I kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei, ua kiʻi ʻia kahi kono mai a Antonio Holguín, ka luna hoʻokele o ke kaona ʻo Jiménez, Chihuahua, i loko o ka waihona virtual cavers e ʻimi ai i kēia lua kūlohelohe e like me ka hohonu loa.
Me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole ʻelua, hele wau i laila a no laila, aia wau ma ke ala lepo wili e neʻe ai i waenakonu o ka wao akua Chihuahuan. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻekolu mau hola o ka hele wāwae ma waena o ka pāpū a me ka cacti. Inā ʻaʻole na kaʻu mau alakaʻi, ʻaʻohe paha i loaʻa iaʻu ka pūnaewele. I loko o ka huakaʻi ua kamaʻilio lōʻihi mākou e pili ana i nā ana a me nā pūnaewele kūlohelohe i kēia wahi. Eia hou, ʻoluʻolu mau ke kamaʻilio pū me nā poʻe o nā wahi, ka mea ʻike maopopo i ko lākou ʻāina, a makemake e kaʻana like i nā moʻolelo, nā kaʻao, nā kaʻao a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. He mea hoihoi loa ka wao nahele, ʻaʻole no kekahi mea aʻu i hoʻolaʻa ai i kekahi mau makahiki o koʻu ola e ʻimi ai i kekahi o kēia mau wahi, ʻo ka hapanui ma Chihuahua a me Baja Kaleponi.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ua hōʻea mākou i ka pā holoholona ʻo El Hundido, aia ma ke kumu o kahi pae mauna mauna liʻiliʻi. Mai laila ʻoe e ʻike nui ai i ka pā wao nahele. 300 mau mika wale nō mai ka hale hānai holoholona, ʻo ia ka luawai. Ua ahiahi ka wā a mākou i hiki aku ai, akā ua pīhoihoi wau e ʻike i ka chasm a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke pale aku i ka hoʻowalewale ʻana e nānā i waho, ʻo ka mea aʻu i ʻike ai he mea haohao iaʻu.
Ka hohonu hohonu
ʻO ka hohonu ka hohonu. ʻO kona waha, me ke anawaena o waena o 30 a me 35 mau mika, i wehe ʻia ma waena o nā moʻo o ka pae calcareous strata i nalowale i ka pouli. He weliweli ia. Akā ʻo ka mea i kau nui koʻu manaʻo i ka nānā ʻana ma ka lihi o ka luawai aia kahi winch nui, neʻe ʻia e kahi ʻenekini diesel ikaika, i ʻae ai i kahi hīnaʻi metala hōʻoluʻolu e iho i ka hohonu. Ua wehewehe mai iaʻu ʻo Kauka Martínez, ka mea nona ka pā holoholona, ua kūkulu ʻia kēlā ʻano moʻokūʻauhau e kona makuakāne, ma kahi o 40 mau makahiki ma mua, ʻoiai ʻo kēia ʻāpana kahi o nā maloʻo loa ma Chihuahua, pilikia mau lākou me ka wai, a paʻakikī e mālama pipi a lūlū paha. E like me ke ao i ʻike ʻia he wai nui ko ka lalo, ua paipai ʻia ʻo Mr. Martínez a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e iho iā ia e ʻimi i nā hiki ke hoʻohana i ka wai. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ua ʻike lākou he 185 mau mika ka hohonu o ka luawai, eia naʻe, ua loaʻa i ka iho ʻana a ʻike ʻia ma lalo o ka ākea o ka wai, me ke anawaena ma kahi o 80 mika a me kahi hohonu ʻike ʻole ʻia. Paipai kēia iā lākou e kau i kahi paipu e hoʻohui i ka lalo i ke poʻo luawai a me kahi pauma ikaika e hāpai i ka wai. Ma hope o ka hana nui ua kūleʻa lākou, a pēlā i hiki ai ke hoʻohana i ka wai waiwai.
I mea e maʻalahi ai ka iho ʻana no ka hana mālama, ua hoʻololi lākou i ka pahu metala 200-lita ma ke ʻano he hīnaʻi.
No laila i koʻu hōʻea ʻana aku, ua alo wau i kēia mau mea pūʻiwa: huli nā kahu puaʻa o ka wao akua i nā ʻāpana makeshift.
Ka iho ʻana
ʻOiai he mau lako kaʻu a me nā kaula e iho i lalo, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻohana i ka ʻōnaehana a Kauka Martínez a he ʻohana maoli wau. ʻOluʻolu ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka hīnaʻi, a hiki i kekahi ke ʻoluʻolu i nā manaʻo kupaianaha o ka hohonu. ʻO ka waha, ʻo ia ka ana mua ma kahi o 30 mau mika, e hāmama hāmama, a hiki i ka lalo ke anawaena kokoke i hoʻokahi haneli mau mika. Hiki ka hīnaʻi i ka mokupuni wale nō i ke kino o ka wai, a he 5 a 6 paha mika ke anawaena, a ma laila e hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka pauma neʻe. Hiki i ka lā ke hele a pouli i lalo, akā hiki ke hoʻomālamalama i nā paia, e hāʻawi ana i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻuhane.
ʻO Kauka Martínez ka mea nāna i ana pono i ka hohonu o ka luawai: 185 mau mika o ka lōʻihi kū i luna, kahi e hoʻolilo ai i kahi hohonu hohonu hohonu i Chihuahua a ʻo kekahi o nā hohonu o ka ʻākau o Mekiko, ʻelua wale nō: ka cenote Zacatón, ma Tamaulipas (kū kiʻekiʻe ʻo 329 mau mika), a me ke kumu o ka Mante Mante, a ma Tamaulipas hoʻi. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻopiha ʻia kēia mau wai.
He mea ʻoluʻolu ia e loaʻa ai kēia luawai. E hoʻi koke wau e hana i kahi palapala ʻāina kikoʻī a e ʻimi hou aʻe i nā wahi a puni, e like me kā lākou hoʻohiki ʻana i nā mea pūʻiwa ʻē aʻe. I kēia manawa, mahalo wau i ka poʻe i kono mai iā mākou, e hoʻokūpaʻa ana i ke aloha a lākou e hōʻike ai i ko lākou ʻāina, e mālama nei i kēia mau mea kupaianaha a kaʻana like aku iā lākou me ka poʻe e mahalo ana iā lākou, e like me ʻoe, nā mea heluhelu o Mekiko ʻike ʻole ʻia
Pehea e loaʻa ai:
Aia ʻo Jiménez ma 234 km hikina hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Chihuahua. I laila e pono ai ʻoe e hele i ke ala nui Helu 45 ma ke kūkulu hema hikina, e hele ana i nā kaiāulu o Ciudad Delicias a me Ciudad Camargo.
