Ukuzisa i-Erta Ale Volcano
Ukuba unyuke kwiinkcukacha zokuhamba kwangoko-kwaye, ngokukodwa, ulwazi lokuhamba ngelokuhamba-udonga-mhlawumbi uvile ngeTurkmenistan "Door to Hell" (eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Gate to Hell"), i-infasso ye-gassy esitshisa ixesha elide njengoko amabali endlu yokugqibela yokuphumla kwabangendawo ahlasele umhlaba. Le ndawo ihamba phambili, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, kodwa ayifuni nje uhambo olubi kakhulu ekufikeni eTurkmenistan, kodwa uhambo olubi kakhulu apho ukuqala, kunye nazo zonke iindlobongela zokungena eziza kwi-Asia Ephakathi.
Kubabengezihambi, i-Ethiopia ibonakala ngathi kunzima ukutyelela njengoTurkmenistan, nangona njengoko ndichazwe apha, iinxalenye zayo zilula kakhulu. Ngokuqinisekileyo, udinga uhambo olulungeleleneyo ukutyelela i-Erta Ale Volcano, impendulo yaseTopiya kwi-inferno yaseTurkmenistan, nangona iindleko kunye neentloko ezinxulumene nokwenza okunjalo kuncinci kunokuba ujongene ne-Asia Ephakathi. Qhubela kwiqendu lokugqibela kweli nqaku ukuba unomdla wokuhamba u-Erta Ale, kwaye ndiya kukuphulaphula!
Nonke nonke, nceda ujabulele imifanekiso enhle kunye namabali endikuxelela.
I-Erta Ale: Ibali
Enyanisweni, ibali lika-Erta Ale-njengabahlali lixela lona, naluphi na-alunakuchukumisi ngakumbi, ubuncinane kungekuqaleni. Ibinzana elithi "Erta Ale," uyabona, lithetha "Intaba yokubhema," i-moniker engenasifo esinokuthi ingabhalwa kuyo nayiphi na intaba-mlilo ehlabathini.
Nangona ezinye iiwebhusayithi zibika ukuba abantu base-Afar basekhaya (ukusuka kulwimi lwabo ukuguqulela kwi "Intaba Yokubhema" bavela) yibo bafika "kwiNkundla yeHayire" okanye "amagama angena kwiSihogo," kubonakala ngathi akunakwenzeka ukuqinisekisa oku kusebenzisa umthombo waluphi na udumo.
Enyanisweni, kubonakala kunokwenzeka ukuba umntu ongekho nto, mhlawumbi omnye wezenzululwazi ofumene i-volcano ngowe-1906 okanye omnye ootitshala bezokhenketho abaye bazama ukuthengisa ezokutyelela apha, banquma ukuba kuya kuba yindlela efanelekileyo yokuthengisa, nokuba ingaba Bayazi malunga no-Erta Ale udadewabo-esihogweni (oko akuyiyo i-volcano nonke) xa bekhetha.
I-Erta Ale: iNzululwazi
Yaye nangona ixa ininzi iminyana yomhlaba etshaya iintaba, inyaniso kukuba u-Erta Ale uhlukile. Into ebangela ukukholelwa komnyango wesihogo, uyabona, iyaziwa ngokuba yi-"lake lake lava", kwaye ifunyenwe kwezinye iinqhomane ezine kuphela emhlabeni: U-Ambrym, kwisizwe esiqithi saseVanuatu; INtaba Erebus, kwiRoss Island eAntarctica; ILauea kwiSiqithi esikhulu saseHawaii; kunye neNyiragongo kwiDemocratic Republic of Congo.
(Enyanisweni, ukuba siza kuba nobuchwephesha, i-Erta Ale inamachibi amabini e-lava, kodwa ngenxa yobuqhetseba bokuhamba kwintlanganiso yayo, iindwendwe ngokukhenketho ngokubanzi zihambela enye yazo.)
Enye into enomdla malunga ne-Erta Ale kukuba yi-volcano ephezulu kakhulu e-Ethiopia, eyenza ingqiqo xa uhamba kweli lizwe, elibonisa ezinye zeentaba ezindala kunazo zonke e-Afrika-I-Semiens. Xa kuthethwa oku, akunakwenzeka ukuba ukuqhuma kwezinga eliyingozi kuya kwenzeka, ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba kuya kwenzeka ngabavakhenkethi phezulu. Ukugqitywa kokugqibela kwe-Erta Ale kwakukho ngo-2005, ngexesha apho kuphela imfuyo yahlulwa ngumsindo wayo.
Ukutyelela i-Erta Ale
U-Erta Ale uhlala eDeakil Depress, ephantsi kakhulu (ndiyathetha "ngaphantsi kwezinga elwandle" eliphantsi!) Inxalenye yelizwe elikulo nkota yesempuma.
Akuninzi kakhulu ukuphakama kweDanakil, kodwa kuninzi ngaphantsi kweli lizwe, elihlala kwi-plateau ye-2 000 okanye ye-meter, eyenza ukuba ummandla kunye nemihlaba yayo ibonakale inqabileyo kakhulu.
Ndikhupha ukuxinezeleka okukhulu kweDanakil, kuba ngaphandle kokuba ubhale ityelelo yangasese yangasese (ukuguqulela kwi-Amharic: $$$$$$), kuya kufuneka ukhangele i-Erta Ale njengenxalenye yotyelelo kwiinkxalabo zonke, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo ekupheleni kwayo. Ezinye iindawo ekutyelele ziquka amasimu esulfure eDallol , enye yezona ndawo zifudumele kakhulu emhlabeni, kunye nezinye iindawo zokuzonwabisa eziqhelekileyo. Iindleko ziyahluka-kwaye zinokuthi zikhishwe-kodwa ngokubanzi zigijima malunga ne-600 USD malunga nohambo lweentsuku ezine.
(QAPHELA: Ukuba ezi ndleko zibonakala ziphakamileyo, gcinani engqondweni zibandakanya ukuhanjiswa kwempi, okuyimfuneko yokubonga kulawulo lolawulo lwase-Eritrea kumakhelwane wase-Eritrea obulala abatyeleli ngo-2012.
Nangona amalungu omkhosi ahamba nawe angaphantsi kokukholisa ngokukrakra-azivala izidada ze-jelly, kuba enye-ibhetele kunokufa ezithile ezandleni zama-terrorist e-Eritrean.)
Xa ufika kwi-Erta Ale (leyo, kwakhona, kufuneka ukuba kwenzeke ngosuku lwesithathu lwenkqantosi yakho yeentsuku ezine), uya kuthatha ihora-ezintathu, ukunyuka-mnyama ukuya phezulu kwintaba, apho uza kudla isidlo sakusihlwa kunye nekampu. Uza kuchitha malunga neyure kwiNkundla yangempela kwiHerhena (kwaye ndiyathetha emnyango ukuya esihogweni, esondele ngakumbi kunokuba ungavunyelwa kwilizwe kunye naluphi na uhlobo lwemithetho yokhuseleko) ngaphambi kokuba ulale, uze uvuke ngeyure ngaphambi kokusa kwelanga ukujonga ukuphuma kwelanga emgodini ovuthayo, ngaphambi kokuba uhlawule uze ubuyele eMekele, kwisixeko esiseduze.
Kusemandleni ukutyelela u-Erta Ale unyaka wonke, nangona uhambo oluqhelekileyo enyakatho ye-Ethiopia lunzima phakathi kukaJuni noSeptemba, oko kukuthi imvula yemvula. Nangona imvula ayisoloko iwa kakhulu kwiDanakil Depression ekubeka ingozi kwizicwangciso zokuhamba, ubunzima bakho kwixesha elithile lonyaka liya kufikelela kuMekele ngokwalo.