Kuhlale kunombuzo ukuthi inzima kangakanani i-Everest Base Camp Trek. I-EBC trek iwuhambo olunzima ngokumaphakathi ngenxa yokuphakama kokuphakama okungafika ku-5545m Kala Patthar, okuyindawo yokugcina I-Everest Base Camp Trek izinsuku ezi-14 nokushona kwelanga futhi ikakhulukazi indawo yokubuka yokuphuma kwelanga.
I-Everest Base Camp Trek ingenye yezindlela zokuhamba ngezinyawo ezifunwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Ukuduma kwayo ubuhle be-eccentric be-Mt. Everest (8848.86m), eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Sagarmatha. Ukubheka izintaba ezinde kunazo zonke emhlabeni kanye nemidondoshiya engaqondakali yeKhumbu yisikhathi esihle kakhulu sohambo.
Uhambo futhi luyingxube ephelele yemvelo kanye nesiko elihehayo kodwa elicebile laseNepal. Ubuhle obuzolile be Isifunda sase-Everest futhi i-topography yayo evusa amadlingozi isezingeni layo. Ingasaphathwa eyenqwaba yama-stupas asendulo, amaGumba, namathempeli, abaluleke kakhulu eNepal. Amadolobhana amancane namakhulu asemaphandleni anikeza umbono wendlela yokuphila yasemaphandleni yabantu abaphila ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima ze-Everest.
I-Everest Base Camp iwuhambo lwebanga eliphakathi, kodwa abanye bakuthola kuyinselele. Lesi sihloko sidingida ukuthi inzima kangakanani i-Everest Base Camp Trek. Ezinye zezinto ezibalulekile okufanele uzibhekisise ubude bohambo, ukuhluka kokuphakama komgwaqo, isilinganiso samahora okuhamba usuku ngalunye, nezinye izici eziningi.
Ubude be-EBC Trek
Umzila wonke wohambo lwe-Everest Base Camp uthatha izinsuku eziyi-12 ukuqeda. Kulezi zinsuku eziyi-12, uzohamba ibanga elingamakhilomitha ayi-120 (cishe amamayela angama-75) ngezinyawo. Uma ufisa ukuhamba kancane, ungakwazi futhi ukwandisa ubude bohambo lube yizinsuku eziyi-15. Ungakwazi futhi ukuhlanganisa i-Everest Base Camp Trek ne I-Gokyo Valley Trek esifundeni sase-Everest, okuthatha cishe izinsuku eziyi-19 ukuqeda.
Iphrofayili ye-Altitude ye-EBC Trek
Uhambo lwe-EBC luqala ngemva kwendiza eya esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Lukla, esima ku-2860m ubude. Ukusuka lapha, uzodinga ukukhuphuka ngesikhathi sohambo oluya endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angama-5545 eKalapatthar. Ukuphakama ohambweni kukhuphuka kancane kancane ukusuka ku-Lukla. Cishe izinsuku eziyisi-6 kweziyi-12, uzobe uhamba endaweni ephakeme engu-4000m ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle noma ngisho nangaphezu kuka-4000m. Ngakolunye uhlangothi lohambo, ukuphakama kuzungeze i-3000m-4000m. Ukuphakama okuphelele, ozokuthola ngesikhathi sohambo, cishe kungama-6015m ukusuka eKathmandu (1300m).
Amahora okuhamba ngesikhathi sohambo
Uzohamba amahora angu-4-5 nsuku zonke ngokwesilinganiso ngenkathi ulandela umzila wokuhamba we-EBC. Ubude besikhathi eside bokuvuka buzoba amahora angaba ngu-8 ohambweni lwakho usuka e-Lobuche uya e-Everest Base Camp futhi ubuyela e-Gorakshep. Kuzodingeka uhambe amahora amade lapho wehla e-Everest Base Camp ubuyela e-Lukla, okuzoba amahora angaba ngu-7.
Isimo sezulu ngomzila we-EBC
Umzila we-EBC wokuhamba ngezinyawo udume ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni eziphakeme. Akuwona wonke amasizini alungele uhambo oluya e-Everest Base Camp. NgoJuni-August (imvula) kanye noNovemba-Januwari (ebusika), umzila wamukela izimo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu kanye namazinga okushisa abandayo. Imizila iyashelela ngenxa yemvula engapheli, futhi kuba khona inkungu ewugqinsi usuku lonke, okwenza ukuba kubonakale kuncane.
NgoFebhuwari-May (entwasahlobo) noSepthemba-Okthoba (ekwindla), isimo sezulu sizinzile kakhulu. Izinsuku zinde, futhi isimo sezulu somile, ngakho mancane amathuba emvula. Ngenxa yesimo sezulu esihle, izindiza nazo zinamathuba amancane okukhansela. Lesi yisikhathi esibonakala kahle kakhulu, lapho ungajabulela khona ukubuka okumnandi kwezintaba nelanga elifudumele elikhanya ngaphezu kwekhanda lakho.
Ukuqeqeshwa kuyadingeka ukwenza i-EBC Trek
Noma ubani onomzimba ofanele angaba nengxenye ku-EBC Trek. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwangaphambili ohambweni lwasentabeni kungaba yinzuzo. Indlela yokuhamba inzima kakhulu ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ezindaweni eziphakeme kanye nenselelo yokudlula ephezulu. Ngakho-ke, isimo esihle somzimba siyisidingo sohambo. Uma ungakaqali ukuziqeqeshela uhambo, ungaluthatha namuhla!
Umkhuba olula wokugijima, ukubhukuda, i-cardio, noma izivivinyo zokuvivinya umzimba okuxutshwe nesimiso sakho sokuzivocavoca sansuku zonke singakuthatha ibanga elide. Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukwakha ukukhuthazela namandla njengoba amahora okuhamba ohambweni lwe-EBC angama-4-5 amahora ngosuku. Ungazama nokuthatha uhambo olufushane endaweni yangakini njalo ngempelasonto cishe amahora angama-4-5. Uma izivivinyo zangaphandle zingafaneleki, ungazama nokuzivivinya kwangaphakathi njengokugijima ku-treadmill, ukubhukuda, noma ukuvele ukhuphuke izitebhisi. Ukudla okunokulinganisela okufanele okuxutshwe nokujima kwansuku zonke nakho kungcono kakhulu ekwakheni amandla.
I-Altitude Sickness ngesikhathi se-EBC Trek
I-EBC Trek ijwayele ukugula ngenxa ye-altitude njengoba cishe lonke uhambo lusendaweni ephakeme engaphezu kuka-3000m. Ngakho-ke, ukujwayela okufanele kuyisidingo sohambo. Kunezinsuku ezimbalwa zokujwayela phakathi ukuze ukwazi ukujwayela kancane kancane umfutho womoya oshintshayo.
Amathuba okuthola I-Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) aphezulu ohambweni lwe-EBC, ikakhulukazi uma ungathathi izinyathelo zokuphepha. Ngakho-ke, kuyadingeka ukuthi umuntu ohamba ngezinyawo ahlale angajahi ukufika lapho eya khona. Udinga ukunikeza umzimba wakho isikhathi esanele sokujwayela ukuphakama okuguquguqukayo futhi ukhumbule ukuthi ungathathi ubunzima obukhulu.
Khumbula ukuthi uhlale ubhekile izimpawu ze-AMS, ezinye zazo okungamakhanda, isicanucanu, ukuphelelwa umoya, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okusheshayo, ukuhlanza, ukungalali, nokunye. Uma uzizwa lezi zimpawu, khona-ke inketho engcono kakhulu ukuma futhi uphumule noma, okungcono nokho, ugibele phansi uye ezindaweni eziphansi. Uma izimpawu zingapheli, uzokhishwa ngokushesha ngezinsizakalo eziphuthumayo zendiza enophephela emhlane.
Isiphetho
Uhambo oluya e-Everest Base Camp alulona nje uhambo kodwa luwuhambo. Kuyithuba elikhona kanye empilweni lokuphonsela inselelo izindawo ezimangelengele kodwa ezithokozisayo ze-Everest Region enomlingo. Ubuhle be-aura yezintaba zaseKhumbu akuyona into oyithola nsuku zonke. Futhi umnyombo wesiko elicebile labantu abahlala phakathi kwala magquma athule awuyona into ongayiphuthelwa. I-Everest Base Camp imane iyingqophamlando yezigigaba ezingasoze zalibaleka eziNtabeni eNepal.
