Mwalumba wa Mammoth ku Kentucky unatchula ulendo wake molondola. Zina mwazinthu zomwe mungasankhe zikhoza kukhala monga "Ulendo Woipa Wopanga Madzi", "Malo Osewera Kwambiri-Okhazikika", kapena " National Park of Tour of Mammoth National Park ." "Ulendowu wautali kwambiri" ndi malo otalika kwambiri omwe paki amapereka ndipo amatenga alendo kumtunda wa phanga lomwe simungakhoze kuliwona kwina kulikonse. Kwa maola oposa asanu ndi limodzi, ndikuyenera kuona zochitika zachilengedwe, zipinda zazikulu za thanthwe, ndikukumana ndi anthu ena ozizira kwambiri omwe amabwera ku paki.
Ndilo gawo langa lokonda ulendo wanga kupita ku National Park ya Mammoth, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti ndikhoza kulimbikitsa ena kuti ayang'ane.
Kukonzekera
Asanayambe ulendo, tinasonkhana ku Visitor Center. Ulendowu umathamangitsira anthu 14 (onani zambiri pansi pa Zitetezero Zoyang'ana pansi) zomwe ziri zabwino chifukwa cha chitetezo ndi kuthandiza kukhazikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa gulu. Zinali zokondweretsa kukumana ndi Mawoti a Mammoth akuyendera kwa nthawi yoyamba komanso ngakhale ochepa amene akhalapo pa Ulendo wa Kumadzi. Alendo amabwereza mobwerezabwereza chifukwa ulendowu umakufikitsani kumadera osiyanasiyana m'mapanga nthawi iliyonse. Onetsetsani kuti mukuwuzani komwe mukupita nthawi ndipo sangalingalire, atsimikiziranso kukudziwitsani ku gawo la phanga limene simunaphunzirepo!
Wotsogolera wathu tsikuli anali Gabe Esters, wokondwa kwambiri, wokondwa kwambiri komanso wokonda paki. Gabe anakulira m'deralo ndipo anakhala mtsogoleri zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zisanafike pamene adaphunzira kuti kuphunzitsa kusekondale sikunali kwa iye.
Pambuyo polowera pang'ono, tinathamangitsidwa kupita ku nyumba ina kuti tikayambe kukonzekera. Tinapatsidwa maofesitetelo, helmetti ndi nyali, mawondo, magulu, ndi magolovesi. Pambuyo poyesa maulendo awiri okha, ndinapeza mavoti awiri omwe anandigwirizanitsa bwino ndikupatsanso nsapato zanga kuti zisamatetezedwe. Poyesa kuchotsa White Nose Syndrome , palibe zida zakunja zomwe zimaloledwa mkati mwa mapanga ndipo mabotolo onse ayenera kuponyedwa musanayambe komanso pambuyo pa ulendowu.
Matendawa amakhudza amphawi omwe amakhala m'mapanga ndikuyamba kukula mu 2009. Ndipotu Indiana inatseka mapanga ake kwa alendo ku Hoosier National Forest kuti athe kuchepetsa kufala kwa matendawa.
Pamene nsapato zanga zinkatsukidwa ndi kutsekedwa, ndinali wokonzeka kugwedezeka. Ndipo ndinali 10 am! Ife tinabwerera mmbuyo pa shuttle ndipo tinakwera ulendo wopita ku Carmichael Entrance kuti tiyambe tsiku lathu.
"Ndikufuna kunjoya!"
Lingaliro langa loyamba pamene ife tinkayenda pansi pa masitepe kupita kuphanga linali, "Man, izo ndizozizira." Mapangawa amakhala ndi kutentha pakati pa zaka za m'ma 50 - kuthawa kwabwino kwa tsiku la chilimwe. Tinayenda mofulumira ndikupeza malo abwino kuti tidzakhale ndikudziwonetsera tokha. Imeneyi inali njira yabwino yoyambira ulendo, popeza mumagwira ntchito limodzi masana. Kaya mukufuna dzanja pathanthwe kapena lophweka, "Mungathe kuchita!" gululi limagwira bwino ntchito tsiku lonse. Ndipotu, kaya mukudziwa ena kapena ayi, muli ndi udindo kwa woyendetsa galimotoyo kumbuyo kwanu nthawi zonse. Ngati simukuwawona, muyenera kufuula kuti, "Gwirani!" kotero gulu likhoza kuyima ndi kutsimikizira kuti oyendetsa onse akugwidwa ndi kusuntha pamodzi kupyola m'mapanga.
Pambuyo pazithumbitso zathu zochepa, tadutsa mu ndime zosiyanasiyana ndipo mwamsanga mwamsanga tinakumana ndi vuto lathu loyamba.
Gabe anatiletsa ndi kufotokoza zomwe tingachite tikakwera kudutsa pamalo ovuta. Tinauzidwa kuti tisangalale, kupuma pang'onopang'ono, ngakhale zomwe mutu wathu ungamve bwino. Ndinali ndi mitsempha koma ndinali wotsimikiza mtima kukankha. Kenaka ndinaona komwe adalongosola. Izo sizinkawoneka ngati njira! Anapereka chiwonetsero chachifupi chomwe chinkawoneka ngati mutu wa munthu wothamanga kulowa mu dzenje padziko lapansi ndi mapazi ake akugwedezeka. Koma popanda kulingalira mochuluka, inali nthawi yathu. Mmodzi wanga tinamkwawa, ndipo ndikutanthauza kudumpha, kudutsa pamsewu. Ndipo inu mukudziwa chiani? Zinali zodabwitsa! Zedi siziri kwa aliyense. Ndipotu, anthu ena sangafanane, koma kunali kozizira kwambiri. Ndinamverera ngati wofufuza weniweni, ndikufika pachimake ku mbali zina za dziko lapansi zomwe palibe wina wawona.
Aliyense adakonza ndipo zomwe ndinawona kumbali ina zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri.
Tonsefe tinkadzikuza kwambiri. Ndinali ndikumverera koteroko, monga, "Chabwino, izo zinali zophweka. Ndapeza izi!" Ndipo tsiku lonselo linali losangalatsa kwambiri. Nthawi zina tinkayenda, nthawi zina tinkawomba, ndipo nthawi zina timangoyenda pang'onopang'ono ndikuwona Mammoth Cave ngati ena sangawone. Patapita maola angapo, mphamvu yathu inayamba kuviika koma mosangalala inali nthawi yopuma masana.
Tinafika m'chipinda cha Snowball chomwe chinali ndi matebulo ambiri, masamba osambira, ndi masangweji, supu, zakumwa, ndi maswiti. Ndipo mnyamata tinkafunikira izo. Ulendo wonsewo unali wodzaza ndi zovuta zina komanso zochitika zina zovuta monga kumanga makoma ndi kukwawa. Koma njira iliyonse yomwe ife timagunda, njira iliyonse yomwe ife tinkafufuza, ndi chizindikiro chirichonse chomwe tinachiwona chinali chofunika kwambiri. Ulendowu unali wopambana ndipo umapereka zambiri kwa ophunzira ake.
Ingochitani
Pamene pakiyi imayesetsanso kufotokozera ulendowu ngati "wovuta kwambiri" osati "owopsya malo okwera," ndikuganiza kuti anthu ambiri akhoza kuchita ulendo umenewu kuposa momwe amaganizira. Ndipotu ndikuganiza kuti pakiyi ingawopsyeze anthu. Nditawerenga machenjezo, ndinamva kuti ndine wamantha. Kodi ndingathe kuchita izi? Ndikuchita chiyani? Bwanji ngati ine ndikutuluka pansi kumeneko? Koma pasanathe mphindi 15 ndikukhala kuphanga, ndinali kuseka ndikusangalala kwambiri. Chinthu chokha cholankhula ndi alendo kuchokera ku Wild Cave Tour ndizokha.
Tsopano musandiyese ine molakwika. Sindikunena kuti ulendo uwu ndi wa aliyense. Ngati mukuyenda ndi ndodo, musapite ulendo uwu. Ngati muli olemera kwambiri kapena osakhudzidwa, ulendowu suli wanu. Komabe, ngati muli ndi thanzi labwino ndikukumana ndi zolemera zenizeni ndi msinkhu, pitani! Mutha kuopa poyamba, koma ndikukhulupirirani, pamapeto a tsikuli, mudzakhala odzikuza nokha ndipo mumakondwera kuti munachita.