Ingabe uyakhangwa yizintaba eziphakeme zaseHimalaya njengathi? Ingabe uyaqhubeka nokuzwa umculo omnandi wezintaba ezikude zaseHimalaya ezihlukile eNepal? Uma kunjalo, i-Life Himalaya Trekking, inkampani yokuhamba ngezokuzijabulisa esezingeni lomhlaba, ikunikeza uhambo lwayo lweBaruntse ngeMera Peak kanye neHinku Valley - uhambo oluya eziqongweni ezikude kakhulu nezisendle zaseNepal zeMera Central (6461 m) kanye neNtaba iBaruntse (7129 m).
Yenzelwe abaqwali abanolwazi, abanesibindi, uhambo lwethu lwe-Baruntse oludlula i-Mera Peak ne-Hinku Valley luzokunikeza ukujwayela okufanele kanye nomzila omuhle ozokulethela okuhlangenwe nakho kwakho siqu eSigodini sase-Hinku esingahanjwa kancane.
Phakathi kweziqongo ezimbili esizizama ohambweni lwethu lwezinsuku ezingama-28 lweBaruntse, iMera Peak iyindawo enhle kakhulu yokuhamba ngezinyawo eMakalu Barun National Park, kanti iBaruntse iyindawo eyaziwa kakhulu ngamamitha angu-7000 ngaphezu kwentaba esifundeni sase -Everest.
Futhi ingezinye zeziqongo ezimbalwa eNepal eziziqhenya ngezinga eliphezulu lempumelelo lokukhuphuka. Ukukhuphuka kwayo kuphinde kunikeze ama-panorama ahlonishwa kakhulu ezintaba akhona emhlabeni njengoba sizungezwe i-Everest kuphela kodwa ne-Lhotse, iMakalu, i-Chamlang, i-Ama Dablam, i-Cho Oyu, i-Kanchenjunga, ne-Mera.
Ukunqotshwa ngempumelelo kwengqungquthela kwenzeka ngoMeyi 30, 1954, lapho u-Colin Todd kanye no-Geoff Harrow beyinqoba ngomgwaqo oseningizimu-mpumalanga, manje osephenduke umzila ovamile osondelayo wohambo lwase-Baruntse ngohlelo lohambo lwase-Mera Peak.
Indlela yohambo lwethu lwase-Baruntse edlula e-Mera Peak nase-Hinku Valley ithatha ithuba elihle lokulandela i-Mera Central kuqala ukuya e-Mera La bese kuya e-Baruntse Base Camp (5380 m).
Bese, kuzolandelwa ukukhuphuka okuzungezayo phakathi kweCamp I neCamp II ngokuphushela kokugcina engqungqutheleni lingakapheli isonto. Ukwehla kuzokwenzeka nge-Amphu Lapcha Pass ebabazekayo (5845 m) ezogcina iholele esigodini saseKhumbu, ngokuphumula okuphelele, lapho uzogubha khona amamitha akho okuqala ayi-7,000 okuphakama.
Wonke umkhondo wohambo lwe-Baruntse odlula e-Mera Peak nase-Hinku Valley awunzima ngokomsebenzi futhi uwumqansa oqondile eqhweni naseqhweni onezingxenye ezimbalwa ezengeziwe ezilengayo.
Masiqinisekise ukuthi uhambo lwethu lwe-Baruntse oludlula i-Mera Peak kanye ne-Hinku Valley luzoba inkundla yokuqeqesha ekahle kakhulu kuwe ngaphambi kokuthi uqhubekele phambili ukuze ubhekane no-8000 m ngaphezu kweziqongo. Kodwa khumbula, lolu hambo luzodinga izinga lakho eliphezulu lokuzibophezela hhayi nje ngomqwali kodwa futhi njengeqembu.
Izigaba ze-Baruntse Expedition yethu nge-Mera Peak kanye ne-Hinku Valley
Isiteji 1: Ukuhamba eSigodini saseHinku ngomzila ophambene newashi
Ngemva kwe-Lukla, uhambo lwakho lwe-Baruntse oludlula i-Mera Peak kanye ne-Hinku Valley luzolandela umzila ophambene newashi onqamula amadolobhana acezile e-Hinku Valley ukhuphukele e-Khare.
Isiteji sesi-2: Ukuqeqeshwa Kokukhuphuka I-Mera Peak
E-Khare, uzothola ulwazi olubanzi mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwegiya lokukhuphuka kumhlahlandlela wethu onekhono eliphezulu lokuqwala izintaba i-Sherpa.
Isiteji sesi-3: Khuphuka Engqungqutheleni yeMera
Uhambo olusuka e-Khare luya e-Mera High Camp (5,768 m) luzolandelwa, emva kwalokho uzophusha ufinyelele ku-6461 m ukuphakama kwe-Mera Summit.
Isiteji sesi-4: I-Mount Baruntse Expedition iyaqala
Ngemuva kokunqotshwa ngempumelelo kweNgqungquthela ye-Mera, indlela edlula e-Seto Pokhari izophelela e-Baruntse Base Camp (5,380 m). Ngemva komkhosi we-Sherpa puja, ukukhuphuka kwakho kokuzungeza usuka enkanjini yesisekelo uye e-Camp I (6100 m) kanye ne-Camp II (6400 m) kuzokwenzeka ngaphambi kokuhlasela kokugcina kwe-Baruntse Summit.
Isiteji sesi-5: Ukwehla nge-Amphu Lapcha Pass (5845 m)
Manje ukwehla okuthakazelisayo kuzokwenzeka ngokusebenzisa i-alpine pass ephakeme nezobuchwepheshe ye-Amphu Lapcha, ezokuholela ngqo esigodini saseKhumbu.
Kungani i-Life Himalaya Trekking ye-Baruntse Expedition yakho nge-Mera Peak ne-Hinku Valley?
I-Life Himalaya Trekking ineqembu labaqondisi bezintaba ze-Sherpa abaqeqeshwe kakhulu, abanolwazi, nabanekhono eliphezulu abazohola uhambo lwethu lwe-Baruntse lwezinsuku ezingu-28.
Baletha ikhono labo elibanzi ezindaweni eziphakeme futhi bayakwazi ukubhekana nanoma yiziphi izici zobuchwepheshe, zezokwelapha, nezomuntu. Ngeke nje bakunikeze ukuphepha okuqinisekisiwe kodwa nempumelelo kuzo zombili izingqungquthela.
Sikunikeza ini ohambweni lwase-Baruntse nge-Mera Peak Itinerary?
- Amashumi eminyaka ochwepheshe obuningi bohambo lwe-high summit
- Izinhlawulo ze-Sherpa mountain guides kanye nabathwali
- Imihlahlandlela ye-Sherpa engu-1 ukuya ku-1 yokunakwa komuntu siqu ngesikhathi sokukhuphuka
- Ukwesekwa Oksijini Okwengeziwe uma kunesidingo kumqwali ngamunye
- Amaphrothokholi asheshayo futhi aphuthumayo Okulawula Ukuhlenga akhona
- Intengo engcono kakhulu engenazo izimali ezifihliwe
- Iqembu elihle kakhulu labasebenzi nabapheki emakamu aphezulu
- Uhambo oluhamba phambili, ithimba elingcono kakhulu, izinto ezihamba phambili, nomzila ongcono kakhulu
- Ukuhlinzekwa kwazo zonke izinto ezibalulekile zokukhempa kanye nezigigaba zokugibela ngaphandle kwezakho siqu