Uhambo olude lomgama omde aluyi kuqatshelwa yiAppalachian Trail Conservancy - iqela elilawula ngaphezulu kwe-2,000-mile, umzila wamazwe amaninzi-de ubhubhane we-COVID-19 yi & apos; ibhengezwe iphantsi kolawulo. & Apos;
'Ngenxa yobhubhane ... ifumaneka ngokubanzi kwaye isasazwa, 'i I-ATC ibhale eposini kwiveki ephelileyo, esongeza, 'Nangona singazi ukuba ubhubhane luzakubhengezwa nini & apos; phantsi kolawulo & apos; kwaye sinokuqhubeka nokusasazwa kwe-A.T. ii-hangtags kunye ne-2,000 miler yokuqaphela, sinethemba lokuba bonke abachaphazelekayo kungekudala.
Ngokwesiqhelo, ukunyuka intaba yonke i-2,190 yeekhilomitha kwi-Appalachian Trail, eyaziwa ngokuba kukunyuka , ithatha malunga neenyanga ezintlanu ukuya kwezisixhenxe kwaye kufuneka igqitywe kwinyanga ezili-12, ngokweqela. Amawakawaka abantu abakhenketha intaba bazama ukunqumla umzila ngamnye ngonyaka, ngelixa ugcino luqikelela malunga nezigidi ezi-3 zabantu abahamba ubuncinci kwinxalenye yendlela.
Ukongeza kokungaqapheli abahambahambayo, i-ATC ayizukuhambisa i-A.T. ii-hangtags - iithegi zeplastiki abakhenkethi banokuxhoma koobhaka babo ukuphawula unyaka wokuzama ukunyuka-kunye nokukhuthaza iindlela ezizinzileyo zokunyuka intaba.
Indawo yokugcina izinto ayikhuphi i-A.T. hangtags ukusukela nge-Matshi 2020.
Iimbono zendlela yeAppalachian njengoko inqumla kwiHlathi leSizwe eliMhlophe leNtaba Iimbono zendlela yeAppalachian njengoko inqumla kwiHlathi leLizwe eliMhlophe leNtaba ngo-2019 Ityala: Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaFetty
Ukuqala-ukunyuka kwentaba kwagqitywa ngo-1930.
UMorgan Sommerville, umlawuli wengingqi ye-ATC, uxelelwe I-Asheville Citizen-Times malunga ne-2,000 thru-hikers besele bebhalisile.
'Sinoxanduva malunga nokukhuseleka kwamavolontiya e-AT, abakhweli be-AT, amalungu oluntu lwe-AT kunye nabasebenzi be-ATC kunye nabasebenzi bamahlakani ethu, utshilo uSommerville.
Ngelixa i-ATC okwangoku ingabonisi abahambahambayo, ii Umsi oMkhulu Ukuqhubeka nokukhupha iAppalachian Trail thru-hiker mvume, I-Asheville Citizen-Times uqaphele.
'Bonke abanini mvume, nokuba bathabathe ubude behambo okanye indlela, okwangoku bavunyelwe ukuba balale ezintenteni ngaphandle kwendawo yokuhlala ukukhuthaza ukuhamba kude, utshilo usomlomo wepaki uxelele iphepha.
UAlison Fox ngumbhali onegalelo kuKhenketho lokuHamba. Xa engekho kwisiXeko saseNew York, uyathanda ukuchitha ixesha lakhe elunxwemeni okanye ahlole iindawo ezintsha zokufikela kwaye unethemba lokundwendwela ilizwe ngalinye emhlabeni. Landela uhambo lwakhe Kwi-Instagram .