ʻO Soaring with the Gods: He alakaʻi piha i nā huakaʻi Helicopter Himalayan
ʻO Nepal, he lāhui i hoʻopuni ʻia ma ka puʻuwai o ka Himalayas, ua lōʻihi ka lilo ʻana i mea kāhea no nā mea huakaʻi, nā mea hele wāwae, a me nā mea ʻimi uhane. ʻO kona ʻāina he ʻano hana keaka o nā puʻu papahele, nā ʻauwai hohonu, a me nā piko mauna weliweli loa o ka honua, me ka mauna kaulana ʻo Everest . No nā makahiki he ʻumi, ʻo ke ala nui e ʻike ai i kēia hanohano ma ka wāwae, ma o nā huakaʻi paʻakikī a lōʻihi hoʻi. Eia nō naʻe, ua puka mai kahi ʻano hou o ka ʻimi ʻana, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona i mālama mua ʻia no nā mea piʻi mauna a me nā manu: ka huakaʻi helikopter.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa ka huakaʻi.
ʻAʻole wale ka huakaʻi helikopter Himalayan he lele; he ʻike hohonu, visceral, a hoʻololi. He puka ia i ka mea hiki ʻole ke komo, he hopena no ka poʻe i pilikia i ka manawa, a he laina ola no ka poʻe e moeʻuhane ana e ʻike i ka hale o ka honua akā ua kaupalena ʻia e nā palena kino a i ʻole ka papa manawa. Ke komo nei kēia alakaʻi huaʻōlelo 5000 i loko o kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao o kēia huakaʻi kupaianaha, mai ka uwē nui o nā rotors a hiki i ka weliweli mālie o ka lana ʻana ma mua o Everest.
ʻO Genesus a me Allure - No ke aha e koho ai i kahi huakaʻi Helicopter Himalayan?
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi helicopter ma Nepal e hui pū ʻia me ka ulu ʻana o kāna ʻoihana mokulele a me ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka noi honua no nā ʻike huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa, nani, a hiki ke loaʻa. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona paʻakikī e hoʻonani iā Nepal i mea paʻakikī ke hele. Ua lilo nā Helicopters i mea hana pono no ka hoʻopili ʻana, hoʻopakele, a me ka hopena, ka mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka huakaʻi helicopter he mau ʻano like ʻole:
Ka Pono o ka Manawa: ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa. Pono ka hele wāwae maʻamau ma Everest Base Camp Trek i ka liʻiliʻi he 12-14 mau lā. Hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kahi huakaʻi helikopter i ke kahua hoʻomoana a i ʻole kahi lele nani a puni ka piko i hoʻokahi kakahiaka mai Kathmandu. ʻO kēia ka mea e hiki ai i nā poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana, nā ʻohana me nā keiki liʻiliʻi, a i ʻole kekahi mea me kahi huakaʻi paʻa.
ʻO ke komo ʻana a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana: He hana koi kino ka hele wāwae e pono ai kahi pae o ke olakino a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻonui nā huakaʻi helikopter i ka ʻike Himalayan. He pōmaikaʻi lākou no nā poʻe ʻelemakule, nā poʻe me nā pilikia neʻe ʻana, a i ʻole ka poʻe ʻaʻohe manawa a makemake paha no kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi. Hōʻoia ia ʻaʻole he pono kūikawā wale nō ka hanohano o nā mauna no ka mea kino ikaika a me ka mea hoʻomanawanui.
ʻO ka Manaʻo Hope Loa: ʻOiai ʻo ka hele wāwae e hāʻawi i kahi pilina pili loa me ka ʻāina, hāʻawi ka helikopter i kahi hiʻohiʻona maka akua. ʻIke ʻoe i ka unahi, ka ʻāina, a me ka pilina o ka pae Himalayan ma ke ʻano hiki ʻole ke hele mai kahi ala. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā muliwai serpentine, nā glaciers e pālahalaha ana, a me nā piko e kīkoʻo ana i ka ʻaoʻao o ka honua he mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa a hoʻohiwahiwa hoʻi.
Ke komo ʻana i nā wahi hiki ʻole ke komo: ʻO kekahi mau wahi, e like me nā loko kapu o Gosaikunda a i ʻole nā piko mamao o ka ʻāina ʻo Dolpo, he paʻakikī loa a he manawa lōʻihi ke hiki aku ma ka wāwae. Hiki i nā helikopter ke pae ma kēia mau wahi kiʻekiʻe a mehameha, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike i loko o kahi honua i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi poʻe.
Hoʻohui ʻia ka Huakaʻi a me ka Hoʻohiwahiwa: ʻO ka ʻike o ka lele ʻana i loko o kahi helikopter ponoʻī he huakaʻi. I hui pū ʻia me ka ʻaina kakahiaka champagne ma kahi hōkele kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole kahi pae ʻana ma ke kumu o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, hoʻololi ia i mea hoʻohālike o ka hoʻohiwahiwa huakaʻi.
Ua pae ʻo Heli ma Kalapatthar
He Paleta o nā huakaʻi - Nā ʻano o nā huakaʻi Helicopter Himalayan
Hāʻawi ka palapala honua ʻokoʻa o Nepal i nā ʻano huakaʻi huakaʻi helicopter, kēlā me kēia me kona ʻano kūʻokoʻa a me nā mea koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka Everest Experience (The Crown Jewel)
ʻO kēia ka huakaʻi helicopter i ʻimi nui ʻia, e hāʻawi ana i ka moeʻuhane Himalayan quintessential.
Huakaʻi Pae ʻĀina ʻo Everest Base Camp (EBC): ʻO ke koho piha loa. Ke hele nei ka mokulele mai Kathmandu i ka hikina, e hahai ana i ka pae ʻāina ʻo Himalayan. Lele ʻoe ma luna o nā puʻu momona o ka ʻāina ʻo Solu-Khumbu, e hala ana i nā kauhale Sherpa kuʻuna e like me Namche Bazaar. A laila hoʻokele ka mokulele i ke awāwa hohonu o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi ma mua o ka puka ʻana i loko o ka amphitheater o nā Himalayas kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻopuni pinepine ka pailota i nā piko kaulana e like me Ama Dablam, Lhotse, a me Nuptse ma mua o ka hanana nui: kahi hiʻohiʻona kokoke o ka mauna ikaika ʻo Everest (Sagarmatha). ʻO ka piko ka pae ʻana ma Kalapatthar (5,545m) a i ʻole ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest (5,364m) ponoʻī (inā ʻae ke kau a me ke aniau). Maanei, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i waho no 10-15 mau minuke i loko o ka ea lahilahi a anuanu, i hoʻopuni ʻia e kahi panorama 360-degere o nā piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua - he manawa poina ʻole, ʻoiai he pōkole, o ka nirvana alpine.
ʻO ka lele ʻana ma Everest Panorama (me ka ʻole o ka pae ʻana): He koho pōkole a ʻoi aku ka hoʻokele waiwai. Lawe kēia lele iā ʻoe i kahi kaapuni nani a puni ka ʻāina ʻo Everest, e hāʻawi ana i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Khumbu holoʻokoʻa, me Everest, akā me ka ʻole o ka pae ʻana ma Base Camp. Hoʻokomo pinepine ia i kahi pae ʻana ma Syangboche a i ʻole Lukla no ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻono o ka lewa ʻo Khumbu.
ʻO ka pae ʻāina ʻo Everest View Hotel: Hoʻohui kēia huakaʻi i kahi lele nani me kahi ʻike waiwai. Ua pae ka helikopter ma ka Everest View Hotel ma Syangboche (3,880m), ka hōkele kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua. Hiki i nā malihini ke ʻoliʻoli i ke kīʻaha kī a i ʻole ke kofe i ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻike maka ʻole o Everest, Lhotse, a me Ama Dablam.
He manawa liʻiliʻi paha kāu a ke noʻonoʻo nei e hele i kahi huakaʻi e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ke kūlohelohe, […]4-6 holalike
Ka Kaapuni o Annapurna
Hāʻawi ʻo Annapurna massif ma waena o Nepal i kahi ʻike Himalayan ʻokoʻa loa, akā like ka nani.
Huakaʻi Pae ʻĀina ʻo Annapurna Base Camp (ABC): Ke lele nei mai Pokhara mai, hele ka helikopter i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka Annapurna Sanctuary. Hāʻawi ka mokulele i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka piko o ka huelo iʻa o Machhapuchhre (Mt. Fishtail), kahi i manaʻo ʻia he kapu a ʻaʻole i piʻi ʻia. ʻO ka pae ʻana ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Annapurna (4,130m) e hoʻokomo iā ʻoe i loko o kahi amphitheater kūlohelohe i hoʻopuni ʻia e ke apo o nā piko kiʻekiʻe, me Annapurna I (8,091m), Annapurna Hema, Hiunchuli, a me Gangapurna.
Huakaʻi Hoʻomanaʻo Muktinath: ʻO Muktinath kekahi o nā wahi hoʻomanaʻo kapu loa no nā Hindu a me nā Buddhist, aia ma ka ʻāpana ʻo Mustang ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3,800 mika. He lōʻihi a paʻakikī ka huakaʻi ma uka. ʻO kahi huakaʻi helikopter e hiki ai kēia huakaʻi i hoʻokahi lā mai Pokhara a i ʻole Kathmandu. Hiki i nā malihini ke hana i kā lākou mau hana ma ka hale luakini a hoʻi i ke awakea, kahi huakaʻi e hala ai kekahi mau lā.
ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Langtang
ʻO kahi kokoke loa iā Kathmandu, ʻike ʻia ka ʻāina ʻo Langtang ʻo "Valley of Glaciers." ʻO kahi huakaʻi helicopter ma ʻaneʻi he huakaʻi i loko o kahi wao nahele a emi ʻole ka lehulehu.
ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Langtang a me ka loko ʻo Gosainkunda: Ke lele nei kēia lele ma luna o nā puʻu momona o Helambu a i loko o ke awāwa kiʻekiʻe o Langtang, me nā hiʻohiʻona o Langtang Lirung (7,234m) a me nā piko ʻē aʻe i uhi ʻia i ka hau. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona pinepine ka lele ʻana a i ʻole ka pae ʻana ma kahi kokoke i ka loko kapu ʻo Gosainkunda, kahi wahi koʻikoʻi nui o ka hoʻomana, ʻoiai i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina Janai Purnima.
ʻO nā Wilds mamao: Upper Mustang a me Dolpo
No ka mea ʻike maoli i ka mamao a pāpā ʻia, hāʻawi nā huakaʻi helikopa i kahi ʻike i nā aupuni Tibetan kahiko i mālama ʻia i loko o nā palena o Nepal.
ʻO Upper Mustang: He aupuni kapu i ka wā ma mua, he wao nahele ʻo Upper Mustang me kahi ʻāina e hoʻomanaʻo ana iā Tibet. He mea kupaianaha ka lele ʻana ma luna o ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki, ka hohonu loa o ka honua. Hiki i kahi huakaʻi ke pae ma Lo Manthang, ke kapikala pā, e ʻae ana i nā malihini e ʻimi i kona mau hale mōneka kahiko a me ka moʻomeheu kū hoʻokahi. Pono kēia i kahi palapala ʻae kūikawā i kaupalena ʻia, a ka mea hoʻokele huakaʻi e hoʻonohonoho ai.
ʻO Dolpo: Hoʻomau ʻia i loko o ka "The Snow Leopard" a Peter Matthiessen, ʻo Dolpo kekahi o nā wahi mamao loa a mehameha hoʻi ma Nepal. ʻO ka huakaʻi helikopter kekahi o nā ala kūpono no ka mea huakaʻi maʻamau e ʻike i ka nani kupaianaha o ka loko ʻo Phoksundo me kona wai turquoise a me ka moʻomeheu Bon-Po kū hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka Himalayan Pilgrimage Combo
ʻO Nepal kekahi ʻāina o nā wahi hoʻomana koʻikoʻi. Hoʻohui nā huakaʻi helicopter i kēia mau wahi uhane me ka nani nani.
Muktinath & Manakamana: He luakini kaulana ʻo Manakamana ma nā puʻu o Gorkha, i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia e hāʻawi i nā makemake. Hiki i kahi huakaʻi hui pū ke lawe i nā malihini i Manakamana a me ka luakini ʻo Muktinath ma kahi kiʻekiʻe i hoʻokahi lā kūpono.
ʻO ka mīkini a me nā haku no ka huakaʻi Helicopter Himalayan - Nā ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hana
Nā Helikopa: ʻO ke kuamoʻo o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi helikopa o Nepal he ʻauwaʻa o nā mīkini ikaika a hana kiʻekiʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā hana kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā lio hana maʻamau:
ʻEurocopter/Airbus AS350 B3e (Ecureuil/AStar): ʻIke ʻia no kona ʻenekini ikaika a me ka hana maikaʻi loa ma ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka "B3" ka helikopter i hoʻohana nui ʻia no nā huakaʻi mauna. Hiki iā ia ke lawe i hoʻokahi pailota a me 4-5 mau ohua.
Eurocopter/Airbus AS350 B2: ʻAʻole ikaika iki ma mua o ka B3 akā hiki nō naʻe ke hana no ka hapa nui o nā huakaʻi.
ʻO Mil Mi-17: He helikopter nui aʻe i kūkulu ʻia e Lūkini i hoʻohana ʻia no nā hoʻolimalima hui, nā logistics, a me nā huakaʻi. ʻAʻole hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no nā mokulele mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau akā hiki ke hoʻolimalima ʻia no nā hui nui.
Bell 206 & 407: Hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i maʻamau ma mua o ka AS350, no nā mikiona kiʻekiʻe loa.
Nā Pailaka: ʻO nā pailaka e hoʻokele nei i kēia mau huakaʻi kekahi o nā poʻe akamai loa o ka honua. Loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike hohonu o ke aniau mauna paʻakikī, nā ʻano makani, a me ke ʻano ʻāina weliweli. ʻO ko lākou ʻike, i hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine ʻia ma o nā makahiki o ka hoʻopakele mauna a me nā hana logistics, ʻo ia ke kumu palekana koʻikoʻi loa. Hana lākou i nā hoʻoholo manawa maoli e pili ana i nā ala, nā kiʻekiʻe, a me ka hiki ke pae ʻana, e hoʻokau mua ana i ka palekana o ka poʻe holo ma mua o nā mea āpau.
Lewa: ʻO ka Dictator Unpredictable
Hoʻokumu ka Himalayas i kā lākou mau ʻōnaehana ponoʻī, hiki ke loli i ka manawa koke. ʻO ka lewa ka mea nui loa a me ke kumu o ka lohi a me ke kāpae ʻana. ʻAneʻane hoʻokele wale ʻia nā huakaʻi i ke kakahiaka nui (6 AM a 10 AM) i ka wā maʻamau ka mālie o ka lewa, a ʻoi aku ka mālamalama o ka lani. He kakaikahi ka lele ana i ke ahiahi ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka uhi ʻana o ke ao, ka haunaele, a me ka makani. Mālama nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi a me nā pailaka i ke kamaʻilio mau ʻana me nā lawelawe meteorological, a ʻaʻole hiki ke kūkākūkā ʻia ka palekana o nā kaʻa.
ʻO nā hana maʻamau - ke kumukūʻai, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana
ʻO ke Kumukūʻai: He ʻike maikaʻi nā huakaʻi helikopter, a hōʻike ko lākou kumukūʻai i nā lilo hana kiʻekiʻe, me ka wahie, ka mālama ʻana, ka ʻinikua, a me ka ʻike pailota.
Pae ʻana ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest: Hiki ke piʻi mai $2,000 a i $3,000 no ke kanaka no kahi noho ma ke ʻano kaʻana like.
ʻO ke kahua pae ʻana ma Annapurna Base Camp: ʻO ke kumukūʻai maʻamau ma waena o $600 a me $800 no ke kanaka.
Ka Huakaʻi Hoʻomanaʻo Muktinath: Ma kahi o $700-$900 no ke kanaka.
Hoʻolimalima Pilikino: ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai akā hāʻawi i ka maʻalahi i ka huakaʻi a me ka manawa. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o kahi hoʻolimalima pilikino no kahi huakaʻi Everest (Kalapatthar Landing) hiki ke $5,500 - $7,000 no ka helikopter holoʻokoʻa.
Nā Mea i Hoʻokomo ʻia: ʻO ke kumukūʻai maʻamau e komo pū me nā hoʻoili mokulele, nā ʻae āpau (National Park, TIMS, a me nā uku kūloko), a me ka mokulele ponoʻī. Hiki i kekahi mau huakaʻi hoʻohiwahiwa ke komo pū me kahi ʻai ma kahi hōkele mauna.
Hoʻopaʻa i kāu huakaʻi:
Pono e hoʻopaʻa puke me kahi mea hoʻohana kaulana a laikini aupuni. ʻO nā hui noiʻi me kahi moʻolelo palekana i hōʻoia ʻia a me nā loiloi mea kūʻai aku maikaʻi. E hōʻoia ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia lākou me ka Nepal Tourism Board a me ka Civil Aviation Authority o Nepal. E akaka ka mea hoʻohana pono e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai, nā kaʻina hana palekana, a me nā kulekele hoʻopau.
Hoʻomākaukau pono:
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana: ʻOiai ma kahi huakaʻi pōkole, e lawe koke ʻia ʻoe i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻOiai he pōkole ka manawa i hoʻolilo ʻia ma ka honua, hiki nō ke loaʻa ka Altitude Sickness (AMS). He mea kūpono ke hoʻolilo i ka liʻiliʻi he 2-3 mau lā ma Kathmandu a i ʻole Pokhara e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma mua o ka lele ʻana. E kūkākūkā me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me Acetazolamide (Diamox).
Nā mea e ʻaʻahu ai a lawe mai: E ʻaʻahu i nā lole mahana a papa. ʻOiai i ka lā lā, ʻoi aku ka mahana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka hau.
ʻO ke kapa komo wela, ka ʻaʻahu huluhulu, a me ka ʻili waho lalo a i ʻole Gore-Tex.
Ka pāpale mahana, nā mīkina lima, a me nā makaaniani (he mea koʻikoʻi ka pale UV kiʻekiʻe).
ʻO ka sunscreen me kahi SPF kiʻekiʻe.
Kāmeʻa me nā ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe (ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ke kahe ʻana i ke anuanu).
Passport a me kahi kālā liʻiliʻi.
Nā Manaʻo Ola: ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia kēia mau huakaʻi no nā poʻe me nā maʻi puʻuwai koʻikoʻi, nā pilikia hanu koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole nā wahine hāpai. Pono kahi pae maʻamau o ka neʻe ʻana e komo a puka i waho o ka helikopter.
ʻO ke ʻano kūpono a me ke kaiapuni
ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi helicopter ʻaʻole me kāna mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa, a he mea nui i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike iā lākou.
Ka Hopena o ke Kaiapuni: He mau mīkini i hoʻohana ʻia e ka wahie fossil nā helikopter e hoʻopuka ana i nā kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka haumia walaʻau. Hiki i ke kani o ka helikopter ke hoʻopilikia i ka mālie o ka mauna no nā mea hele wāwae a me nā holoholona hihiu kūloko. Ua ʻike ka ʻoihana i kēia a hahai i nā ala lele paʻa i ka hiki, akā ʻo ka hopena ke kumu o ke kūkākūkā ʻana.
Ka Hopena ma ka Mākaʻikaʻi Hiking: Aia kekahi hopohopo e hiki i ka maʻalahi o nā huakaʻi helikopter ke hoʻemi i ka ʻoihana hele wāwae kuʻuna, kahi e kākoʻo ana i kahi pūnaewele nui o nā hale inu kī, nā alakaʻi, a me nā mea lawe. Eia nō naʻe, nui ka poʻe e hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei he lawelawe lākou i kahi heluna kanaka ʻokoʻa a hiki ke hoʻopiha maoli.
Moʻolelo Palekana: ʻOiai he moʻolelo palekana paʻakikī ko ka mokulele mauna o Nepal, ua hoʻopukapuka nui nā mea hoʻokele helikopter i ka palekana, ke aʻo ʻana, a me ka mālama ʻana. ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau, kiʻekiʻe loa nā kūlana palekana no nā mokulele hoʻolimalima pilikino a me nā huakaʻi. He mea nui e koho i kahi mea hoʻokele me kahi ʻauwaʻa hou a me kahi moʻomeheu palekana kīnā ʻole.
Ke lilo nei i mea huakaʻi kuleana:
E koho i nā mea hoʻohana e hōʻike ana i ke kūpaʻa i ke kuleana kaiapuni a me ka pilikanaka.
E mahalo i ka moʻomeheu kūloko a me ka nohona ma nā wahi pae.
E hoʻomaopopo he malihini ʻoe i kahi ʻāina palupalu a ikaika.
Ka Hopena: ʻOi aku ma mua o ka lele ʻana, He Pilgrimage of the Senses
ʻO kahi huakaʻi helicopter Himalayan ma Nepal he mea hoʻopukapuka ʻaʻole wale i ke kālā, akā i kahi hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kou ʻuhane a mau loa. ʻO ia ka ʻūhā i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia ai ʻo Everest, he pyramid monolithic o ka pōhaku a me ka hau e kūʻē i kahi lani polū. ʻO ia ka hāmau hohonu e hoʻopuni ana iā ʻoe ma Base Camp, i haki wale ʻia e ka makani a me ka hahau ʻana o kou puʻuwai ponoʻī. ʻO ia ka hiʻohiʻona e hōʻemi i nā hopohopo kanaka i ko lākou ʻano kūpono e kū'ē i ka hele mau ʻole o nā wā geological.
He pōmaikaʻi ka ʻike ʻana i ka Himalayas mai kēia wahi kiʻekiʻe. He huakaʻi ia ma mua o ka mākaʻikaʻi a lilo i huakaʻi hele—he lele māmā a hanohano i ke aupuni o nā akua, e hoʻihoʻi ana i ka huakaʻi i hoʻololi mau ʻia, haʻahaʻa, a weliweli i ka nani makaʻole o ko kākou honua.
