Kubahlali bemozulu ebandayo, uhambo lwasebusika lubonelela ngethuba lokurhweba ngamanqanaba oboya, iifotsholo zekhephu, kunye ne-shin-deep gutter slush yemithi yesundu kunye ne-sunscreen. Kodwa ndihlala eLos Angeles, apho iintende zihlala kuyo yonke indawo kunye neentsuku ezingama-90 ezikhulu ngoJanuwari zindenza ukuba ndide ndikrwele umkhenkce kwifestile yomoya, okanye ubuncinci ndinxibe ijezi. Kwanele ngeli langa liphucukileyo, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba. I-Alaska okanye i-bust, ngqo kwi-frosty yayo, nentliziyo erhabaxa.

Ngo-Matshi, ndabhabhela kwi-Anchorage egqume ngekhephu ndaza ndabamba i-Alaska Railroad's natty blue and yellow. Uloliwe wasebusika waseAurora ukuya eFairbanks. Njengoko sasiphuma ngaphandle kwedolophu, iifestile zazizaliswe yimithi kunye nekhephu, i-moose ngamanye amaxesha, kwaye, ngeenxa zonke, iDenali, ikhula ngokukhawuleza. Ngeenyawo ezingama-20,310, yeyona ntaba iphakamileyo eMntla Melika, kodwa elo nani alichazi ukuba likhulu kangakanani, ukuba kude kangakanani ukuba kude kwaye ucinga, Wow, mkhulu . Ndixelelwa ukuba incopho ihlala ifihliwe emafini, kodwa phantsi kwesibhakabhaka esiluhlaza, amava am ayinto engenakwenzeka ukuba ayiphose kodwa abonakaliswe rhoqo. Kukho uDenali, utshilo wonke umntu e-Anchorage. Kukho uDenali, utshilo wonke umntu kuloliwe. Nantso ke, kulungile, ndavuma. Kwakubonakala kusondele kakhulu - kodwa ndandisele ndiza kusondela.

Kunzima ukugqithisa ubugwenxa be-gobsmacking ye USheldon Chalet , indawo yokuhlala ehleli egxalabeni likaDenali, ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha ezilishumi ukusuka entlanganisweni, kwaye ifikeleleka kuphela ngehelikopta. Kodwa iinyani ezingenanto zezi: ngee-1950s, umqhubi wehlathi ogama linguDon Sheldon wagodusa iihektare ezintlanu ngaphakathi kwinto eyayiza kubakho kamva Ipaki yeSizwe yaseDenali kunye noLondolozo , kubandakanya i-300-inyawo-ukuphakama kwegranite ukuphuma ngaphandle komkhenkce. Phezulu kwayo, wakha indlu eyathi, ngenxa yendawo eyayikuyo, yasebenza kuphela kubaxhasi abanamava beentaba.

USheldon wasweleka ngo-1975, kodwa ngo-2018, ukwehla nje kwindlu yokuqala, ababini babantwana bakhe bakha indawo ezimile okwe hexagonally, eyakhiwe kakhulu, engenakulinganiswa enamagumbi amahlanu okulala asezulwini, apho iindwendwe zinokuhamba khona ngomkhenkce, hambo-hiking, kwaye ubone umbono we-aurora borealis. Ukubhabha ngaphakathi, ndibukele ukusuka kwindawo eneeqhubu enjengeebhotile yehelikopta njengoko ihlathi elingenamagqabi elenziwe ngegqabi linika indlela yokuqhekeka kwemikhenkce ehamba ngakwilitye elingumqwebedu kunye namatye anekhephu: i-slabs slabs, i-sawtooth ridges, i-monoliths ezizayo. Kukho uDenali, utshilo umqhubi wenqwelomoya.

Ukusuka kufutshane kangaka, iincopho ezisezantsi ezingqonge zijikeleze yona njengamakhonkco amaninzi, iDenali yayibonakala ngathi ayinabuninzi kwaye iyashukuma kunokuba ikude, kodwa kuphela ngenxa yokuba ubungakanani bommandla busilela ukuqonda. I-chalet yayibonakala incinci ngokumangazayo, indlu yokudlala ethe nca elityeni elincinane, emxinwa yimimandla eyiValhallian. Emva kokuba sifike emhlabeni, ndakhokelwa ngaphakathi, ndothukile kancinci, ndaza ndabuliswa ngumpheki uDave Thorne, owayebeke i-champagne kunye neembatyisi kunye nononkala lokumkani kunye nezinye i-nibble ezibalaseleyo ezibeka ingqondo yam kweyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu-mna.

Apha kulalwa ngokukodwa, ukunyusa i-vertigo komlingo we-Sheldon Chalet: umahluko. Indawo yokulala iyakomeleza kunye nentuthuzelo yesidalwa esicocekileyo. Kukho isitovu esifudumeleyo, iingubo zeenkohliso ezinoboya obushushu, izidlo ezimnandi, iziliphu ngobukhulu bakho, kwaneetshokholethi ezincinci zomqamelo ezinobugcisa. Kodwa phumela ngaphandle kwaye kukho ubungqongqo kunye nokuthula, indawo eveliswe zii-eons zerwala oluphakamisayo kunye nokucinezela umkhenkce, indawo engakwaziyo kakhulu ukwazi okanye ukukhathalela ngobukho bakho okanye ubungakanani bakho obushibilikayo phambi kwayo uziva woyika kwaye uvuya. Umncinci kakhulu, kwaye ubomi bakho bufutshane kwaye abubalulekanga, kodwa ayilohlobo lolo lokukhulula? Ngaba awunombulelo kakhulu ukungqina kule planethi, kule ndawo? Amava ayothusa kakhulu, ngokubabazekayo awunakukhetha ngaphandle kokuba ubekhona, ukucoca ingqondo yakho ngezinto ezincinci ezinje nge-Instagramming okanye uthumele imibhalo evuyisayo. Kwaye akukho Wi-Fi.

Xa ndibuyela kuloliwe ukuya eFairbanks kwaye ukubonwa kwakhona kweDenali, ndaziva ngathi ngumntu onento nje efihlakeleyo yenkwenkwezi yemuvi. Ndilele apho phezolo, bendifuna ukuthi. Ndilele eDenali.

I-Chalet ngoyena mzekelo unqabileyo wendlela yeAlaska eya kwindawo ekude, yokuhlala encinci. Inkqubo ye- IBorealis Basecamp , Iikhilomitha ezingama-25 kumantla eFairbanks kwaye igcwele-ngaphandle kwegridi, yikholoni yenyanga yeekhabhathi ezimhlophe ezimile okwedome. Inye ineefestile zepanoramic ezijikeleze ukubonwa kwezibane ezisemantla - zilinde - ebhedini. Ukhenketho lwe-Aurora ludume ngokukhohlisa; ayifuni kuphela ukuba ube kwindawo elungileyo ngexesha elifanelekileyo, udinga isibhakabhaka esicacileyo, esimnyama. I-Fairbanks ikwi-latitude elungileyo (jonga) kwaye inokukhanya okuncinci kokuma kunye nemvula ephantsi (jonga, jonga), kodwa kusafuneka uwele iminwe yakho.

Ezinxulumene : Iifoto ezili-15 zeAlaska eziya kukuCwangcisela uhambo lwakho olulandelayo

Ubusuku bam bokuqala, malunga ne-10, ibhendi emhlophe yavela esibhakabhakeni. Umoya ukhaba; iqondo lobushushu lehle laya kwidijithi enye. Ukuzama ukwehla, ndangena ebhedini, kodwa i-FOMO yandithumela ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo zam ezininzi. Ndidinga ukuba phantsi kwezulu, yonke loo nto.

Ukukhanya okuluhlaza okuluhlaza kwajikeleza ngokungathi yipikoko. Iibhulorho ezimenyezelayo zazizezona zibonakala. Naku kwakhona - ukungakhathali okumangalisayo kwendalo. I-aurora, le nto intle ingenakwenzeka, ayinanjongo, ayithwali njongo, ayifuni mntu ubukeleyo. Yikhemistri. Ngobu busuku, amasuntswana ahlawulisiweyo ahamba ngaphezulu kwe-90 yezigidi zeemayile kwisithuba somoya elangeni, kwaye aphendule ngeegesi emoyeni xa kusenzeka ukuba ndijonge phezulu. Izigidi ezingama-90 zeemayile.

Ilizwe elikhulu, abantu bathetha ngalo IAlaska , kodwa yonke into ihlobene.

Isicwangciso sohambo lweAlaska

Ukuba ufuna ukuzibona zombini USheldon Chalet (ukusuka kwi- $ 2,300 kumntu ngamnye ngobusuku) kwaye IBorealis Basecamp (kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 389) kwaye uthathe uloliwe, kungcono ukubhabha uye eFairbanks. Inkqubo ye- Uloliwe wasebusika waseAurora isebenza ngo-Novemba ukuya ku-Matshi, ngenkonzo yeempelaveki kuphela ekwindla nasentwasahlobo. Uninzi lwabagibeli luhamba lonke uhambo ngeyure ezili-12, i-356-mile shot, kodwa idolophu yaseTalkeetna kufanelekile ukuyeka, ngakumbi kwimisebenzi yangaphandle enje nge-mushing okanye ukuhamba ngeqhwa. Kwisitrato esikhulu, ndwendwela IDenali Brewing Co. kwimicrobrews, Ikofu enomdla ngompu weCaffeine, kunye Indlu yendlela yee rolls ezinkulu zesinamon. I-Sheldon Chalet ilungiselela ukuhanjiswa kuzo zombini i-Talkeetna kunye ne-Anchorage, ukuze weqe iTalkeetna okanye umlenze wokugqibela kaloliwe, okanye ubhabhe ungene e-Anchorage ukuba ufuna ukuhlala kwi-chalet kuphela.