Māhele ʻo Makalu

He wahi mamao loa ʻo Makalu Region ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka Himalayas, Nepal, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi hele wāwae i hoʻopā ʻole ʻia a kipa ʻole ʻia ma ka ʻāina. Aia ka mauna ʻo Makalu ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ia ka mauna kiʻekiʻe ʻelima o ka honua me ke kiʻekiʻe o 8,485 mika, nā ʻāina kupaianaha, nā awāwa hohonu, nā ala alpine kiʻekiʻe, a me nā ʻano meaola like ʻole. ʻO ka Pāka Lahui i ʻike ʻia ʻo Makalu Barun he wahi ia no nā ʻano mea kanu a me nā holoholona like ʻole a ua paipai ʻia i nā mākaʻikaʻi e makemake ana e ʻike i ka wao nahele, ka huakaʻi, a me nā ʻike Himalayan maoli me ka ʻole o ka hele ʻana ma nā ala hele wāwae.

He paʻakikī ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ka ʻĀpana ʻo Makalu akā he uku nui ia. Hele nā ​​ala ma waena o nā wahi rhododendron mānoanoa a me nā ʻohe, ma nā muliwai e kahe ana, a me nā hau kiʻekiʻe. Makalu Base Camp Trek ʻO ia ka huakaʻi kaulana loa e lawe ana i nā mea hele wāwae i kahi huakaʻi ma waena o nā kauhale mamao a me nā ʻāina i hoʻopā ʻole ʻia i ke kumu o ka piko nui ʻo Makalu. ʻAʻole wale ka huakaʻi he hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Makalu, Baruntse, a me nā pilikua ʻē aʻe o ka Himalayas, akā he ʻike hoʻi o ka noho kaʻawale a me ka ʻike maoli. ʻAʻole i hoʻomohala nui ʻia nā ala a hiki i ka malihini ke hauʻoli i ke ʻano maʻemaʻe o ke ʻano a me ka noho mālie o ka mauna.

He ʻokoʻa nā moʻomeheu o ka ʻĀpana ʻo Makalu, ʻo ia kekahi ʻano e hāʻawi ana i kahi pā ʻokoʻa i ka ʻike hele wāwae. ʻO nā kaiāulu lāhui e like me ʻO Rai, sherpa a noho nā kaiāulu i hoʻohuli ʻia e Tibet ma ia wahi me nā ʻano nohona kuʻuna i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e ke ʻano mauna ʻino. Hele nā ​​ala hele ma waena o nā kauhale liʻiliʻi kahi e hiki ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke ʻike i nā hale pōhaku kuʻuna, ka mahiʻai papahele a me ke ola kauhale. Ke launa pū nā malihini me nā ʻohana kūloko, ʻike lākou e pili ana i nā hana kahiko, ka mahiʻai ola, a me nā hana ʻuhane, e wehewehe ana i ka noho ʻana ma nā Himalayas kiʻekiʻe.

He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻĀpana ʻo Makalu ma ke ʻano o nā ʻahaʻaina a me nā hana hoʻomana. Hiki i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke ʻike i nā ʻahaʻaina kūloko a me nā ʻahaʻaina kau kahi e hui ai nā kānaka kūloko e hana i nā pule a me nā hana kuʻuna, a me nā hula kuʻuna. Hōʻike ʻia ka pili ʻuhane o nā kānaka i nā mauna ma nā hale mōneka Buddhist, nā chortens a me nā hae pule i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma nā alahele āpau. Hāʻawi kēia mau pilina moʻomeheu i ka ʻike i ke kūlana o ka noho maluhia ʻana o ke kūlohelohe, ka hoʻomana a me ke kaiāulu ma ka Himalayas.

Hōʻoia nā huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Morning Star i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi i ka ʻĀpana ʻo Makalu e palekana, hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia a kūpono hoʻi i ka moʻomeheu. E loaʻa i nā mea hele wāwae nā alakaʻi akamai a me nā limahana loea e hele pū me lākou ma nā ala paʻakikī me ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu kūloko a me ke ʻano maʻamau o ka mauna. Makalu Base Camp, ka ʻimi ʻana i ke awāwa mamao, a i ʻole ka pilina kauhale, he huakaʻi hoʻomanaʻo ka ʻĀpana ʻo Makalu i ʻike ʻia e ka wao nahele, ka moʻomeheu, a me ka nani mau loa o ka Himalayas.