Ihlathi laseChiapas lingesinye sezifunda ezithakazelisa kakhulu ukulihlola: liyindawo yemifula egijimayo futhi kubonakala sengathi uChac, unkulunkulu wemvula, wazinza kule ndawo enamapulangwe angama-200,000 km2 ukudala ingadi enkulu yamanzi.
IPachila noma iCabeza de Indios, njengoba ibizwa lapha, ingomunye wemifula enhle kakhulu emhlabeni kusukela ngemuva kokwenza izimpophoma ezinhlanu ezinhle ithela amanzi ayo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka eXumulá eluhlaza futhi engaqondakali.
Into yokuqala esiyenzayo ukulungiselela ukuhambela kwethu ukuhamba ngendiza yeXumulá ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngemvelaphi yayo, ngoba sazi nje ukuthi eChol igama layo lisho ukuthi "amanzi amaningi aphuma entabeni", futhi empeleni emoyeni Siyabona ukuthi lo mfula unquma intaba kabili, ufakwa ebhokisini futhi uvele unyamalale ngokungathi ugwinywe yigumbi elikhulu lokuvela phambili kwamathumbu omhlaba bese wenza ama-rapids athwala umthamo wamanzi angama-20 m3 ngomzuzwana, futhi bagijimela emhubheni wemvelo obonakala ungafinyeleleki nhlobo.
Ngefayela elilodwa, siholwa amaTzeltals akuleyo ndawo, sihamba emthambekeni onodaka oba namandla futhi usheshe futhi usiphoqe ukuba sisebenzise ocelemba ngamandla amakhulu. Ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa sidlule edolobheni lase-Ignacio Allende nangemva kokuhamba kanzima, safika phezulu komhosha lapho umfula iXumulá uqhuma khona ngamandla kusuka edwaleni kuya edwaleni ngaphambi kokuba wehlele phansi. Lapho sihlanza indawo yokuhlanza ikamu lapho sizohlala khona izinsuku eziyi-18 zokuhlola nokuqopha ifilimu.
Into yokuqala esiyenze ngemuva kokuzinza, kwaba ukuthola indlela yokungena emfuleni futhi ngalokhu sehla ngezindonga eziqondile zomhosha, siqikelela ukuthi singadidanisi intambo esisekelayo nganoma imiphi imivini okufanele siyinqume ukuze siqhubekele phambili: umsebenzi onzima endaweni eshisayo nenomswakama kangaka. Ngemuva kwalokho sikhuphuka umfula futhi ngemuva kokudlula ejikeni sifika e-boquerón, esizama ukubhukuda kuyo, kepha manje, enodlame olukhulu, iyasivimba, ngakho-ke sifinyelela ogwini sazi ukuthi ukuhlola ngapha akunakwenzeka.
Emzameni wesibili wokuthola ukufinyelela sifika ngaphezulu kwebhuloho lamatshe lapho i-100 m engezansi kweXumulá ingena emhlabathini. Esitezi esiphakathi nebhuloho, umfudlana uchitha amanzi awo njengekhethini eliwuketshezi endaweni enkulu, futhi kunenkungu nomswakama endaweni. Intambo ishelela ku-pulley futhi njengoba sehla ukubhonga kuyanda, iba yindlebe, bese impophoma ichichima odongeni lomsele omkhulu. Sisekungeneni kwegumbi elingaphansi: umlomo wesihogo ... Ngaphambili, ngohlobo lwebhodwe elingama-20 m ububanzi, amanzi ayagezela futhi asivimbe ukuthi singadluli; ngaphezu kwalokho, kungabonakala imbobo emnyama: lapho kuqala khona okungaziwa. Siyazibuza ukuthi lolu ketshezi oluyaluzisayo luzosiyisa kude kangakanani?
Ngemuva kochungechunge lweziphambano ze-pendulum, sikwazile ukuzithola sikwelinye igedlela le-diabolical, emnyango wetonela elimnyama nelibhemayo lapho umoya onamandla ongena khona ufaka amaconsi futhi kwenza kube nzima ngathi ukubona okulandelayo ngenxa yamanzi asishayayo. Sibheka phezulu ophahleni, sibona ezinye izingodo zinamathele ebangeni eliphakeme lamamitha angama-30 futhi imicabango yethu iqala ukusebenza kulokho obekuzokwenzeka uma kungaba nemvula enkulu enhla nomfula: isikhukhula salolu hlobo sibe yizinto ezintantayo ezingaziwa.
Ngokuqapha, sasondela emfuleni. Isisindo samanzi sicindezelwe sibe yiphaseji ebanzi yamamitha amabili, isikhala esingenangqondo phakathi kwezindonga ezimbili eziqondile. Cabanga ngamandla enkanyamba yamanje ebusweni bamanzi! Siyanqikaza, umsindo uyasihlasela, sidlula ifindo lokugcina lentambo yokuphepha bese sihudulwa njengegobolondo le-walnut. Ngemuva kokubonakala kokuqala sizama ukubopha kepha asikwazi ngoba izindonga ziyashelela futhi ziyashelela; intambo ihamba ngesivinini esigcwele futhi phambi kwethu kukhona ubumnyama kuphela, okungaziwa.
Sithuthuke sasebenzisa amamitha angama-200 entambo esiwaphethe futhi umfula uhlala unjalo. Buqamama, sizwa ukuduma kwenye impophoma njengoba kubonakala sengathi igalari iyanda. Sizwa ukuthi amakhanda ethu ayaduma ngenxa yomsindo futhi nemizimba yethu imanzi; kwanele namuhla. Manje, kufanele silwe namandla amanje, sazi ukuthi unhlangothi ngalunye lusilethela ukukhanya.
Ukuhlola kuyaqhubeka futhi impilo enkanjini ayiphumuli kakhulu ukusho, ngoba nsuku zonke amalitha angama-40 amanzi omfula kufanele akhululwe ngamamitha ayi-120 wamadonga amile. Izinsuku zemvula kuphela ezisisindisa kulo msebenzi, kepha uma iqhubeka, yonke into iphendukela odakeni, akukho okomile futhi konke kubolile. Ngemuva kwesonto kulo mbuso womswakama owedlulele, okokusebenza kwefilimu kubolile futhi isikhunta sikhula phakathi kwamalensi wezinhloso zekhamera. Into kuphela emelana nomoya weqembu ngoba nsuku zonke ukuhlola kwethu kusisa phambili kugalari ekhula njalo. Yeka indlela okuxaka ngayo ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kanjena ngaphansi kwehlathi! Uphahla alubonakali kahle futhi ngezikhathi ezithile umsindo wesifufula uyasethusa, kepha yimifula nje ewela ezimbotsheni zomhume.
Njengoba sasesiphelelwe ngamamitha angu-1 000 entambo esasiyiphethe, kwakudingeka siye ePalenque siyothenga ngaphezulu ukuze siyisebenzise lapho siphikisana nesikhathi samanje, futhi lapho sibuyela ekamu saba nokuvakashelwa okungalindelekile: abahlali base idolobha laseLa Esperanza eselathatha umhlalaphansi, elingaphesheya komhosha, babesilindile behlome ngocelemba nangezibhamu; babebaningi kakhulu, babebonakala bethukuthele futhi bambalwa abakhuluma iSpanishi. Siyazethula bese siyababuza ukuthi kungani beza. Basitshele ukuthi indawo yokungena kusinki isemasimini abo hhayi kulelo lelinye idolobha njengoba besitshele. Babefuna nokwazi ukuthi besifunani ngezansi. Sabatshela ukuthi iyini inhloso yethu futhi kancane kancane baba nobungane. Simeme abanye ukuthi behle nathi, okwadala ukuqhuma kovela, futhi sathembisa ukubadlulisela esigodini sakubo lapho sizoqeda ukuhlola.
Siqhubeka nokukhwabanisa kwethu futhi sizulazule kugalari emangalisayo. Izikebhe ezimbili ziyalandelana futhi namafayela ekhamera angabonakala ngekhethini lenkungu. Ngokungazelelwe, sifika endaweni lapho umsinga uzolile futhi ngenkathi sigwedla ebumnyameni sithukulula intambo okuyinkaba yethu. Ngokungazelelwe, sinaka ngoba ama-rapids azwakala phambili futhi siqaphile. Ngomsindo, kuzwakala ukukhala okuxakile okudonsa ukunaka kwethu: yizinkonjane! Ama-paddles ambalwa nokukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka akubonakali kude. Asikukholwa… ukuphuma kweHooray, sikwazile ukudlula!
Ukumemeza kwethu kuzwakala emgodini futhi kungekudala sizocwila neqembu lonke. Sakhazinyiswa yimisebe yelanga, futhi sonke sagxumela emanzini ngenjabulo nangenjabulo.
Izinsuku eziyi-18, uMfula iXumulá wasenza saphila izikhathi ezijabulisayo nezinzima. Bekungamasonto amabili wokuhlola nokuqopha kulo mfula ongaphansi komhlaba, okumangalisa kakhulu eMexico. Ngenxa yomswakama omningi kakhulu nomusi omningi asazi ukuthi yini eyaqoshwa, kodwa sinethemba lokuthi kukhona esikugcinile naphezu kwesimo sezulu esingesihle.
Izinkonjane zifika zizosibingelela okokugcina. Siyajabula ngoba sikwazile ukwenza iXumulá iveze imfihlo yayo evikelwe kahle. Kungakabiphi, ukususwa kwekamu lethu kuzophinde kugcwale uhlaza futhi ngeke kusaba nomkhondo wokudlula kwethu. Manje sicabanga ngephathi nabantu baseLa Esperanza. Ungabatshela kanjani ukuthi umcebo otholakele kwaba lapho iphupho lifezeka? Unkulunkulu wemvula akasikhohlisanga Siyabonga Chac!
