I kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei, ua kono mai nā lālā o ka Cuauhtémoc City Speleology Group (GEL), Chihuahua, iaʻu e hoʻonohonoho i kahi iho lele i lalo o ka pā pōhaku o ka wailele ʻo Basaseachi, ke kiʻekiʻe loa i ko mākou ʻāina a manaʻo ʻia he kekahi o nā mea nani o ka honua. Nui ka hoihoi o ka mea iaʻu, no laila ma mua o ke komo piha ʻana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o ka moʻokūʻauhau, ua hoʻolaʻa wau iaʻu iho i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka pūnaewele.
ʻO ke kūmole kahiko loa aʻu i ʻike ai e pili ana i kēia wailele kupaianaha mai ka hopena o ke kenekulia i hala, a ua ʻike ʻia i loko o ka puke ʻo The Unknown Mexico o ka mea mākaʻikaʻi Norewai Karlo Lumholtz, nāna i kipa aku iā ia i kāna mau huakaʻi o ka Sierra Tarahumara.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lumholtz "he loea mining mai Pinos Altos nāna i ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wailele, he 980 kapuaʻi ka nui." Hāʻawi ʻia kēia ana i nā mika iā mākou i ke kiʻekiʻe o 299 m. I loko o kāna puke, wehewehe iki ʻo Lumholtz i ka nani o ka pūnaewele, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi kiʻi o ka wailele i kiʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 1891. Ma ka Chihuahua Geograpical and Statistics Review, i paʻi ʻia ma ka makahiki 1900 e ka Hale Waihona Puke o C. Bouret Widow, ʻo ia hāʻawi i kahi kulu o 311 m.
ʻO Fernando Jordán i kāna Crónica de un País Bárbaro (1958) hāʻawi iā ia i ke kiʻekiʻe o 310 m, a ma kahi monograp mokuʻāina i hoʻoponopono ʻia e ka mea kūʻai puke "La Prensa" i ka makahiki 1992, hāʻawi ʻia ka nui o 264 m. Ua ʻike au i nā kūmole hou aku e pili ana i ka wailele a i ka hapa nui o lākou ua ʻōlelo lākou aia ke ana o kona wailele 310 m; ua ʻōlelo kekahi ua ana ʻia 315 m.
ʻO kekahi paha o nā puke i hilinaʻi nui ʻia i loaʻa iaʻu ʻo National Parks o Northeast Mexico e ka American Richard Fisher, i paʻi ʻia ma 1987, kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ua ana ka mea kālaihonua ʻo Robert H. Schmidt i ka wailele a hāʻawi iā ia i ke kiʻekiʻe o 806 kapuaʻi, a i ʻole 246 kapuaʻi. m Kahi kēia ʻikepili hope loa iā Basaseachi i ke kahawai iwakāluakūmālua i ka honua a i ka hā i ʻAmelika Hema.
Ke alo nei i kahi ʻano like ʻole o nā ana, ua noi wau i nā lālā o ka GEL e hoʻohana pono mākou i ka hanauna a mākou e kamaʻilio nei e ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wailele a no laila e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā kānalua e pili ana i kēia ʻikepili. ke noi i ʻae koke ʻia.
KA HUI AUPUNI CIUDAD CUAUHTÉMOC SPELEOLOGY
ʻO ke kono i kēia moʻokūʻauhau he mea hoihoi iaʻu no ka mea ua hana ʻia e kekahi o nā hui speleological kahiko loa a paʻa hoʻi ma Mekiko, kahi aʻu e hoihoi nei e kaʻana like i nā ʻike a me nā mākaʻikaʻi. Ua hoʻomaka kēia pūʻulu i ka makahiki 1978 ma lalo o ka hana a me ka hoihoi o nā mea hele wāwae like ʻole a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi mai Cuauhtémoc, ka mea i hoʻonohonoho iā lākou iho i pahuhopu mua o ka hana ʻana i ka iho i ka nani Sótano de las Golondrinas, ma San Luis Potosí (pahuhopu i hoʻokō ʻia me ka kūleʻa nui). ʻO Kauka Víctor Rodríguez Guajardo, Oscar Cuán, Salvador Rodríguez, Raúl Mayagoitia, Daniel Benzojo, Rogelio Chávez, Ramiro Chávez, Dr. Raúl Zárate, Roberto "el Nono" Corral a me José Luis "el Casca" Chávez, me kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe ʻenekini o kēia hui i hoʻomau i ka hana i kāna mau mākaʻikaʻi a me nā huakaʻi, hoʻonāukiuki a hoʻolaha i ka ʻike o nā nani ʻāina o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Chihuahua. Eia kekahi, he paionia ia ma nā moku ʻākau a pau o ka ʻāina.
Ua haʻalele mākou iā Cuauhtémoc no Basaseachi ma ke awakea o Iulai 8. He hui nui mākou, 25 poʻe, no ka mea hele pū mākou me nā ʻohana, nā wahine a me nā keiki a kekahi o nā lālā o ka GEL, no ka mea hiki i kēia huakaʻi ke hui maikaʻi me ka ʻohana ma muli o nā pono o ka Basaseachi National Park.
HOOMAKA KA HUAKAI
I ka ʻeiwa ua ala mākou mai ka hola 7 a. e hoʻokō i nā hoʻomākaukau āpau no ka iho. Me nā kaula a me nā pono neʻe mākou i ka lihi o ka wailele. Mahalo i nā ua i heleleʻi nui i nā kuahiwi, hāpai ʻia ka nui o ka wai i hāʻule nui i ka hoʻomaka o ke kahawai ʻo Candameña.
Ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻokumu i ka laina moʻokūʻauhau ma kahi kikoʻī ma kahi o 100 m ma luna o ka ʻākau o ka manaʻo, a ma kahi o 20 m ma luna o ka wailele. Maikaʻi loa kēia kiko e iho ai, no ka mea koe wale no ka 6 a i ʻole 7 m mua, manuahi ka hāʻule. Kau mākou i laila i kahi kaula uila 350 m ka lōʻihi. Kāhea mākou i kēia ke ala GEL.
ʻOiai maikaʻi loa ke ala GEL a hōʻike i nā ʻike nani o ka wailele, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻokumu i kahi laina moʻokūʻē aʻe kokoke loa i ke kahawai i mea e loaʻa ai nā kiʻi paʻi hou aʻe o ka wailele. No kēia, ua loaʻa iā mākou hoʻokahi koho e pili ana iā 10 m mai ka hoʻomaka o ka wailele. Maikaʻi ka iho ʻana ma o kēia ʻāpana, aia wale nō mai ka waena o ka hāʻule ua uhi ʻia ke ala e ka mokulele o ka wai, ʻoiai e hoʻonui ia i kona iho ʻana.
Ma kēia ala ʻelua, heleuma mākou i ʻelua kaula, hoʻokahi o 80 m kahi e iho ai ka mea ʻimi e hana ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālikelike, a ʻo kekahi ma kahi o 40 m kahi e iho ai ka mea paʻi kiʻi. ʻAʻole i hele kēia ala i lalo o ka wailele a kāhea mākou iā ia ʻo "ala kiʻi".
ʻO ka mea mua i hana i ka iho ke keiki ʻōpio ʻo Víctor Rodríguez. Ua nānā au i kāna mau pono āpau a hele pū me ia i ka hoʻomaka o kāna huakaʻi. Me ka mālie nui ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e iho a liʻiliʻi iki i ka nalowale ʻana.
Ma hope ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi lego liʻiliʻi a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka muliwai ʻo Candameña e makani ana ma waena o nā paia kū i luna o ke awāwa o ka inoa like ma hope o Víctor, Pino, Jaime Armendáriz, Daniel Benzojo a me Ramiro Chávez i iho mai. ʻO ka iho ʻana i ka rappelling i kahi hāʻule o kekahi nui e like me kēia, hana mākou iā ia me kahi mea maʻalahi a liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo "marimba" (ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mea mele i ʻōlelo ʻia), i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke kumumanaʻo o ka hakakā ma ke kaula uila.
ʻAe ka marimba e hoʻololi i ka ikaika o ka hakakā ma kahi ala i hiki ai i ka mea ʻimi hoʻokele ke kaohi maʻalahi i ka wikiwiki o kāna iho, e hoʻolohi a wikiwiki paha e like me ka makemake.
Ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka hanauna a Víctor, ua hoʻomaka māua ʻo Oscar Cuán e iho i nā laina ʻelua a mākou i kau ai ma ke ala paʻi kiʻi. ʻO Oscar ke kumu hoʻohālike a ʻo wau ka mea paʻi kiʻi. Kupaianaha maoli ia e iho aʻe ma kahi o ke kahawai nui a ʻike i ka hāʻule ʻana me ka ikaika a pā i ka paia pōhaku.
NA RULA GULA
E like me 6 p. Ua hoʻopau mākou i ka hana no kēlā lā a hoʻomākaukau i kahi disc waiwai a nui (kahi pāʻina ʻāina ʻo Chihuahuan loa) ma ke ʻano he ʻaina ahiahi. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapanui o nā hoaaloha GEL i hele pū me kā lākou wahine a me nā keiki, ua hauʻoli mākou me lākou.
Ua hauʻoli loa wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana o ka GEL a me ke kākoʻo i loaʻa mai kāna ʻohana. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia kāna filosofia i loko o ʻekolu mau lula kumu o ke aloha no ke ʻano: 1) ʻO ka mea wale nō i koe nā kapuwaʻi. 2) ʻO ka mea wale nō ka mea pepehi. 3) ʻO nā kiʻi wale nō ka mea i kiʻi ʻia.
Ua haʻi lākou iaʻu i kekahi mau manawa ua hiki lākou i nā wahi mamao loa i paʻa ʻole a ke haʻalele lākou e lawe i nā ʻōpala āpau, e hoʻāʻo nei e waiho iā lākou e like me ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou, maʻemaʻe, paʻa, i kahi ala inā e kipa aku kekahi hui iā lākou , ʻIke wau e like me lākou; ʻaʻole i hele mua kekahi ma laila.
Ma Iulai 10, ka lā hope o ko mākou noho ʻana i ka pāka, e iho ana kekahi poʻe i ke ala GEL. Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maneuvers, ua kiʻi au i ke kaula uila 40 m mai ke ala paʻi kiʻi a hoʻonoho iā ia ma ke ala GEL i hiki ai ke hana i kekahi mau kūpuna i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a kiʻi i nā kiʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻO ka mea mua i iho i lalo ʻo José Luis Chávez.
Eia nō naʻe, i kekahi mau minuke i kona iho ʻana ua walaʻau ʻo ia iaʻu a iho koke wau i lalo i ke kaula 40 m i kona wahi, ʻo 5 a 6 m paha ma lalo o ke kahakai. I koʻu hiki ʻana aku iā ia ua ʻike au i ka uea e ʻōpala ikaika nei i ka pōhaku i haki mua i nā pale pale āpau a ke hoʻomaka nei e hoʻopili i ke kumu o ke kaula; weliweli loa ia kūlana.
Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana i kēia lā, ua nānā pono wau i nā mika mua o ke kaula uila e ʻike pono ai i kekahi friction hiki, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka mea i loaʻa iā mākou i kēlā manawa mai luna mai. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻo José Luis i ka ʻōpala a hiki i kona hala ʻana iā ia, no laila kau koke ʻo ia i kahi ʻinikua ponoʻī ma luna o ka ʻōpala, a hoʻomaka i nā maneuvers e hoʻi.
I ka manawa a māua e hele aku ai a hemo mai nā kaula, huki mākou i ka ʻāpana hānai a hoʻomaka hou. Ua hana ʻia ka paio e kahi protrusion akahele akā hiki ʻole ke hōʻalo, no laila kau mākou i kahi chassis e pale i ka hakakā hou ma ke kaula. Ma hope ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna iho me ka ʻole o nā pilikia nui.
Ma hope pono iho o ka iho ʻana o José Luis, Susana lāua ʻo Elsa, nā kaikamahine ʻelua a Rogelio Chávez, kahi mea hoihoi i ka holoholo a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana, a paipai nui iā lāua. Aia lākou ma waena o 17 a 18 mau makahiki. ʻOiai lākou i ʻāwīwī ma mua, ʻo kā lākou hanauna nui mua kēia a pīhoihoi loa lākou, kākoʻo nui ʻia e ko lākou makuakāne, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i nānā i kā lākou lako pono a pau. Ua iho au i ke kaula 40 m me lākou e kōkua iā lākou i ka ʻāpana mua a e lawe i ke kaʻina paʻi kiʻi o ka iho.
Ma hope o Elsa lāua ʻo Susana, ua iho mai ʻo Don Ramiro Chávez, ko lāua makuakāne makua. ʻO Don Ramiro, no nā kumu he nui, he kanaka kūʻokoʻa. Me ka makaʻu ʻole o ka hewa, ʻaʻohe kānalua ʻo ia ka muli loa i iho i ka wailele, ʻaʻole no ka mea o kona mau makahiki mai ka 73 o kona mau makahiki (ʻaʻole paha ia), akā no kona ʻuhane, hoihoi a me kāna aloha i ke ola.
I ka manawa i iho mai ai ʻo Don Ramiro, ʻo koʻu manawa ia. I koʻu iho ʻana i lalo, me kahi clisimeter hoʻonoho wau i ka pae o ke kaula ma ka kiko kiko kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka wailele a waiho wau i kahi māka i hiki ke ana pono i ka nui o ka wailele. Ua hoʻomau wau i ka iho a i nā manawa āpau i mua oʻu i ka hihiʻo o ka hāʻule, he mea kupaianaha loa ia. Ua ʻike wau i kekahi mau ānuenue i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka makani e pakele ai mai ke kahawai.
I koʻu hōʻea ʻana i lalo, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Cuitláhuac Rodríguez i kona iho. ʻOiai wau e kali ana iā ia, hauʻoli wau i ka hiʻona i loaʻa iaʻu ma koʻu mau wāwae. Ke hāʻule, hana ʻia ka wailele i loko o kahi loko paʻakikī e hele aku no ka mea aia mau ia i ka ikaika o ka makani a me ka makani. Aia nā huahana papa pōhaku nunui o nā kahakaha millenary a uhi ʻia nā mea āpau me ka mauʻu a me kahi lumi ʻōmaʻomaʻo hohonu nani loa i kahi radius ma kahi o 100 m. A laila aia ka nahele, mahalo a nani hoʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole ia i pili i ka wili kanaka.
I ka hōʻea ʻana o Cuitláhuac, ua hoʻomaka mākou e iho i nā kahawai, ʻoiai pono mākou e hele i ke ala e piʻi ai i luna o ka wailele. Eia naʻe, ua uku ʻia mākou i ka hana keʻa no ka mea ua ulu nui ke kahawai a hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana. E piʻi i luna a hele i waena o nā pine nui, nā táscates, nā alders, nā lāʻau strawberry, nā ʻoka a me nā kumulāʻau nani ʻē aʻe.
Ma ka hora 6 p. ke hiki mākou i luna; Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia nā kaula a me nā pono āpau a aia nā kānaka āpau i kahi hoʻomoana, e hāpai ana iā ia a hoʻomākaukau i ka pihi aloha. Inā loaʻa koʻu manaʻo i kekahi mea, makemake nā lālā o GEL e ʻai maikaʻi, a ua maʻa wau i ka “faquireadas”.
I ka pau ʻana o kā mākou ʻai ʻana, ua ana mākou i ke kaula uila e iho ana ma waena o nā māka i kau ʻia i ʻike ʻia ke ana pono o ka wailele o ka wailele ʻo Basaseachi. Ua lilo kēia i 245 m, i ʻaelike me ke ana i hōʻike ʻia e ka hulihonua Schimdt o 246m.
Ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana no Cuauhtémoc, ua hele au e aloha i ka wailele, e mahalo hou ai i kona nani a e hoʻomaikaʻi aku ai no ka mea ua ʻae ʻia mākou i ke kuleana e noho pū me ia a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi. Ua kū iki ka ua no kekahi manawa lōʻihi a mai lalo o ke awāwa a me ke kōwā e piʻi malie ana ka noe i hui pū ʻia me ka makani.
