Isibini sibopha iqhina kwiNtaba i-Everest emva kokuHamba iiveki ezintathu

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U-Ashley Schmeider noJames Sisson abafuni umtshato ophakathi. Ke xa ekugqibeleni bagqiba kwelokuba babophe iqhina, esi sibini safikelela kumfoti we-adventure womtshato uCharleton Churchill ukubona ukuba angalizisa na iphupha labo ebomini.

Ekuqaleni, uSchmeider wacebisa ukuba aye kwindawo eshushu, kodwa uChurchill wayenezicwangciso zakhe. Umfoti oseCalifornia wayesoloko efuna ukufota umtshato kwiMount Everest Base Camp. Enyanisweni, wayenike ingcamango ukuba idubule kanye nesinye isibini, kodwa inyikima yaluphazamisa uhambo lwabo. Xa wayifaka le ngcamango ku-Ashley noJames, bonke babekhona.

"Kangangendlela ebesingathanda ukwabelana ngayo nosuku lwethu olukhethekileyo nosapho kunye nabahlobo, sobabini sitsaleleke kumbono wokuthetha ngexesha leeholide ezintle," utshilo uSchmeider. Imeyile yemihla ngemihla. "Sobabini singabathandi bangaphandle kwaye sinamava ekuphakameni ukuya kuthi ga kwi-14,000 leenyawo, kodwa besisazi ukuba uhambo lweeveki ezintathu lwe-Everest Base Camp luya kuba nzima kakhulu ngokwasemzimbeni nasengqondweni kunayo nayiphi na into esiye sadibana nayo." (Thetha malunga nokuvavanya ubudlelwane babo!)

Aba bathathu bachitha unyaka olandelayo beqeqeshelwa ukuhamba iimayile ezingama-38 ukuya kwelinye lawona mqolo ubalaseleyo emhlabeni. Kwaye xa ixesha lafika, uChurchill wayekulungele ukubhala lonke uhambo. Uye kamva wathumela iifoto zamava kwibhlog yakhe yokufota.

“Kwaqala ukukhithika ngamandla kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kuhambo,” wabhala. "Ngokutsho kwesikhokelo sethu se-Sherpa, yasilahla ikhephu ngaphezulu kunabo bonke ubusika."

Amaqondo obushushu abandayo aphakamileyo aphezulu enza ukuba umsebenzi wakhe wokuthatha iifoto zesibini esikwindawo engummangaliso kube nzima nangakumbi, ucacisile uChurchill. "Izandla zethu beziya kuba ngumkhenkce ngokukhawuleza ukuba bezishiyiwe kwiigloves," utshilo.

Ngaphandle kwengqele, i-trio ikwajongane nokugula okuphezulu kunye netyhefu yokutya, kodwa loo nto ayibathintelanga ukuba bayenze phezulu. Kwaye bakugqiba ukufika encotsheni, baxelelwa ukuba banayo iyure enesiqingatha ukuba batye, batshate, bapakishe, kwaye bakhwele kwihelikopta. Yile nto bayenzileyo-ngaphandle kweqondo lobushushu ngaphandle, ebelili -11 degrees Fahrenheit.

Esi sibini satshintshiselana ngezibhambathiso kunye nemisesane kwi-17,000 yeenyawo ejikelezwe yiokhestra yeentaba kunye ne-Khumbu eyaziwayo yomkhenkce emva kwabo.

"Bendifuna ukubhala isibini sokwenyani esitshatayo, uhambo olusendleleni, intlungu, ulonwabo, ukudinwa, imizabalazo, kunye nekhemikhali yothando yesi sibini," utshilo uChurchhill. Imeyile yemihla ngemihla. "Ngaphezu koko, bendifuna ukubonisa umahluko okhoyo phakathi kweentaba ezoyikisayo kunye nothando oluncinci, olubuthathaka phakathi kwabantu ababini."

Sitsho ukuba wayibethelela.

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