ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Abavakashi abayishumi ababanjwe umoya onamandla kanye nesiphepho esishisayo base becishe baphelelwa wukudla bandize besuka endaweni eyiqhwa eMount McKinley ngempelasonto.
Isimo sezulu esibi siphendule ukuhlala kweviki konke kwaba uhambo lwamasonto amabili oluphele ngeSonto.
I-Hudson Air yenza uhambo olune ukuze ilande abantu abayishumi nambili e-Ruth Glacier, ikamu eliyisisekelo elingamamitha angu-5,500.
“Ngafunda kakhulu isiJapane,” kusho u-Amy Beaudoin, oneminyaka engu-32, umfundisi wase-Alaska Mountaineering School owayekhonza njengomqondisi weqembu. “Futhi bafunde isiNgisi esiningi. Bekuhlangene.”
Abashisekeli iningi labo bekungamalungu asekolishi kanye nentsha e-Aurora Club, ethathe uhambo lwasekuseni lwasentwasahlobo oluya eMcKinley iminyaka, kusho uBeaudoin. Iqembu lihlonipha uMichio Hoshino waseJapan, umthwebuli wezithombe zemvelo owayehlala e-Alaska futhi wahola idlanzana lezingane ohambweni oluya eRuth Glacier ngaphambi kokuba abulawe ibhere eRussia ngo-1996.
UBeaudoin uthe isimo sezulu esineziphepho safika ngoMashi 29, kusasele izinsuku ezimbili ukuthi iqembu lisuke entabeni. Isonto lonke, usuku ngalunye lwaluletha iqhwa noma imimoya enamandla eyenza ukuba kungabibikho kakhulu ukuhamba kwezindiza. NgoLwesihlanu ekuseni nje kuphela, kwawa iqhwa elingaphezu kwamamitha amabili, kusho uBeaudoin.
Iqembu laligcwala iqhwa enkundleni yezindiza nsuku zonke, esho. Yazigcina imatasa ngokuqwala iPhoyinti likaMichio, eliqanjwe ngoHoshino; ngokudweba nokubhala; nangokudlala isiginci esishiywe amanye amalungu e-Aurora Club ohambweni lwango-1998 oluya entabeni.
"Akekho owayazi ukuthi isiginci sidlalwa kanjani," kusho uBeaudoin. “Besiyidlulisa sidlale umculo ongekho emthethweni, ongalungile bese sihleka ngawo. Sikwazile ukuzijabulisa kahle kakhulu.”
Ekupheleni kwesonto eledlule, ukuhlinzekwa kokudla kwase kunciphile futhi amaJapane agasela ibhakede lokudla lezimo eziphuthumayo eDon Sheldon Mountain House ngaphezu kweqhwa.
“Inqwaba yakho kwakuwukudla ababengakaze bakudle ngaphambili, njenge-oatmeal esheshayo. Bekuhlekisa kakhulu. Bazamile ukwenza ikhukhi ephaketheni ngalinye,” kusho uBeaudoin. “Impela bebeyiqembu elihle kunawo wonke engake ngasebenza nawo. Bebefana nokuthi, KULUNGILE, asikwenze konke okusemandleni."
Isibhakabhaka sagcina sicwebile ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, savumela umbukiso omangalisayo wezibani zasenyakatho - enye yezinto amaJapane ayeze ukuzoyibona entabeni.
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