Ukunyuka kweNtaba iKilimanjaro, eyona ntaba iphakamileyo yaseAfrika, yenye yeendlela ezininzi ezikhethwa ngabakhenkethi kweli lizwe, kwaye ummandla waseMoshi, enye yeendawo zokuqala, kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe ngamazwe esibizwa ngokufanelekileyo ngokuthi iKilimanjaro International, yenza isiqalo esikhawulezayo njengoko abakhenkethi benakho. bhabha ungene, uchithe ubusuku kwihotele esisiseko, kwaye emva koko uqalise uhambo lwabo lweveki yonke.
Ukunyuka iveki yonke kugqalwa “njengesiqhelo,” kodwa into ethabatha umntu oqhelekileyo ofayo phakathi kweentsuku ezi-5 nezisi-7, ukuze anyuke iNtaba iKilimanjaro aze abuye ehle intaba kwakhona, iye yancitshiswa kwiveki ephelileyo yaba ziiyure nje ezi-6, imizuzu engama-56 nemizuzwana engama-24. nguKarl Egloff wase-Swiss wase-Ecuador obaleke umgama, enyuka indlela engumnqantsa ka-Umbwe wehla ukuya kwisango leMweka.
Le yirekhodi entsha kwaye yaba sisiphumo seenyanga ezininzi zoqeqesho lokuphakama okuphezulu kwi-Ecuadorian Andes emva koko kwisiza eTanzania, ngoncedo lwenkxaso ye-Aktiv Reisen yaseSwitzerland kunye neqabane lasekhaya iLeopard Tours.
Ukufaneleka, nangona kunjalo, imfuneko enkulu kwaye nangona abathwali kunye neqela ngalinye lokunyuka bephethe izinto ezinzima, abo babeka izinto zabo kwi-summit baya kufuneka benze konke ukuhamba ngokwabo kwaye babambe umoya omncinci njengoko befumana. Kukho abachwephesha abakhethekileyo bokunyuka intaba abaququzelela ezohambo zisuka e-Arusha naseMoshi, zinikwe ilayisensi liSebe leMithombo yeNdalo kunye noKhenketho kunye namalungu anyanisekileyo e-TATO, iTanzania Association of Tour Operators.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is one of the many options visitors to the country have, and the vicinity of Moshi, one of the starting points, to the international airport aptly named Kilimanjaro International, makes for a swift start as tourists can fly in, spend a night at a base hotel, and then embark on their week-long climb.
- This is reportedly a new record and was a result of several months of high altitude training in the Ecuadorian Andes and then on site in Tanzania, courtesy of sponsorships by Switzerland's Aktiv Reisen and local partner Leopard Tours.
- Fitness is, however, a major requirement and although porters with every climbing group carry the heavy stuff, those who set their sights on the summit will still have to do all the walking themselves and brace the thinner air as higher as they get.
