KATHMANDU, Nepal – Ubuncinci i-11 yabantu abanyukayo babulawa kwi-avalanche kusasa ngeCawa eManaslu, eyona ndawo yesibhozo ephezulu emhlabeni, umqhubi wenqwelomoya othathe inxaxheba kwiinzame zokuhlangula.
USteve Bruce Bokan weFishtail Air uthe abo banxibelelanisa ingxelo yokuhlangula uninzi lwabantu abalahlekileyo abangama-38.
Igosa laseFransi elinyuka iintaba labeka inani elingaphantsi kwi-15, kodwa lathi bekunzima ukufumana amanani achanekileyo kubaphathi baseNepal.
Abemi baseFransi abane baphakathi kwabafileyo, kunye nabanye abathathu abalahlekileyo, utshilo uChristian Trommsdorff, usekela-mongameli weNational Syndicate of High Mountain Guides eChamonix, eFransi.
Wathi abahlanguli kwiinqwelo-ntaka bagxile ekukhupheni abonzakeleyo. Bafumene nemizimba yamadoda amane aseFransi.
Omnye wabasindileyo - ngokutsho komhleli-oyintloko we-EpicTV.com, inkampani yefilimu eyenza iimpawu kwi-skiing, ukunyuka kunye neminye imidlalo ye-adventure - nguGlen Plake, owathi kunye nabanye abakhweli beentaba ezimbini beceba ukuhla ukusuka kwingqungquthela. kwi-skis ngaphandle koncedo lweoksijini.
UTrey Cook uthe uthethe noPlake ngomnxeba wesathelayithi kwaye umtyibilizi wathi: “Yingozi enkulu, enkulu. Bafikelela kwi-14 abantu abalahlekileyo. Ke iintente ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu zazidilikile zonke; Iintente ezili-25 kwiCamp 3 zagqunywa zaza zajikeleza.”
U-Plake walahlekelwa ngamazinyo ambalwa angaphambili kwaye wenzakala iliso emva kokutshayela i-300 yeemitha (985 iinyawo) phantsi kwentaba, u-Cook uxelele i-CNN. UCook wathi uPlake wayesekwibhegi yakhe yokulala, ekwintente yakhe yaye esenesibane awayesisebenzisela ukufunda iindinyana zeBhayibhile.
Emva kwe-avalanche, uPlake wahamba efuna abanye abantu ababesenkampini, bonke ababefanele ukuba banxibe i-avalanche transceivers - izixhobo zombane ezinokubonisa abanye abamkeli abafanayo - njengoko wayenjalo.
Ababini koogxa bakhe babengekho, kuquka nendoda awayehlala nayo intente, uPlake uxelele uCook.
I-avalanche, eyenzeka ngeCawa malunga ne-5 am ngexesha lasekhaya, kusenokwenzeka ukuba yabangelwa ngumkhenkce omkhulu owawa kumkhenkce ongaphezulu kwenkampu, utshilo uTrommsdorff.
UCook uthe wayecinga ukuba liqhekeza lomkhenkce elilingana namabala ebhola amathandathu okanye asixhenxe.
Uninzi lwabakhweli beentaba babemise iintente kwiimitha ezingama-6,600 (iinyawo ezingama-21,650), utshilo uYograj Kadel waseSimrik Air, naye owabandakanyeka ekuhlanguleni. Abanye abakhweli beentaba babebonakala ngathi ziimitha ezingama-500 (iinyawo ezili-1,640) ngaphantsi kwenkampu eyatshatyalaliswayo, ngokwengxelo ye-EpicTV.com.
Intaba iziimitha eziyi-8,163 (iinyawo ezingama-26,780) ukuphakama.
UKenton Cool, umkhweli weentaba ovela eNgilani owafikelela encotsheni yeManaslu ngo-2010, uxelele i-CNN imozulu ngexesha lexesha le-monsoon inokuphazamiseka. Abahlobo bakhe entabeni bamxelela ukuba kwiintsuku ezili-10 ezidlulileyo bekukho “ikhephu eliphezulu kakhulu entabeni,” utshilo.
Amaqela adla ngokulinda ikhephu elitsha ukuba lizinze phambi kokuba liphume enkampini.
Amagosa athi imozulu embi ibangele ukuba bahlehlise ezinye iinzame zokukhangela kude kube ngoMvulo.
U-Cool, owathi uManaslu “unegama eloyikekayo,” waxela kwangaphambili ukuba abantu abakhangelayo baya kuba nobunzima ekufumaneni abanye abantu abasesentabeni. Ummandla apho i-avalanche yenzeke khona yindawo yeentanda ezinkulu.
“Kuya kuba nzima ukwazi kanye ukuba wonke umntu wayephi,” utshilo. "Kuya kuba nzima ukufumana imizimba, singasathethi ke ngokuyiphinda."
Ngokutsho kwamagosa okhenketho eNepal, i-231 yabakhweli beentaba bangaphandle abavela kumaqela angama-25 bebezama ukunyuka intaba kwixesha langoku lasekwindla eliphela ngoNovemba. Bathi kubulewe ummi waseSpeyin, umJamani nowaseNepalese.
