Yeyona ntaba iphakamileyo ehlabathini

Rhoqo ngonyaka nge-11 kuDisemba, uSuku lweNtaba lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lubhiyozelwa. Umhla obaluleke kakhulu wokubhiyozela indalo kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi bayo kunye nokubaluleka kokuyinyamekela. Nangona kunjalo, naluphi na usuku lulungile ukuqala kwi-adventure yokwazi ezinye zeentaba eziphakamileyo emhlabeni. Ngaba ukulungele ukufumana ezi ntaba zili-10 ze-vertigo? Ukuba uyayithanda indalo kwaye uqala ukhenketho awunakuphulukana nesithuba esilandelayo.

I-Annapurna (8.091 yeemitha)

Intaba eyoyikekayo kwiiHimalaya yiAnnapurna, intaba yeshumi ephezulu emhlabeni. Yafunyanwa okokuqala ngo-1950 ngohambo lwase-France kwaye yaziwa ngokuba yiNtaba eqalekisiweyo yokuba neyona pesenti iphezulu yomngcipheko kuluhlu lweentaba. Ngapha koko, ngowona mngcipheko ubulalayo kwaye ke ngowona mceli mngeni mkhulu kwabo bakhweleyo abanobuganga bonyuka.

Akumangalisi ukuba kwi-14 lamawaka asibhozo emhlabeni, i-Annapurna yeyona incinci inyukayo. Phantse bonke abaguli abasibhozo bayigcina okokugqibela. Bagcina amandla kwinto abayaziyo ukuba iya kuba yinto enzima.

Nanga Parbat (8.125 yeemitha)

Kunye no-Annapurna kunye ne-K2, ii-Nanga Parbat zezona zigebenga zintathu zoyikekayo phakathi kwabakhweli beentaba ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo. Yabizwa njenge ntaba ebulalayo ngohambo lokuqala olwafikelela encotsheni ngo-1953 kuba kwathatha ubomi babantu abaninzi ngaphambili.

Ingqungquthela yesithoba ephezulu kwihlabathi ibekwe eGilgit-Baltistan kumantla ePakistan kwaye ivala uluhlu lweHimalaya esiphelweni sayo esentshona. Kulwimi lwaseKashmiri u-Nanga Parbat uthetha intaba engenanto kwaye ibhekisa kwinto yokuba akukho luhlaza kumathambeka alo. Ngolunye ulwimi lwasekhaya olubizwa ngokuba yiShina Nanga Parbat yaziwa ngokuba yiDeomir, oko kukuthi intaba yoothixo. Amabali amaninzi ahombisa le ndawo apho ilanga likhanya, imbonakalo yomhlaba ilungile.

IManlu (8.163 yeemitha)

Le yeyona ntaba yesibhozo iphakamileyo emhlabeni kwaye ikwiMansiri Himal massif kwiiHimalaya (Nepal) kwaye ibonakaliswa yimozulu embi, eyonyusa ubunzima bonyuka kwabahamba ngeentaba kunye namazinga okusweleka.

Igama layo lithetha intaba yomoya kwaye uManaslu wanyuswa okokuqala ngamalungu ohambo lwaseJapan e1956. Nantsi ipaki yeSizwe yaseManlulu, eyasekwa ngenjongo yokugcina kunye nokufumana uphuhliso oluzinzileyo kwindawo leyo iyimida, ebandakanya isanti kunye nencopho ebizwa ngegama layo.

Dhaulagiri (8.167 yeemitha)

Ime kumantla eNepal, iDhaulagiri okanye intaba emhlophe eSanskrit yeyona ncopho iphakamileyo yesihlanu eyenza ubunzima begama elifanayo kwaye kuphela kwayo okungaphezulu kweemitha ezingama-8.000. Yayenye yeencopho ezithathe ezona zide ukuba zithweswe isithsaba, ukusukela kude kube ngoMeyi 1960 akukho namnye umntu owakha wanyathela phezulu ngaphambili, ebekwe kwiimitha eziyi-8.167 ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle. Abokuqala abenza njalo yayingamaSwitzerland nabaseOstriya.

Cho Oyu (8.188 yeemitha)

I-Cho Oyu yintaba yesithandathu ephezulu eMhlabeni. Igama lakhe lithetha kwiTibetan uthixokazi oluluhlaza. Le ntaba yaqala ukusetyenziswa njengoqeqesho ukunyuka iNtaba i-Everest, xa abakhweli babehlola iintaba zeHimalaya. Okwangoku ithathwa njengeyona ntaba ilula ukunyuka kumawaka asibhozo.

IMakalu (8.485 yeemitha)

Le yintaba yesihlanu ephezulu eMhlabeni enobude obuziimitha ezingama-8.463. Ime kwindawo yaseMahalangur yeeHimalaya 19 km kumazantsi mpuma eNtaba i-Everest, kumda ophakathi kwe China ne Nepal.

Yenye yeentaba ezinzima kakhulu ukunyuka ngenxa yobume bayo bephiramidi obunemiphetho ebukhali kunye neendlela ezixineneyo. Abanyusi beentaba kufuneka basebenzise ubuchwephesha kunye neendlela zokunyuka amatye kuba ukunyuka kwabo kunye nokuhla kunzima kakhulu.

ILhotse (8.516 yeemitha)

Yintaba yesine ephezulu emhlabeni, idluliswe kuphela yi-Everest, K2 kunye neKangchenjunga. Inxalenye yomda weNepal kunye neChina njengoko idityaniswe ne-Everest. Lelinye lamanqaku e-foray encotsheni ye-Everest kwaye ubuso bayo basemazantsi buyeyona intaba. Le ndawo yaseLhotse ikwayindawo elusizi yokulahleka kwabantu bezama ukufikelela encotsheni.

Kangchenjunga (8.611 yeemitha)

Yeyona ntaba iphakamileyo eIndiya kwaye yeyesibini eNepal. Igama layo lithetha ubuncwane obuhlanu bekhephu kuba kwiKirant ingcwele kwaye incopho nganye imele iindawo ezintlanu zikaThixo: igolide, isilivere, amatye anqabileyo, ukutya okuziinkozo kunye neencwadi ezingcwele. IKangchenjunga yintaba yesithathu ephezulu ehlabathini.

I-K2 (8.611 yeemitha)

Yintaba eyeyentaba yeKarakorum, kumda ophakathi kwePakistan ne China. Yeyona ntaba yesibini iphakamileyo emhlabeni kwaye yeyona nto inzima ukuyinyuka njengoko inokunyuka okunobungozi kune-Everest. Ngapha koko, iipesenti ezingama-25 zabo bazama ukufikelela phezulu bayafa bezama. Ukunyuka kokuqala kwe-K2 kwenziwa ngama-Italiya Achille Compagnoni kunye noLino Lacedelli ngo-1954.

I-Everest (8.840 yeemitha)

I-Everest ikwindawo ephezulu yeentaba eziphezulu emhlabeni ngeemitha zayo ezingama-8.840 zokuphakama. Ime kwiiHimalaya, kwingingqi yeNepalese yaseTibet. Wonke umntu okhwela amaphupha okwenza ukunyuka kwale ntaba kwaye kukuba ukunyuka kwe-Everest kuthathwa njengenye yezona zinto ziyingozi ebomini, apho abantu abaninzi bewile kwilinge lokuthwesa umhlaba.