Ukukhuluma ngeSierra Gorda ukukhuluma ngemishini, umlando, ubuhle obumangelengele nezimbobo ezinkulu, kufaka phakathi iSótano del Barro kanye neSotanito de Ahuacatlán, edume emkhakheni we-speleological womhlaba omele kakhulu isifunda.
Ukukhuluma ngeSierra Gorda kukhuluma ngokuthunywa, umlando, ubuhle obumangelengele nezimbobo ezinkulu, phakathi kwazo iSótano del Barro kanye neSotanito de Ahuacatlán, edume emkhakheni we-speleological world ngokuba ngoyena omele kakhulu isifunda. Kodwa-ke, kulesi sifundazwe kunenye indawo engaphansi yobukhulu obukhulu nobuhle engashiwongo. Ngisho u-El Socavón. 1
Ngifisa sengathi usuku oluthile olungekude kakhulu eMexico ukulondolozwa kwezintambo luzophela ukubhekwa njengesihle sabathandi abambalwa ukwenza indawo yesayensi, ngethula lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okusha, engikholwa ukuthi, kuzovusa intshisekelo yokwazi nokuqonda impilo engenayo imigede yezwe lethu.
ISierra Gorda iyingxenye yochungechunge olukhulu lwezintaba oluseSierra Madre Oriental. Kuyinto ukuqondaniswa kwezintaba ezinamakhasi ezinhlangothini yazo esenyakatho-mpumalanga eseningizimu-mpumalanga. Ubude bayo obulinganiselwa ku-100 km nobubanzi bayo obukhulu ngama-70 km; Kwezepolitiki kungokwengxenye enkulu yesifundazwe saseQuerétaro, enezingxenye ezithile ezincane eGuanajuato naseSan Luis Potosí, futhi icishe ibe ne-6,000 km2. Inombolo yomgwaqo engu-120 njengamanje iyona ndlela yokungena kulesi sifunda kanye nengxenye yabantu baseSan Juan del Río, eQuerétaro.
Sisuke eMexico City saya edolobheni iXilitla, enkabeni yeHuasteca Potosina, esifike kuyo ngo-6 ekuseni. Ngemuva kokukhipha imishini ebhasini, sagibela iloli eliya edolobheni laseJalpan ngesimiso esifanayo. Ukuhamba cishe kwehora futhi siseLa Vuelta, indawo lapho, ngakwesokunene umgwaqo owubhuqu oholela eSan Antonio Tancoyol uqala khona; Ngaphambi kokufika kuleli dolobha lokugcina, uzothola iZoyapilca, lapho kufanele ucishe khona ngomgwaqo oholela eLa Parada, indawo yokugcina eyakhiwe, ebekwe esigodini esikhulu semifantu eluhlaza. Ibanga elilinganisiwe ukusuka eLa Vuelta kuze kube manje ngamakhilomitha angama-48.
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Njengenjwayelo, inkinga enkulu ezindaweni ezikude futhi okunzima ukufinyelela kuzo yizinto zokuhamba, futhi kulokhu bekungafani, ngoba besingenayo imoto yethu, bekufanele silinde iloli elizokhuphukela eLa Parada. Ngenhlanhla, inhlanhla ayisishiyanga futhi sathola ezokuthutha kungekudala, ngoba iSonto usuku lwezimakethe eLa Parada futhi kusukela izolo ebusuku, kwavela amaveni amaningi alayishwe izimpahla, ngaphandle kwenkinga enkulu angathwala iqembu elincane.
Cishe kusebusuku lapho sikhipha obhaka elolini; Kusesele amahora amabili okukhanya futhi kufanele siqale umashi oya emgodini, otholakala cishe ku-500 m ngaphambi kokufika epulazini i-Ojo de Agua. Njengenjwayelo, intambo yinkinga enkulu ngenxa yesisindo sayo: ingamamitha angama-250 futhi sonke siyahlanya uma kukhulunywa ngokubona ukuthi obani abazoba "yinhlanhla" abazoyiphatha, ngoba, ngaphezu kwalokho, ojosaka bagcwele amanzi, ukudla nezinto zokusebenza . Sizama ukuqhubeka sikhanya, sicabange umcabango wokuthola i-horro ezothwala umthwalo, kodwa ngeshwa umuntu ongumnikazi wezilwane akekho futhi omunye, naye onayo, akafuni ukusithatha ngoba sekuhwalala. Ngokudabuka okukhulu futhi libalele kakhulu akukho okunye esingakwenza ngaphandle kokufaka obhaka bethu siqale ukukhuphuka. Futhi lapho siya khona "ipakethe" yemigodi emine ekhathele enezintambo ezingama-50 lilinye. Isimo sezulu santambama sipholile futhi nephunga likaphayini lihlasela imvelo. Lapho kuhlwa, sikhanyisa amalambu bese siqhubeka nemashi. Ekuqaleni basitshele ukuthi bekungukuhamba amahora amabili futhi ngokususelwe kokungenhla sivumelene ukuhamba ngaleso sikhathi futhi sikanise ukuze singadluli inhloso yethu, ngoba kunzima kakhulu ukuthola umgodi ebusuku. Salala emaphethelweni omgwaqo futhi ngemisebe yokuqala yelanga echaza izintaba sabeka ikamu. Buqamama ngizwa ukukhala kweqhude elivela esigodini okuthiwa i-El Naranjo, ngiya kuye ngiyobuza ngeSocavón futhi umnikazi wasitshela ngomusa ukuthi uzosithatha.
Siyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka ngendlela eya egqumeni lapho kukhona umnyango wokhuni phakathi kwendawo enhle enezihlahla. Siqala ukwehla futhi ngokungazelelwe, buqamama, sibona i-sinkhole enhle futhi enhle ekugcineni esingayenza umgodi. Sijabule, siyashesha sithathe indlela embozwe uhlaza oluningi oluholela ngqo esizibeni lapho kutholakala khona lo mhosha omuhle.
Ubuhle bezwe bukhuliswa umhlambi wamapholi okuthi, endiza esibhakabhakeni phezu komlomo wakwalasha, asamukele ngomsindo osangene bese elahleka phakathi kwezimila ezijabule ngaphakathi komhosha.
UKUHAMBA NGAPHAKATHI KWAKHE
Ukubheka ngokushesha isitezi esingaphansi nesakhiwo salo kubonisa ukuthi ukwehla kufanele kwenziwe engxenyeni ephezulu kakhulu yomlomo. Sishiya okunye ukudla nokunye esingeke sikusebenzise ogwini bese umqondisi wethu onobungane ekhuphuka ohlangothini lwesobunxele ezungeze umlomo bese evula indlela ngocelemba. Simlandela ngemishini edingekayo nangokuqapha okukhulu.
Ekuhlanzeni okuncane, ngibophela intambo ku-log ojiyile bese ngehlisa ngize ngibe sikhala, lapho ngibheka khona phansi kwesibhamu sokuqala nomsele omkhulu ogcwele uhlaza. Sihamba amamitha ambalwa futhi sikhethe indawo yokwehla, esiqhubeka nokuyihlanza.
Kubalulekile ukusho ukuthi isimo sendawo yalesi sigodi esenziwe ngabantu baseMelika siveza iphutha, ngenxa yokuthi isibhamu asimi mpo ngokuphelele njengoba kubikiwe, kusukela kuma-95 m, ngemuva kwerempu eyakha i-funnel, enye okuncane okuphazamisa ukwehla okubangela ukuthi ishafula lilahlekelwe mpo futhi lichezuke cishe ngamamitha ama-5 ngaphansi kwendawo engaba igumbi elingaphakathi elikhulu, okwenza ukwahlukaniswa kule ndawo kubalulekile, okunciphise kwaba ngu-10 m ububanzi.
Ngiyehla lapha, ngibheke i-morphology ye-shaft bese nginyuka futhi ukuze ngihambise ukufakwa amamitha ambalwa futhi ngibone ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi intambo idlule ngqo enkabeni yefeli. Uma sesikhuphukile, sidlula esikhumulweni futhi manje ngumlingani wami u-Alejandro owehlayo; emva kwemizuzu embalwa kuzwakala izwi lakhe kummango ... mahhala !!! bese ucela omunye umuntu ukuthi ehle. Yithuba likaCarlos elihlangana no-Alejandro ukusetha isibhamu sesibili. Ukwehla kule ngxenye kunamathiselwe odongeni ochungechungeni lwemithombo (enkulu kunazo zonke, eyokugcina, isilinganiso esiphakathi kwamamitha angama-40 kuya kwangama-50 okukhona ukungqubuzana okukhulu ngentambo, yize izinyawo ezinwetshiwe zisiza kancane ukuyenza khipha udonga. Imininingwane ebalulekile; Kuyadingeka ukuthi unakekele ukuthi intambo ingabambeki lapho ufika kumarampu, okuyinto ecasulayo kancane, ngakho-ke kuphakanyiswa ukwehlisa kuphela inani elidingekayo ukuze ufinyelele kubo. Lapho i-caver yokuqala isitholakele, ungahlangana nomunye umuntu ukuhlanganisa ingxenye yokugcina nokuthi iqembu lonke liye phansi ngaphandle kwezinkinga.
Mhlawumbe kwabanye abantu abaqala kulo msebenzi omuhle, ukunakekelwa okufanele kunikezwe izintambo kubonakala kunehaba, kepha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kanye nolwazi, ikakhulukazi okutholwa lapho kwehla kwalasha omkhulu, bafunda ukuthi akunjalo leyo mpilo okulengayo kubo.
Lapho isibhamu sesiqediwe, ithambeka elingangesi-65 ° nomthambeka ongama-50 m ubude lehliswa, libangelwa ukuqoqwa okukhulu kwamabhulokhi awile, umkhiqizo wokuwa okudala. Kule ngxenye yokugcina phansi kwenziwa udaka oluqinile lwelimestone, udaka oluhlanganisiwe namatshe amancane; Kukhona futhi amanye ama-stalagmites acishe abe yi-1m ukuphakama, kanye nezingodo eziningi eziwile ngaphandle, mhlawumbe ezihudulwe ngamanzi futhi ezenze umlilo owenza ukuhlala ngemuva kubanda kube mnandi kakhulu.
Ngenkathi abangane bethu behlola okuphansi, labo bethu abahlale phezulu kufanele babekezelele ukucwilisa okubi; ngemizuzu nje embalwa futhi ngaphandle kokusinika isikhathi sanoma yini, imvelo iyathukuthela nathi. Ukuduma kwezulu nesibhakabhaka esicishe sibe mnyama kuyahlaba umxhwele futhi njengoba sizama ukuzimboza phakathi kwezihlahla, imvula eminyene isifinyelela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Ayikho indawo yokukhosela enamadwala yokusivikela futhi kufanele sihlale onqenqemeni lwakwalasha, sinake noma yimuphi umcimbi ongalindelekile, ngoba amabhlokhi amabili amakhulu ahlukanisiwe ngenxa yomswakama onenhlanhla ongeyona inkinga kubangane bethu abaphansi, kepha ayabethusa . Sikhathele kangangokuthi ngisho nokucabanga ngesidlo kwakusijabulisa. UMartín unomqondo wokwenza umlilo womlilo futhi usibuza ukuthi ngabe sicabanga ukuthi izinkuni zizovutha zimanzi yini.
Ngokungabaza okukhulu ngakwami, ngiphendula kokubi, ngigudluke emkhonweni wami eduze kwetshe bese ngiyalala. Isikhathi sihamba kancane futhi ngivuswa ukuqhekeka kwamagatsha lapho edliwa ngumlilo. UMartín uzuze lokho okwakubonakala kungenakwenzeka; sisondela emlilweni wekamu futhi ukuzwa okufudumele kokushisa kudlula esikhunjeni sethu; Inani elikhulu lomusi liqala ukuphuma ezingutsheni zethu futhi, uma selomile, imimoya yethu iyabuya.
Kusebusuku lapho sizwa izwi likaCarlos livukile. Silungiselele isobho elishisayo nejusi esinikela ngayo ngokushesha nje lapho imishini isusiwe; ngokuhamba kwesikhathi u-Alejandro uyahamba futhi siyabahalalisela. Inhloso seyifeziwe, ukunqoba kungokwabo bonke abantu futhi sicabanga kuphela ngokulala ngomlilo wekamu. Ngakusasa, ngemuva kwesidlo sasekuseni sokugcina lapho sibhubhisa khona konke okudliwayo, sikhipha intambo bese sihlola okokusebenza. Kusemini lapho ngomuzwa wosizi sivalelisa u-El Socavón bese siqala ukwehla izintaba sikhathele. Amandla ethu ayindlala asetshenziswa emdlalweni onzima we-basketball nezingane zedolobha, okuqeda ukuhlala kwethu okwesikhashana eSierra Gorda queretana edumile, ngoba i-El Socavón izoqhubeka lapho kuze kube phakade, ilinde abanye ukuba bakhanyise ingaphakathi layo.
ISocavón inabantu abambalwa bopholi, abangakafundwa. Kodwa-ke, uSprouse (1984) ubalula ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi bayizinhlobo ze-Aratinga holochlora, okuyindawo abahlala kuyo iSótano de las Golondrinas, eduzane nale ndawo.
Umthombo: UMexico ongaziwa uNombolo 223 / Septhemba 1995
