Umzila waseMachame
UMACHAME INDLELA EDUMBE KAKHULU E-KILIMANJARO
Uma ufunda lokhu, cishe uthanda ukugibela i-Kilimanjaro ku-Machame Route Uhamba kahle 😉Omunye wemizila eyisikhombisa emikhulu esetshenziselwa ukuqwala iNtaba i-Kilimanjaro, umzila wase-Machame uyindlela ethandwa kakhulu njengoba Kuwumzila. Umzila okhethwa ngabantu abaningi ngoba unikeza imibono ehlaba umxhwele kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezindawo zokuhlala.
AmaTrekkers athatha umzila we-Machame adlula izindawo eziningi ezaziwa kakhulu zeNtaba iKilimanjaro ngenkathi esendleleni, okuhlanganisa ne-Lava Tower edumile kanye ne-Shira Plateau. Umzila uzulazula wehla wenyuka uchungechunge lwezigodi namagquma, okwenza ukuhamba kube nzima kakhulu, kodwa kuklomelisa abaqwala izintaba ngokunye ukubukwa okungcono kakhulu entabeni.
Umzila waseMachame ubuye ubizwe ngokuthi “Umzila weWhisky", ireferensi "Umzila we-Coca-Cola” UMarangu noMachame “uqinile” kunalokho, IMachame iwumqansa onzima kakhulu ngandlela thize, kodwa inamazinga empumelelo aphezulu kakhulu kuneMarangu, ikakhulukazi uma ukhetha inguqulo yezinsuku eziyisikhombisa. (Ngokwezilinganiso cishe u-60% wabaqwali eMachame bayafika esiqongweni, futhi ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezintathu kwezine bafinyelela unqenqema lwe-crater.)
Inguqulo yezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ikunikeza usuku olufushane kakhulu ngaphambi komzamo wakho wengqungquthela, okushiya isikhathi esiningi sokululama, ukujwayela nokuzilungiselela. Inguqulo yezinsuku eziyisithupha inenkinga efanayo nomzila wakwaMarangu kulokho. Bona ngenhla.
Umzila waseMachame awunzima ngokwezobuchwepheshe. Kukhandla kakhulu. Umzila uvame ukukhuphuka futhi uhilela ukukhuphuka nokwehla okuningi, ukuwela ukulandelana kwezigodi namagquma. Kodwa yingakho futhi lude ngolunye usuku kunoMarangu.
Noma kunjalo, kubantu abangakaze bathathe uhambo olude ekuphileni kwabo futhi abangakakulungeli kahle, kungase kudideke futhi kukhathaze.
Kukhona futhi I-Barranco Wall ukuwela, umqansa kakhulu, umqansa wehora nesigamu okuzodinga ukuthi ngezikhathi ezithile usebenzise izandla zakho ukuze ulinganisele. (Kuzwakala futhi kubukeka kunzima kakhulu kunalokho okuyikho!)
Yebo, futhi kufanele ukhempe indlela yonke. Uma uhamba no-opharetha wesabelomali lokho kukodwa kungadinga, ikakhulukazi uma isimo sezulu siba sibi
Ngokuphathelene nemvelo, umzila waseMachame uyamangalisa: i-Shira Plateau, i-Lava Tower, i-Barranco Wall… Uqala kusukela entshonalanga, uzungeze i-Kibo ohlangothini oluseningizimu, bese wehlela emzileni waseMweka eningizimu-mpumalanga. Izinhlobonhlobo zinzima ukuhlula. I-Machame ithathwa njengomzila omuhle kakhulu wokukhuphuka i-Kilimanjaro.
Ngaleso sizathu umzila waseMachame usuphenduke umzila okhuphuka kakhulu e-Kilimanjaro. Inzuzo yalokho ukuthi amanani ehlile futhi ungathola ama-opharetha amaningi wesabelomali kuwo. Ububi wukuthi umzila waseMachame ugcwele kakhulu.
Uma uqiniseka ukuthi uyakwazi ukuhamba endaweni enzima izinsuku zilandelana, uma uthanda ukukhempa nemvelo, kodwa imali iqinile kakhulu, khona-ke iMachame ingase ibe umzila owukhethayo wokukhuphuka i-Kilimanjaro. Kuzodingeka ubekezelele izixuku
Umzila usondela eNtabeni iKilimanjaro usuka eningizimu, uqala ngebanga elifushane ukusuka eMoshi ukuya eSangweni laseMachame. Indlela iholela abaqwali izintaba ehlathini lemvula baye e-Shira Plateau. Lapha, imizila eminingi yaseKilimanjaro iyahlangana. Bese umzila ujikela empumalanga unqamule ngaphansi kwe-Southern Ice Field yaseKilimanjaro endleleni eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Southern Circuit ngaphambi kokufika phezulu usuka e-Barafu. Ukwehla kwenziwa ngomzila waseMweka
