Kwa zaka zambiri ndakhala ndi mwayi wokhoza kufufuza ndi kuyenda malo ambiri omwe sanayenderedwenso ndi munthu.
Masamba awa nthawi zonse anali mabowo obisika komanso kuphompho komwe, chifukwa chodzipatula komanso kuchuluka kwa zovuta kuzifikira, adakhalabe osasunthika; koma tsiku lina ndimadzifunsa ngati pangakhale malo ena ogona mdziko lathu omwe sanali obisika ndipo anali owoneka bwino. Posakhalitsa yankho linandibwerera.
Zaka zingapo zapitazo, nditawerenga buku la El Otro México la Fernando Jordán, lomwe limafotokoza za Baja California, ndidakumana ndi mawu otsatirawa: "... molunjika, pamalire omwe alibe malingaliro, mtsinje wa Garza umadumphadumpha ndikupanga mathithi okongola chifukwa cha kutalika kwake. Ali ndendende mamita 900 ”.
Chiyambireni kuwerenga kalatayi ndakhala ndikuda nkhawa kuti kutsika kwamadzi kuja ndikotani. Panalibe kukaikira kuti ndi anthu ochepa okha omwe amadziwa za iye, popeza palibe amene amadziwa kundiuza chilichonse, ndipo m'mabuku ndimangopeza zolemba za Jordan.
Pamene Carlos Rangel ndi ine tinapanga ulendo wopita ku Baja California mu 1989 (onani México Desconocido, Nos. 159, 160 ndi 161), chimodzi mwazolinga zomwe tidadziyikira ndikuti tipeze mathithiwa. Kumayambiriro kwa Meyi chaka chomwecho tinafikira pomwe Jordán anali zaka 40 zapitazo, ndipo tidapeza khoma lokongola la granite lomwe tidawerengera kuti liziwonekera mozungulira 1 km. Mtsinje unatsika kuchokera panjira yopanga mathithi atatu pafupifupi 10 m kenako chiphasacho chimakhotera kumanzere ndikukwera modabwitsa, ndikusochera. Kuti muzitsatira mumayenera kukhala wokwera bwino kwambiri komanso kukhala ndi zida zambiri, ndipo popeza sitimazitenga nthawi imeneyo, tidasiya kukwera. Pokhala kutsogolo kwa khoma, njira zambiri zomwe mtsinje umatsikira sizimawoneka, popeza imayenda mozungulira kutsogolo kwamiyala; kokha okwera kwambiri mpaka 600, 700 kapena kupitirira mita anali mathithi ena omwe sangasiyanitsidwe. Jordán anawona mathithi kuchokera kumwamba ndi pansi ndipo sanayang'anenso pabwalopo, chifukwa chake amaganiza kuti pangakhale mathithi akulu a 900 m. Oyang'anira malo m'derali amatcha malowa "Chorro Canyon", ndipo pamwambowu tinafika padziwe lokongola lomwe mathithi omaliza adagwera.
KULOLELA KOYAMBA
Mu Epulo 1990 ndidaganiza zopitiliza kufufuza malowa kuti ndidziwe zomwe zinali mkati mwa Chorro Canyon. Pamwambowu ndidakonza zionetsero kudzera kumtunda kwa chigwa, momwe Lorenzo Moreno, Sergio Murillo, Esteban Luviano, Dora Valenzuela, Esperanza Anzar ndi seva.
Tinachoka ku Ensenada ndikukwera mapiri a San Pedro Mártir kudzera mumsewu wafumbi wopita kumalo owonera zakuthambo a UNAM. Timasiya galimoto yathu pamalo otchedwa La Tasajera ndipo pamalo omwewa timamanga msasa. Pa 9 koloko m'mawa tsiku lotsatira tinayamba kuyenda kulowera komwe kunayambira mtsinje wa Chorro kudzera m'chigwa chokongola chotchedwa La Grulla, chomwe chimazunguliridwa ndi mitengo ya paini ndipo sichimapangitsa kukhala ku Baja California. Apa mtsinje wa Chorro umabadwa kuchokera akasupe angapo, omwe timapitilira nthawi zina kuzungulira zomera zowongoka ndipo nthawi zina kudumpha pakati pamiyala. Usiku tinkamanga msasa pamalo omwe timatcha "Piedra Tinaco" ndipo ngakhale kuyenda kunali kolemetsa, tinkasangalala ndi malowa komanso mawonekedwe azinyama ndi zinyama zambiri.
Tsiku lotsatira tikupitiriza kuyenda. Posakhalitsa, mtsinjewu udasiya mayendedwe osasangalatsa omwe udali nawo ku Crane ndikuyamba kuwonetsa mathithi ake oyamba ndi mathithi, zomwe zidatikakamiza kuti tiziyenda molowera pakati pa mapiri oyandikira, omwe anali otopetsa chifukwa chamatambo akuluakulu komanso dzuwa lolemera. Nthawi itatu masana mathithi am'madzi pafupifupi 15 adatikakamiza kuti tichoke kwa ola limodzi. Kunali mdima pafupifupi tikamamanga msasa ndi khwawa, koma tinali ndi nthawi yokwanira kuti tidye.
Pa tsiku lachitatu lokwera tinayamba ntchitoyi nthawi ya 8:30 m'mawa, ndipo patapita kanthawi tinafika kudera lomwe mathithi ndi mathithi ang'onoang'ono amatsatizana ndikupanga maiwe okongola pomwe tidayimilira kuti tisambire. Kuyambira pano, mtsinjewu udayamba kudzikongoletsa ndipo mitengo yamipeni idatsala pang'ono kuzimiririka kuti ipite kwa alders, poplars ndi thundu. M'madera ena munali matabwa akuluakulu a granite pakati pomwe madzi adatayika, ndikupanga njira zina zapansi panthaka ndi mathithi. Inali 11 koloko titafika madzi asanakwane 6 mita omwe sitimatha kutembenuka, ngakhale pamapiri, popeza pano mtsinjewo udasefukira kwathunthu ndikuyamba kutsetsereka kwake. Popeza sitinabweretse chingwe kapena zida zokumbukira, ndipamene timabwera. Pakadali pano tidatcha "Mutu wa Chiwombankhanga" chifukwa cha mwala waukulu womwe udayima patali ndikuwoneka kuti uli ndi mawonekedwe amenewo.
Pobwerera timakhala ndi mwayi wofufuza mitsinje ina yopita ku Chorro Canyon, kuyang'ana mapanga angapo ndikuyendera zigwa zina pafupi ndi La Grulla, monga yotchedwa La Encantada, chomwe ndi chodabwitsa chenicheni.
NDEGE
Mu Januwale 1991, ine ndi mnzanga Pedro Valencia tinawoloka bwato kudutsa Sierra de San Pedro Mártir. Ndinali ndi chidwi chowonera Chorro Canyon kuchokera mlengalenga ndisanayambe kufufuza zamkati mwake. Tidayenda pafupifupi phiri lonse ndipo ndidatha kujambulitsa canyon ndikuzindikira kuti ndiyowongoka. Pambuyo pake ndinatha kutenga zithunzi zingapo zakumlengalenga zomwe asayansi ena ku Ensenada adazijambula ndipo ndidatha kujambula mapu amakanthawi amalo. Pakadali pano sindinakayikire kuti palibe amene adalowapo mu Chorro Canyon. Ndikusanthula zithunzi za mlengalenga komanso kuthawa komwe ndidapanga, ndidazindikira kuti momwe tidapitilira ndi pomwe gawo loyambira limayambira; kuchokera pamenepo mtsinjewo umatsikira pafupifupi 1 km osakwana 1 km modutsa, mpaka pomwe ine ndi Rangel tidafika mu 1989, ndiye kuti, tsinde la chipululu.
KULOWA KWABIRI
Mu Epulo 1991 Ine ndi Jesús Ibarra, Esperanza Anzar, Luis Guzmán, Esteban Luviano Renato Mascorro tidabwerera kumapiri kukapitiliza kuyendera Canyon. Tidali ndi zida zambiri ndipo tidanyamula zambiri chifukwa cholinga chathu chinali kukhala m'derali masiku osachepera 10. Tinabweretsa altimeter ndipo tinayeza kutalika kwa malo ofunikira omwe tidadutsa. Chigwa cha Grulla chili pamtunda wa mamita 2,073 pamwamba pa nyanja ndi Piedra del Tinaco pamtunda wa mamita 1,966 pamwamba pa nyanja.
Tsiku lachitatu molawirira, tidafika ku Mutu wa Mphungu (pamtunda wa mamita 1,524 pamwamba pa nyanja) pomwe tidakhazikitsa msasa ndikudzigawa m'magulu awiri kuti tipite patsogolo. Gulu limodzi limatsegula njirayo ndipo linzake limapanga "cherpa", ndiye kuti, amanyamula chakudya, matumba ogona ndi zida zina.
Kampu itangokhazikitsidwa, tidagawanika ndikupitiliza kufufuza. Analimbikitsa gulu m'madzi omwe anali akuyembekezereka chaka chatha; ali 6 m dontho. Mamita ochepa kuchokera pamenepo, tinafika pagulu lalikulu lamiyala yayikulu, yopangidwa ndi kugwa kwa zaka chikwi, yomwe imatseka mtsinjewo ndikupangitsa madzi kusefa pakati pa mabowo am'thanthwe, ndipo mkati mwake mumapanga mathithi ndi maiwe omwe, ngakhale ang'onoang'ono, ndi okongola kwambiri. Pambuyo pake tinakwera panjira yayikulu kumanja ndipo tinakonzekera kutsika kuwombera kwachiwiri kwa pafupifupi 15 m ya kugwa komwe kunathera pomwe madzi amtsinjewo amatuluka mwamphamvu kuchokera munjira yake yapansi panthaka.
Tinapitilizabe kupita patsogolo ndipo patangopita nthawi pang'ono tinafika pa mathithi akuluakulu kuposa onse omwe tidawona mpaka nthawi imeneyo (30 m), pomwe madzi amasefukira kwathunthu ndikutsikira kudumpha kanayi padziwe lalikulu. Popeza panalibe njira yoti tipewe ndipo sizinali zotheka kukumbukiranso molunjika chifukwa champhamvu yomwe madzi adanyamula, tidaganiza zokwera khoma limodzi mpaka titafika poti titha kutsika popanda chiopsezo. Komabe, kunali kutada kale, choncho tinaganiza zomanga msasa ndikunyamuka kutsika tsiku lotsatira. Timatcha mathithi awa "Makatani anayi" chifukwa cha mawonekedwe ake.
Tsiku lotsatira, ine ndi Luis Guzmán tidatsika kukhoma lamanja la chigwa, kutsegula njira yomwe idatipewetsa kupewa mathithi. Kuchokera pansi pa kulumpha kunkawoneka kokongola ndikupanga dziwe lalikulu. Ndi malo okongola komanso owoneka bwino omwe amapezeka m'malo owuma a Baja California.
Tinapitilizabe kutsika ndipo kenako tinafika pa mathithi ena momwe munali koyenera kukhazikitsa chingwe china cha 15 m. Gawo ili timalitcha "Collapse II", popeza ndiyonso yomwe idapangidwa ndi kugwa kwakale, ndipo miyala imatseka canyon yomwe imapangitsa kuti madzi amtsinjewo akwere ndikusowa kangapo pakati pa mipata. Pansi pali dziwe lalikulu komanso lokongola lomwe timatcha "Cascada de Adán" chifukwa Chuy Ibarra adavula ndikusamba mokoma.
Titapumula ndikusangalala ndi tsambali, tidapitilira kutsika pakati pamiyala, maiwe, mathithi, ndi mathithi amfupi. Posakhalitsa titayamba kuyenda pamiyala ndipo mtsinjewo udayamba kukhala pansi, chifukwa chake tidayenera kupeza malo oti titsike, ndipo tidawapeza kudzera pakhoma lokongola lomwe linali ndi dontho loyenda pafupifupi 25 m. Pansi pa tsinde ili, mtsinjewu umayenda bwino pamwamba pa slab ya granite mumaonekedwe osalala, osalala. Timatcha malowa "El Lavadero", chifukwa tidaganiza kuti chinali lingaliro lochapa zovala pozilemba pamwala. Pambuyo pa Lavadero, tidapeza mpata wawung'ono wa 5 m, womwe udalidi cholembera kuti tipewe njira yovuta ndi chitetezo chachikulu. Pansi pake tinamanga msasa pamalo abwino amchenga.
Tsiku lotsatira tidadzuka 6:30 A.M. ndipo tikupitiliza kutsika. Kutali pang'ono tidapeza kanyumba kena kakang'ono pafupifupi 4 m ndipo tidatsitsa mwachangu. Kupitilira apo tidafika pa mathithi okongola pafupifupi 12 kapena 15 m kutalika komwe kudagwera padziwe lokongola. Tinayesera kutsikira kumanzere, koma kuwomberako kunatitsogolera molunjika ku dziwe, lomwe linkawoneka lakuya, kotero tinayang'ana njira ina. Kudzanja lamanja timapeza kuwombera kwina, komwe timagawa magawo awiri kuti tipewe kufikira kumadzi. Gawo loyamba ndi mita 10 yakugwa pamphepete momasuka, ndipo gawo lachiwiri ndi 15 mita kupita ku umodzi mwa magombe a dziwe. Mtsinjewo uli ndi mwala waukulu pakati womwe umagawaniza madziwo kukhala mathithi awiri ndipo chifukwa cha ichi tidatcha "Twin Waterfall".
Atangotha dziwe la Twin House, mathithi ena amayamba, omwe tikuganiza kuti anali ndi mita 50. Popeza sitimatsikira molunjika pa iyo, timayenera kuwoloka kangapo ndikukwera kuti tipewe. Komabe, chingwe chinali chitatha ndipo kupita kwathu patsogolo kudasokonekera. Tidawona kuti pansi pa mathithi otsirizawa panali ena osachepera awiri, nawonso akulu, ndipo kale pansi pamtsinjewo anali akuyenda mozungulira, ndipo ngakhale sitimatha kupenyerera, tidazindikira kuti anali owongoka kwathunthu.
Tinali okondwa kwambiri ndi zotsatira za kufufuzaku, ndipo ngakhale tisanayambe kubwereranso tinayamba kukonzekera kulowa kwina. Tinabwerera pang'onopang'ono titatenga chingwe ndi zida, ndipo momwe timakonzekera kubwerera posachedwa, tidazisiya zitabisala m'mapanga angapo munjirayo.
KULOWA KWACHITATU
Pofika Okutobala wotsatira tidabwerera: tinali a Pablo Medina, Angélica de León, José Luis Soto, Renato Mascorro, Esteban Luviano, Jesús Ibarra ndi omwe amalemba izi. Kuphatikiza pa zida zomwe tidasiya kale, tidanyamula chingwe chamamita 200 komanso chakudya kwa masiku pafupifupi 15. Zikwama zathu zam'manja zidakwezedwa pamwamba ndipo chovuta cha malo ovutawa ndi osafikirika ndikuti munthu alibe mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito abulu kapena nyulu.
Zinatitengera pafupifupi masiku asanu kuti tifike kumapeto komaliza pakuwunika koyambirira, ndipo mosiyana ndi nthawi yomaliza yomwe timasiya zingwe, tsopano tinali kuzinyamula, ndiye kuti, tinalibenso mwayi wobwerera momwe tidabwerera. Komabe, tinali otsimikiza kuti timaliza ulendowu, popeza tidawerengera kuti pakuwunika koyambirira tidamaliza 80% ya ulendowu. Kuphatikiza apo, tinali ndi chingwe cha 600 m, chomwe chidatilola kugawa m'magulu atatu ndikukhala ndi ufulu wodziyimira pawokha.
M'mawa wa Okutobala 24, tidali pamwamba chabe pa mathithi omwe sitinathe kutsika nthawi yam'mbuyomu. Kutsika kwa kuwombera kumeneku kudabweretsa mavuto angapo, popeza kugwa kuli pafupi 60 m ndipo sikutsika motsetsereka pamwamba pa limbikitsa, koma popeza madzi anali ambiri ndipo anali kutsika mwamphamvu zinali zowopsa kuyesa kupita kumeneko ndipo tidasankha kupeza njira yotetezeka . 15 m kutsika, tinakwera pakhoma pang'ono kuti tisokoneze chingwecho kuchokera pamadziwo ndikukhazikitsanso pamphindi. Patadutsa mamita 10 kupita pansi tinafika pamphepete pomwe zomera zinali zowirira kwambiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kuyendetsa kukhale kovuta. Mpaka gawo limenelo tidatsika pafupifupi 30 m ndipo pambuyo pake, kuchokera pathanthwe lalikulu, tidatsika 5 mita yochulukirapo ndipo tidakwera phazi lalikulu lamiyala pomwe titha kuwona, patali pang'ono ndikutsika, kulumikizana kwa mtsinje wa Chorro ndi wa San Antonio , ndiye kuti kutha kwa canyon. Pamapeto pa kugwa uku, komwe timatcha "del Fauno", pali dziwe lokongola ndipo pafupifupi 8 m musanafike pamenepo, madzi amadutsa pansi pamiyala yayikulu ndikupereka chithunzi choti mtsinjewo umachokera thanthwe.
Pambuyo pa "Cascada del Fauno", timapeza malo ocheperako koma okongola omwe timabatiza ngati "Lavadero II", kenako mathithi ang'onoang'ono, okhala ndi dontho pafupifupi 6 m. Nthawi yomweyo mafunde ena adabwera ndipo kuchokera kwa iwo kunatulukira mathithi akulu, omwe sitinathe kuwawona bwino tsikulo chifukwa anali atachedwa kale, koma tidawerengera kuti apitilira 5o m ya kugwa kwaulere. Tinabatiza iyi ngati "Star Waterfall" chifukwa mpaka nthawi imeneyo inali yokongola kwambiri kuposa zonse zomwe tidaziwonapo.
Pa Okutobala 25 tidaganiza zopuma, tidadzuka mpaka 11 m'mawa ndikupita kukawona kugwa. Mowala bwino titha kuwona kuti "Cascada Estrella" itha kukhala ndi kugwa kwa 60 m. Madzulo a tsikulo tidayamba kutsetsereka pakhoma loyimirira. Tidayika chingwe chomwe tidagawa kangapo mpaka chidali pakati. Kuchokera pamenepo tidapitilizabe kumenya ndi chingwe china, komabe, sitinkawerengera kutalika bwino ndipo idayimitsidwa mita zingapo kuchokera pansi, kotero Pablo adatsikira komwe ndidali ndikundipatsa chingwe chotalikirapo, chomwe timatha kumaliza kuchepa. Khoma la "Star Waterfall" limakutidwa kwambiri ndi mpesa waukulu womwe umakongoletsa kukongola kwake. Mtsinjewo umagwera mu dziwe lokongola kwambiri pafupifupi 25 mita m'mimba mwake, pomwe madzi ena amadzimadzi pafupifupi 10 m amagwa aulere, koma popeza tidakonda "Estrella Cascade" ndi dziwe lake kwambiri, tidaganiza zokhalabe komweko tsikulo. Pali malo ochepa pano oti timange msasa, komabe, tidapeza miyala yolimba ndipo tidatola nkhuni kuchokera nkhuni zowuma zomwe zimakokolola mtsinje womwe ukukwera ndikukhazikika m'mphepete mwa miyala ndi mitengo. Kulowa kwa dzuwa kunali kosangalatsa, thambo limawonetsa malalanje-pinki-violet ndikutikoka kuti tiwone mawonekedwe a mapiri omwe ali pafupi. Kumayambiriro kwausiku nyenyezi zidawonekera kwathunthu ndipo timatha kusiyanitsa bwino njira yamkaka. Ndimamva ngati chombo chachikulu choyenda mlengalenga.
Pa 26 tidadzuka m'mawa ndipo mwachangu tidatsitsa zomwe tatchulazi zomwe sizinabweretse mavuto akulu. Pansi pa dontho ili tinali ndi njira ziwiri zobadwira: kumanzere kunali kofupikira, koma timalowa gawo lomwe canyon idakhala yopapatiza komanso yakuya, ndipo ndinkachita mantha kuti tibwera molunjika ku mathithi ambiri ndi maiwe, zomwe zingapangitse kuti zikhale zovuta kuchepa. Kudzanja lamanja, kuwombera kunali kutalitali, koma maiwe amayenera kupewedwa, ngakhale sitinadziwe mavuto omwe angatibweretsere. Timasankha omaliza.
Kutsika uku kugwa tidapita mbali yakumanja kwa mtsinjewu ndipo pa khonde lalikulu komanso lowopsa tidapanga kuwombera kotsatira komwe kukadakhala ndi mita 25 ndikulowera kumpanda wina. Kuchokera apa titha kuwona kale kutha kwa canyon pafupi kwambiri, pafupifupi pansi pathu. Pamphepete mwa kuwomberaku panali masamba ambiri omwe amatipangitsa kuti ziziyenda bwino, ndipo timayenera kumenya nkhondo kudutsa mitengo yamphesa yolimba yotsatira.
Kuwombera komaliza kunayang'ana motalika. Kuti titsitse tinayenera kugwiritsa ntchito zingwe zitatu zomwe tinatsala nazo, ndipo pafupifupi sizinatifikire. Gawo loyambalo linali kutsetsereka komwe tidayika chingwe china chomwe chidatisiya pamtunda, koma yokutidwa ndi masamba; Sizinali zocheperapo kapena pang'ono kuposa nkhalango yaying'ono yomwe idatipangitsa kukhala kovuta kwa ife kukhazikitsa gawo lomaliza la kuwombera. Tikayika chingwe chomaliza, chinafika kumapeto kwa shaft, pakati pa dziwe lomaliza la canyon; ndipamene Carlos Rangel ndi ine tidafika mu 1989. Tidamaliza kumaliza kuwoloka Chorro Canyon, vuto la mathithi 900 m lidathetsedwa. Panalibe mathithi amtunduwu (tikuganiza kuti amatsikira 724 pang'ono kapena pang'ono), koma panali chimodzi mwazinthu zochititsa chidwi komanso zosafikika ku Baja California. Ndipo tidakhala ndi mwayi wokhala woyamba kuzifufuza.
Gwero: Mexico Unknown No. 215 / Januware 1995
