Kusukela kusasa, uMbuso omncane wase-Himalaya waseBhutan uzoba yikhaya le-ultra-marathon eyinselelo enkulu emhlabeni, umjaho wokuqala we-Snowman.
Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 13-17, 2022, isamba sabasubathi bokubekezela abangu-30 bazoqhudelana ezinsukwini ezinhlanu njengoba behamba ku-Snowman Trail: amakhilomitha angu-203 (125 miles) ngesilinganiso somoya-mpilo esingamamitha angu-4,500 (14,800 amafidi) ukuphakama.
Lolu hambo, ngokuvamile oludinga izinsuku ezingu-20 kuya kwezingu-25 ukuze luphothulwe, luhlanganisa abasubathi abavela emhlabeni wonke, kuhlanganise nabasubathi abangu-11 baseNyakatho Melika, bonke abajwayelene nesimo sezulu esimazombezombe nesiphakeme. Phakathi kwaleli qembu kukhona u-Meghan Hicks, owawina i-Marathon des Sables ka-2013 e-Morocco, kanye no-Roxy Vogel, owaqeda i-Seven Summits kanye nomuntu wokuqala emlandweni ukuqoqa i-Mt. Everest 'ukungena endlini ngendlu' emasontweni amabili. Lolu hambo olukhohlisayo - okubikwa ukuthi lube nezinga lemvula eliphezulu ngendlela engajwayelekile ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule - seluqedwe ngabantu abambalwa kunalabo abake bafika engqungqutheleni i-Everest. Umzila uzodlula ezindaweni eziningi ezinhle kakhulu zaseBhutan, okuhlanganisa indawo eqhelile yaseLunana yabelusi abayimizulane, indawo ephansi yentaba ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni iGangkhar Puensum, kanye neziqiwu ezimbili ezinkulu zezwe, iJigme Dorji National Park. kanye ne-Wangchuck Centennial Park. Umcimbi wonke uhlanganisa uhambo lwangaphambi komjaho weziphethu ezishisayo zaseGasa ukukhombisa imiphumela eyingozi yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kanye nengqungquthela yesimo sezulu sangemva komjaho.
I-Snowman Race iyingxenye yohlelo oluqanjwe uMhlonishwa Inkosi yaseBhutan, okuhloswe ngalo ukuqwashisa kabanzi mayelana nesimo esiphuthumayo sezulu. I-Bhutan - izwe lokuqala neliwukuphela kwe-carbon-negative emhlabeni - iyikhaya lezinto eziphilayo ezisongelwa kakhulu emhlabeni: i-Himalayas ephakeme.
''I-Bhutan ihlezi ilwela ukulwa nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, futhi siphakamise izwi lethu emhlabeni jikelele ngenxa yalesi sizathu ngoba siphila engozini enkulu ngenxa yemithelela yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu," kusho iNxusa uKesang Wangdi, uSihlalo we-Snowman Race Board. “Lokhu kugijima nakho konke okumele kukho, kuwuphawu lwezinselelo esinazo ngaphambi kwethu. Iminyaka embalwa ezayo izobaluleka kakhulu ekunqumeni ikusasa leplanethi yethu nazo zonke izakhamuzi zayo. Ngokuqwashisa nangezimali ezidingeka kakhulu zokuvikela indawo yethu yemvelo, lesi isinyathelo esisodwa esincane lapho sonke sidinga ukungena khona, ndawonye, ngaphambi kokuba siphelelwe yisikhathi. " Ngokuvulwa kabusha kwakamuva kwemingcele yayo ngoSepthemba 23, iBhutan iyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza izinhlelo zentuthuko eqhubekayo eziqhutshwa yimiphumela ezweni lonke njengomholi ozwakalayo ekulweni nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
