Inā he aloha kūlohelohe ʻoe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻalele i nā ala hele e ʻae iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka granite massif i ʻike ʻia ʻo "Cerro Blanco" a me ka Peñón de Covadonga.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia kahi hanana kūlike ʻole o ke kuʻina i ka loaʻa hou ʻana o ka granite massif i kapa ʻia ʻo "Cerro Blanco".
Ma kahi o ʻelua a me ka hapa mau hola mai Torreón, e hele ana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Durango a kokoke i ke kaona ʻo Peñón Blanco, aia kahi granite massif i kapa ʻia e nā kamaʻāina ʻo "Blanco". ʻO El Peñón, ʻoiai ʻo kaʻu mau hoa hana a ua kāhea wau iā ia mai ka wā i hānau ʻia ai kā mākou hoihoi iā ia, ua loaʻa hou ʻia ma muli o kahi moʻo o nā hanana kūlike ʻole. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaneʻane hoʻonāwaliwali mākou e nā hoʻāʻo ʻelua i kūleʻa ʻole e hoʻokokoke i nā pali o ka puʻu, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea kanu ʻoi loa ka mea hiki ʻole ke ala.
Ua ʻōlelo aku kekahi iā ʻOtavio Puentes, he kamaʻāina no Nuevo Covadonga, kahi kaona kokoke i ka mauna, ka mea i ʻike i ke ʻano ma ke ʻano pīhoihoi. Ma lalo wale nō o kāna alakaʻi hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ke ala ma hope o hoʻokahi hola e lawe iā mākou me ka ʻole o nā pilikia i ka kahua hoʻomoana ma Piedra Partida.
ʻO ke ala a Octavio i hōʻike mai ai iā mākou e hele i kekahi kahawai i nā manawa he nui a laila piʻi i luna a hiki i ke ala e hoʻokaʻawale ai i ka Pōhaku a me kahi pā, ma muli o 50 mika kona kiʻekiʻe, ua bapetizo mākou ma ke ʻano he "pā aloha"
Mai kēia pā, i kapa ʻia ʻo El Banco, ua loli hou ka ʻāina, no ka mea, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā pōhaku o nā nui like ʻole, e hoʻopuni ʻia a hana ʻia i ka manawa, e ka hana a ka wai a me ka ea. ʻO kēia mau pōhaku aia ma ka ʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe o ka puʻu, a hoʻololi kekahi mea i hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou a hiki i ko lākou noho ʻana ma kēlā wahi. ʻO ka mea anuanu loa e pili ana i kēia ʻo ka loli, ʻoiai ka lohi, ʻaʻole i pau, a ʻaʻole mākou e makemake e lilo i poʻe nāna e hoʻopau i kahi pōhaku.
Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka holomua ma ka pāpū a hiki i Piedra Partida, kokoke pālahalaha ke ala a me kahi ala e hūnā ʻia i kekahi manawa i ka mauʻu. Hāʻawi ʻo Piedra Partida i kahi maikaʻi loa e hoʻomoana ai ma ka puʻu, no ka mea hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna hoʻonohonoho ʻana he malumalu mau kona e hoʻolilo iā ia i puʻuhonua maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i nā kukuna o ka lā a me nā mahana kiʻekiʻe, i ke kauwela ma mua o 40 kekelē Celsius. Loaʻa i ka pūnaewele kahi ʻike panorama kūpono e ʻae iā ʻoe e koho i ke ala e hele ai a i ʻole, ma kahi kūpono, e nānā i ka holomua o nā piʻi piʻi i luna o kekahi o nā paia pōhaku. ʻO kekahi mea ʻē aʻe i kēlā manawa aia nā petroglyphs, a ma muli o ka hiki ʻole o ka pūnaewele ke mālama ʻia i kahi ʻano impeccable.
ʻElua mau huakaʻi i hala e ka hui cemac a me ka Polytechnic, a me nā kuhikuhi ma ka ʻaoʻao Pūnaewele, ua hōʻike iā mākou i nā ala i hoʻokumu ʻia; Eia naʻe, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hana i kahi ala hou ma waena o kahi alahele, ma hope o nā lōʻihi o ke kaula he ʻumi, a hōʻea i kekahi o nā piko o Cerro Blanco. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kaula e like ia me 50 mau mika, akā ma kēia ala, no ke ʻano o ka pōhaku a me ke ala a mākou e hāhai ai, ʻokoʻa lākou mai 30 a 50 mau mika.
Maʻalahi loa nā lōʻihi ʻekolu o ke kaula, ma kahi o 5.6-5.8 (maʻalahi maoli), koe ka neʻe ʻana o 5.10a (ma waena o waena a paʻakikī) i ka hoʻomaka o ka lua o ka lōʻihi. Ua hāʻawi kēia iā mākou i ka hilinaʻi e noʻonoʻo ai e maʻalahi a wikiwiki hoʻi ke ala holoʻokoʻa: maʻalahi, no ka mea, manaʻoʻiʻo mākou e hōʻike ke ala holoʻokoʻa i kahi kekelē e like me ka mea a mākou i hala mua; a wikiwiki, no ka mea e hoʻouka i nā pale ʻaʻole e pono nā pūnaewele ʻenehana paʻakikī e lōʻihi ka manawa e hoʻouka ai. No ka hoʻokomo wikiwiki ʻana i nā pale, loaʻa iā mākou kahi drill bateri e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana ma kahi o kanakolu mau puka me kēlā me kēia pākahi ʻelua i loaʻa iā mākou.
He makaʻu maikaʻi kā mākou i loko o ka lumi lōʻihi; i kahi neʻe 5.10b ua heʻe wau a hina i ʻeono mau mika, a hiki i ka pale hope loa ua kū wau iaʻu. Maʻalahi loa a kupaianaha nā ʻāpana 5 a me 6, me nā formations e kono iā ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka piʻi piʻi nui aʻe ʻana; Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i pau nā mea pūʻiwa: i ka hoʻomaka o ka pitch 7 ua ʻike mākou ʻoiai he pākahi kā ka drill e hana i nā lua he nui, ua liʻiliʻi nā pale. Ma muli o ka maʻalahi o ka ʻāina ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻomau i ka waiho ʻana i nā ʻāpana e hoʻopaʻa iā mākou i kahi mamao loa, a i ka hoʻāʻo paʻakikī e hōʻea i ʻelua lōʻihi piha, ua hana ʻia me ka ʻole o nā ʻāpana ma mua o nā mea i kau ʻia i ka hoʻomaka a me ka hopena o kēlā me kēia lōʻihi. He 25 mau mika wale nō kā mākou e hele ai, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau hou no ka nele o nā wili, a he mea nui ia i kēlā ʻāpana hope loa, ʻoiai kū pololei ka pōhaku.
Hoʻonohonoho koke mākou i kahi huakaʻi e hoʻopau iā ia. ʻO ka piko i piʻi aʻe nei he piko wahaheʻe; Eia nō naʻe, he mea kupaianaha kahi e hāʻawi nei kahi mai kēlā wahi.
Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoholo ua lilo ke ala i kahi o ka paʻakikī i manaʻo ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka manaʻo e hana ai, me ka huina o 23 mau lā a me 15 poʻe i pāhola ma luna o nā huakaʻi ʻeiwa. ʻO ka papa hope loa penei: he umi lōʻihi 5.10b, ka hope loa o ka paʻakikī 5.8a (ʻo kēia puka ʻana e pili ana i ka pono o mākou e kau i nā pale a mākou i hoʻonohonoho ai i mea e holomua ai).
ʻO Cerro Blanco, ʻoiai me kā mākou hoʻāʻo e hōʻike ai, noho mau ia i kahi wahi ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia e hōʻike ana i nā mea hiki ke piʻi aʻe a piʻi paha. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, he mea kahaha nui loa ʻo Cerro Blanco ma mua o 500 mika ke kiʻekiʻe ma waenakonu o ka wao nahele, pili wale ʻia e kahi ala hūnā, ke kali nei no nā piʻi piʻi paʻakikī, makemake e hoʻomohala iā ia a hoʻohana i nā ala i kahi wahi no laila hiki a kūpono ke loaʻa.
