Canyoning a Chile

Rio Blanco yana da ban mamaki kamar yadda yanayi ke samu.

Ruwan da ke cikin dusar ƙanƙara ya ruɗe ya bi ta kan tsaunin Andes da ke gefen arewacin Patagonia a kudancin Chile. Wuri ne mai kyau ga masu sha'awar yanayi, sai dai cewa kogin ya yi ƙunci ga jirgin ruwa, kuma ya yi ha'inci ga kwalekwale.

Amma hakan bai isa ya hana masu neman kasada ba da suka yi rajista don sabon abin burgewa a cikin matsananciyar wasanni. Ana kiransa "canyoneering," ko canyoning ko da yake a fili wasu za su kira shi mahaukaci.

Masu yawon bude ido hudu, da mai ba da rahoto, suna sanye da rigar rigar. Wannan kasada ta fara ne a busasshiyar ƙasa tare da tafiya mai tsayi na mintuna 45. Yayin da muke ratsawa cikin dajin dazuzzuka, akwai tambaya ɗaya kawai mai ban tsoro:

Menene canyoning?

"Babu ra'ayi," in ji Jessie Traub 'yar shekara 22, daga Milwaukee, Wis., Da murmushi da kaɗawa. Ta yi jigilar kaya ta Kudancin Amurka tare da kawarta Margaret Kosmack, 23, daga Toronto.

"Ban sani ba," in ji Kosmack lokacin da aka tambaye ta ko ta san abin da ake nufi da canyoning, "amma mun damu sosai game da duk irin tarkacen rigar rigar mu da ke can. Giar ɗin yana da kyau sosai. " Sai dariya ita da Traub.

Jessica Hungelmann, 'yar shekara 29, tana ziyartar mahaifinta, Jim, 'yar wasan motsa jiki mai shekaru 58. Suna daga Idaho. Yana cikin kasuwancin dankalin turawa a Chile.

“Ban san abin da nake yi ba, amma na shirya,” in ji Jim Hungelmann. Shima murmushi yake.

Jagora Philippe Manghera na Pachamagua ya yi wannan tafiya kusan sau 200. Ya shafe shekaru bakwai yana canyoning a nan, amma kwanan nan ne wannan matsananciyar wasa ta shahara sosai.

"Dole ne ku yi hattara," in ji Manghera yayin da muka isa wurin da muke farawa: fili mai haske, tafkin glacial mai ruwan shuɗi wanda aka ciyar da farkon tafkunan ruwa masu ban sha'awa da za mu gani.

Manghera yana nuna mana matakai daban-daban don kewaya cikin ruwa mai santsi ciki har da biri (yana rarrafe a kan kowane hudu) da kadangare (yana rarrafe akan cikinmu).

Dukkanin rukunin an sanye su da hulunan polypropylene, safar hannu da safa. Da kwalkwali.

Dukanmu muna tsalle cikin ruwan kristal kuma rigar kwat ɗinmu sun cika da ruwan sanyi.

"Ina son shi," in ji Traub. Amma bayan dakika kadan, ta canza ra'ayinta. "I haaa!"

Muna kallon zanga-zanga kai tsaye daga ɗaya daga cikin jagororin wanda ya haye wani dutsen dutse ya ɗaure cikin sha'awar zuwa cikin iska sannan ya shiga cikin tafkin ƙanƙara.

Ina tsammanin na fara fahimta: Canyoning gwaji ne na ka'idar nauyi da ka'idar jaruntaka.

Da cakudewar sha'awa da fargaba masu yawon bude ido ke bi, suna jefa kansu daga dutsen mai tsawon kafa 15.

"Na kasance kamar 'oh, dan Allah," in ji Traub bayan ta fito. "Dole ne kawai ku yi shi, 'saboda idan kun tsaya yin tunani game da shi, za ku fita waje."

"Ina ƙoƙarin kada in yi tunani sosai game da shi," in ji Kosmack. "Ban ji tsoro ba sai dakika biyar na ƙarshe - dama kafin in yi tsalle."

Darasi na Biyu: Tobogganing

Sashe na gaba na canyoning da muka koya ana kiransa "tobogganing." Kamar dai wasannin Olympics na lokacin sanyi. Abin ban mamaki, domin babu toboggan a nan.

"Mun zaunar da ku a cikin farin ruwa," in ji Manghera yayin da yake nuna mana yadda za mu zame, ko, toboggan, saukar da santsin duwatsun gungun raƙuman ruwa a bayanmu. Ya ce, “Ku fara ƙafafu, kuma idan za ku tafi, ku yi hankali da gwiwar hannu.”

Kamar iyali na otters masu biyayya, muna zamewa ƙasa da sauri, ɗaya bayan ɗaya.

Abu daya da ke gudu fiye da ruwa shine adrenaline.

"Oh, wannan babban kaya ne," in ji Jim Hungelmann yayin da yake murmushin kunne da kunne. "Ina son zama cikin ruwa? yawo a kan wadannan duwatsu. Abin mamaki ne kawai."

Duk da kasancewarsa babba, shi ma ya fi kowa ƙarfin hali, ya hau tsalle uku, huɗu, ko da sau biyar daga dutse ɗaya. Wasu daga cikinsu suna da tsayin ƙafa 25 ko fiye.

"Wataƙila don ba ni da sauran lokaci mai yawa, ka sani?" Ya fada yana dariya.

Kafin gudu na gaba, jagororin sun leƙa kogin don neman duwatsu masu kaifi, suna gaya mana mu ci gaba da gwiwar hannu, ƙafafunmu sama da idanunmu a buɗe.

"Yana da gaggawa - madalla!" Traub ta ce yayin da ta bace a cikin wani kogin farin ruwa sannan ta haye kan wani ruwa mai kafa takwas a cikin wani ruwa mai zurfi a kasa.

"Madalla!" In ji Kosmack, watakila a ɗan gigice cewa ta yi nisa.

Yayin da muke tsalle, murkushewa da zamewa cikin kogin muna fara samun cikakken hoto na canyoning. Kun ji furucin "sama rafi ba tare da filafili ba"? To, canyoning zai gangara cikin rafi, a matsayin filafili.

Yana da aminci cewa babu wani abu a wuraren shakatawa na jigo a gida kamar wannan.

Hungelmann yana bin jagororin kan ɗaya daga cikin magudanan ruwa na farko.

"Na koma baya daga wannan tudu a can," in ji shi, yana haki yana nuna digon kafa 10 da ya ke kewayawa. "Yana da ban mamaki. ? Faduwar faɗuwa ce kawai sannan ta sauka.”

Ga tsoffin 'yan canyoners a cikinmu - jagororin - abin da muke yi shine wasan yara. Sun cika mu da firgici da firgici yayin da suka ɗaure wasu duwatsu masu tsayin ƙafa 30 da 40, suna sauka a cikin tafkunan ruwa waɗanda suke kama da ɗan shayi.

Yana kama da tsoro da haɗari: Idan ba su yi tsalle ba, za su yi karo da dutse a kan hanyarsu ta ƙasa.

Hatsari na Canyoning

Alfonso Spoliansky, daya daga cikin jagororin, ya fara cewa canyoning ba haɗari ba ne, amma Manghera ya katse.

"Ee, ba shakka, yana da haɗari," in ji shi, yana bayyana mahimmancin duba magudanar ruwa da tafkuna don haɗari bayan kowane ruwan sama. "Ba shi da haɗari sosai idan kun bi dokoki."

Ya amsa cewa kamfaninsa, Pachamagua, ya yi hatsari guda biyu. Ɗayan ya haɗa da wani ɗan yawon buɗe ido wanda ya bugi kai ko da yake yana sanye da hula. Raunin bai yi tsanani ba. Dayan kuma ya hada da wani dan yawon bude ido wanda ya karya kafarsa lokacin da ta kama tsakanin duwatsu biyu.

Amma wannan matsananciyar wasa ta ga mafi muni. A shekara ta 1999, matasa 21 ne suka mutu a wani hatsarin kwale-kwale a kasar Switzerland, lokacin da ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye wata karamar kwazazzabo bayan ruwan sama. Bayan shekaru biyu an yanke wa manajoji shida hukuncin kisa na sakaci.

Akwai ƙarin haɗari a nan fiye da yawancin wasanni kuma wawaye kawai sun kasa gane hakan, amma idan tsoro ya shiga cikin jijiyoyin ku, wannan ba wasa ba ne a gare ku.

"Dole ne ku amince da jagororinku," in ji Hungelmann. "Wadannan jagororin suna da kyau."

Akwai zaɓin tsalle-tsalle kafin babban wasan ƙarshe. Manghera yana ba da zaɓi na tsalle-tsalle mai ƙafa 25, ƙaramin tsalle ko hawan toboggan akan ruwa mai ƙafa 15.

"Wannan abin ban tsoro ne," in ji Traub yayin da ta zuba ido kan tukin. "Ina tsammanin wannan ya ɗan yi mini girma. Ba zan yi ƙarya ba, na ɗan ji tsoro game da wannan.”

Ta tobo kan faɗuwar ruwa, babu shakka ta ƙarasa da cewa ƙarfin ruwan ba zai ba ta lokaci don tunani na biyu ba.

Darasi na 3: Rashin hankali

Hawan iska zuwa ƙarshen kasada yana gabatar da wanda ba a sani ba zuwa "rashin ƙarfi," kalma mai ban sha'awa don "korewa," kalma ce mai ban sha'awa don faduwa kamar dutse yayin da aka haɗe da igiya.

Dukanmu muna ɗaure rigunan hawan sama a kan rigar kwat ɗin mu. Traub tafi farko. Tana da igiya, ta wuce gaba ta haye gefen dutse. Yana da ƙafa 100 ƙasa kuma yadi kawai daga mafi tsananin zafin rana kuma mafi ban mamaki na ruwa.

Abin mamaki. Kamar leken asiri ne yayin da ruwa ke fesawa a fuskarki kuma ciyayi suna kallon ki cikin ido.

Sannan, akwai tsalle ɗaya na ƙarshe, mai tsayi sosai. Kosmack ta yi kukan tana yi.

Abin mamaki, watakila ta hanyar mu'ujiza, duk mun tsira. Mu duka muna murmushi.

Kuma duk mun san abin da canyoning yake game da shi.

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