He mea kupaianaha ka Rio Blanco e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kūlohelohe.
E hiolo ana kāna wai aniani a iho i lalo i nā mauna Andes ma ka lihi ʻākau o Patagonia ma ka hema o Chile. He wahi kūpono loa ia no nā mea mākaʻikaʻi aloha kūlohelohe, koe wale nō he kahiki loa ka muliwai no ka lākeke a he hoʻopunipuni hoʻi no ka waʻa.
Akā ʻaʻole lawa kēlā e pale ai i ka poʻe ʻimi huakaʻi i kau inoa no ka pīhoihoi hou loa i nā haʻuki koʻikoʻi. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "canyoneering", a i ʻole ke kalakala ʻana ʻoiai e kapa ʻia kekahi he pupule.
Hoʻokomo ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻehā, a ʻo ka mea kākau moʻolelo, i nā lole pulu. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ma ka ʻāina maloʻo me ka piʻi piʻi piʻi i luna o 45 mau minuke. Ke hele nei mākou i waena o ka ululāʻau ulu, hoʻokahi wale nō nīnau e nīnūnē ana:
He aha ka canyoning?
"ʻAʻohe manaʻo," wahi a Jessie Traub, 22 ona makahiki, no Milwaukee, Wis., Me ka minoʻaka a me ka ʻūlū ʻana. Ke ʻekeʻeke nei ʻo ia ma waena o ʻAmelika Hema me kāna hoa aloha ʻo Margaret Kosmack, 23, mai Toronto.
"ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu," wahi a Kosmack i ka wā i nīnau ʻia ai inā maopopo iā ia ke ʻano o ke canyoning, "akā hopohopo nui mākou i nā ʻōpala āpau o kā mākou lole pulu i hala ma laila. Pākuʻi ʻia ke kapa. ” A laila ʻakaʻaka lāua ʻo Traub.
ʻO Jessica Hungelmann, 29, ke kipa aku nei i kona makuakāne, ʻo Jim, he kanaka haʻuki 58 makahiki. No Idaho lākou. Aia ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana ʻuala ma Kile.
"ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu kaʻu hana, akā mākaukau wau," wahi a Jim Hungelmann. Ke minoʻaka nei nō hoʻi ʻo ia.
Ua hana ʻo Guide Philippe Manghera o Pachamagua i kēia huakaʻi ma kahi o 200 mau manawa. ʻEhiku mau makahiki ʻo ia e hana ana i ka cavaning ma aneʻi, akā i kēia mau lā wale nō i lilo ai kēia haʻuki koʻikoʻi i mea kaulana loa.
"Pono ʻoe e akahele," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Manghera i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i kā mākou wahi e hoʻomaka ai: kahi wai aniani kilohi a polū i hānai ʻia e ka mua o nā wailele hanu e ʻike ai mākou.
Hōʻike ʻo Manghera iā mākou i kahi ʻanuʻu no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka wai paheʻe e like me ka mōneka (ke kolo nei i nā hā ʻehā) a me ka moʻo (ke kolo nei i ko mākou ʻōpū).
Hoʻokomo ʻia ka hui holoʻokoʻa me nā kaupaku polypropylene, nā mīkina lima a me nā kākini. A kahi mahiole.
Lele mākou āpau i loko o ka wai aniani a hoʻopiha i kā mākou lole komo i ka wai anuanu.
"Aloha au ia mea," wahi a Traub. Akā kekona ma hope, ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kona manaʻo. "Haaaaate wau iā ia!"
Nānā pono mākou i kahi hōʻike ola mai kekahi o nā alakaʻi e piʻi i luna i kahi pali pōhaku a paʻa ikaika i ka lewa a laila lele i loko o ka loko hau.
Manaʻo wau e hoʻomaka ana wau e maopopo: ʻo Canyoning kahi hōʻike o ke kānāwai o ka umekaumaha a me ke kānāwai o ke koa.
Me ka huikau o ka hoihoi a me ka hopohopo e ukali ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻolei iā lākou iho mai ka pali 15-kapuaʻi.
"Ua like wau me 'oh, e ke Akua e," wahi a Traub ma hope o kona heʻe ʻana. "Pono ʻoe e hana, no ka mea inā kū ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana, e hele ana ʻoe i ka moa."
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei wau e noʻonoʻo ʻole e pili ana i ia mea," wahi a Kosmack. "ʻAʻole wau i makaʻu a hiki i nā kekona ʻelima i hala - ma mua pono o koʻu lele ʻana."
Haʻawina ʻelua: ʻO ka hana Tobogganing
ʻO ka ʻāpana aʻe o ke canyoning a mākou e aʻo ai i kapa ʻia ʻo "tobogganing." E like me ka haʻuki i nā Olumepika hoʻoilo. ʻO ka mea ʻē, no ka mea ʻaʻohe toboggan ma aneʻi.
"Noho mākou iā ʻoe i loko o ka wai keʻokeʻo," wahi a Manghera i kona hōʻike ʻana mai iā mākou pehea mākou e heʻe ai, a i ʻole, toboggan, i lalo i nā pōhaku laumania o kahi chape o nā rapids ma kā mākou kua. "E hele wāwae mua," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "a iā ʻoe e hele ana, e akahele i kou mau kuʻe lima."
E like me ka ʻohana o nā otters hoʻolohe, paheʻe mākou i nā kahawai, kekahi ma hope o kekahi.
ʻO ka mea holo wikiwiki ma mua o ka wai ko mākou adrenaline.
"Auē, he mea maikaʻi loa kēia," wahi a Jim Hungelmann me ka minoʻaka ʻana o ka pepeiao i ka pepeiao. “Aloha au i loko o ka wai? ke hele wāwae nei ma luna o kēia mau pōhaku. Kupaianaha wale ia. ”
ʻOiai ʻo ia ka hiapo, ʻo ia nō ka ʻoi loa, ke piʻi nei i luna e lele ʻekolu, ʻehā, a ʻelima mau manawa mai nā pali like. ʻO kekahi o lākou he 25 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a ʻoi paha.
“Ma muli paha o kaʻu loaʻa ʻole o ka manawa i koe, maopopo iā ʻoe?” wahi āna me ka ʻakaʻaka.
Ma mua o ka holo ʻana o ka toboggan hou, nānā ka poʻe alakaʻi i ka papakū o ka muliwai no nā pōhaku ʻoi, e haʻi ana iā mākou e hoʻopaʻa i nā kuʻekuʻe, kūlia ka wāwae a maka.
"He holo - weliweli!" Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Traub i kona nalowale ʻana i loko o kahi kahawai wai keʻokeʻo a kuʻu ʻia ma luna o kahi wailele ʻewalu kapuaʻi i kahi loko hohonu ma lalo.
"Maikaʻi loa!" wahi a Kosmack, pūʻiwa iki paha kona hana ʻana i kēia mamao.
Ke lele mākou, lele a lele i lalo i ka muliwai e hoʻomaka ana mākou e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha o canyoning. Ua lohe ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo "i ke kahawai me ka hoe ʻole"? ʻĀ, e iho ana ʻo canyoning i ke kahawai, e like me ka hoe.
He bet palekana ia ʻaʻohe mea ma nā māla kumuhana i ka home e like me kēia.
Hahai ʻo Hungelmann i nā alakaʻi ma luna o kekahi o nā wailele headfirst.
"Ua hoʻi hope wale wau i kēlā lepa ma laila," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e panu ana a kuhikuhi i ke kulu he 10 kapuaʻi kāna i hoʻokele ai. "Kupaianaha ia. ? He hāʻule manuahi wale nō ia a laila pae. ”
No nā canyoners kūpuna i waena o mākou - nā alakaʻi - ʻo kā mākou e hana nei ke pāʻani a ke keiki. Hoʻopiha lākou iā mākou me ka makaʻu a me ka weliweli i ko lākou hele ʻana i nā pali 30 a 40 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, ke pae nei i loko o nā loko wai i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kahi kīʻaha.
He ʻano wiwo ʻole a makaʻu hoʻi ia: inā ʻaʻole lākou e lele i waho, e hāʻule lākou i ka pali ke iho nei lākou i lalo.
Nā pilikia o Canyoning
Hoʻomaka ʻo Alfonso Spoliansky, kekahi o nā alakaʻi, i ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole weliweli ka canyoning, akā keʻakeʻa ʻo Manghera.
"ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, weliweli ia," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e wehewehe ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka nānā ʻana i nā kahawai a me nā loko iʻa no nā pōʻino ma hope o kēlā me kēia ua. "ʻAʻole makaʻu ia ke hahai ʻoe i nā kānāwai."
Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i kāna hui ʻo Pachamagua, ua loaʻa ʻelua mau pōʻino. Hoʻokahi i pili i kahi mākaʻikaʻi i kū i kona poʻo ʻoiai e komo ana i ka mahiole. ʻAʻole koʻikoʻi ka ʻeha. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe i pili i kahi mākaʻikaʻi nāna i haki kona wāwae i ka wā i paʻa ai ma waena o nā pōhaku ʻelua.
Akā ua ʻike ʻoi loa ka maikaʻi o kēia haʻuki koʻikoʻi loa. I ka makahiki 1999, ua luku ʻia he 21 mau ʻōpio i kahi ulia pōpilikia ma Switzerland ma ke kūpikipiki ʻana o ke kai a Kahinaliʻi ma hope o ka ua. I ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope mai ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia he ʻeono mau luna no ka pepehi kanaka make ʻole.
Nui aʻe ka makaʻu ma aneʻi ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā haʻuki a ʻike ʻole ka poʻe lapuwale i kēlā, akā inā holo ka makaʻu i kou mau aa, ʻaʻole kēia ka leʻaleʻa iā ʻoe.
"Pono ʻoe e hilinaʻi i kāu mau alakaʻi," wahi a Hungelmann. "Maikaʻi kēia mau alakaʻi."
Aia ke koho o nā lele i mua o ka hopena nui. Hāʻawi ʻo Manghera i kahi koho o kahi lele he 25 kapuaʻi, kahi lele liʻiliʻi a i ʻole he holo toboggan ma luna o kahi wailele he 15 kapuaʻi.
"He mea weliweli kēia," wahi a Traub i kona nānā ʻana i ka holo toboggan. "Manaʻo wau he kiʻekiʻe iki kēia naʻu. ʻAʻole wau e wahaheʻe, hopohopo wau i kēia. ”
Hāʻalo ʻo ia ma luna o nā wailele, ʻaʻohe kānalua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana ʻaʻole e hāʻawi ka ikaika o ka wai i kona manawa no ka manaʻo ʻelua.
Haʻawina 3: Abseiling
ʻO kahi holo kaʻa lele i ka hopena o ka huakaʻi hoʻolauna i ka uninitiated i ka "abseiling," kahi huaʻōlelo moemoe no "repelling," kahi huaʻōlelo no ka waiho ʻana e like me ka pōhaku ke hoʻopili ʻia i ke kaula.
Kūleʻa mākou a pau i ka piʻi ʻana i nā pale ma luna o kā mākou lole pulu. Hele mua ʻo Traub. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi kaula, hele ʻo ia i mua i ka ʻaoʻao pali. ʻO 100 kapuaʻi ia i lalo a he iwilei wale nō mai ka wailele ʻoi loa a me ka hanohano o ka lā.
He aha ka manaʻo. Me he mea lā ke nānā aku nei i loko o kahi honua huna e like me ka pīpī ʻana o ka wai i kou alo a nānā nā maka i nā mea kanu lau i kou maka.
A laila, aia kahi hopena hope loa, kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻUā ʻo Kosmack ke hana ʻo ia.
Kupaianaha, hana mana paha, ola mākou a pau. Ke minoʻaka nei mākou.
A maopopo iā mākou āpau ke ʻano o ka canyoning.
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