelwano lwaloo ndawo luhlala luhlala phambili kubaluleke kakhulu kwixesha lethu elizayo, kodwa luya kubaluleka kakhulu kwiindawo zeengxowankulu zehlabathi. I-Wild Walk, kubonakala ngathi, ithemba ukuphakama ngokuphakama, inika ukwesaba okunjengomntwana ngaphandle kwamadolo afunwe.