INtaba iRainier yintliziyo yabantu basePacific emantla ntshona, utshilo uKathy Steichen, inkosi yezotoliko kunye nemfundo. IPaki yeSizwe yeNtaba iRainier Kwiphondo laseWashington. Igqala elineminyaka engama-35 leNkonzo yeSizwe yePaki liqale ikhondo lalo apha ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1970, labuyela ngonyaka ka-2015. Kweyona ntaba iphakamileyo kwintaba-mlilo eUnited States, uthi, abantu abaninzi bayadibana nale ntaba.

Ngoba? Ukuqala, ungayihlola i-14,410 yeenyawo ukuphakama ukusuka kuyo yonke indawo kufutshane, kubandakanya neendawo zasentshona nasempuma yeWashington kunye ne-Oregon.

Xa useSeattle, ukuba uthi komnye umntu, 'Intaba iphumile,' akukho mntu unokucinga ukuba yinto engaqhelekanga ukuyithetha leyo, 'ucacisile uSteichen. (Kuthetha ukuba isibhakabhaka sicacile ngokwaneleyo ukuba uRayinier uyabonakala.) Nazi ezinye zeengcebiso zeengcali zikaSteichen zokufumana uninzi kuhambo lwakho oluya eRayinier.

Ukubetha iiNdlela

Ukuwela ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-93-ukunyuka nokuhla kweentlambo kunye nokuhamba kumathafa asezantsi-adumileyo Ummangaliso umzila, utshilo uSteichen.

Unokwenza ubude bonke, okanye iibits kunye neziqwenga. Khawukhumbule nje ukufumana imvume yokubuyela emva ukuba ufuna ukuhlala ubusuku. Ngaba ukhetha into elula kakhulu? Jonga iGrove ye Patriarchs Trail, eyacetyiswayo nguSteichen. Yeyona loop yemizuzu engama-45 nokuba abantwana abancinci banokuyiphatha.

Iintaka zakuqala zifumana olona hambo luhle

Gcina ukhumbula ukuba, njengoko kunjalo kwiipaki ezininzi zesizwe, ukucwangcisa kwangaphambili-ngakumbi ehlotyeni-kubalulekile. Iipaki zokupaka zigcwalisa yonke iRainer, ke fika kwangoko ngemini yokunyuka ngosuku.

Hlala ubusuku

Kuluhlu kwiRejista yeSizwe yeeNdawo zeMbali, le lodge ithe saa ngumzekelo opholileyo wento ebizwa ngokuba yiNational Park Service Rustic okanye ukhuseleko Uhlobo loyilo. Ukuthembela kwiimpawu zendalo ezinje ngamatye asezantsi, ezi zakhiwo zenzelwe ukuba zibe kukungenelela kobuhle kwindawo encinci. IParadesi Inn, eyavulwa ngo-1916, ineesilingi eziphakamileyo ngobuhlanya ngemiqadi kunye newotshi katatomkhulu obude obuziimitha ezili-14. Kufanelekile ukuba ukhangele nokuba awuhlali ebusuku.

Iindawo zeenkampu zininzi kwiNtaba yeSizwe yaseRainier, kodwa enye yeentando zethu yi-White River Campground. Izindlu zangasese ezigungxulwayo kunye namanzi abalekayo zizinto ezimbalwa eziluncedo zangoku ezifumanekayo, kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukubonwa. Yeyona ndawo iphambili yokubukela ilanga ekuphumeni kwelanga ngaphezulu kweencopho zekhephu kwindawo eyi-6,400 yeenyawo i-Sunrise Point.

Jonga iiGlaciers

Khumbula iNtaba iRainier likhaya lama-glaciers amakhulu angama-27 asasazeka kwiikhilomitha ezingama-35. Kwaye bayanyibilika kwizinga elibalulekileyo, uSteichen walumkisa. Oku kuthetha ntoni kuwe kukuba iziqwenga zomkhenkce, amatye, kunye nobunye ubutyobo bomkhenkce bunokuqalisa ukuhamba-ngokukhawuleza. Ukuba uva ukuduma (ngakumbi ukuba ukufutshane nomlambo), fikelela kumhlaba ophakamileyo ngokukhawuleza.

Kunye neVolcano

Ukongeza kumbono onomtsalane, iNtaba iRainier ikwayintaba-mlilo esebenzayo: kwaye phakathi kwezona zibekwe esweni kwiCascades. Izazinzulu zifunde lukhulu kuqhushumbo lweNtaba iSt. Helens ngo-1980, watsho uSteichen, owandulelwa yimigqomo yomlotha omncinci kunye neminye imiqondiso. Kuza kubakho ixesha elininzi lokulumkisa abantu ngaphakathi epakini [kunye] nangoko ngaphandle kwepaki ukuba iRainer iya iqala ukusebenza, uxelele Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa .

Khwela ukuba uyazama

Malunga ne-10,000 yabantu ngonyaka bazama ukunyuka eRainier, ngokukaSteichen, ngenqanaba lempumelelo lama-50 epesenti. Amashishini endawo akhokelela kuhambo, kodwa yazi ukuba ngaphezulu kwe-10,000 yeenyawo uyakufuna imvume kunye nezixhobo ezifanelekileyo zokunyuka (cinga: iicampamp, i-ice ax, iintambo) ukufikelela kwindibano.

'[Kwaye] kuyakufuneka uyazi ukuba ungazisebenzisa njani zonke izixhobo zakho xa unokutyibilika uwa, wongeza uSteichen. Abakhweli kufuneka bakhululeke ngeendlela ezinje ngokusindisa ubomi ezinjengokubamba ngokwakho izembe lomkhenkce kunye nokubaleka i-crevasse, ke incopho yentaba yeyabaqhubi beentaba abanamava kuphela.

Yonwabela ikhephu

Ukuskiya, ukuhamba ngeqhwa, ukuhamba ngekhephu, kunye nokuhamba ekhephini konke kuvunyelwe kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zepaki, ngokutyibilika ekhepheni — Kulula kakhulu ukuskiya! '- kuthandwa kakhulu, utshilo uSteichen. Khawufane ucinge ukuntywila ezantsi ecaleni kwentaba: Luhlobo lwento abantwana (kunye nabantu abadala abancinci entliziyweni) abayikhumbulayo ngonaphakade.