Abaqwali abaningi banesifiso esikhulu sokunqoba noma yisiphi isiqongo saseHimalaya esingamamitha angu-6000 eNepal. Impilo Ukuhamba eHimalaya ngeke kugcine ngokuhlangabezana nalezo zifiso kodwa futhi kuzokunikeza okuthile okusha. Sethula kuwe uhambo lokukhuphuka i-Everest Three Peak, lapho ungeke uthathe khona iziqongo ezintathu ezingamamitha angu-6000 ohambweni olulodwa.
Yebo, iziqongo ezintathu ezingamamitha angu-6000 ohambweni lwethu olulodwa lokukhuphuka i-Everest Three Peak, okuyinto engokoqobo. Lolu hambo luzokuholela esifundeni saseMount Everest ngenhloso yokufika esiqongweni seMera Central, Island Peak, kanye neLobuche East.
Zontathu iziqongo zinhle ngokwedlulele, ziyimilingo, futhi zidume ngokufinyeleleka kwazo okukhethekile nobude obubonakalayo. Kodwa-ke, phakathi kokuthathu, i-Lobuche East igqama njengeyinkimbinkimbi futhi ichwepheshile kunalezi ezinye ezimbili.
Ngakho-ke, ukwenza uhambo lwakho lokuqwala i-Everest Three Peak lube impumelelo ephelele, sikunikeza ithuba lokukhuphuka i-Lobuche East enzima kakhulu kuphela ngemva kokujwayela i-Mera ne-Island Peaks.
Le ndlela izokwenza ukuthi ukwazi ukweqa inqubo eyisicefe yokujwayela entabeni, ngakho okumele ukwenze ukukhuphuka futhi ufike eziqongweni ezintathu. Le ndlela iphinde yehlise ubude besikhathi sohambo lwethu lokuqwala i-Everest Three Peak.
Ngesikhathi sohambo lwethu lokukhuphuka i-Everest Three Peak lwezinsuku ezingama-26, ukugxila kwethu kokuqala kuzoba seMera Central (6461 m) , ebekwe kahle ngaphakathi kweMakalu Barun National Park eKhumbu Valley. Ingenye yeziqongo ezidumile nezibukeka kahle zokuhamba ngezinyawo, ezanqotshwa ngoMeyi 20, 1953, nguCol JOM Roberts noSen Tenzing.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Island Peak , engamamitha angu-6165 eSigodini saseKhumbu, ibonakala njengesiqhingi esisodwa esivela eDingboche. Ngakho-ke, u-Eric Shipton wayibiza ngokuthi i-Island Peak, futhi igama lahlala linjalo ngemva kwalokho.
Lesi siqongo sanqotshwa ngo-1953 yiqembu laseBrithani ngaphambi kohambo oluya eNtabeni i-Everest. Leli qembu lalihlanganisa uC. Evans, u-A. Gregory, uC. Wylie, uTenzing Norgay , kanye noSherpas abayisikhombisa.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iLobuche East iseduze ne-Everest High Trail edumile ngamamitha angu-6119 . Ngomhlaka-25 Ephreli 1984, izindonga zaseLobuche East zaqala ukukhuphuka ngempumelelo nguLaurence Nielson no-Ang Gyalzen Sherpa.
Zonke iziqongo ezintathu zidumile ngemibono yazo yemvelo emangalisayo eyenziwe yizikhulu ezinkulu zesifunda saseKhumbu, njengeNtaba i-Everest , i-Lhotse , i-Pumori, i-Island Peak, i-Ama Dablam , nezinye eziningi.
Uhlelo lwethu lokukhuphuka i-Everest Three Peak luqala futhi luphela eLukla. Ukusuka eLukla, uzoqhubekela phambili uye eZwatra La Pass engamamitha angu-4600 . Uzohlola izindawo zeqhwa zaseMera Base naseHigh Camps, ufike phezulu eMera Peak bese uya eKongma Dingma.
I-Amphu Lapcha Pass emangalisayo engamamitha angu-5845 izoba semzileni wakho, ikuholele eSiqongweni Sesiqhingi. Ngemva kokunqoba lesi siqongo, uzobhekana neKongma La enzima ngamamitha angu-5535.
Uhambo lokukhuphuka i-Everest Three Peak luzokuqondisa e- Everest Base Camp ku-5364 m kanye naseKala Patthar ku-5644 m , lapho uzobona khona izindonga ze-Khumbu Icefall ezihlayo. Uhambo lwakho luzophela ngeLobuche East, kulandele ukubuya ngomzila we-Everest wakudala udlula eNamche naseLukla.
Ukuze ukhuphuke i-Everest Three Peak, akudingeki ube ngumkhweli ongenakunqotshwa, vele. Uzothola nokusekelwa ngumqondisi wethu ochwepheshe wendawo wokukhuphuka. Kodwa-ke, uhambo lwethu lokukhuphuka i-Everest Three Peak luhloselwe abakhweli abanamandla, abazimisele kakhulu, abanempilo, nabanolwazi.
Ingabe usukulungele ukusabalalisa izingalo zakho ngokunqoba izikhathi ezintathu phezulu kwezilo ezintathu ze-Himalayan zase-Nepal ezingu-6000 m? Yebo, bese uhamba nathi ohambweni lwethu lokuqwala i-Everest Three Peak futhi ulungele ukukhathala kodwa ujabule.