Werengani nkhani yochititsa chidwi iyi ya ulendo wopita ku Espinazo del Diablo, ku Sierra Madre Occidental, ku Durango.
Nthawi iliyonse wina akabwereza mawuwo "Espinazo del Diablo" pokambirana, timadziwa kuti nkhani iyamba pomwe zoopsa zake zinali zenizeni, ulendo ndi chisangalalo. Posachedwa nditha kukumana ndi vuto loti ndikakumane naye pomwe woyendetsa basi yonyenga adafunsa omwe adakwerawo kuti: "Kodi mukufuna kutsika ndikuyenda kapena kudutsira Spine's Spine ndi ine."
Tinali mu gawo lapamwamba kwambiri komanso lowopsa Zomwe mzaka zimenezo zidalipo mpata womwe udachoka pagombe lowala la Mazatlán kupita ku mzinda wa Durango. Ndimakumbukira kuti mayi anga anandiuza, ndi mwano wakumpoto womwe unkamudziwa nthawi zonse: "Usasunthe, lolani ma koloni anu achoke." Tidapitilizabe, kusiyana kudachepa, m'mbali mwa msewu okwera adasuzumira pazenera ndikumamatira pazitsulo zamipando yawo. Phokoso la injini lidasokoneza, azimayi nawonso adadzilumphira okha ndikukweza Tamandani Mary pakamwa pawo. Basi idakoka komaliza, thupi lidanjenjemera, ndimaganiza nthawi imeneyo kuti ife timapita kuphompho… Koma pamapeto pake tidachoka ndipo patadutsa makilomita ochepa tidafika kuchigwa chaching'ono. Dzuwa linali litayamba kulowa.
Woyendetsa adafuula: "Tili mtawoni, tikupuma kwa mphindi zochepa." Tinatsika mgalimoto, chipale chofewa, choyera komanso chofewa chinalowa mu nsapato zanga, malowo anali ovuta. Woyendetsa adalunjika nyumba imodzi yomangidwa ndi mitengo, malo ozimitsira moto adawonetsa zamoyo, zimawoneka ngati zotentha, ngakhale kutentha sikunali kozizira kwambiri. Tidali "mumzinda", mumudzi wawung'ono wamatabwa omwe zaka zimenezo adachotsedwa padziko lapansi.
Nkhalango za Oak ndi pine zidatizungulira, ambiri mwa Sierra Madre Nthawi Zina, pomwe phokosolo limakwera, limapangitsa kuti zomera zake zisasunthike. Mawu oti "biodiversity" anali asanapangidwebe ndipo mavuto ochepetsa nkhalango, ngakhale anali ofunikira kale, sanali akulu monga pano. Chidziwitso chimangokhala ngati chimadzuka nthawi itatha.
Sindinadziwe ngati inali malo odyera kapena kantini, chowonadi ndichakuti malo omwera mowa ndi khitchini ankagwira ntchito nthawi imodzi, potumikira anthu am'deralo komanso iwo, monga ife, adadutsa njira yodutsayi. Menyuyi munali nyama yowotcha yophika nyama, yowotcha, nyemba, ndi mpunga. Pakona imodzi, ogula atatu limodzi ndi gitala anali kuyimba yoyendetsedwa ndi Benjamín Argumedo. Tinakhazikika patebulo ndi nsalu yapulasitiki yofiirira yoyera komanso yoyera.
Maulendo ena adabwera m'maganizo mwanga: omwe tidapanga zaka zapitazo kukachezera Yucatan kutsatira mseu waukulu wapamphepete mwa nyanja, womwe unali wopanda milatho ndikuti tiwoloke mitsinje timayenera kuchita ndi pangas; ulendo woopsa wochokera ku Tapachula kupita ku Tijuana okwera sitima zomwe panthawiyo zinkayenda masiku angapo; ulendo ku Monte Alban mu Ulendo waku Mexico-Oaxaca yomwe inali ndi mawu ake oyamba masauzande ambiri panjira. Maulendo onsewa anali ataliatali, ngakhale otopetsa, odzaza ndi zodabwitsa ndi ma nuances, koma palibe mwa iwo omwe tidakhala m'malo obisika komanso osungulumwa. Amuna omwe amayimba atanyamuka, ndinapita pakhomo kuti ndikawone kutayika kwawo munkhalango.
Titangopitirira ulendo wathu womwe unatipititsa ku Durango kenako ku mzinda wa Parral, ku Chihuahua. Kuzizira kudakulirako, tidabwerera momwemo, woyendetsa sanayimenso mu "mzinda", womwe m'mawa kumawoneka ngati tawuni yamzukwa. El Espinazo adatidabwitsa, kugona pang'ono podutsa pakati pake, osatulutsa mawu. Zaka zambiri zadutsa ndipo sindinapeze aliyense amene adadutsa msana wa satana mgalimoto yovuta, nthawi zina ndimaganiza kuti njirayi kulibe ndipo kuti zonse zidapangidwa ndiulendo wongoyerekeza pakatikati pa mapiri a Durango.
