Emashumini amaningi eminyaka i-Everest, intaba ende kunazo zonke Emhlabeni, idonse abantu abaningi abafuna injabulo kanye nabaqwali bezintaba abamagange ukuphusha imingcele yabo ngokumelene nezithiyo ezinzima kakhulu. Ngeshwa, isisebenze njengendawo yokugcina yabaningi. Nokumosha kwabo.
Ibizwa ngokuthi 'Intaba Yemfucumfucu' ngonyaka wezi-2000, Everest manje kuyisikhumbuzo esiqinile sokukhokhwa kwabantu kwemvelo, njengoba kuboniswa izikhulu esifundeni ezizwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngesimo samanje.
I-Mount Everest, eyake yaziwa njengenye yezindawo ezingakaze zithintwe futhi ezihlanzekile eMhlabeni, ngeshwa isishintshile yaba indawo yokulahla enkulukazi.
Lesi simo esibucayi sibangelwa inselele ekhulayo yokwamukela ukuthutheleka okwandayo kwabaqwali izintaba, ingxenye enkulu yabo engawunaki umthwalo wabo wemfanelo wokugcina inhlanzeko. Isimo siye saba sibi kangangokuthi umoya usungcoliswe ukunuka kwendle njengoba iqhwa seliqala ukuncibilika.
INtaba i-Everest, emi endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angu-29,032, isemngceleni ophakathi. Nepal kanye neTibet. Inkathi yokuqwala yale ntaba ebabazekayo iba ngo-April nango-May, nenkathi yezinyanga ezimbili engaziwa kangako ngo-September. Kunamakamu amabili ayisisekelo atholakalayo abagibeli, eyodwa ifinyelelwa eNorth Ridge kanti enye isuka eSoutheast Ridge. Ngaphambi kokufika engqungqutheleni, kunamakamu amathathu engeziwe: Ikamu 2 ngamamitha angu-21,300, iCamp 3 ngamamitha angu-23,950, kanye neCamp 4 ngamamitha angu-26,000.
Cishe abaqwali abangu-500 bathatha uhambo oluyinselele ukuze bafinyelele esiqongweni unyaka ngamunye. Ngonyaka ka-2023, iNepal yanikeza isamba sezimvume ezingama-478 zabaqwali ababehlose ukunqoba iMount Everest. Ezimvumeni ezingu-209 ezabelwa u-April 2024, ezingu-44 zanikezwa abaqwali abavela e-United States, abangu-22 kwabaqwali abavela eChina, abangu-17 kwabaqwali abavela eJapane, abangu-16 kwabaqwali abavela eRussia, abangu-13 kwabakhuphuka e-United Kingdom.
Kusukela kulo nyaka, abaqwali abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba abahlose ukunqoba le ntaba edumile kuzodingeka bathole isikhwama sendlu yangasese ekamu base bese beyisa engqungqutheleni. Lapho behla, banesibopho sokunikela ngesikhwama kanye nemfucuza yabo.
Umasipala wasemakhaya, onegunya phezu kweMount Everest, usebenzise umthetho omusha kwabaqwali izintaba kulo nyaka ukugcina inhlanzeko entabeni.
"Imfucumfucu yabantu, njengomchamo nendle, ibilokhu idala ukungcola, ngakho-ke sihlinzeka abagibeli ngezikhwama ze-poo ukuze bavikele i-Mount Everest kanye nezifunda ezizungezile zase-Himalaya," kusho uMingma Chhiri Sherpa, usihlalo kaMasipala waseMakhaya waseKhumbu Pasang Lhamu, kusho uMingma Chhiri Sherpa.
Udaba lokuphathwa kwemfucuza yabantu ezintabeni zase-Himalaya luya ngokushuba, ikakhulukazi esifundeni sase-Everest. Ngokwanda komsebenzi womuntu, ukunqwabelana komchamo nendle kuba inkinga eqhubekayo. Phakathi nenkathi yokukhuphuka yezinsuku ezingu-45, amakhulu abantu ahlala e-Everest Base Camp bengenazo izindlu zangasese ezifanele, okwenza kube nzima inselelo yokulahlwa kwemfucuza.
I-Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee ibike ukuthi ngesikhathi sentwasahlobo, cishe abaqwali abangu-350 bavakashela ikamu eliyisisekelo futhi bashiye ngemuva amathani angama-70 emfucuza. Le mfucumfucu ihlanganisa amathani ayi-15-20 emfucumfucu yabantu, amathani angama-20-25 epulasitiki nephepha, kanye namathani ayi-15-20 emfucumfucu yasekhishini eyonakalayo.
