Ke Lanakila ʻana i nā Kiʻekiʻe: Ka ʻIke Piʻi ʻana iā Everest

ʻO ka Everest Base Camp Trek, i kaulana no kona mau hiʻohiʻona mauna kupaianaha a me ka hoʻoluʻu moʻomeheu hoihoi, ʻo ia nō ka huakaʻi o ke ola holoʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻomaka nā mea huakaʻi i kēia huakaʻi hoihoi, e lanakila ana i nā kiʻekiʻe a me nā pilikia pilikino i waena o ka hanohano o ka Himalayas.

Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kathmandu, ke kapikala ola o Nepal. ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale, i piha i ka moʻomeheu a me ka mōʻaukala, hāʻawi i kahi waihona waiwai o nā UNESCO World Heritage Sites e like me ka Swayambhunath Stupa a me ka Luakini ʻo Pashupatinath. Hana ʻo Kathmandu ma ke ʻano he preamble kupaianaha i ka huakaʻi mauna e hiki mai ana.

Ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma Kathmandu, lawe kahi mokulele pōkole hoihoi i nā mea hele wāwae i Lukla, ke puka i Everest. He huakaʻi huakaʻi kēia, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻike mua o nā piko Himalayan paʻakikī a hoʻopau me ka pae ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele kaulana ʻo Tenzing-Hillary.

Mai Lukla mai, wehe ka huakaʻi ma waena o nā kauhale Sherpa nani, nā ululāʻau rhododendron emerald, a me nā muliwai e halulu ana. Holo ia ma Phakding a piʻi i ke kūlanakauhale Sherpa piha i ka poʻe ʻōpiopio o Namche Bazaar. ʻO kēia kikowaena mauna nani, kahi wahi kaulana no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi o nā piko o Khumbu a lawelawe ma ke ʻano he wahi e hui ai nā moʻomeheu like ʻole.

Ma ke alahele, ʻike nā mea hele wāwae i nā ʻike kūikawā ma nā kauhale ʻo Tengboche, Dingboche, a me Lobuche. Mai ke ʻano uhane o ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Tengboche a hiki i ka piʻi ʻana i nā ala piʻi o Lobuche, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu e hoʻokokoke aku i nā mea huakaʻi i kā lākou pahuhopu hope loa - ʻo ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest.

He manawa koʻikoʻi ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest . Ma ka wāwae o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, i hoʻopuni ʻia e kahi panorama o nā pilikua Himalayan kiʻekiʻe, hoʻomaopopo maoli nā mea hele wāwae i ka hanohano o kā lākou huakaʻi. ʻO ka Khumbu Icefall, kahi hiʻohiʻona hoihoi, e hoʻohui i ka hanohano nui o kēia wahi.

Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i pau ka huakaʻi ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana aku i Kala Patthar e hāʻawi i nā mea hele wāwae i kahi hiʻohiʻona ākea o ka piko o ka mauna ʻo Everest, i ʻauʻau ʻia i ka ʻōlinolino gula o ka puka ʻana o ka lā. Ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 5545m, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe o ka nānā ʻana o Kala Patthar.

ʻAʻole wale ka huakaʻi hele wāwae he ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻāina ākea, akā he luʻu hohonu hoʻi ia i loko o ka moʻomeheu Sherpa waiwai. Hoʻohui ka mehana, ke kūpaʻa, a me ka hoʻokipa o ka poʻe Sherpa i kahi ʻano pumehana i kēia huakaʻi. Hāpai ke ala i ka pilina aloha, me nā mea hele wāwae e hoʻokumu ana i nā pilina mau loa i waena o ka ʻike like o kā lākou huakaʻi.

He hōʻike ka Everest Base Camp Trek i ke ahonui o ke kanaka, ke ahonui, a me ke kūpaʻa. He mea kupaianaha nā uku - he hiʻohiʻona o ke ao i ʻike ʻia mai waena o ka hanohano o ka Himalayas, kahi pilina hohonu me ke kūlohelohe, a me ka ʻuhane wiwo ʻole o ka huakaʻi.

I ka hopena, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ke kahua o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ke kumu o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua. E pili ana ia i ka lanakila ʻana i nā palena pilikino, ka ʻapo ʻana i nā pilikia, a me ka hele ʻana mai me nā kiʻi kupaianaha a me ka mahalo hou no ke kūpaʻa o ke kūlohelohe a me ka ʻuhane kanaka. Hoʻomanaʻo ia i nā mea a pau ʻaʻohe piko kiʻekiʻe loa ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka makemake e piʻi.