KATHMANDU, Nepal - Kushone okungenani abagibeli abangu-11 esigamekweni seSonto ekuseni eManaslu, isiqongo esiphakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kusho umshayeli wendiza obambe iqhaza emizamweni yokutakula.
USteve Bruce Bokan weFishtail Air uthe labo abaxhumanisa lo mbiko wokutakula bafinyelela kwabangu-38 abalahlekile.
Isikhulu sezintaba saseFrance sehlise isibalo saba ngu-15, kodwa sathi kube nzima ukuthola izibalo ngqo kwiziphathimandla zaseNepal.
Izakhamizi ezine zaseFrance ziphakathi kwabashonile, kanti abanye abathathu badukile, kusho uChristian Trommsdorff, oyiphini likamengameli weNational Syndicate of High Mountain Guides eChamonix, eFrance.
Uthe abatakuli ezindizeni ezinophephela emhlane bagxile ekukhipheni abalimele. Baphinde bathola nezidumbu zamadoda amane aseFrance.
Omunye wabasindile - ngokusho komhleli oyinhloko we-EpicTV.com, inkampani yamafilimu eyenza izici zokushushuluza, ukukhuphuka neminye imidlalo yezokuzijabulisa - nguGlen Plake, yena nabanye abagibeli bezintaba ezimbili ababehlele ukwehla kule ngqungquthela kuma-skis ngaphandle kosizo lomoya-mpilo.
UTrey Cook uthe ukhulume noPlake ngocingo lwesathelayithi kanti ushushuluza wathi: “Bekuyingozi enkulu, enkulu. Bangu-14 abantu abalahlekile. Kwakunamatende angama-25 eKamu 3 futhi wonke acekelwa phansi; Amatende ayi-12 eKamu 2 aboshwe ngamabhanoyi azulazulwa. ”
UPlake ulahlekelwe ngamazinyo ambalwa angaphambili futhi walimala iso ngemuva kokushayelwa amamitha angama-300 (985 feet) ezansi nentaba, uCook utshele i-CNN. UPlake ubesesikhwameni sakhe sokulala, etendeni lakhe futhi esenesibani asisebenzisayo ukufunda amavesi akhe eBhayibheli, kusho uCook.
Ngemuva kwe-avalanche, uPlake wahamba wayofuna abanye abantu ekamu, bonke obekufanele ukuthi bagqoke ama-transceivers e-avalanche - imishini kagesi engakhombisa abanye abamukeli abafanayo - njengoba wayenjalo.
Ozakwabo ababili bebengatholakali, okubalwa nomuntu abehlala naye etendeni, kusho uPlake etshela uCook.
Ukudilika kwamabhanoyi, okwenzeke ngeSonto cishe ngo-5 ekuseni ngesikhathi sendawo, kungenzeka kubangelwe ucezu olukhulu lweqhwa oluwele enguzini yeqhwa ngenhla kwekamu, kusho uTrommsdorff.
UCook uthe wayecabanga ukuthi kwakuwucezu lweqhwa olulingana nezinkundla zebhola eziyisithupha noma eziyisikhombisa.
Iningi labaqali bezintaba belimise amatende ngamamitha ayi-6,600 (21,650 feet), kusho uYograj Kadel weSimrik Air, naye obebambe iqhaza ekusizeni. Abanye abagibeli bezintaba ngokusobala babengamamitha angama-500 (1,640 amamitha) ngaphansi kwekamu elacekelwa phansi, ngokusho kombiko we-EpicTV.com.
Intaba ingamamitha ayi-8,163 (26,780 amamitha) ukuphakama.
UKenton Cool, umgibeli wezintaba ovela eNgilandi ofike engqungqutheleni yaseManachlu ngo-2010, utshele i-CNN ukuthi isimo sezulu phakathi nenkathi yangemva kwemvula singazinza. Abangani bakhe entabeni bamtshele ukuthi ezinsukwini eziyi-10 ezedlule bekukhona "iqhwa eliphakeme impela kule ntaba," esho.
Amaqembu ngokuvamile alinda iqhwa elisha ukuze lihlale ngaphambi kokushiya ikamu.
Izikhulu zithi isimo sezulu esingesihle siholele ekutheni bahlehlise eminye imizamo yokusesha kuze kube uMsombuluko.
UCool, othe uManaslu "unedumela elisabekayo," wabikezela ukuthi izisesheli zizoba nzima ukuthola abanye babantu abasentabeni. Indawo lapho kwehle khona i-avalanche yisiza semifantu emikhulu ethile.
"Kuzoba nzima ukwazi kahle ukuthi wonke umuntu ubekuphi," kusho yena. "Kuzoba nzima ukuthola izidumbu, ingasaphathwa eyokuzilanda."
Ngokusho kweziphathimandla zezokuvakasha eNepal, abagibeli bezintaba abavela kwamanye amazwe abangama-231 abavela emaqenjini angama-25 babezama ukukhuphuka intaba esikhathini samanje sekwindla esiphela ngoNovemba. Bathe kubulawe owaseSpain, owaseJalimane nowaseNepal.
