Hoʻololi ʻia ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i nā poloka ala i Rwenzori Peaks ma Uganda

Ua emi nui ka glaciers ma ka piko o ka "Mountains of the Moon," aka Rwenzori Mountains, mai ka wā i piʻi mua ʻia ai nā piko ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki aku nei, a mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ukali a me ka palapala ʻāina e hāʻawi i nā moʻolelo kikoʻī, he hapa o ka nalo holomua. ʻike ʻia ma ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro a me ka mauna ʻo Kenya. Ua hopohopo kēia i nā mea noiʻi aniau, nā conservationists, a me nā mea hoʻokele waiwai, e like me ka hāʻule ʻana o nā kaiaola kūloko a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ke hoʻomaka ka emi ʻana o ka wai kahe mai nā mauna, e loaʻa ana ka hopena nui i nā miliona o ka poʻe e noho ana a puni kēia mau mauna. .

I kēia manawa, ua kānana ʻia nā hōʻike mai ka poʻe piʻi - ʻo nā mauna ʻo Rwenzori he paka aupuni ma lalo o ka mana o ka Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) - ua ulu ka glacier e piʻi ana i ka piko ʻo Margherita i kahi māwae hohonu, a ua hoʻonui ʻia i mau mika. pale pono i ka piʻi ʻana no ka poʻe piʻi. Ua emi iho kēia glacier ma lalo o 20 pakeneka, e like me nā moʻolelo i loaʻa, mai ka makahiki 1960 mai, a ʻo ka māwae hohonu paha he hōʻailona ia o nā mea e hiki mai ana ke hoʻomau ʻia ka hoʻomehana honua me ka nānā ʻole ʻia.

Aia kekahi pilikia i kēia manawa, inā e nui aʻe ka māwae, e paheʻe ka ʻāpana o ka glacier. Wahi a nā kumu UWA, ua ʻike ʻia nā māwae liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe ma luna o nā glacier ʻē aʻe o nā mauna ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike koke ʻia ka hopena o kēia i ka huakaʻi piʻi mauna, ke kumu waiwai nui o kēia paka aupuni. He nui nā alpinists e hele mai i Uganda e piʻi i ka Rwenzoris paʻakikī, ʻo ia wale nō ka pae mauna equatorial "kūpono" ma waho o ka mauna kū manuahi ʻo Kenya a me ka mauna Kilimanjaro.

Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ʻeke hau equatorial i loko o ka puke a Ernest Hemingway, "Snow on Kilimanjaro," a ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua i ʻApelika Hikina.

Ma nā hōʻike i hala iho nei, a e like me ka hōʻike pololei ʻana e kēia mea kākau, ua haʻi ʻia e pili ana i ka emi ʻana o nā glaciers mauna ʻo Kenya i hoʻokahi hapa minuke o ko lākou nani nani kahiko, ʻoiai ʻo nā ʻāhi hau Kilimanjaro e uhi wale ana i ka piko o ka piko ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i lalo. ka mauna. E nānā i kēia wahi no ka hōʻike hou aku i loko o ka makahiki no ka mea ke kau nei ka manaʻo i ka Mexico Summit kahi i manaʻo ʻia e hiki ke loaʻa kahi ʻaelike paʻa honua e pili ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hoʻokuʻu kinoea hoʻomehana honua, no ka mea inā ʻaʻole e pau nā hau equatorial i loko o ka 15 e hiki mai ana. i 20 makahiki.