Tili ndi zida zathu zonse zamapiri, zingwe, ma crampons, nkhwangwa za ayezi, zomangira ayezi, zokutidwa bwino komanso ndi nsapato zovekedwa bwino, tinapita ku Iztaccíhuatl kukasangalala kumapeto kwa sabata kumapiri.
Pakadali pano Popocatépetl silingakwere chifukwa chaphalaphala lomwe limapitilira, chifukwa chake ife omwe timakonda kukwera mapiri, timapita ku Iztaccíhuatl, komwe kuli phiri lachitatu kwambiri ku Mexico, lomwe lili "el breast" pa 5,230 m kutalika.
Mapiri ofunikira kwambiri a Iztaccíhuatl ndi mapazi, mawondo, mimba, chifuwa ndi mutu, zomwe zimatha kufikiridwa ndi njira zosiyanasiyana, zina zovuta kwambiri kuposa zina. Mwa ovuta kwambiri ndi Via del Centinela, imodzi mwanjira zazitali kwambiri kukwera miyala ku Mexico. Njira zina zovuta kwambiri ndizosasunthika, zomwe zili m'tsitsi la Iztaccíhuatl komanso komwe okwera mapiri aku Mexico amachita machitidwe athu oundana. Chimodzi mwa izo chimadziwika kuti Oñate Ramp, chomwe chimakufikitsani molunjika pachifuwa ndikupita ku ayezi wa Ayoloco, womwe uli m'mimba mwa Iztaccíhuatl.
Zachikale
Ngati mukungoyambira m'mapiri ataliatali, tikukulimbikitsani kuti mukwere iyi, yomwe imayambira ku La Joya ndipo imadutsa nsonga zingapo, mapazi, mawondo, zikopa, mimba ndi chifuwa. Ndiulendo wautali kwambiri, pafupifupi maola khumi.
Ndibwino kuti muyambe m'mawa kwambiri kuti muzisangalala ndi kutuluka kwa dzuwa komwe kumapangitsako fumaroles ya Popocatepetl ndi moto. Ndikofunikira kutsagana ndi wowongolera, kunyamula ma crampons, nkhwangwa ndi chingwe kuti athe kuwoloka ma glaciers am'mimba ndi pachifuwa.
Mutu
Apa mwayi ndiwosiyana, choyamba muyenera kukafika ku tawuni ya San Rafael, ndipo kuchokera pamenepo pitilizani mumsewu wafumbi wopita ku Llano Grande, komwe kuyenda kumayambira pakati pa zacatales mpaka kukafika pamchenga waukulu ndi miyala yotchedwa "El Tumbaburros ”, pomwe mumawoneka kuti mumatenga gawo limodzi ndikubwerera mmbuyo awiri kufikira mutafika paphiri lomwe limalekanitsa phirili ndi mutu ndi chifuwa. Njirayo ndiyokwera chifukwa muyenera kukwera njira yayitali yamatalala mpaka mukafike pamwambowu pamamita 5,146.
Chipale chofewa cha Ayoloco
Pambuyo pokwera kangapo ndikuphunzitsidwa, mutha kuthana ndi iyi yomwe ndi imodzi mwanjira zovuta kwambiri. Malo oyambira njirayi ndi La Joya, ku Paso de Cortés, ndipo chipale chofewa ichi chimakutengerani kumsonkhano wam'mimba. Mu 1850 zoyesera zoyambirira zidachitika kuti akwere njirayi, koma adalephera chifukwa chosowa zida zogonjetsera makoma a ayezi. Mu Novembala 1889, H. Remsen Whitehouse ndi Baron Von Zedwitz adakwanitsa kukwera chipale chofewa pogwiritsa ntchito nkhwangwa zomwe adakumba masitepe ndipo zitha kudabwitsidwa atapeza botolo lokhala ndi uthenga mkati womwe wasiyidwa ndi Swiss James de Salis, yemwe adafika pamsonkhano masiku asanu asanafike. Chipale chofewa chamapiri aku Mexico ndichovuta kukwera, chimang'ambika mosavuta ndipo nthawi yomweyo chimakhala chovuta kwambiri, muyenera kuchimenya mobwerezabwereza kuti chikwaniritse nkhwangwa ndi ma crampons.
Mpanda wa Oñate
Njirayi ndiyotalikirapo kuposa yapita, chifukwa zimatenga masiku awiri. Imanyamuka ku La Joya, ndipo tikulimbikitsidwa kukamanga msasa pansi pa madzi oundana a Ayoloco kuti muthane ndi phiri lalikululo la Oñate tsiku lotsatira, lomwe limadutsa pachilumba chakumpoto chakumadzulo molunjika pachimake pachifuwa. Njirayi idatchulidwa polemekeza a Juan José Oñate, omwe limodzi ndi anzawo omwe adakwera nawo Bertha Monroy, Enriqueta Magaña, Vicente Pereda ndi Zenón Martínez adamwalira pangozi yoopsa pamsewuwu mu 1974.
Ngati ayezi ali bwino, mutha kukwera pamtunda woyenda modutsa pakati pa 60 ndi 70, ndikukhala ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino pamutu. Pambuyo pamaola angapo ovuta, mutha kufika pachimake penipeni pa Iztaccíhuatl, pachifuwa. Tikukupemphani kuti mudzayendere mapiri athu ndi National Parks mwaulemu. Ngati tikufuna kuphulika kokutidwa ndi chipale chofewa chaka chilichonse, timayenera kuyikankhanso nkhalango kuti pakhale chinyezi, madzi, chipale chambiri komanso kukongola. Tisakwiyitse milungu yomwe ikukhala pamwamba pake.
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