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Mākaʻikaʻi hele wāwae
Ma mua o kou hele ʻana i kekahi huakaʻi hele wāwae, pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka pae a i ʻole ka pae paʻakikī o ka huakaʻi a me kona ala. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ala huakaʻi a me nā huakaʻi ma ka pālākiō o 1 a 4 e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hike āu i koho ai i kou kino a me kou hiki ʻole.
No kēia helu helu, ua noʻonoʻo ʻia ka pilikia kino, ke ʻano o ka ʻenehana o ka ʻāina, a me nā pilikia e pili ana.
Papa 1: maʻalahi a hiki ke loaʻa
ʻOi aku a liʻiliʻi paha kēia i nā huakaʻi e pili ana i ke ʻano i hiki ke maʻalahi, me nā mamao pōkole a me nā loli kiʻekiʻe liʻiliʻi. Hiki ke hele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o 2 a 4 mau hola ma waena o ke ʻano me ka liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe pilikia i ke ala.
ʻO ka ʻāina palahalaha ka hapa nui, a ʻo ke ala e hahai ai i nā ala i kaha ʻia, nā ala miula, a i ʻole nā ala i mālama pono ʻia. He pōkole nō hoʻi ka papahana huakaʻi me nā loli kiʻekiʻe ma lalo o 500 m a me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 3500 m me ka liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe pilikia o AMS.
ʻAʻohe koi no nā mākau kūikawā a i ʻole ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kino no ke komo ʻana. Nā Laʻana: Ghorepani Poon Hill, Chitwan National Park, Kathmandu Pokhara Tour, a me Lhasa Tour, a me nā mea'ē aʻe.
Papa 2: Kaulike
Ma kēia mau pae o nā hikes, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe mai 500 a 1000 m me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 4500 m. ʻOkoʻa nā ala hele wāwae mai ka maʻalahi a hiki i ka paʻakikī waena me ka pono ʻole o ka ʻenehana.
ʻO ke kaʻina hele wāwae i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o 4 a 6 mau hola e hele ana ma ke ala i maopopo ʻole i nā pilikia nui me ka liʻiliʻi loa o nā pōʻino a me nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi.
Ma muli o nā ala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma nā ʻāina like ʻole, e komo pū ana me nā wahi hānai a me ka scree, a ʻike maopopo ʻia. E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi ʻike ma nā kaiapuni mauna me kekahi mau hoʻomaʻamaʻa hele wāwae.
ʻO nā laʻana e like me ka huakaʻi Everest Base Camp, Mardi Himal Trek, Annapurna Base Camp trek, Thousand Lakes Trek ma Bhutan, a me ka huakaʻi Everest Base Camp ma Tibet.
Papa 3: Koʻikoʻi/Paʻakikī
Aia kēia ʻano o ka huakaʻi i ka loli kiʻekiʻe o kēlā me kēia lā ma mua o 1000 m me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 5700 mika. Hiki i ka huakaʻi ke komo i kekahi mau ala e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia.
He mea koʻikoʻi nā ala a hiki ke hele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o 6 a 8 mau hola. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia ʻano huakaʻi huakaʻi no ka poʻe i loko o kahi kūlana kino maikaʻi loa a komo i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau (ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua o ka pule).
Pono ka ʻike ma mua i ka hele wāwae mauna me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi mau mea e like me ka pole trekking. Loaʻa paha i kekahi ʻāpana ma ke ala nā pilikia ʻenehana e like me ka scree, nā hāʻule pali, vertigo, a me kekahi mau kahua hau.
Aia kekahi pilikia nui o ka ʻeha nui a me nā pōʻino, no laila he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaulike maikaʻi, a me ka hoʻomākaukau kino kino. Eia kekahi laʻana me Everest Three Passes Trek, Kailash Mansarovar Trek, Upper Dolpo Trek etc.
Papa 4: Paʻakikī loa a ʻenehana
He huakaʻi paʻakikī paʻakikī loa e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 1500 m me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe e piʻi ana ma luna o 5700 m. ʻO ka pae hele wāwae i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o 7 a 9 mau hola ma waena o ka ʻāina e pili ana i kekahi mau hana haʻuki, nā mākau ʻenehana, nā ala ala waho, a me nā ala kiʻekiʻe.
He kūpono kēia ʻano huakaʻi huakaʻi i ka poʻe e ʻimi pinepine i nā ʻāina mauna a ma ke ʻano maikaʻi loa i hoʻohana ʻia i 2 a 3 mau manawa hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomanawanui i kēlā me kēia pule.
He koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ke koʻikoʻi o ke kino me nā keʻakeʻa e pili ana i nā ala i hiki ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 5000 m. Pono paha ʻoe e hoʻohana i kou mau lima i kekahi ʻāpana a pono paha kekahi ʻāpana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaula, harnesses, jumar etc.
E loaʻa pū i nā alahele kekahi mau piʻi kiʻekiʻe a me ka iho ʻana me kahi pilikia nui o nā pōʻino a me nā ʻeha. No laila, no kēia ʻano huakaʻi, he mea nui e loaʻa ke akamai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻenehana me ka palekana a me ka ʻike maikaʻi i nā kūlana piʻi.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ka Dhaulagiri Circuit Trek, Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek, etc.

