I-Kilimanjaro Ikhuphuka Ngesihlalo Esinamasondo

IKilimanjaro ingamamitha angu-5,895 ukuphakama. Indlela inamatshe kwezinye izindawo, isihlabathi kwezinye, futhi umoya esiqongweni ubamba cishe ingxenye yomoya-mpilo owuphefumulayo olwandle. Akukho nokukodwa kwalokho okunyamalalayo ngoba othile ukhwela esihlalweni sabakhubazekile. Okushintshwayo ukuhlela, ubukhulu beqembu, imishini, kanye nokukhetha umzila.

Singa Kiwoito Africa Safaris, esise-Arusha. Siqhuba ukukhuphuka kweKilimanjaro njalo ngenyanga yonyaka ongakwazi ukukhuphuka, futhi sisekela abakhuphukayo abaguquguqukayo lapho imvume yezokwelapha, imigomo yomkhuphukayo, kanye nekhono lethimba lethu konke kuhambisana. Leli khasi libhalelwe abantu abacwaninga ngokujulile ukukhuphuka kweKilimanjaro ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile. Ngeke sikuthengise ngokweqile. Sizokutshela ukuthi yini engokoqobo, ukuthi kubiza malini ngesikhathi nangomzamo, nokuthi ukukhuphuka okuguquguqukayo kuvame ukuphela kuphi entabeni.

Uma ufunda kuze kube sekupheleni bese unquma ukuthi akulungile, lokho kuyimiphumela emihle futhi. Uma unquma ukuthi kulungile, sizobe sithembekile kuwe kuzo zonke izigaba zokuhlela.

Ingabe Kungenzeka Ngempela Ukukhuphuka I-Kilimanjaro Ngesihlalo Sabakhubazekile?

Impendulo emfushane: yebo, ngeziqu ezibalulekile.

Inani elincane labasebenzisi bezihlalo zabakhubazekile lifinyelele e-Uhuru Peak, intaba-mlilo yangempela yaseKilimanjaro, kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-2000. Isibonelo esibhalwe kahle kakhulu nguBernard Goosen waseNingizimu Afrika, owafika kabili esicongweni. Kube khona okunye ukukhuphuka okuguquguqukayo kusukela lapho, okuhlanganisa abaqwali bezintaba abasebenzisa izihlalo zabakhubazekile zezintaba ezikhethekile, amabhayisikili ezandla, kanye nezihlalo zokuhamba ngezinyawo ezisekelwa yiqembu.

Okwenza lokhu kukhuphuka kube nokwenzeka akuvamile ukuba yisihlalo sabakhubazekile uqobo. Yiqembu. Iningi lezintaba zaseKilimanjaro eziguquguqukayo lihamba nabathwali abayisishiyagalombili kuya kwabayishumi nambili ngomkhweli ngamunye esikhundleni sabathathu kuya kwabane abavamile, kanye nomqondisi ophezulu, umqondisi osizayo, futhi ngokuvamile uchwepheshe wezokwelapha. Umkhweli usekelwa ezindaweni eziphakeme kakhulu, imishini yakhelwe indawo, futhi isheduli ivumela izinsuku ezengeziwe zokujwayela.

Lolu akulona uhambo olubhalisela ku-inthanethi bese ufika ezinyangeni ezintathu. Iningi lokukhuphuka okuguquguqukayo esikusekelayo lithatha izinyanga eziyisithupha kuya kweziyishumi nambili zokuhlela, ukuqeqeshwa, kanye nokulungiswa ngaphambi kokuba umkhweli afike eTanzania.

Ubani Lo Mqansa?

Sisebenze nabakhweli bezintaba abanalokhu okulandelayo:

• Ukukhubazeka kwezitho ezingezansi, okuhlanganisa nokukhubazeka kwemisipha
• Ukunqunywa kwemilenze eyodwa noma emibili
• Ukulimala komgogodla ngenxa yokusebenza komzimba ongaphezulu okuhlala isikhathi eside
• Ukukhubazeka kobuchopho okunemikhawulo yokuhamba
• Ululame ekulimaleni okukhulu kodwa unemikhawulo yokuhamba unomphela
• Izimo zemisipha lapho ukuhamba amabanga amade kungenzeki khona

Siphinde senqaba abaqwali bezintaba, futhi lokho kubalulekile ukukusho. Ngeke sithathe umqwali wezintaba ongudokotela ongamhambisanga ukukhuphuka. Ngeke sithathe umuntu onesimo senhliziyo namaphaphu esenza ukuphakama kube okungaphephile. Ngeke sithathe umqwali wezintaba onezidingo zezokwelapha ezingaphezu kwalokho ithimba lezintaba elikude elingakuphatha. Lezi akuzona izinqubomgomo ezenzelwe ukukudikibalisa. Zikhona ngoba iKilimanjaro ayinakho ukuphuma emgwaqweni okungaphezu kwamamitha angu-3,000 emizileni eminingi, futhi isinqumo esiphephile ngezinye izikhathi sinzima.

Uma unodokotela owelaphayo, ukuhlolwa kwamuva kwe-cardiopulmonary, kanye nokuqonda okungokoqobo kokukhuthazela kwakho, ungumuntu esingasebenza naye.

Yimuphi Umzila Osebenza Kahle Kakhulu Ekukhuphukeni Okuzivumelanisa Nezimo

Kunezindlela eziyisikhombisa ezisungulwe ezikhuphuka iKilimanjaro. Ezimbili zazo zifanelana ngempela nokukhuphuka okuvumelana nezimo, futhi ukukhetha phakathi kwazo kuncike kumkhweli.

Umzila weMarangu

IMarangu yiyona ndlela kuphela entabeni enezindawo zokuhlala ezindlini ezincane kunamatende. Kunezindawo ezintathu zokuhlala ezindlini ezincane (iMandara, iHorombo, neKibo) ezinemibhede emide, izindawo zokudlela, nezindlu zangasese ezivamile zangaphakathi. Kumuntu okhwela isihlalo sabakhubazekile, inketho yendlini encane isusa inselele yansuku zonke yokungena nokuphuma etendeni endaweni engalingani.

Umzila ngokwawo yiwona ogcinwa kahle kakhulu entabeni. Izinsuku ezimbili zokuqala zilandela indlela ebanzi, ehlelwe kahle enqamula emahlathini emvula nasemahlathini acwebezelayo. Inkinga yindlela yokukhuphuka. IMarangu ihamba phezulu naphansi ngendlela efanayo, enikeza ukujwayela okuncane kunezinye izindlela futhi ivame ukukhiqiza amazinga aphansi empumelelo esicongweni iyonke.

Kwabaningi abakhuphuka izintaba abaguquguqukayo, sincoma iMarangu izinsuku eziyisithupha, hhayi ezinhlanu ezijwayelekile. Usuku olwengeziwe luchithwa eHorombo (3,720 m) ukuze bajwayele.

Umzila weRongai

IRongai isondela eKilimanjaro isuka enyakatho, eduze komngcele waseKenya. Indawo yayomile kunezindlela zaseningizimu, indlela ivame ukuba bushelelezi, futhi amabanga ansuku zonke ayalawuleka. Azikho izindlu zokuhlala, ngakho-ke indawo yokuhlala isematendeni, okusho ukuthi ithimba liphethe izinto zokulala ezivumelana nezimo.

I-Rongai ithule kakhulu kuneMarangu. Abanye abakhwela izintaba abaguquguqukayo bayayithanda ngenxa yaleso sizathu. Inkinga yizinto zokuhamba. Uhambo oluya ekuqaleni komzila lude (cishe amahora amane ukusuka eMoshi), futhi ukuhamba kwezimpahla kuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu.

Ngokuvamile sigijima eRongai ukuze sikhuphuke ngokuzivumelanisa nezimo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

Imizila Esingayincomi Yokukhuphuka Ngezihlalo Ezinamasondo

Machame, iLemosho, i-Umbwe, kanye neNorthern Circuit zifaka phakathi iBarranco Wall, amasimu e-scree, kanye nezingxenye zemizila okungenzeka ngokobuchwepheshe kodwa okunzima kakhulu ukusekela isihlalo sabakhubazekile ngokusebenzisa. Sibonile opharetha benikeza lokhu kumakhasimende avumelana nezimo. Ngeke. Iphrofayili yengozi kanye nomthwalo womthwali odingekayo akuyona into esizimisele ukuyithatha.

Ukuthi Ukunyuka Kubukeka Kanjani Usuku Nosuku

Sizosebenzisa ukukhuphuka okuguquguqukayo kweMarangu kwezinsuku eziyisithupha njengesibonelo, njengoba kuyisakhiwo esivame kakhulu.

Usuku ngaphambi kokunyuka. Ufika ehhotela eMoshi noma e-Arusha. Senza ukuhlolwa okugcwele kwemishini, sihlangane nomqondisi oholayo kanye nomphathi wemithwalo omkhulu, silinganise imithwalo, bese senza ukubuyekezwa kokugcina kwezokwelapha. Uma kukhona okuthile ekubuyekezweni kwezokwelapha okungafanele, sixoxa ngobuqotho ukuthi siqhubeke, sishintshe uhlelo, noma siluhlehlise.

Usuku lwe-1. Isango laseMarangu (1,860 m) ukuya eMandara Hut (2,700 m). Ibanga cishe lingamakhilomitha angu-8. Isikhathi somzila singamahora amahlanu kuya kwayisikhombisa kwabakhwela izintaba abavumelana nezimo, uma kuqhathaniswa namahora amathathu noma amane eqenjini elihamba ngezinyawo. Ingxenye yehlathi inomthunzi futhi i-gradient iphakathi nendawo. Ingxenye enkulu yalolu suku ikhululekile kumkhweli.

Usuku lwe-2. Ukusuka eMandara kuya eHorombo Hut (3,720 m). Ibanga cishe lingamakhilomitha ayi-12. Ihlathi livumela indawo yezwe elinomoya ophansi. Yilapho ukuphakama kuqala khona ukubaluleka. Siqapha ukugcwala komoya-mpilo ekuseni nakusihlwa kusukela kuleli phuzu kuqhubeke.

Usuku lwe-3. Usuku lokujwayela eHorombo. Ukuhamba okulula, ukugxila emanzini, ukulala. Lolu suku alunakuxoxiswana ngokukhuphuka okuguquguqukayo.

Usuku lwe-4. Ukusuka eHorombo kuya eKibo Hut (4,700 m). Usuku olude kakhulu kuze kube manje. Indlela idlula isihlalo sehhashi, okuyihlane eliphakeme lasezintabeni elingenakho ukuzivikela emoyeni. Ijubane lihamba kancane futhi lihleliwe.

Usuku lwe-5. Ukuzama ukukhuphuka intaba. IKibo ukuya e-Uhuru Peak (5,895 m), bese wehla uze ubuyele eHorombo. Lolu usuku lapho ukukhuphuka okuguquguqukayo kubhekana nesinqumo esinzima kakhulu. Ukucindezela kokukhuphuka kuqala cishe phakathi kwamabili. Izinga lokushisa lingehla liye ku-15 Celsius ngaphansi. Uhambo lokugcina olusuka eGilman's Point luya e-Uhuru lunamatshe futhi luveziwe.

Sitshela wonke umuntu okhuphuka ngendlela eguquguqukayo into efanayo. Intaba iyanquma. Ithimba lakho lizokuphakamisa noma ngabe kuphephile kangakanani ukuhamba. Kwabanye abakhuphukayo, leso yiGilman's Point (5,681 m), okuseyisihloko seKilimanjaro esaziwayo futhi sithola isitifiketi esiluhlaza esivela kuziphathimandla zepaki. Kwabanye, yiStella Point (5,756 m). Kwabanye, yi-Uhuru Peak. Zonke ezintathu ziyiziqongo zangempela futhi zonke ezintathu zifanelwe ukudunyiswa.

Usuku lwe-6. UHorombo uya eMarangu Gate. Usuku olude lokwehla. Ekupheleni kwalo usubuyele ehhotela ushawa ngamanzi ashisayo nokudla kwangempela.

Imishini Esiyisebenzisayo

Uhlu lwemishini yokukhuphuka ngendlela eguquguqukayo luyingxenye iningi labaqhubi abayenza kabi. Sisebenza ngezihlalo zokuhamba ezintabeni ezenzelwe ukusetshenziswa ngaphandle komgwaqo. Imodeli ethile incike emzimbeni womgibeli, isimo sakhe, kanye nomzila.

Kwabakhweli bezintaba abakwazi ukuthutha futhi babe namandla omzimba ongaphezulu, sisebenzisa isihlalo sokuhamba ngezinyawo esinesondo elilodwa esinamaqembu angaphambili nangemuva. Lokhu kusetha kusebenza kahle endleleni eyinhloko yaseMarangu kanye nasezingxenyeni ezingezansi zaseRongai.

Kwabakhweli abangakwazi ukuthutha, sisebenzisa isihlalo esiguquguqukayo esinamasondo amane esinohlelo lokuhlala oluqondene nawe. Ukushintshaniswa kwesisindo: isihlalo kanye nomkhweli kusho abathwali abaningi, uphethiloli owengeziwe, ukudla okwengeziwe, kanye nezindleko eziphezulu.

Ngaphezu kwesihlalo, siphatha:

• I-pulse oximeter yokuqapha nsuku zonke
• Uhlelo lwe-oxygen oluphathekayo olusetshenziswa ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-4,000
• Isikhwama sokuphakama komfutho (isikhwama seGamow) sezimo eziphuthumayo zokuphakama komoya
• Ikhithi yosizo lokuqala egcwele entabeni enemithi kadokotela ephethwe yilungu leqembu eliqeqeshiwe
• Imishini yokuxhumana ngesathelayithi yokuxhumanisa ukuphuma kwabantu
• Omata bokulala abangokwezifiso kanye nohlelo lwezikhwama zokulala ezifudumele olulinganiselwe ngaphansi kwama-20 Celsius
• Amasondo okusekelayo, ama-axle, kanye nezingxenye zesihlalo

Ukukhuphuka ngakunye okuvumelana nezimo kushiya i-Arusha nohlelo lokuphuma olubhaliwe olubuyekezwe nomkhweli, oxhumana naye ophuthumayo womkhweli, kanye nomhlinzeki womshuwalense womkhweli.

Lokho Okubizayo

Ukukhuphuka kweKilimanjaro okuzivumelanisa nezimo kubiza kakhulu kunokunyuka okujwayelekile. Ayikho indlela yokugwema lokhu futhi sifuna ukuba sobala kunokuba singacaci.

Ithimba eliqhuba izindleko. Ukugibela iMarangu okujwayelekile kwezinsuku eziyisithupha kugijima nabathwali abathathu kuya kwabane ngomkhweli ngamunye. Ukugibela okuguquguqukayo kugijima ngabayisishiyagalombili kuya kwabayi-12. Umthwali ngamunye owengeziwe uletha imali yakhe yokungena epaki, umholo, ukudla, indawo yokuhlala, imishini, kanye nomshuwalense. Isihlalo ngokwaso, umoya-mpilo, kanye nekhithi yezokwelapha ekhethekile kwengeza izindleko ezengeziwe.

Ukuze uthole uhlaka lokubhekisela, ukukhuphuka kweKilimanjaro okuguquguqukayo ngo-2026 kuvame ukuwela ebangeni eliphindwe kathathu kuya kane lentengo yokukhuphuka okujwayelekile okufanayo endleleni efanayo. Sizokunikeza isilinganiso esinembile uma sesazi iphrofayili yomgibeli, umzila okhethiwe, izinsuku zohambo, kanye nanoma yibaphi abahamba nabo abajoyina ukukhuphuka.

Asizihlanganisi lezi zingcaphuno. Uma uqhathanisa ezethu nomncintiswano futhi umncintiswano eshibhile kakhulu, babuze ukuthi bangaki abathwali bezimpahla ababhajethi, ukuthi baphatha luphi uhlelo lwe-oxygen, nokuthi ngabe bake bagibela yini intaba eguquguqukayo ngaphambili. Leyo mibuzo emithathu ivame ukucacisa umehluko.

Isikhathi Esingcono Kakhulu Sonyaka Sokukhuphuka Okuzivumelanisa Nezimo

Izinkathi zokukhuphuka iKilimanjaro yilezi:

• Kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ekuqaleni kukaMashi: izinsuku ezifudumele, ubusuku obubandayo, isibhakabhaka esicacile ngokuvamile. Ukubonakala okuhle kusukela esiqongweni.
• Kusukela ngoJuni kuya ku-Okthoba: isizini ende yesomiso. Isimo sezulu esizinzile nesibikezelwayo. Ifasitela lokukhuphuka elithandwa kakhulu.

Sigwema izimvula ezinde (phakathi kukaMashi kuya kuMeyi) ukuze sikhuphuke ngendlela evumelana nezimo ngoba imizila emanzi yenza isihlalo sisebenze kanzima kakhulu futhi senezela ingozi yangempela ezingxenyeni ze-moorland. Sigwema nezimvula ezimfushane ngoNovemba ngoba iziphepho zantambama azibikezeleki.

Kumafasitela amabili anconywayo, ekupheleni kukaJanuwari noFebhuwari avame ukuba nokuthula futhi afudumele ezindaweni eziphakeme. Kusukela ngoJuni kuya kuSepthemba kuyaphithizela kodwa ngokuvamile komile. Womabili ayasebenza.

Ukuqeqeshwa Nokulungiselela Ngaphambi Kokufika

Sicela wonke umuntu okhuphuka izintaba ngendlela evumelana nezimo ukuthi aqedele uhlelo lokulungiselela oluhlelekile ngaphambi kokundiza aye eTanzania. Lokhu akuyona into yokuzikhethela. Ukulungiselela izintaba kuyavuza futhi kuyajezisa izinqamuleli.

Uhlelo luvame ukufaka:

• Ukulungiswa kwemithambo yegazi okufanele umzimba womkhweli, okungcono kube izikhathi ezintathu kuya kwezinhlanu ngesonto okungenani izinyanga ezine.
• Ukuqeqeshwa kwamandla omzimba ongaphezulu kugxile emaqenjini emisipha asetshenziswa ekushukumiseni isihlalo nasekudluliseni
• Ukuchayeka esimweni sezulu esibandayo uma umkhweli ehamba esuka esimweni sezulu esifudumele
• Ukujwayela ukuphakama lapho kungenzeka khona (ukuhlala izinsuku eziningi ngamamitha angu-2,500 noma ngaphezulu ezinyangeni ngaphambi kokunyuka)
• Ukuzijwayeza ukuchelela amanzi, njengoba abakhwela izintaba abajwayele ukuzivumelanisa nezimo bavame ukuba sengozini enkulu yokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni entabeni
• Isibuyekezo esigcwele sokuhambisana kwemishini nesistimu yokuhlala yabakhweli bezimoto kanye nezihlalo zabakhubazekile ekhaya lomkhweli

Sabelana ngohlelo lokuqeqesha olunemininingwane nabo bonke abakhwela izintaba abaqinisekisiwe, futhi sihlola njalo ngenyanga ngesikhathi sokuhola izintaba.

Lokho Esikudingayo Kuwe Ukuze Uhlele Ukukhuphuka

Uma ucabanga ngalokhu ngokungathi sína, nakhu ongasithumelela khona ku-imeyili yakho yokuqala:

• Ubudala bomgibeli, isisindo, kanye nesimo sakhe sokuqala
• Isifinyezo esifushane sokuhamba (ikhono lokudlulisa, amandla omzimba ongaphezulu, imizwa, izinto okufanele uzicabangele ngokuzibamba)
• Noma yimuphi umlando wesifo senhliziyo, wamaphaphu, noma wakamuva
• Imininingwane yokuxhumana nodokotela olaphayo, ngemvume yokuthi sixhumane naye
• Izinsuku ezilinganiselwe eziqondiwe kanye nanoma yikuphi ukuguquguquka okuzungezile
• Ubukhulu beqembu elihambayo (abaqwali bezintaba, umndeni, abantu abasekelayo)
• Noma yikuphi okuhlangenwe nakho kwangaphambilini kokuphakama okuphezulu

Sizobuyekeza bese sibuya nokuhlola okungokoqobo, indlela ephakanyisiwe, isikhathi esiphakanyisiwe, kanye nesilinganiso.