Inkcubeko yaseMelika ijikeleze umhlaba ngesandla kunye nomzi mveliso wayo onamandla wenkcubeko. Akukho mathandabuzo, siyazazi iindawo, iikona, iindawo zokufikela, ngaphakathi eUnited States, esingazange sanyathela okanye siphupha ukutyelela: IGrand Canyon yeColorado omnye wazo?
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, yindawo ekufanele ukubonwa kuyo. Zibugqithisile ubukhulu bayo, ubungangamsha bayo, ubuhle bayo obufihliweyo. Kungenxa yoko le nto namhlanje sizakugxila kule ngozi yendalo eyenziwe kwizigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo esisilindileyo ENyakatho Melika.
Grand Canyon
Ngumqolo canyon eyenze uMlambo iColorado eArizona. Linganisa Iikhilomitha ezingama-446 ubude neekhilomitha ezingama-29 ububanzi. Kwindawo yayo enzulu ingaphezulu kwe-1800 yeemitha.
Namhlanje yonke le ndawo iyinxalenye ye- IPaki yeSizwe iGrand Canyon kunye nokubhukisha okumbalwa komthonyama, iHualapai kunye neNavajo, ngakumbi. I-canyon yenziwa kwiminyaka emibini yeebhiliyoni eyadlulayo kwaye namhlanje i-geologists ziyavuma ukuba malunga nezigidi ezintlanu okanye ezithandathu zeminyaka eyadlulayo uMlambo iColorado ngokuqinisekileyo wayiseka ikhosi yawo, wayibumba kwaye eqhubeka esenza nzulu kwaye andise umsantsa.
Nangona iyi-canyon enzulu ayisiyiyo eyona canyon inzulu emhlabeni, leyo iseNepal, kodwa inkulu ngokwenene nokuma kwayo ngendlela entsonkothileyo kuyenza ibe ntle.
Ukhenketho lweGrand Canyon
Itsala iindwendwe ezizigidi ezintlanu unyaka kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-80% ngabemi base-US ngelixa abanye bevela eYurophu. Kufuneka kuthiwe Kukho amacandelo amabini: iSouth Rim kunye neNorth Rim. I South Rim ivuliwe unyaka wonke kwaye kusebudeni beenyanga zasehlotyeni, phakathi kukaJuni nango-Agasti, apho kukho abantu abaninzi kodwa ngexesha lentwasahlobo ikwayinto eyaziwayo kwaye iyafana ekwindla, ukusuka ngoSeptemba ukuya ku-Okthobha.
Ngokucacileyo, ebusika inani leendwendwe liyehla kakhulu kuba kuyabanda. Inyaniso, Umantla oMantla uvala ebusika kwaye ivula phakathi ku-Meyi naphakathi ku-Okthobha ukuba imozulu intle. Licandelo elifumana ngokwendalo ukutyelelwa okumbalwa ayinazibonelelo zininzi kangaka njengomntakwabo wasezantsi. Phakathi kwabo kukho iikhilomitha ezingama-350, malunga neeyure ezintlanu xa uqhuba.
I-Rim yoMzantsi okanye i-Extreme South imalunga ne-2300 yeemitha zokuphakama kunye noMantla weRim malunga ne-2700 yeemitha. Ukuphakama okuninzi ukuze umntu adinwe ngokulula. UMlambo iColorado udlula kwiimitha ezili-1500 ngaphantsi koMzantsi Rim, ngaphantsi kakhulu, ngoko kubonakala kuphela kwiindawo ezimbalwa ezibekwe ngobuchule.
Ukuba ufuna ukuyibona ke kuya kufuneka uthathe ijeep kwaye wenze iiyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ukusuka kwiRim esemazantsi usiya eLees Ferry. Nantsi iLees Ferry umlambo "ngokusesikweni" uqala kwaye ziimitha ezimbalwa ubunzulu. I-South Rim ziikhilomitha ezili-100 ukusuka eWilliams, eArizona kwaye i-130 isuka eFlagstaff, isixeko sisebenza ngoololiwe baseAmtrak. Ukusuka apha ungakhwela iibhasi eziya eGrand Canyon.
Umantla okude yindawo enabantu abambalwa kwaye ekude kakhulu. Akukho sikhululo seenqwelomoya okanye isikhululo sikaloliwe esikufutshane ukuze ufike kuphela ngemoto. Ungabhabha uye eLas Vegas, iikhilomitha ezingama-420 ukuya entshona, kodwa akukho zithuthi zikawonkewonke ziye kweli candelo lepaki, iibhasi zonyaka kuphela ezidibanisa amazantsi nomntla ngexesha lonyaka. Njengoko besitshilo, iSouth Rim ivuliwe unyaka wonke iiyure ezingama-24.
Iibhasi zokuhamba simahla kwindawo enabantu abaninzi eGrand Canyon. Khumbula ukuba ukujoyina zombini iziphelo ngemoto kubandakanya ukuhamba iiyure ezintlanu. Kwinxalenye yayo, uMantla okude uvulwa kuphela ukusuka ngoMeyi ukuya ku-Okthobha, eyindawo yokuhlala kunye nendawo yeenkampu. Kuhlala kucetyiswa ukuba wenze ukubhuka. Ungakulingeli ukuqhuba kuba kukho ikhephu, ngoko ke kufuneka kuthiwe akucebisi ukuba wenze nantoni na enomdla apha.
Kulungile ngokusisiseko eyona misebenzi mihle ijolise kwindawo ekuthiwa yi-Extreme South Kodwa into esiyenzayo iya kuxhomekeka kwixesha esinalo. Ngeeyure ezimbalwa sinokuhamba amanqaku e-panoramic ukusuka kuMather, Yaki okanye Yavapai, ngesiqingatha sosuku okhoyo sinokufunda okuncinci malunga Imbali yejoloji ye-canyon kwelinye lamaziko abatyeleli, hamba ngebhayisekile okanye ngeenyawo umzila weGreenway oya eParaje Pima okanye uthathe isikhephe esiyiHemrit Airway.
Ungasayina kwakhona kwi Iinkqubo zeRanger, kodwa kuya kufuneka usazi isiNgesi, kunjalo. Ukuba usuku lonke kuninzi Iindlela ezinde zokwenza, umzekelo i-South Kaibab okanye i-Bright Angel, okanye ngemoto yenza Indlela yokujonga iNtlango. Kwaye ukuba uneentsuku ezimbalwa, kufanelekile kuba asizukuhamba umgama omde ukuhamba iiyure ezimbalwa, ngokucacileyo, singacwangcisa imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo nge-canyon.
Nokuba sivela kude, asinakuhlala nje emazantsi, kufuneka sityelele emantla. Kule meko kuhlala kucetyiswa ukuba uqeshe ukhenketho kodwa ungakhetha ukuhamba, ukukhwela ijee, ukukhwela imeyile, okanye ukubuyela emva Ukufumana ubuhle be-canyon.
Ngaba iGrand Canyon National Park inendawo yokungena ehlawulelweyo? Ewe, umnyango kubandakanya zombini iziphelo kwaye isebenza iveki enye, iintsuku ezisixhenxe, ke unexesha lokucwangcisa uhambo. Ukuba uhamba ngemoto kufuneka uqhubekise imvume kwi-30. Ukuba uhamba ngesithuthuthu kubiza kancinci kwaye kubiza iidola ezingama-25. Umntu omdala ohamba ngeenyawo okanye ngebhayisekile okanye njengelungu leqela uhlawula iidola ezili-15.
Ukuba uthatha isigqibo inkampu ngaphakathi epakini Kufuneka uhlawule, ngobusuku bonke. Kuya kufuneka ubhukishe kwaye ezi ntlobo zamatikiti ziyathengiswa ngokukhawuleza ukuze ungalali. Kwaye ukuba awufuni ukwenza inkampu kukho iihotele kunye iindawo zokulala. Indawo yokuhlala kuphela emazantsi e-canyon yi-Phantom Ranch eneekhabini ezigcinwe ukuya kuthi ga kwiinyanga ezili-13 ngaphambili.
Kwaye ekugqibeleni, asinakukunceda kodwa sikhumbule ukuba iGrand Canyon ayikho eNew York okanye eOrlando kodwa kwikona ekude kakhulu eUnited States. Oku kuthetha ukuba awunazinto zintofontofo zinikezelwa zizixeko ezikhulu, nangokocweyo lweemoto, iinkonzo zesibhedlele okanye izikhululo zegesi. Kuluzuko ukusuka ekuqaleni kuye esiphelweni ngoko ke kufuneka ubekhona kuzo zonke iinkcukacha ukuba sihamba sodwa, oko kukuthi, siqesha imoto okanye ikharavani. Ukuba awufuni kuva ubunzima, kuya kuhlala kukho ukhenketho.