Izithandani zibopha i-Knot On Mount Everest Ngemuva kokuhamba izintaba amasonto amathathu

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U-Ashley Schmeider noJames Sisson bebengafuni umshado ojwayelekile. Ngakho-ke lapho ekugcineni bethatha isinqumo sokubopha ifindo, lo mbhangqwana welulela umthwebuli wezithombe zomshado we-adventure uCharleton Churchill ukubona ukuthi angalifeza yini iphupho labo.

Ekuqaleni, uSchmeider wasikisela ukuya endaweni eshisayo, kodwa uChurchill wayenezinhlelo zakhe. Umthwebuli zithombe ozinze eCalifornia ubehlale efuna ukushutha umshado eMount Everest Base Camp. Eqinisweni, wayenikeze umbono wokuthi adutshulwe kanye neminye imibhangqwana, kepha ukuzamazama komhlaba kwachitha uhambo lwabo. Lapho efaka umqondo ku-Ashley noJames, bonke babengenile.

"Ngendlela ebesingathanda ngayo ukuhlanganyela usuku lwethu olukhethekile nomndeni wethu nabangane, sobabili siheheke emcabangweni wokukhumbula ngesikhathi seholide elimangalisayo," kusho uSchmeider I-Daily Mail. "Sobabili siyabathanda abangaphandle futhi sinolwazi endaweni ephakeme engafinyelela kumamitha ayi-14,000, kodwa besazi ukuthi uhambo lwamaviki amathathu i-Everest Base Camp beluzoba nzima ngokwengeziwe ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo kunanoma yini esike sabhekana nayo." (Khuluma ngokuhlola ubudlelwano babo!)

Laba bobathathu bachitha unyaka olandelayo beziqeqeshela ukukhuphuka ngamamayela angama-38 beya kwesinye sezizinda ezihamba phambili emhlabeni. Futhi lapho isikhathi sifika, uChurchill wayeselungele ukubhala lonke lolu hambo. Kamuva wathumela izithombe zesipiliyoni kubhulogi yakhe yezithombe.

“Liqale ukukhithika kanzima ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ohambweni,” ebhala. "Ngokomhlahlandlela wethu weSherpa, lisiphonsele iqhwa eliningi kunalokho ebelikade likhona ebusika bonke."

Amazinga okushisa abanda kabuhlungu endaweni ephakeme kakhulu enza umsebenzi wakhe wokuthatha izithombe zombhangqwana endaweni engakholeki kunzima kakhulu, kuchaza uChurchill. "Izandla zethu bezizomisa ngokushesha uma zingashiywa ngaphandle kwamagilavu," esho.

Ngaphandle kwamakhaza, laba abathathu baphinde babhekana nokugula okuphezulu kakhulu kanye nobuthi bokudla, kepha lokho akuzange kubavimbe ekwenzeni phezulu. Futhi lapho ekugcineni befike engqungqutheleni, batshelwa ukuthi bazodla ihora nesigamu, bashade, baqoqe izimpahla zabo, futhi bagibele indiza enophephela emhlane. Ngakho-ke yilokho abakwenzile-ngaphandle kwezinga lokushisa ngaphandle, elalingama -11 degrees Fahrenheit.

Lezi zithandani zashintshana ngezifungo nangezindandatho ezingamamitha ayi-17 000 zizungezwe i-orchestra yezintaba neqhwa elidumile likaKhumbu ngemuva kwazo.

"Ngangifuna ukubhala phansi izithandani zangempela ezazizoshada, nohambo lwazo, ubuhlungu, injabulo, ukukhathala, izingqinamba, kanye namakhemikhali ezithandani," kusho uChurchhill. I-Daily Mail. "Ngaphezu kwalokho, bengifuna ukuveza umehluko okhona phakathi kwezintaba ezinkulu ezisabisayo nothando oluncane, olubuthaka phakathi kwabantu ababili."

Singasho ukuthi wayibethela.

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