Uma ungumhambi wezintaba ozimisele futhi onolwazi ofuna inselelo entsha yokudlula imikhawulo yakho, sikumema ukuthi ujoyine uhambo lwethu lwe-Luxury Mera Peak Climbing with Helicopter Return. Lolu hambo olungenakulibaleka lwaseHimalaya lukuyisa esiqongweni sentaba. I-Mera Peak, enye yeziqongo ezinhle kakhulu zokuhamba ngezinyawo eNepal.
Jabulela indawo enhle yezintaba, isiqondiso sikaSherpa esingochwepheshe, izindawo zokuhlala ezikhululekile, kanye nokubuya okujabulisayo kwendiza enophephela emhlane ngemva kokukhuphuka. Lolu hambo luhlanganisa kahle uhambo, impumelelo, kanye nenduduzo enhliziyweni yezintaba zaseHimalaya
Ukuze kube mnandi kakhulu, futhi kududuze, ukuze kube lula ukufinyeleleka nokujabulisa, i-Life Himalaya Trekking ihambe ibanga elide. Sifake indiza ye-Helicopter kokubili ekuqaleni nasekupheleni kokukhuphuka kwayo okunethezekile kwe-Mera Peak kanye nohambo lokubuya nge-helicopter.
Siphinde sinikeze indawo yokuhlala yamahhotela enezinkanyezi ezine eKathmandu kanye nokuhlala kwangasese ezindaweni zokuhlala ezisezintabeni ezikhululekile kakhulu eceleni komzila, okukunikeza ukunethezeka okufanele.
I-Mera Summit yaseNepal iyisiqongo esiphakeme kakhulu sokuhamba ngezinyawo e-Himalayas (ngaphansi kwama-6500m) esingakhuphuka ngemvume yokugibela izintaba/yokukhuphuka. Ubuchwepheshe bayo, ukukhuphuka okulula kuyenza ifezeke ngisho nangaphandle kokuhlangenwe nakho kokukhuphuka okudlule.
Ngakho-ke, uma ufuna ukuzethula ekuqwaleni izintaba endaweni ephakeme futhi uqhubeke uthuthuka njengomqwali wangempela, khona-ke ngokuqinisekile, uhambo lwethu lwe-Mera Peak olunokubuya kwendiza enophephela emhlane selwenzelwe wena.
Ibheke izigodi ezimbili ezinhle kakhulu ze-Hinku ne-Honku, i-Mera Summit ilele ekujuleni kwe- I-Makalu Barun National Park yesifunda saseKhumbu, isifunda esifanayo lapho Mount Everest itholakala.
I-Mera Peak ine ezintathu izingqungquthela kubizwa ngokuthi I-Mera South (6065 m), iMera Central (6461 m), ne-Mera North (6476 m). Inyakatho neningizimu iyingozi futhi iyinkimbinkimbi, iveza izinselelo zobuchwepheshe; ngakho, umgomo wethu kuyoba ukunqoba iMera Central eyanqotshwa ngoMeyi 20, 1953, yiBhubesi laseHimalaya. Ukuqeda Norgay futhi Jim Roberts.
I-Mera Central iphinde ibe yiphiramidi yemvelo evelele ekunikeza umbukwane weziqongo eziphakeme ezinhlanu ezingama-8000 m ngesikhathi esisodwa: I-Everest (8848 m), UKanchenjunga (8586 m), Lhotse (8516 m), Imibhalo (8485 m), kanye no-Cho Oyu (8188 m). Unamahloni hhayi kude, ungabheka nobuso obuyimpuphu yeqhwa Ama Dablam (6812 m), Baruntse (7162 m), Chamlang (7319 m), kanye noNuptse (7861 m).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukugibela kwethu iMera Peak ngokubuya kwe-heli kuzokuvumela futhi ukuthi uzibonele mathupha abantu baseSherpa abadumile, ukholo lwabo lwamaBuddha waseTibet olunesitembu sesikhathi.
Ngohambo lwethu olunethezeka lwe-Mera Peak nohambo lokubuya ngendiza enophephela emhlane, sikhethe umzila ophambene newashi. Akuwona umzila oqondile kodwa enye indlela ezokuyisa kwezinye zezindawo ezingahlali muntu zaseHinku naseHonku Valleys, inikeze ithuba lokuhlola isifunda esihle, esingavamile ukuhamba enyakatho-mpumalanga yeNepal.
Lo mzila uzokuvumela futhi ukuthi ujwayelane kahle ngaphambi kokuba ubhekane nokuphakama okungu-5415 m I-Mera La Pass kanye nengqungquthela yaseMera.
Ukugibela kwethu i-Mera Peak okunethezeka ngohambo lokubuya ngendiza enophephela emhlane kuzokuyisa ngqo e-Lukla ngendiza enophephela emhlane, ukusuka lapho uhambo lwakho luzoqala khona endaweni ye-Sherpa yase-Hinku Valley.
Ngosuku lwesi-8, uzobe use-Khare Camp, lapho uchwepheshe wethu ogibela i-Sherpa guide ezokunikeza isifundo sokukhuphuka. Uzobe usumisa i-High Camp yakho ku-5780 m ukusuka lapho uzohlasela khona ingqungquthela ye-Mera ngakusasa. Ngemuva kokunqoba kwakho, indiza yethu enophephela emhlane izokubuyisela e-Kathmandu usuka e-Khare.
Ngakho-ke, ungasazibambeli, njengoba ukugibela kwethu isiqongo se-Mera esinendiza enophephela emhlane kulinde abasafuna ukuqwala njengawe ekwindla nasentwasahlobo.