Baningi abagibeli bezintaba abamukele inselelo yokufinyelela engqungqutheleni yezintaba-mlilo ezinkulu zase-Valley of Mexico, Popocatépetl nase-Iztaccíhuatl, ofakazi abathule bemizamo yabasubathi abaningi abahlupheke futhi bajabulela ngendlela efanayo phakathi nalolu hambo.
Intaba ephakeme ibilokhu ibhekwa njengendawo engcwele ebekelwe abagibeli bezintaba, abathi, ngokuzimisela ukwenza noma yini, benze izimangaliso ezingalibaleki besenzela isintu. Ukuphakama okukhulu kweplanethi yethu kuholele esinyathelweni esingacimekiyo somuntu, osezame iminyaka eminingi ukugcina amasiko athile enhlonipho nokuzwana phakathi komuntu nentaba.
Kodwa njengoba nje ukuncibilika kweqhwa kuguqula izinguzunga zeqhwa, amasiko okuqwala izintaba aye enza ushintsho olukhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Namuhla amaphaseji asezulwini ayangena eziqongweni ezinkulu, ephonsela inselelo izimo ezinzima zezintaba eziphakeme.
Ukufuna izinselelo ezintsha ezicindezela imingcele, abagijimi abaningi bamabanga amade bazibekele imigomo ephezulu. Ukugijimisana nesikhathi akuseyona inselelo enkulu, amabanga ngejubane elingaguquki nobunzima bemarathon bunqotshiwe. Izinhlanga eziphakeme kakhulu ekuqaleni zabangela impikiswano ethile phakathi kochwepheshe bazo zombili lezi zifundo. Namuhla, ngenxa yentuthuko kwezesayensi yezokwelapha, amasekethe emijaho yezintaba ayinto ekhona emazweni amaningana emhlabeni, kubandakanya neMexico.
Isifunda sikazwelonke "Kuphela kweWildlings" siqukethe izinhlanga eziyishumi nesithupha ezihlangabezana nezidingo zamazwe omhlaba "zeFila Sky Race"; Koku, okubaluleke kakhulu kucacisa ukuthi umzila womncintiswano kufanele uthathe abagijimi baye ngaphezu kwamamitha angama-4,000 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle. Abasubathi kumele baqoqe amaphuzu anele ngesikhathi sekhalenda lomncintiswano kazwelonke ukuze bathole isimemo sokubamba iqhaza emjahweni wokugcina wonyaka, i- “Fila Sky Marathon International”, eqhutshwa minyaka yonke e-Iztaccíhuatl.
IMarathon of the Skies, njengoba sekubizwa umjaho i-Iztaccíhuatl, ngumjaho ophakeme kunayo yonke emhlabeni; umzila wayo owedlulele ubhekwa ngochwepheshe njengenye yezinto ezinzima kunazo zonke esifundeni samazwe omhlaba.
Ikomidi elihlelayo linokwesekwa yithimba lonke lamavolontiya elenza lo mcimbi ube khona, kufaka phakathi amajaji namathimba okutakula nawokunikezela, kanye neqembu elihlanzayo eliqhuba umzila ekupheleni komncintiswano.
Ngokwesilinganiso, abagijimi abayikhulu abavela eMexico nasemhlabeni wonke bayamenywa ukuba babambe iqhaza kulo mjaho waminyaka yonke walo mjaho, onikeza amaphuzu womqhudelwano womhlaba. Umncintiswano ovulekele izifundiswa ubanjwa ngosuku olufanayo, noma ngabe awulandeli umzila ofanayo nomkhakha we "elite"; I-20 km yomzila yanele ukuhlola ukumelana kwabo bonke ababambiqhaza.
Ngokuya ngezimo zezulu unyaka nonyaka, umzila ungashintshwa ezingxenyeni ezithile zentaba, ngoba yize umzila kufanele uvivinye ukumelana kwalaba basubathi kuze kube sezingeni eliphezulu, into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuphepha kwabo. Umzila womjaho uqala e-Paso de Cortés, kumamitha ayi-3 680 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, bese usuka lapho ukhuphuka ngomgwaqo owubhuqu (8 km) oya eLa Joya, ngamamitha angu-3 930 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle; lokhu kukhuphuka kokuqala kubonakala kukuhle futhi bonke abagijimi bagcina ijubane elisheshayo befuna izindawo zokuqala.
Ukufika eLa Joya, umzila uqhubeka ngokusebenzisa igebe elikhuphuka; Phakathi kwezithunzi ezibandayo zentaba, izimbangi ziqhubeka nohambo lwazo ziya phezulu, lapho imisebe yelanga isivele ikhanya ngokugqamile. Yilapho ingxenye enzima kakhulu yomncintiswano iqala khona impela; ukuhlukaniswa kweqembu kuyaqapheleka kakhulu, abasubathi abanamandla bagcina igxathu eliqinile baze bafike eChest of Iztaccíhuatl, kumamitha angu-5,230 ngaphezu kolwandle. Ukukhuphuka ngamakhilomitha angu-5.5 kuyadabukisa, ukuvunguza komoya namazinga okushisa angaphansi kuka-zero kwenza inqubekela phambili ibe nzima; ngesinyathelo ngasinye ubuhlungu nemizamo kudla ukucabanga kwabagijimi.
Ababukeli abambalwa abenza umzila womncintiswano bayishayela ihlombe imizamo yabo bonke abagijimi abadlula phambi kwabo. Lokhu kugqugquzelwa kungokomfanekiso, kepha kwamukelwa kahle ngesikhathi lapho umuntu ngamunye ancintisana naye ebonakala ebhekene namandla emvelo. Emamitheni angaphezu kuka-4,000 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, abagijimi bahlangana nokushisa kwelanga, okujatshulelwa kuphela imizuzwana embalwa, ngoba kuleli qophelo nangokukhanya okukhulu kweqhwa, imisebe yelanga iyasha esikhunjeni.
Ukungabikho kwemisindo ezindaweni eziphakeme ze-Iztaccíhuatl kucishe kube yingqikithi, ukuvunguza njalo komoya nokuphefumula okuphakeme kwamaphaseji kungukuphela kokushintshwa kwemisindo endaweni enhle kakhulu, lapho ubukhulu bayo bube bukhulu phezu kwesigodi.
Lapho le ngqungquthela isinqotshiwe, ukwehla kuqala, okuwela izinkundla ezineqhwa zeCanalón de los Totonacos. Bemelana nentaba nemithetho yamandla adonsela phansi, abagijimi behla ngokumangazayo ngegebe elifanayo abanyuke ngalo, elizungeza phakathi kwamawa amatshe nezinye izindawo ezinodaka ezibangelwe ukuncibilika. Le ngxenye yomjaho inezingozi ezithile, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa amathuba okulimala lapho igijima ngejubane eligcwele (ngesikhathi sokwehla) ezindaweni ezingalingani; yize ukuwa kuvamile, bambalwa abalimele.
Empeleni akukho lutho olungamisa bonke labo abafinyelele phezulu. Amakhilomitha angama-20 alandelayo womzila anqamula emahlathini aminyene epaki lesizwe. Indawo inolaka oluncane kakhulu, abagijimi bangena ngesigqi futhi bagcina ijubane labo beya eCaada de Alcalican, eholela enkabeni ye-Amecameca, kumamitha ayi-2,460 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, lapho kutholakala khona inhloso, okuya, ngokuya ngezinguquko zomuntu ngamunye unyaka, inesilinganiso samakhilomitha angama-33.
Abadlali ababambe iqhaza bazimisele ukubekezelela konke, ukushaywa kokuwa phakathi kwamatshe, amajaqamba amancane emisipha ngenxa yokuzikhandla, ubunzima bokuphefumula noma ukumane bahambe amakhilomitha ayishumi okugcina omjaho ngezinyawo ezinamabhamuza. Ukugqoka nokudabuka kufinyelela kumkhawulo wokukhuthazela: ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo udinga ukuzisebenzisa kahle ukugcina ijubane elizinzile phakathi nomjaho.
Ukwehla kwezinga lokushisa komzimba kanye nokwendawo kusho ukulahleka okukhulu kwamandla. Kunabagijimi okungathi ngesikhathi somncintiswano bangehlulwa kuze kufike ku-4 kg noma ngaphezulu ngenxa yokuguga, ngokuya ngomzimba womuntu ngamunye, yize ngamunye wababambiqhaza kufanele anisele njalo phakathi nomjaho ukugwema izingozi.
Njengokungathi lokho bekunganele, abagijimi kufanele bagcine isigqi esithile somncintiswano. Amajaji aqinisekisiwe abekwa ezindaweni ezithile emzileni ukuqinisekisa izikhathi zomhlanganyeli ngamunye. Lapho umholi womncintiswano edlulisa le ndawo yokuhlola, bonke abanye abagijimi banokubekezelela kwemizuzu engama-90. Uma izikhathi zomehluko zingadlulwa, zizokhishwa, kanye nemikhawulo yesikhathi yokuqeda wonke umzila.
Kwabancintisana ngokwengeziwe kwezobuchwepheshe le ngxenye yokugcina yomjaho isho ukuphela kwethuba lokuba phakathi kwezindawo zokuqala. Ngokuvamile, abagijimi abanamandla kakhulu bahlasela kusenesikhathi futhi bakwenze kube phezulu ngokuhola iphakethe; Kodwa-ke, akubona bonke abakwazi ukugcina isigqi esinamandla kangako, ngakho-ke amanye agcinwa phakathi nezingxenye ezinzima kakhulu ukuvala ngokuqinile.
