Njengoba yonke imishini yethu yasentabeni isilungile, izintambo, ama-crampons, izimbazo zeqhwa, izikulufo zeqhwa, zisongwe kahle futhi zinezicathulo ezifake izicathulo ezinhle, saqonda e-Iztaccíhuatl ukuyojabulela impelasonto emnandi ezintabeni.
Njengamanje iPopocatépetl ayinakunyuswa ngenxa yomsebenzi wayo wentaba-mlilo oqhubekayo, ngakho-ke thina esithanda ukuzijwayeza izintaba, senza uhambo lwethu lokuya e-Iztaccíhuatl, lapho isiqongo sesithathu esiphakeme kunazo zonke eMexico sikhona, sise "el breast" ku-5,230 m ukuphakama.
Iziqongo ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-Iztaccíhuatl yizinyawo, amadolo, isisu, isifuba nenhloko, okungatholwa yimizila ehlukene, ezinye zinzima kakhulu kunezinye. Phakathi kwezinzima kakhulu iVia del Centinela, enye yezindlela ezinde kakhulu zokuqwala amadwala eMexico. Eminye imizila yobunzima obuphakeme yilena engenakulinganiswa, etholakala ezinweleni ze-Iztaccíhuatl nalapho abagibeli bezintaba baseMexico beqhuba khona izindlela zethu zeqhwa. Esinye sazo saziwa njenge-Oñate Ramp, esikusa ngqo esifubeni singene eqhweni lase-Ayoloco, elisesiswini se-Iztaccíhuatl.
Okwakudala
Uma usanda kuqala ezintabeni eziphakeme, sincoma ukuthi ukhuphuke lena, eqala eLa Joya futhi idlule eziqongweni zayo eziningana, izinyawo, amadolo, izicathulo, isisu nesifuba. Uhambo olude kakhulu, cishe amahora ayishumi.
Kunconywa ukuqala entathakusa ukujabulela ukuphuma kwelanga okupenda ama-fumaroles ePopocatepetl ngomlilo. Kuyadingeka ukuthi uhambisane nomhlahlandlela, ulethe ama-crampons, i-ice ax kanye nentambo ukuze ukwazi ukuwela izinguzunga zeqhwa esiswini nasesifubeni.
Inhloko
Lapha ukufinyelela kwehlukile, okokuqala kufanele ufike edolobheni laseSan Rafael, bese usuka lapho uqhubeke ngomgwaqo owubhuqu oya eLlano Grande, lapho ukuhamba kuqala phakathi kwama-zacatales kuze kufike endaweni enkulu yesihlabathi namatshe aziwa ngokuthi "El Tumbaburros ”, lapho kubonakala sengathi uthatha igxathu elilodwa bese ubuyela emuva ezimbili uze ufike egqumeni elihlukanisa umsele nekhanda nesifuba. Umzila uphakeme njengoba kufanele ukhuphuke iphaseji elide leqhwa uze ufike esicongweni ngamamitha ayi-5,146.
Iqhwa le-Ayoloco
Ngemuva kokukhuphuka nokuqeqeshwa okuningana, ungabhekana nalokhu okungenye yemizila enzima kakhulu. Isiqalo salo mzila yiLa Joya, ePaso de Cortés, futhi leli glacier likusa ngqo esiqongweni sesisu. Ngo-1850 kwenziwa imizamo yokuqala yokwenyuka lo mzila, kodwa yehluleka ngenxa yokushoda kwemishini yokunqoba izindonga zeqhwa. NgoNovemba 1889, uH. Remsen Whitehouse noBaron Von Zedwitz bakwazile ukukhuphuka eqhweni besebenzisa imbazo ye-rustic abamba ngayo izinyathelo futhi yini engabamangaza lapho bethola ibhodlela elinomyalezo ngaphakathi oshiywe yiSwitzerland James de Salis, owayesefinyelele engqungqutheleni ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ngaphambi kwabo. Iqhwa lezintaba zaseMexico kunzima ukukhuphuka, liqhekeka kalula futhi ngasikhathi sinye linzima kakhulu, kufanele ulishaye kaninginingi ukuze ulingane nezimbazo zeqhwa nezinkamba.
Umgwaqo we-Oñate
Lo mzila mude kunangaphambili, ngakho-ke kuthatha izinsuku ezimbili. Isuka eLa Joya, futhi kunconywa ukuthi ukanise ezansi neqhwa lase-Ayoloco ukubhekana nomgwaqo omkhulu wase-Oñate ngosuku olulandelayo, ogudla i-glacier esenyakatho-ntshonalanga ngqo esiqongweni sesifuba. Lo mzila uqanjwe ngokuhlonipha uJuan José Oñate, okwathi kanye nabanye akhuphuka nabo uBertha Monroy, u-Enriqueta Magaña, uVicente Pereda noZenón Martínez bashona engozini ebuhlungu kulowo mzila ngo-1974.
Uma iqhwa lisesimweni esihle kakhulu, ungakhuphuka ngesivinini esihle ukhuphuke umgwaqo weqhwa wama-60 nowama-70, ujabulele ukubuka okumangazayo kwekhanda. Ngemuva kwamahora amaningi anzima, ungafinyelela isiqongo esiphakeme kunazo zonke se-Iztaccíhuatl, isifuba. Sikumema ukuba uvakashele izintaba zethu namaPaki kaZwelonke ngenhlonipho. Uma sifuna izintaba-mlilo ezimbozwe iqhwa njalo ngonyaka, kufanele sizibuyise kabusha ukuze kube nomswakama omningi, amanzi amaningi, iqhwa eliningi nobuhle obengeziwe. Masingabathukuthelisi onkulunkulu abahlala eziqongweni zalo ezineqhwa.
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