Mzinda wa Rio Blanco ndi wochititsa chidwi kwambiri monga momwe chilengedwe chimakhalira.
Madzi ake oundana amaphwanyidwa ndi kutsetsereka m’mapiri a Andes kumpoto kwa Patagonia kum’mwera kwa Chile. Ndi malo abwino kwa alendo okonda zachilengedwe, kupatula kuti mtsinjewu ndi wopapatiza kwambiri kuti usakwerepo komanso wonyenga kwambiri pa bwato.
Koma sikokwanira kulepheretsa ofunafuna ulendo omwe alembetsa kuti asangalale posachedwa m'maseŵera oopsa. Imatchedwa "canyoneering," kapena canyoning ngakhale momveka bwino ena anganene kuti ndi yopenga.
Alendo anayi, ndi mtolankhani, avala masuti onyowa. Ulendowu umayambira pamtunda wouma ndi ulendo wokwera wa mphindi 45. Pamene tikudutsa m'nkhalango yobiriwira, pali funso limodzi losautsa:
Kodi canyoning ndi chiyani?
"Sindikudziwa," atero a Jessie Traub, wazaka 22, waku Milwaukee, Wis., Akumwetulira komanso kunjenjemera. Akuyenda ku South America ndi mnzake Margaret Kosmack, 23, waku Toronto.
"Sindikudziwa," adatero Kosmack atafunsidwa ngati akudziwa kuti canyoning ndi chiyani, "koma tili ndi nkhawa chifukwa cha zipsera zonse za suti zathu zonyowa zomwe zilipo kale. Magiya akugunda kwambiri. " Kenako iye ndi Traub akuseka.
Jessica Hungelmann, 29, akuchezera abambo ake, Jim, wothamanga wazaka 58. Amachokera ku Idaho. Iye ali mu bizinesi ya mbatata ku Chile.
"Sindikudziwa zomwe ndikuchita, koma ndakonzeka," adatero Jim Hungelmann. Nayenso akumwetulira.
Wotsogolera Philippe Manghera waku Pachamagua wayenda ulendowu pafupifupi maulendo 200. Iye wakhala canyoning kuno kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, koma ndi posachedwapa pamene masewera owopsa amenewa akhala otchuka kwambiri.
"Muyenera kusamala," Manghera anatero titafika poyambira: dziwe loyera loyera labuluu lodyetsedwa ndi mathithi oyamba ambiri opatsa chidwi omwe tiwona.
Manghera amatisonyeza njira zosiyanasiyana zoyendetsera madzi oterera kuphatikizapo nyani (wokwawa ndi miyendo inayi) ndi buluzi (wokwawa pamimba).
Gulu lonselo lavala zofunda za polypropylene, magolovesi ndi masokosi. Ndi chisoti.
Tonse timalumphira m'madzi akristalo ndipo suti zathu zonyowa zimadzaza ndi madzi ozizira.
"Ndimakonda," adatero Traub. Koma patapita masekondi angapo, anasintha maganizo ake. "Ndimakukondani!"
Tikuonera mwachidwi chionetsero chochokera kwa m'modzi wa otsogolera omwe akukwera pathanthwe ndikukwera mwachidwi mumlengalenga kenaka n'kugwera m'dziwe lozizira kwambiri.
Ndikuganiza kuti ndikuyamba kumvetsa: Canyoning ndi chiyeso cha lamulo la mphamvu yokoka ndi lamulo la kulimba mtima.
Ndi kusakanikirana kwa chidwi ndi mantha omwe alendo amatsatira, akudziponyera okha pamtunda wa 15-foot.
"Ndinali ngati 'o, Mulungu wokondedwa,'" adatero Traub atawonekera. "Mungoyenera kutero, chifukwa ngati muyima kuti muganizire za izi, mungokhumudwa."
"Ndinkayesa kuti ndisamaganizire kwambiri," adatero Kosmack. "Sindinachite mantha mpaka masekondi asanu omaliza - ndisanalumphe."
Phunziro Lachiwiri: Kuchita Boma
Gawo lotsatira la canyoning lomwe timaphunzira limatchedwa "tobogganing." Monga momwe masewera amachitira mu Winter Olympics. Chomwe chiri chodabwitsa, chifukwa palibe toboggan pano.
“Takukhazikani m’madzi oyera,” anatero Manghera pamene anatisonyeza mmene tingatsetserekere, kapena, toboggan, pansi pamiyala yosalala ya m’mphepete mwa mitsinje yamsana. “Pitani kaye,” iye anatero, “ndipo pamene mukupita, samalani ndi zigongono zanu.”
Monga banja la otter omvera, timatsetsereka m'madzi othamanga, wina ndi mzake.
Chinthu chimodzi chomwe chimathamanga kwambiri kuposa madzi ndi adrenaline yathu.
"O, izi ndi zinthu zabwino," Jim Hungelmann adatero uku akumwetulira khutu. "Ndimakonda kukhala m'madzi? kuyenda pamiyala imeneyi. Ndizodabwitsa basi. "
Ngakhale kuti ndi wamkulu kwambiri, ndiyenso wolimba mtima kwambiri, amakwera kukalumpha katatu, kanayi, ngakhale kasanu kuchokera kumapiri omwewo. Zina mwa izo ndi 25 mapazi pamwamba kapena kuposa.
"Mwina ndichifukwa choti ndilibe nthawi yochulukirapo, ukudziwa?" Adatelo uku akuseka.
Tisanayambe kuthamanga movutikira, otsogolera amafufuza miyala yakuthwa pansi pa mtsinje, ndipo amatiuza kuti tilowe m'zigongono, mapazi athu ali m'mwamba ndi kutsegula maso.
"Ndi zofulumira - zodabwitsa!" Traub adatero pamene adasowa mumtsinje wamadzi oyera ndikugwera pamadzi otalika mamita asanu ndi atatu m'dziwe lakuya pansi.
“Zodabwitsa!” adatero Kosmack, mwina adadzidzimuka pang'ono kuti wakwanitsa mpaka pano.
Pamene tikudumpha, kugunda ndi kutsetsereka mumtsinjewo tikuyamba kupeza chithunzi chokwanira cha canyoning. Kodi mwamvapo mawu akuti "m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wopanda chopalasa"? Chabwino, canyoning ikupita pansi pa mtsinje, ngati paddle.
Ndibwino kubetcha kuti palibe chilichonse m'mapaki amutu kunyumba monga chonchi.
Hungelmann amatsata maupangiri pa imodzi mwamathithi amadzi.
"Ndinangobwerera cham'mbuyo kumtunda uko," adatero, akuwefumira ndikuloza dontho la mapazi 10 lomwe wangoyenda kumene. “Zinali zodabwitsa. ? Kunali kugwa kwaufulu kenaka n’kutera.”
Kwa omenyera nkhondo akale pakati pathu - owongolera - zomwe tikuchita ndimasewera a ana. Amatichititsa mantha ndi mantha pamene ankadutsa m’matanthwe aatali mamita 30 ndi 40, n’kumatera m’madziwe amadzi amene amaoneka aakulu pang’ono kuposa kapu ya tiyi.
Zikuwoneka zolimba komanso zowopsa: ngati sadumpha, amagwera pathanthwe potsika.
Zowopsa za Canyoning
Alfonso Spoliansky, m'modzi mwa otsogolera, akuyamba kunena kuti canyoning sizowopsa, koma Manghera amasokoneza.
"Inde, ndithudi, ndizowopsa," adatero, pofotokoza kufunika koyang'ana mofulumira ndi maiwe chifukwa cha zoopsa pambuyo pa mvula iliyonse. "Sizowopsa mukatsatira malamulo."
Iye akuvomereza kuti kampani yake, Pachamagua, yachita ngozi ziwiri. Limodzi linali la mlendo amene anagunda m’mutu ngakhale kuti anali atavala chisoti. Kuvulala sikunali kwakukulu. Winawo unali wodzaona malo amene anathyola mwendo pamene unagwidwa pakati pa miyala iwiri.
Koma masewerawa afika poipa kwambiri. Mu 1999, achinyamata 21 anafa pangozi yoopsa yomwe inachitikira ku Switzerland pamene madzi osefukira anasefukira m’kagwa mvula itagwa. Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake mamanejala asanu ndi mmodzi anaimbidwa mlandu wakupha munthu mosasamala.
Pali chiopsezo chochuluka pano kuposa masewera ambiri ndipo opusa okha amalephera kuzindikira, koma ngati mantha akudutsa m'mitsempha yanu, awa si masewera anu.
"Muyenera kudalira omwe akuwongolera," adatero Hungelmann. "Malangizo awa ndi abwino."
Pali kusankha kodumpha chisanafike chimaliziro chachikulu. Manghera amapereka chisankho cha kulumpha kwa mapazi 25, kulumpha kwakung'ono kapena kukwera kwa toboggan pamwamba pa mathithi a 15-foot.
"Izi ndi zowopsa," adatero Traub akuyang'ana paulendo wopusa. "Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndizokwera pang'ono kwa ine. Sindiname, ndili ndi mantha pang'ono ndi izi. "
Iye amathamangira pa mathithiwo, mosakayikira akumaganiza kuti mphamvu yamadzi siidzampatsa nthawi yoganiziranso.
Phunziro 3: Kulephera
Kukwera pandege chakumapeto kwa ulendowu kumayambitsa osadziwa kuti "abseiling," liwu lodziwika bwino la "kubweza," lomwe ndi liwu labwino kwambiri lotanthauza kugwa ngati mwala utamangidwa pa chingwe.
Tonse timamangirira zingwe zokwera pamwamba pa suti zathu zonyowa. Traub amapita koyamba. Atatetezedwa ndi chingwe, amapita patsogolo pa thanthwe. Ndi mtunda wamamita 100 kutsika ndi mayadi ochepa chabe kuchokera ku mathithi oopsa kwambiri komanso ochititsa chidwi kwambiri atsikuli.
Ndi zomverera bwanji! Zili ngati kuyang'ana m'dziko lobisika pamene madzi akupopera pankhope ndi zomera zobiriwira zikukuyang'anani m'maso.
Ndiye, pali kulumpha kumodzi komaliza, kokwera kwambiri. Kosmack akukuwa momwe amachitira.
Modabwitsa, mwina mozizwitsa, tonse tinapulumuka. Tonse tikumwetulira.
Ndipo tonse tikudziwa kuti canyoning ndi chiyani.
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