IRio Blanco imalunga nomtsalane njengoko indalo ifumana.
Amanzi ayo anomkhenkce ayawa aze ajike ehle kwiiNtaba zeAndes kumda osemantla wePatagonia kumazantsi eChile. Yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo kubakhenkethi abathanda indalo, ngaphandle kokuba umlambo umxinwa kakhulu ukuba ungakhwela isihlenga kwaye unobuqhophololo kakhulu kwiphenyane.
Kodwa oko akwanelanga ukunqanda abo bafuna i-adventure ababhalisele ulonwabo lwamva nje kwimidlalo egqithisileyo. Ibizwa ngokuba "yi-canyoneering," okanye i-canyoning nangona ngokucacileyo abanye banokuyibiza ngokuba iyaphambana.
Abakhenkethi abane, kunye nentatheli, banxibe iisuti ezimanzi. I-adventure iqala kumhlaba owomileyo kunye nohambo lwemizuzu engama-45 lokunyuka. Njengoko sinyuka kwihlathi elishinyeneyo, kukho umbuzo omnye ozingisayo:
Yintoni i-canyoning?
“Akukho mbono,” watsho uJessie Traub oneminyaka engama-22 ubudala, waseMilwaukee, eWis., Ngoncumo kunye nokunyusa amagxa. Uhamba noobhaka eMzantsi Melika kunye nomhlobo wakhe uMargaret Kosmack, 23, waseToronto.
“Andazi,” watsho uKosmack xa ebuzwa ukuba uyayazi na ukuba yintoni na icanyoning, “kodwa sinexhala kakhulu ngayo yonke imikrwelo yeesuti zethu ezimanzi esele ikhona. Isixhobo siphucuke kakhulu. ” Emva koko yena noTraub bayahleka.
UJessica Hungelmann, oneminyaka engama-29, undwendwela utata wakhe, uJim, umdlali oneminyaka engama-58 ubudala. Basuka eIdaho. Ukwishishini leetapile eChile.
UJim Hungelmann wathi: “Andiyazi into endiyenzayo, kodwa ndikulungele. Naye uyancuma.
Umkhokeli uPhilippe Manghera wasePachamagua wenze olu hambo malunga namaxesha angama-200. Uneminyaka esixhenxe ehlala ecanyoning apha, kodwa kutsha nje ukuba lo mdlalo ugqithise kakhulu uye wathandwa kakhulu.
“Kufuneka ulumke,” watsho uManghera xa sasifika kwindawo esasiqala kuyo: idama lomkhenkce elicacileyo, neliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka elondliwe ziingxangxasi ezininzi eziphefumlayo esiza kuzibona.
UManghera usibonisa amanyathelo ahlukeneyo okuhamba emanzini atyibilikayo kuquka inkawu (erhubuluza ngemilenze emine) kunye necilikishe (elirhubuluza ngezisu zethu).
Iqela lonke lifakwe i-polypropylene hoods, iiglavu kunye neekawusi. Nesigcina-ntloko.
Sonke sitsibela emanzini ekristale kwaye iisuti zethu ezimanzi zizaliswe ngamanzi abandayo.
“Ndiyayithanda,” watsho uTraub. Kodwa emva kwemizuzwana watshintsha ingqondo. “Ndiyaxolisa!”
Sijonge ngomdla umboniso ovela komnye wabakhaphi onyuka kwingxondorha yelitye aze atsibele emoyeni aze aziphose kwidama elinomkhenkce.
Ndicinga ukuba ndiyaqala ukuqonda: iCanyoning luvavanyo lomthetho womxhuzulane kunye nomthetho wobukroti.
Ngomxube wokulangazelela kunye nokuxhalaba abakhenkethi balandela, beziphosa kwi-cliff ye-15-foot.
“Ndandingathi 'owu, Thixo othandekayo,'” watsho uTraub emva kokuvela kwakhe. "Kufuneka uyenzile, kuba ukuba uyayeka ukucinga ngayo, uya kuba neentloni."
“Bendizama ukungacingi kakhulu ngayo,” utshilo uKosmack. Andizange ndoyike de kube yimizuzwana emihlanu yokugqibela - kanye ngaphambi kokuba nditsibe.
Isifundo seSibini: Tobogganing
Inxalenye elandelayo ye-canyoning esiyifundayo ibizwa ngokuba "yi-tobogganing." Kanye njengomdlalo kwiiOlimpiki zaseBusika. Eyona nto imangalisayo, kuba akukho toboggan apha.
“Sinihlalisa emanzini amhlophe,” watsho uManghera njengoko esibonisa indlela esasiya kutyibilika ngayo, okanye, sityibilika, sihla ngamatye agudileyo entlabathi yeengxangxasi ngasemva. “Yiya ngeenyawo kuqala,” watsho, “kwaye xa usiya, zilumkele iingqiniba zakho.”
Njengentsapho yeeotter ezithobelayo, sityibilika kwiingxangxasi, omnye emva komnye.
Eyona nto ibaleka ngokukhawuleza kunamanzi yiadrenaline yethu.
“Owu, yinto entle kakhulu le,” watsho uJim Hungelmann njengoko wayencumele indlebe. “Ndiyathanda ukuba semanzini? ukuhamba kula matye. Imnandi kakhulu.”
Nangona engoyena mdala, ukwangoyena ukhaliphileyo, enyuka ukutsiba kathathu, kane, nakahlanu kumawa afanayo. Ezinye zazo ziimitha ezingama-25 ukuphakama okanye ngaphezulu.
“Mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba andinaxesha lingako eliseleyo, uyazi?” Watsho ehleka.
Ngaphambi kokuba sibaleke ngetobhi, abakhapheli bakhangela amatye abukhali emlanjeni, besixelela ukuba sigcine ingqiniba, siphakamise iinyawo namehlo ethu evuleke.
“Kukungxama — kuyamangalisa!” U-Traub uthe xa enyamalala kumlambo wamanzi amhlophe emva koko watsibela phezu kwengxangxasi eneenyawo ezisibhozo kwidama elinzulu elingezantsi.
"Kuhle!" watsho uKosmack, mhlawumbi wothukile ukuba ude wafika.
Njengoko sitsiba, singqubeka kwaye sityibilika ezantsi emlanjeni siyaqala ukufumana umfanekiso opheleleyo we-canyoning. Ngaba ukhe wayiva intetho ethi "enyuka umlambo ngaphandle kwe-paddle"? Ewe, i-canyoning iya kuhla ngomlambo, njenge-paddle.
Kukubheja okukhuselekileyo ukuba akukho nto kwiipaki zemixholo emva ekhaya ngolu hlobo.
U-Hungelmann ulandela izikhokelo ngaphezu kwenye yeengxangxasi kuqala.
“Ndiye ndabuyela umva kulaa ngqameko ilapho,” watsho, ekhefuzela esalatha kwindawo eneenyawo ezili-10 esandula ukuzulazula kuzo. “Kwakumnandi. ? Yayikukuwa nje simahla kwaza kwahla. ”
Kumagqala emiwonyo phakathi kwethu - izikhokelo - into esiyenzayo ngumdlalo wabantwana. Zisenza sikhwankqiswe yaye sinkwantya njengoko zisihla emaweni aziimitha ezingama-30 nezingama-40 ukuphakama, zisithela kumachibi amanzi akhangeleka nje makhudlwana kunekomityi yeti.
Ijongeka inesibindi kwaye iyingozi: Ukuba abatsibeli indlela yokuphuma, baya kuntlitheka eliweni xa besiya ezantsi.
Iingozi zeCanyoning
UAlfonso Spoliansky, omnye wesikhokelo, uqala ukuthetha ukuba i-canyoning ayinabungozi, kodwa uManghera uyaphazamisa.
“Ewe, kunjalo, kuyingozi,” watsho, ecacisa ukubaluleka kokujonga iingxangxasi namachibi ukuze kubonwe iingozi emva kwemvula nganye. “Akukho bungozi kangako xa ulandela imithetho.”
Uyavuma ukuba inkampani yakhe, iPachamagua, ineengozi ezimbini. Omnye wawubandakanya umkhenkethi owabetha entloko nangona wayenxibe isigcina-ntloko. Umonzakalo ubungekho mandundu. Enye yayibandakanya umkhenkethi owaphuka umlenze xa wawubhaqwe phakathi kwamatye amabini.
Kodwa lo mdlalo ugabadeleyo ubonakale umbi kakhulu. Ngowe-1999, kwafa abantu abaselula abangama-21 kwingozi engumwonyo eSwitzerland xa izikhukula zagubungela umwonyo emva kwemvula. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva abaphathi abathandathu bagwetywa ngokubulala ngokungakhathali.
Kukho umngcipheko omkhulu apha kunemidlalo emininzi kwaye izidenge kuphela ziyasilela ukuyiqonda loo nto, kodwa ukuba uloyiko luhamba emithanjeni yakho, lo ayingomdlalo wakho.
“Kufuneka ubathembe abakhokeli bakho,” watsho uHungelmann. "Ezi zikhokelo zilungile."
Kukho ukhetho lokutsiba ngaphambi kwesiphelo esikhulu. I-Manghera inika ukhetho lokutsiba kweenyawo ze-25, ukutsiba okuncinci okanye ukukhwela i-toboggan phezu kwe-15-foot waterfall.
“Kuyoyikeka oku,” watsho uTraub njengoko wayejonge kuhambo olubi. “Ndicinga ukuba oku kuphezulu kancinci kum. Andizoxoka, ndinoloyiko oluncinci ngale."
Ubhukuqa iingxangxasi, ngokungathandabuzekiyo egqiba kwelokuba amandla angakumbi amanzi awasayi kumnika ixesha lokucinga kwakhona.
Isifundo 3: Ukungathobeli
Ukukhwela emoyeni ukuya ekupheleni kohambo lwazisa abo bangaziyo ukuba "bayeke," igama elimnandi elithetha "ukugxotha," igama elimnandi lokuwa njengelitye ngelixa libotshelelwe entambo.
Sonke sibopha iintambo zokukhwela phezu kweesuti zethu ezimanzi. I-Traub ihamba phambili. Ekhuselekile entanjeni, uhamba ngentloko phezu kweliwa. Imalunga neemitha ezili-100 ezantsi kunye neeyadi nje ukusuka kweyona ngxangxasi imbi kakhulu kwaye inomtsalane wosuku.
Enjani imvakalelo. Kufana nokukroba kwihlabathi elifihlakeleyo njengoko amanzi etshiza ebusweni bakho nezityalo ezichumileyo zikujongile emehlweni.
Emva koko, kukho umtsi omnye wokugqibela, ophezulu kakhulu. U-Kosmack uyakhala njengoko esenza.
Ngokungakholelekiyo, mhlawumbi ngommangaliso, sonke sasinda. Sonke siyancuma.
Kwaye sonke siyazi ukuba i-canyoning ingaba yintoni.
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