Wamkelekile kwi NgoMvulo weNtaba , uthotho lwethu lweeveki ezisibhozo olukwazisa kwezinye zeentaba ezipholileyo eMelika. Hlala ubukele veki nganye intaba entsha oza kuyihlola.
Uhambo lwethu oluya eSun Valley lwalunokujika lula lube yintlekele yokuhamba.
' Ukubonakala, utshilo umqhubi wenqwelomoya, kwajika kwaba sophu engqindilili ye-ertyisi eyenza ukuba kungabikho mhlaba. Ke endaweni yoko, sanyanzelwa ukuba sihlale kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esikufuphi iTwin Falls, malunga nemizuzu engama-90 ukusuka apho.
Kulapho ukukhathazeka kungangena khona. Kodwa, ngombulelo, yaphazanyiswa ngumoya oyinyani we-ski bums kuyo yonke indawo ngetoti elungileyo, ebandayo yewayini.
Ngaba nina nifuna itoti yewayini ebomvu? abakhweli baye ngasekhohlo kuthi bonwabile njengoko sinyathele ibhasi ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuya kwindawo ebesifuna ukuya kuyo eSun Valley. Umlingane wam endihamba naye kwaye ngentliziyo yethu yonke sathi ewe kwaye ngokukhawuleza saqonda ukuba ulonwabo, ubuhlobo, kunye neentshukumo ezilungileyo ezinje ngalento yile Sun Valley.
Ekugqibeleni safika eSun Valley ngamanye amaxesha emva kobumnyama. Sijonge kwi Ilanga Valley Lodge , apho sidibene nabantu abangakumbi abakulungeleyo ukusincedisa kuzo zonke iimfuno zethu, saza satya isidlo sangokuhlwa e-The Ram, indawo yokutyela ebisoloko ilunywa kamnandi ngabakhenkethi abatsha beentaba ukusukela ngo-1937. Ukunceda ukuzonwabisa kwindawo yokutyela nguLarry Harshbarger , indoda yepiyano edlalwa kuyo I-Ram isithuba seminyaka engamashumi amane. Kwaye, ngenxa yokuba le yeyona ndawo inobuhlobo emhlabeni, iHarshbarger izimisele ukuthatha nasiphi na isicelo osifumene.
Emva kosuku olude lokuhamba sangena ebsuku singazi ukuba sikufuphi. Kwaye njengentsasa yeKrisimesi, savuka, sakhangela ngaphandle kwefestile, kwaye sabona ubuhle obumangalisayo beentaba zeIdaho okokuqala ngqa.
Zininzi izinto ezintle ngale ndawo, uRay Gadd, umlawuli wentengiso wase-Sun Valley, uthe xa ebuzwa ukuba yintoni le yenza le dolophu incinci kangaka ukuba ithande ukuthandwa. Ukuba kuye kwafuneka ndoyame enye ibiya kuba kukufikelela ngaphandle.
Njengoluhlu lokuhlamba iimpahla, uGadd ubala onke amathuba anokufunyanwa eSun Valley kubandakanya ukuskiya okungapheliyo ukubuyela umva, ukuskiya nge-heli, amawaka eehektare Iindlela zeNordic ezilungisiweyo , ukufikelela okumangalisayo kwekhephu, iirokhini zehoki, iqhwa lokuhamba ngekhephu kunye neendlela zokuhamba ngebhayisekile, ukuloba iimpukane, kunye nokunye. Kwaye, ewe, ebusika ufumene intaba engathethekiyo yokuskiya kanye edolophini enemigca yokuphakamisa engekho.
Kwaye okunene, ukuba nayiphi na intaba iyayazi indlela yokulawula imigca yokuphakamisa yi-Sun Valley, ithathela ingqalelo ukuba bayile ngokwenyani.
Imbali ye-Sun Valley ibuyela emva phaya kwiminyaka ye-1930 xa u-Count Felix Schaffgotsch, ephantsi koqeshwe ngusihlalo we-Union Pacific Railroad u-Averell Harriman, efuna ukufumana nokwakha Indawo yokuqala yokubhenela kwiskiki eMelika . Ukugqitywa kwayo yaba yindawo yokuqala yokuskiya ukuba nesitulo esinye siphakamise, sitshintsha ishishini ngonaphakade, kwaye sizimise njengendawo ekufanele ukuba ibe kuyo yabathanda ngaphandle ebusika.
Inkcubeko yedolophu yamkela kwaye ikhuthaza ukuphuma phaya ukuze ukonwabele oko sinako, utshilo uGadd. Kulindeleke ukuba ubekhona endulini kusasa ukuba lusuku olungumgubo, ukukhwela ibhayisekile kwintaba ngebhayisikile kuyinto eqhelekileyo, kwaye iimpelaveki zilungiselelwe ukuphonononga ngokuchasene nokuphumla. Ezi ziindidi zokuphila ubomi bokulinganisa ukuqhuba okuqhubeka nokusigcina sincuma mihla le.