ʻO kekahi o nā wahi nui loa o ka Barrancas del Cobre National Park ka hema ʻo Sierra Tarahumara. Ma laila, ma waenakonu o nā kahawai, nā lāhui ʻōiwi a me nā kūkulu kolone, hoʻomaka kā mākou mākaʻikaʻi.
Kanalua ʻole kekahi o nā wahi hoihoi i loko o ka ʻO Reserve Reserve ʻo Copper Canyon ʻO ia kahi e hana i nā awawa, nā noho colonial a me ke alo kilokilo o nā ʻōiwi Tarahumara. ʻO ia hui pū kekahi kahi pūnaewele kūpono no ka ʻimi a me ke aʻo ʻana.
Ua hōʻea mākou i ʻO Guachochi -ʻO ka noho kaona o ka sierra ma mua, kahi kūlanakauhale i hoʻolaʻa nui ʻia no ka hana ulu lāʻau, mahi holoholona a me ka mahiʻai ponoʻī ponoʻī, a me nā lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi lawa e kākoʻo i ka ʻimi ʻana i kāna wahi - ʻoiai ʻo kēia kaiāulu ke ala i ka Barranca de Sinforosa (ʻo 45 wale nō ia ma ke kalaka).
ʻO Sinforosa ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe ʻelua ma ka hohonu ma Sierra Tarahumara, ma 1,830 m, akā ua ʻimi iki ʻia.
ʻAʻole mamao loa mai Guachochi, i ka hema, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i ke awāwa ʻo Yerbabuena, a ma ke kūkulu ʻākau ke kaona o Tonachi, hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kahawai ʻo Tarahumara kahi e nui ai ka peach, guava a me nā māla hua ʻē aʻe. Ma Tonachi aia kahi hale pule kūikawā i kūkulu ʻia e ka Jesuits, kahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kona haipule, San Juan, i ka pō o Iune 23 me ka hulahula kaulana a ka Matachines.
Ma kahi kokoke i ke kaona hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i ʻelua mau wailele, ʻo kekahi o lākou me kahi kulu 20 m, a ʻo kekahi, ʻoi aku ka nui, 7 km ma lalo o ke kahawai, hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona i ʻike ʻole ka poʻe e kipa i kēia mau ala.
Me ka hopohopo ʻole, ʻo ka Barranca de Batopilas kekahi o nā wahi waiwai loa o ka mōʻaukala, ka moʻomeheu a me nā mea kupaianaha kūlohelohe. Aia ma laila kahi mau kauhale ʻo Tarahumara kahi, i ka wā ma mua, nā kaʻa mule nui i hoʻohana ʻia e hali i nā kī kālā i lawe ʻia mai i kēia wahi, e hoʻi nei me ka meaʻai no ka mea ma mua o 5,000 ka poʻe e noho ana.
Kūkulu ʻia ke kaona ma ka muliwai, waiho wale hoʻokahi alanui nui. I waenakonu, mahalo i ka pā nui nui, ua kūkulu ʻia kahi plaza. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ia ka hale aliʻi kulanakauhale.
ʻO Batopilas kekahi o nā wahi kūpono loa ma ka Sierra Tarahumara no ka holoholo a, ke kaukaʻi ʻia i ka manawa kūpono, hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā huakaʻi no hoʻokahi, ʻekolu, ʻehiku a ʻoi paha mau lā.
Ma hope o ka muliwai, ma luna o Cerro Colorado, hiki ʻoe i Munérachi, kahi misiona Jesuit i kūkulu ʻia me ka adobe. Ma ke ala, e pili ana i ka Barranca de Batopilas, e hōʻea ʻoe i Coyachique a me Satevó, "kahi o ke one", kahi e noho ai ʻo Catedral de la Sierra, kahi hale pule Iesū nui i kūkulu ʻia i ka kenekulia 17 me ka paukū i puhi ʻia.
Ma kahi lā ʻimi ʻimi ʻē aʻe hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i ka Camuchin mine i haʻalele ʻia a me ka mahiʻai, me nā hale adobe kahi e kau ai nā huhui hua waina mai ka piko o nā lanai. Ke piʻi nei i ka mauna ma hope o ka pantheon Batopilas e hōʻea ʻoe i Yerbaniz, a laila ma ka Shipyard, mai kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i kekahi o nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa o ka Barranca de Urique, a laila hele i lalo i Urique, kahi kūlanakauhale me kahi ʻoluʻolu kolone kū hoʻokahi.
Inā pili ka mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i ka Tarahumara, i ʻekolu mau lā hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi aʻe a i lalo mai Batopilas a i Cerro del Cuervo, kahi ʻāina kahi e noho nui ai nā ʻōiwi.
Piha nā kuahiwi i nā ala a ka Tarahumara e hoʻohana ai e hele mai kekahi kauhale i kahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe, no lākou nā ala e lawe ai lākou a lawe i ka palaoa, ka wai a me nā huahana e pono ai e ola. No kēia kumu koi mau ʻia e hele pū me kekahi e ʻike i kahi a e kōkua iā ʻoe iho me kahi palapala ʻāina a me kahi panana.
ʻO Guachochi lāua ʻo Batopilas he hōkele a me nā lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi hale ʻaina.
