Isikhokelo sokuHamba esisempilweni: Kona, Hawaii

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Ngokuqinisekileyo, iHawaii ibiza amaphupha eentsuku ezingamavila kwiilwandle ezinesanti zisela izambrela. Kodwa unyaka nonyaka, ngaphezulu kwama-2,300 oonxantathu abahamba eKona kwisiqithi saseHawaii ukuyosenza sibe sisiQithi esiKhulu esikhulu kwi-Ironman World Championship.

Umdyarho uneembaleki eziqhuba ikhosi yeemayile ezili-140.6 ezijikeleze iSiqithi saseHawai'i, kunye nabantu abadumileyo abafana nomdlali weqonga kunye no-Ironman Sean Astin wokuqala kunye neqela leembaleki ezikhuthazayo ezifana nowayesakuba yimfama waseMarine, uSteve Walker, umamkeli woqhaqho-ntliziyo kunye nowasinda kumhlaza, uDerek. UFitzgerald, kunye noTammy Nicholson, owaxelelwa ukuba soze aphinde ahambe. Kwaye ungayibukela yonke inyani eyenzekayo ngexesha losasazo oluphumelele u-Emmy kugqatso, olungena ngoMgqibelo, nge-14 kaNovemba nge-1: 30 emva kwemini. ET kwi-NBC. Sifumana i-verklempt ngokucinga nje ngokuseta ii-DVRs zethu.

Kodwa akufuneki ukuba ube yintsimbi yokuqubha, ibhayisekile, ukubaleka, okanye ukubila kuKailua-Kona, i-triathlon mecca yehlabathi. Abahlali baseHawaii zezesibini iimbaleki ezibalekayo e-US, kuphela yi-Massachusetts egawula ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha kwi-RunKeeper nganye. Urhulumente unamanqanaba amabini okutyeba kakhulu e-US, ngasemva kweColorado kuphela, ngokweRetale.

Akumangalisi. Ngasentla nje kweKona, amasimi odaka lwentaba-mlilo amnyama ahamba indlela ukuya elunxwemeni elishushu nelisanti emhlophe kunxweme lwaseKohala, apho imidlalo yezamanzi ixhaphakileyo. Indawo yafika kwindawo yesixhenxe kuluhlu lwethu lweedolophu eziselunxwemeni ezisempilweni eMelika, ngelixa iSithili saseKona sikwi-19. (Zifumane zonke kwiiLwandle ezingama-35 eziGqwesileyo eMelika kubathandi boBulunga). Emazantsi elizwe, iWaimea likhaya leyona ntaba iphakamileyo yaseHawai'i, iMauna Kea egqunywe likhephu, ephakame kangange-13,796 yeenyawo kwaye ineendlela zokuhamba nokukhwela ihashe. Kwaye asinakulibala i-Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, ene-150 yeemayile zokuhamba ngeendlela ezijikeleze enye yezona ntaba-mlilo zisebenzayo emhlabeni. Ewe, sithe iintaba-mlilo.

Ngaba uphefumlelwe ukuba ufumane i-Ironman yakho? Isiqithi saseHawaii senza uhambo olusempilweni lula ngokuhamba kwemozulu efudumeleyo unyaka wonke, iminyhadala yemidlalo yodidi lwehlabathi, iintaba kunye nokunye. Yithi Aloha kuKona!

Lala kamnandi

Ihotele yaseMauna Kea Beach ihlala kweyona ntlabathi ithandekayo kwiSiqithi saseHawai'i. Ekuqaleni yavulwa ngo-1965, le hotele yeyama-Don Drapers ehlabathi, kunye noyilo lwangoku lwenkulungwane ye-century kunye nomgangatho wehlabathi we-1,600-iqhekeza lobugcisa bePasifiki kunye neAsia. Ukuba uze kudada, uhamba ngebhayisekile, kwaye ubaleke, awuzukujonga kude ngakumbi kunepropathi yeMauna Kea uqobo. Uya kufumana abantu abaqubhayo besenza umjikelo kumanzi acwengileyo eKauna'oa Bay, ichweba elimile okwesanti esezantsi. Thatha ibhayisekile yakho kwaye ukhwele ikhosi ye-Ironman ecaleni kwe-Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway ngaphaya kwamasango ehotele. Okanye uqhube imizuzu engama-25 ukuya eMana Road eWaimea ukuqhuba ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-40 zeenduli ezijikelezayo. Ukuba ukhetha ukuzilolonga ngaphakathi, zama i-2,500 sq. KwiKlabhu entsha yoLwandle lwasehotele, uya kufumana iibhodi zokubheqa ezimileyo, iibhodi zomzimba, izixhobo zokukhwela i-snorkel, kunye neebhayisekile ezirentwayo, kunye nezifundo zokusefa, ukuhamba ngephenyane kwangaphandle, iiklasi ze-SUP nokunye. (Jonga iSikhokelo soMqalisi ukuya kwiBhodi yokukhwela iPaddle.)

IHapuna Beach Prince Hotel, indawo yokuhlala udade boMauna Kea, ihlala kwindawo yoLonwabo eHapuna Beach State, etsala uphononongo olukhulu kubantu abahamba elunxwemeni e-Foursquare njengolwandle lwesihlanu olulolona lukhulu e-U.S. Elona lwandle lukhulu lwesanti emhlophe yeSiqithi saseHawai'i, iHapuna ilungele ukuqubha, ukukhwela i-boogie boarding, kunye ne-snorkeling. Okanye ubethe amakhonkco kwibala yegalufa eyilwe nguArnold Palmer. Ukuba intenetya yijam yakho, yisebenze kwiinkundla zangaphambili zolwandle ezili-11 kwiKlabhu yeTennis yoLwandle eMauna Kea Beach Hotel, ibekwe kwindawo yesithoba kwihlabathi yiTennis Resorts Online.

Ukuba u-Kona okanye u-Bust, iSheraton Kona Resort kunye ne-Spa e-Keauhou Bay ikwindawo egqibeleleyo yokuqhuba i-Ironman edumileyo ye-Ali'i Drive. Umnyango wokungena kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide umalunga nje nekota yeekhilomitha. Ngenye indlela, iitreadmill kwiziko lokuzilolonga leyure ezingama-24 kunye neyoga yakusasa kwindawo yokujonga ulwandle ejongene nembono yolwandle. Ukuthanda ukudada? Ngena kwi-14,100-square-foot pool efakwe kwi-lava cliffs phambi kolwandle.

Hlala Kwimilo

Iimbaleki kufuneka zifumane indawo kugqatso olufanelekileyo, zingene ngelotho, okanye ziphumelele ibhabhi kwifandesi yesisa ukuze zikhuphisane kuBuntshatsheli beHlabathi be-Ironman. Kodwa zininzi ezinye iindlela zokubaleka kwisiqithi saseHawaii. I-Ironman 70.3 Hawai'i nge-4 kaJuni, ngo-2016 kuphela komdyarho we-Ironman World Championship kurhulumente, onesiqalo kunye nesiphelo kwi-Kohala Coast.

Ngaphambi kokuba undwendwele, jonga iMidyarho yesiQithi esiKhulu, edwelisa konke ukubhukuda kwesi siqithi, ukuhamba ngeebhayisikile kunye nokuqhuba iminyhadala unyaka wonke. Hayi ukubaleka? Isikolo iTriathlon eHawaii siqhuba uthotho lonyaka lweenkampu zoqeqesho lweetrayethloni.

Ukuba ufuna ukuziqeqesha ngokwakho, tsiba kwiKailua Pier-ukuqala kunye nokugqiba ikhosi ye-Ironman World Championship -ukuqubha amanzi eKailua Bay, okanye ukuya kwikota yeekhilomitha ubude, ichibi elime ngathi le-crescent eKauna'oa Beach , apho ulwalwa lugcina ukusefa kubuncinane.

U-Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway yindawo yokukhwela. Indlela yebhayisekile elingana nesisa ibonakala yakhiwe kucingwa ngabathathu. Uza kubona ubuninzi bokuhamba ecaleni kweemoto kunye neliwa lomnyama elimnyama. Ukusuka kumbindi weKailua-Kona, uneekhilomitha ezingama-50 zendlela ukuya kwincam esemantla yesiqithi eHawi.

Yenza ukubaleka kwi-icon ye-Ironman ye-Ali'i Drive-yeemayile ezisixhenxe ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya kuthi ga esiphelweni ngeemakethi nganye kwimayile njengoko ihamba ngeKailua-Kona. Lindela iinduli ezinkulu ezimbalwa kunye neendawo ezithe tyaba kunye neendawo ezininzi ezintle. Okanye ungene kwiMana Road eWaimea, ebaleka ngaphezulu kweemayile ezingama-40 ukujikeleza iMauna Kea. Zilungiselele imozulu eguqukayo evela kumoya onamandla ukuya kwimvula okanye elangeni. Kodwa izimvo kufanelekile.

Akunakuphoswa yiHawai'i Volcanoes National Park kumzantsi wesiqithi, kunye neekhilomitha ezili-150 zeendlela kunye neentaba-mlilo ezimbini ezisebenzayo, iKilauea neMauna Loa. Cinga ngolunye lokhenketho olunzulu lokunyuka intaba olukhokelwa ngabaKhokelo bangaphandle baseHawaii, abaququzelela uhambo lweeyure ezi-3 ukuya kwezili-12 phakathi kodaka lodaka lwale paki, iityhubhu zelava, iindawo zokuvula umphunga, imingxuma, nokunye. Okanye phuma kunye neNative Guide Hawai'i's Warren Costa, owayesakuba ngumlindi owazi zonke iihektare ezingama-333,000 zepaki, imbali, ijoloji, izityalo, kunye nezilwanyana. (Apha, ezili-10 ezingakumbi zeePaki zeSizwe ezixabisekileyo zokuhamba ngentaba.)

Nika mafutha uhambo lwakho

Alukho uhambo oluya eKona lugqityiweyo ngaphandle kokumisa eDa Poke Shack nase-Umeke. Ezi zixhobo zokubala ziphezulu zisebenza kuphela eyona ndawo intsha, isitya sendabuko saseHawaii sentlanzi ekrwada ekrwada yetyiwa, ityiwa lolwandle kunye nolunye ugcino. Ukuba uyayithanda i-sushi, siyathembisa ukuba uza kuyithanda into oyifunayo.

IVegans iya kuthanda Phantsi kwe Bhodi Tree, ekuphela kwendawo yokutyela eqinisekisiweyo efumaneka ekuhlaleni kurhulumente. Uninzi lwezithako zikhuliswe kwiSiqithi sase-Hawai'i, kwaye indawo yokutyela ide ibonelele ngeklabhu ekhokelwa ngumsebenzi kunye nokuhamba intaba kunye nemitsi yasimahla yeveki kunye nokunyuka kwenyanga.

Kwaye, ewe, kufuneka usele ikofu yeKona. I-Oceanfront Kona Haven Coffee isebenza ngezinto ezintle, iipesenti ezili-100 zikhule apha kwiihektare ezingama-40 kwiGolden Belt yesithili esikhulayo seKona.

Ukwahlula

Ngaba uyafuna esi siselo se-ambrela sithethe? Zama i-cocktail yokutyikitya i-Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, iFredercio. I-rum elula kunye ne-whisky concoction iquka iinanapple, iziqhamo ezinomdla, i-guava kunye nejusi ze-orange. Ngoko ke ngokusisiseko i-smoothie.

Ukuba itshokholethi luyolo lwakho, ndwendwela iiPipi ezinkulu zesiQithi saseHilo ukuze ufumane iitshokholethi ezimnandi kunye nesonka esifutshane. Yindawo efanelekileyo yokuthatha iibhokisi zezipho ezimbalwa zabantu abaya kuba nomona ubashiye ngasemva ekhaya.

Ufuna ukuthenga? Misa kwi-Big Island Running Company, iziko laseKailua-Kona elinesaci esithi "Run Big." Inkampani ibamba iqela leveki nganye ibaleka kwaye ithengise izixhobo zokubaleka kwiindawo ezimbini. Kulapho uzakufumana ihempe "Run Aloha" ukukukhumbuza ngeHawaii ngalo lonke ixesha usenza.

Pit Stop

Ukubona isiqithi kubo bonke ubungangamsha baso, cinga ngokundwendwela iMauna Kea, apho iindwendwe zinokunyuka okanye ziqhube ziye entlanganisweni ngeenyawo eziyi-13,796. Intaba likhaya kweyona ndawo inkulu yokujonga emhlabeni (kunye neyona ngqokelela inkulu yeeteleskopu) ye-optical, infrared, kunye ne-submillimeter astronomy. Ihlathi laseHawaii kunye neNgqungquthela yaseMauna Kea yeNgqungquthela kunye neNkwenkwezi i-Adventure ithatha iindwendwe ukusuka kwinqanaba lolwandle ukuya kwincopho yentaba ukutshona kwelanga, apho iqondo lobushushu liyi-avareji ye-32 degrees, ilandelwa kukujongwa kweenkwenkwezi okuphezulu. Ihlathi laseHawai'i kunye neTrail iya kubonelela ngayo yonke into oyifunayo kubandakanya ipaki enehood, iiglavu, kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa esishushu esigcwele ikoko kunye neekuki.

Ukuba ufuna ukunika imilenze yakho ukuphumla ekubalekeni kakhulu, ukuhamba, kunye nokuhamba ngebhayisekile, yiya e-Kohala Zipline eNyakatho ye-Kohala kukhenketho olusemoyeni oluphezulu lwemithi yase-Hawai'i.

Kwaye ayilulo uhambo oluya eHawaii ngaphandle kwemidlalo yamanzi. I-SUP, i-surf, okanye i-kayak Kealakekua Bay kunye nabaxhasi beKona Boys. Okanye i-snorkel kunye ne-Kohala Sail kunye noLwandle emanzini e-Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Unokubona iidolphin ze-spinner, iifudo zaselwandle, kunye neminenga ye-humpback ngexesha lasebusika.

Inyani eyonwabisayo: Ibhodi ye-boogie yasungulwa yavavanywa eKailua-Kona ngo-1971. ILaalao Beach kufutshane nedolophu yaseKona, edume ngokuba "ngumlingo" wayo onyamalala entlabathi ngexesha lokutshintsha kwamaza, yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokusefa ngomzimba kunye neebhoogie elunxwemeni kwesi siqithi. (Ngaba ukulungele ukuya? Fumana ukuba ungazicwangcisa njani ezona ndawo ziCebileyo (kwaye ungcono!).

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