Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, isimemo esivela ku-Antonio Holguín, uMqondisi Wezokuvakasha kumasipala waseJiménez, eChihuahua, savela esithangamini sabaphenyi bezobuchwepheshe ukuhlola lo mgodi wemvelo owawubonakala ujule kakhulu.
Ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili, ngahamba ngaya lapho futhi, ngakho-ke, ngangivele ngisemgwaqweni owubhuqu oya phambili ophakathi nogwadule lwaseChihuahuan. Bekungaphezu kwamahora amathathu uhamba phakathi kwethafa necacti. Ukube bekungekhona okwabaqondisi bami, bengingeke ngithole isiza. Ngesikhathi sohambo saba nenkulumo ende ngemihume nezinye izindawo zemvelo kulesi sifunda. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuhlala kumnandi kakhulu ukukhuluma nabantu bezindawo, abawazi kahle umhlaba wabo, futhi abathanda ukuxoxa izindaba, izinganekwane, izinganekwane nezinye izinto. Ugwadule luyakhanga, anginikelanga ize iminyaka ethile yokuphila kwami ukuhlola ezinye zalezi zindawo, ikakhulukazi eChihuahua naseBaja California.
Ekugcineni sifika epulazini i-El Hundido, eliseningizimu yenkaba encane yamatshe e-limestone. Kusuka kulo ubona kahle ithafa eliwugwadule. Amamitha angama-300 nje ukusuka endlini ye-ranch, ngumthombo. Kwase kuhlwile lapho sifika, kodwa ngangifisa ukubona umhosha futhi angikwazanga ukumelana nesilingo sokubheka ngaphandle, engakubona kwangimangaza kakhulu.
Kwalasha Kuqondile
Kwakunokujula okukhulu. Umlomo wayo, nobubanzi obuphakathi kwamamitha angama-30 kuya kwangama-35, uvuleke phakathi kochungechunge lwezingqimba ezinemibala eqondile ezilahlekile ebumnyameni. Kwakumangalisa. Kodwa okwangidonsela amehlo wami kwakuwukubona ukuthi emaphethelweni omthombo kwakukhona indophi enkulu, enyakaziswa yinjini enamandla kadizili, eyayivumela ubhasikidi wensimbi onethezekile ukwehlela ezinzulwini. UDkt. Martínez, umnikazi wepulazi, wangichazela ukuthi uhlelo lokwehla okunjalo lwakhiwa nguyise, eminyakeni engaba ngu-40 ngaphambili, njengoba lesi sifunda singesinye sezindawo ezome kakhulu eChihuahua, babehlala benenkinga ngamanzi, futhi kwakunzima ukuwunakekela izinkomo noma ukuhlwanyela. Njengasemini kubonakala ukuthi phansi kunamanzi amaningi, uMnu Martínez nabanye bakhuthazwa ukuthi behle kuwo ukuze babheke amathuba okusebenzisa lawo manzi. Ngokwenza njalo, bathole ukuthi ukujula komthombo mpo kwakungamamitha ayi-185, kodwa-ke, bakufinyelela ukwehla kwawo bathola ukuthi ngaphansi kwawo umzimba wamanzi ubanzi impela, unobubanzi obucishe bube ngamamitha angama-80 nokujula okungaziwa. Lokhu kubakhuthazile ukuthi babeke ipayipi lokuxhuma phansi enhloko yomthombo nepompo enamandla yokukhulisa amanzi. Ngemuva kokusebenza kanzima baphumelela, ngakho-ke bakwazi ukusebenzisa uketshezi oluyigugu.
Ukuze benze ukwehla kube lula emsebenzini wokulungisa, kamuva baguqula isigubhu sensimbi esingu-200 litre njengebhasikidi.
Ngakho-ke lapho ngifika, ngabhekana nalezi zimanga: abafuyi bezinkomo zasogwadule baphendukela emihosheni yesikhashana.
Ukwehla
Yize nganginemishini yami nezintambo zokwehla, nginqume ukusebenzisa uhlelo lukaDkt Martínez futhi nganginokwehla okungajwayelekile. Ukwehlisa kubhasikidi kukhululekile impela, futhi umuntu angajabulela ukubukwa okuhlaba umxhwele kwalasha. Umlomo, okuqala ulinganisa amamitha angama-30, uyavuleka kancane kancane, kuze kube yilapho ngezansi ububanzi bufinyelela cishe amamitha ayikhulu. Ubhasikidi ufinyelela esiqhingini okuwukuphela kwawo emzimbeni wamanzi, ozoba ngamamitha ayi-5 noma ama-6 ububanzi, futhi kulapho kufakwa khona ipompo le-hydraulic. Ukukhanya kwelanga kufinyelela phansi kufiphele, kepha kuyakwazi ukukhanyisa izindonga, kunikeze imibono ethile eyisipoki.
KwakunguDkt. Martínez olinganise ngokunembile ukujula komthombo: amamitha ayi-185 wokuma okuqondile, okwenza kube kwalasha okujule kakhulu mpo eChihuahua nakwenye ejulile kunazo zonke enyakatho neMexico, amanye amabili kuphela: i-cenote IZacatón, eTamaulipas (mpo amamitha angama-329), nomthombo woMfula iMante, nawo useTamaulipas. Kodwa-ke, lezi zikhukhula ngokuphelele.
Kube yinto emnandi ukuthola lokhu kahle. Ngizobuya maduzane ngenze imephu eningiliziwe futhi ngihlole okuningi, njengoba bethembisa ezinye izimanga. Khonamanjalo ngibonga labo abasimemile, ngigcizelela uthando abalukhombisa umhlaba wabo, ukunakekela lezi zimangaliso nokuzihlanganyela nalabo abazibongayo, kubandakanya nani, bafundi baseMexico abangaziwa.
Ungayithola kanjani:
IJiménez itholakala ku-234 km eningizimu-mpumalanga yedolobha laseChihuahua. Ukufika lapho kufanele uthathe umgwaqo omkhulu uNombolo 45 oqonde eningizimu-mpumalanga, udlule emiphakathini yaseCiudad Delicias naseCiudad Camargo.
