Aia ma ke komohana komohana o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Nuevo León, e pili ana me Coahuila, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka Cumbres de Monterrey National Park i wahi pale ʻia e ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo pelekikena ma Nowemapa 24, 1939; ʻO kāna 246,500 hectares ka mea nui ma Mekiko.
Aia ka inoa o Cumbres iā ia i nā kuahiwi nani o ka Sierra Madre Oriental i kēia wahi, kahi home o nā ulu lāʻau ulu a me nā mea ulu like ʻole a me nā holoholona. He wahi wela ia i ke kauwela, akā me nā hau hau pinepine i ka wā hoʻoilo. Ma muli o kona ʻano ʻāina a me nā ʻano olaola, he wahi kūpono ia no ka mauna, ka hoʻomoana, ka caving, ka nānā manu ʻana a me nā haʻawina kumuwaiwai maoli.
ʻO kekahi o nā ala hou loa ʻo La Esmeralda Canyon lōʻihi, kahi, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, koi i kahi kūlana kino maikaʻi o ka mea ʻimi, no ka mea ʻaʻole like me kēlā me Matacanes a me Hidrofobia e holo nei i ka wā maloʻo, no laila hiki e noʻonoʻo i ka wela nui, kekahi mea o ke kaupaona e kū i mua o ka huakaʻi. Hāʻawi ʻia i kēia mau ʻano, wānana ʻia ka hui awelika o nā mea hele wāwae e lawe ma kahi o 12 mau hola e puka i waho o ke kahawai.
He mea pīhoihoi ia i kahi ala maikaʻi o ke ala a lākou i ʻike ʻia ai ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kahi huakaʻi paionia i nā makahiki he 10 i hala. Manaʻo ʻia ua komo kēlā pūʻulu a haʻalele i ke kahawai ma kekahi ala ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ua nalo nā hōʻike o kā lākou ala i ka holo ʻana o ke ala.
KA HUAKAI O KA HELUHELU
ʻO ka wehe ʻana i kahi ala hou nā pilikia a ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa ʻo La Esmeralda. Ma kā lākou hanauna mua, ua paʻakikī ka alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻo Mauricio Garza a me kāna hui i loko o ke kahawai. -ʻAʻole maopopo iā ʻoe ka mea e kali ai, ʻaʻole ʻoe ma laila ..., ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kāna pono, inā ʻaʻole hiki kāu kaula, pilikia ʻoe a ʻaʻohe hoʻi e hoʻi, hoʻopau ʻo ia e like me kāna ʻohi ʻana iā lākou.
ʻO kā mākou ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi lua, a e like me kā Mauricio, ʻoi aku ka pilikia ma mua o ka mea o mua. A laila, kokoke wau e nīnau iā ia - maopopo iā ʻoe he "āpau" kāu i nā mika o ke kaula?
Ma hope iki iho o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi, ua hoʻololi koke ke ʻano o ke aniau. ʻO kahi kulu uila, wehewehe ʻia nā alakaʻi, hiki ke hoʻololi nui i nā kūlana o ka iho, ʻoiai he wahi ia me ka noe he nui, kahi e kaupalena ʻia ai ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā ua.
Ua haʻi lākou pehea i ka huakaʻi mua, pulu loa, hele lohi lākou i loko o nā kahawai o ke kahawai- -Kahi manawa ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i kekahi mea, ua like ia me ka makapō e hele wāwae ana, no laila ua kīloi mākou i nā pōhaku e helu i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka rappel, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i kahi i pau ai ka rappel. pali.
He ʻumikūmālua mau hola ma hope, ua haʻalele ka poʻe alakaʻi i ka manaʻolana no ka puka ʻana i mua o ka pō ʻana; Me ka loaʻa ʻole o nā koho he nui e hoʻoholo, hoʻonohonoho lākou e pili ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi puʻuhonua maikaʻi i waena o nā pōhaku e puʻuhonua mai ke anu o nā kuahiwi.
Ma muli o ka pouli ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike e kokoke ana lākou e haʻalele i ke awāwa, akā i ka wanaʻao ua pau ka nui o nā ālaina o kēlā kūpuna. I kekahi mau hola ma hope ua kāhea lākou i ko lākou ʻohana e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou ua palekana nā poʻe āpau.
ʻO Gustavo Casas, kekahi alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻē aʻe i wehewehe e hana i ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mua e pono ai ma mua o kahi kime maikaʻi, no ka mea i nā hanana e like me kēia, kahi e hele ʻole ai nā mea he nui e like me ka hoʻolālā, hoʻokahi haneli pākēneka kaukaʻi i ka ʻike. o kēlā me kēia lālā o ka hui.
KA HOLO ANA I KA ESMERALDA
Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi me kahi piʻi lōʻihi a kiʻekiʻe o hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapalua e hoʻomaka ana mai ka ʻāina ʻo Jonuco a hiki i ka piko o Puerto de Oyameles, kahi e hoʻomaka ai ke ala e iho ai i ka waha o ke kahawai. ʻAʻohe kala kēia ʻāpana mua a ʻo ka poʻe wale nō i ke kūlana kino maikaʻi e lanakila iā ia me ka ʻole o nā pilikia.
Maʻalahi paha ka iho ʻana, akā ʻo ka iho ʻana i kēia ala ke hāʻawi nei i kekahi mau pilikia. Hele ke ala ma waena o ka ulu nui o ka ululāʻau a hālāwai i kekahi mau ʻōpuʻu ma ke awāwa nui i kona ala, i mea e pau ai ka nalowale i ke kuahiwi. Ma hope o ka pale ʻana i nā lālā he mau kaukani, nā pōhaku a me nā pahu hāʻule, ua hōʻea ʻia ka rap mua, i kapa ʻia ʻo La Cascadita, a ʻoiai he ʻelima mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe, ke hiki aku ʻoe i ka lalo ʻaʻohe hoʻi i hope. ʻO ka mea e hele ma aneʻi he koho wale nō ia e lanakila ai i nā ālai āpau ma La Esmeralda Canyon.
Iwakāluakūmālua mau minuke ke hele aku, ʻike ʻia ʻo La Noria, kahi kekona ʻumi mika ʻumi e hoʻopuni iā mākou e like me ka nahesa nui i ka hohonu o ka honua.
ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene, ʻo ka hāʻule hou aʻe, 20m, inoa inoa "makemake wau e hoʻi", no ka mea e like me nā alakaʻi, i kēia manawa manaʻo nui ka poʻe holoholo i kā lākou hana ma laila.
I ka manawa i lanakila ai ka manawa mua o ka pilikia, hoʻomau ka huakaʻi me ka hele wāwae 40 mau minuke i kahi rappel e hiki mai ana, kahi ʻaʻohe manawa no ka minamina, ʻoiai ke kū nei mākou i kahi 50 m drop, i ka lua o ka "manawa kūhelu" o ka pilikia hui. . Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole, hoʻomau ke ala ma waena o kahi awāwa e iho i lalo i kahi moʻo o nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma waena o 10 a 15 m, i kapa ʻia ʻo Expansor a me La Grieta, ʻo ia ka mea ma mua o kekahi o nā hāʻule paʻakikī.
ʻO ka "triple V me ka turn" kahi iho o ka angled e koi ana i ka ikaika nui e pale i ka hakakā o nā kaula e kūʻē i ka pōhaku kihi, a i ʻole hiki i kekahi ke hoʻopaʻa paʻa ma mua o 30 m mai ke kumu. ʻO 45 m ka nui o ka hāʻule, akā hāʻawi wale ka 15 m mua i kahi hāʻule manuahi, ʻoiai ma laila e huli huli pōhaku ai ka hema i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kūʻē nui i ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaula.
Hele kekahi 40 mau minuke i ka mua o nā platelet ʻelua ma ke ala. ʻO ka mua, he ʻehā mau mika, hāʻawi i kekahi mau pilikia, akā ʻo ka lua, ʻoi aku ma mua o 20 m, he kanalua ʻo ia ka iho hoʻoweliweli loa o ke ala, ʻoiai e kiʻi iā ia aia nō he ʻekolu mau moʻokūʻauhau e hana ʻia, ʻo El Charco, no 15 m. , Del Buzo, 30 m a me La Palma, 10m kiʻekiʻe.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā platelet e kahi drip pau ʻole, kahi mea e like me ka mea e hana me nā stalactite a me nā stalagmite i nā ana. He paukūʻolokaʻa kona hoʻokumu ʻana, no laila like ka iho ʻana i ka lāʻau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kupaianaha.
Ke hele nei i lalo i kēia mau platelet pono i ka nui o ka noʻonoʻo, no ka mea inā ʻoe e kākoʻo piha i kou kaupaona hiki ke hana i kahi kaʻawale o kēia hana pōhaku lahilahi, kahi e hōʻino ai i ke kaula a hōʻeha paha i kahi hoa e kali ana ma lalo.
Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i kēia moʻokūʻauhau - pono wau e ʻae i kēia ipu maoli iaʻu i vertigo - hoʻomau mākou i ka ʻaoʻao hohonu o ka canyon e pani me nā rappel ʻelua hope loa, ʻo La Palmita 2, he ʻelima mau mika, a ʻo Ya ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 m, ʻoiai ma hope o ka iho ʻana o ka hope aia kekahi rappel hou o 70 m, ka mea no nā kumu like ʻole ʻaʻole i hōʻoia no ke ala.
He koho kēia pali no nā hui e hoʻomau i ka wikiwiki i loko o ka huakaʻi, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hele i laila i kahi manawa maikaʻi e iho me nā kaula, inā ʻaʻole lākou e koi ʻia e hele ma ke ala e hiki ai i ka hopena o ke kahawai.
Ma hope o ka loiloi ʻana i nā pilikia āpau a me nā pilikia a lākou i alo ai i kā lākou hanauna mua ma o La Esmeralda, maopopo ʻo Mauricio Garza e lilo ana kēia awāwa i alahele kaulana loa no nā mea koa wiwo ʻole o ka ʻāina.
