I-ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Abakhenkethi abalishumi ababanjwe yimimoya eqinile kunye neqhwithi kwaye baphantse baphuma ekutyeni baye baphuma kwi-glacier kwiNtaba yaseMcKinley ngempelaveki.
Imozulu embi ijike ukuhlala iveki yonke ibe yi-adventure yeeveki ezimbini ephele ngeCawe.
I-Hudson Air yenza iihambo ezine zokubuyisela abantu abalishumi elinesibini kwi-Ruth Glacier, inkampu yesiseko kwii-5,500 ezinyaweni.
UAmy Beaudoin, oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala, ongumhlohli weSikolo saseAlaska Mountaineering nowayengumkhenkethisi welo qela wathi: “Ndafunda okuninzi ngolwimi lwaseJapan. Kwaye bafunde isiNgesi kakhulu. Kwaba macala omabini.”
Abadlali bakudala babekwiminyaka yasekholejini kunye namalungu akwishumi elivisayo kwiKlabhu ye-Aurora, eyenze uhambo lwakwantsasana ukuya eMcKinley iminyaka, utshilo uBeaudoin. Iklabhu iwonga uMichio Hoshino waseJapan, umfoti wendalo owayehlala eAlaska kwaye ekhokele iqela labantwana kuhambo oluya eRuth Glacier ngaphambi kokuba abulawe libhere eRussia ngo-1996.
UBeaudoin uthe imozulu enesaqhwithi yafika nge-29 kaMatshi, kwiintsuku ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba iqela liphume entabeni. Kangangeveki yonke, suku ngalunye bekukho ikhephu okanye imimoya ebhudla ngamandla eyayisenza ukuba abantu bangabonakali kakuhle ukuba bangahamba ngenqwelo-moya. NgoLwesihlanu kusasa kuphela, ngaphezu kweenyawo ezimbini zekhephu zawa, utshilo uBeaudoin.
Iqela lalizalanisa ikhephu kwibala leenqwelo-moya yonke imihla, watsho. Yazigcina ixakekile ngokunyuka iMichio’s Point, ethiywe ngoHoshino; ngokuzoba nokubhala; nangokudlala isiginci esishiywe ngamanye amalungu e-Aurora Club ngexesha lohambo luka-1998 oluya entabeni.
“Akukho mntu waziyo ukudlala ikatala konke konke,” utshilo uBeaudoin. “Sasidla ngokuwudlulisa size sidlale umculo ongekho ngqiqweni, ongalunganga size sihleke ngawo. Sikwazile ukuzonwabisa kakuhle.”
Ekupheleni kweveki ephelileyo, unikezelo lokutya luye lwancipha kwaye amaJapan ahlasela ibhakethi lokutya likaxakeka kwi-Don Sheldon Mountain House ngaphezulu komkhenkce.
“Inqwaba yako yayikukutya ababengazange bakutye ngaphambili, njengeoatmeal ekhawulezileyo. Yayihlekisa kakhulu. Bazamile ukwenza iqebengwana kwipakethi nganye,” utshilo uBeaudoin. “Ngokuqinisekileyo ibilelona qela likhuthazayo endakha ndasebenza nalo. Bebefana, kulungile, masenze ngcono. "
Isibhakabhaka ekugqibeleni saphela ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, sivumela umboniso omangalisayo wezibane ezisemantla - enye yezinto amaJapan ayeze entabeni ukuze abone.
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