Ithegi yesi-8 - iHeliskiing Day One

02/09/2018

Namhlanje umnxeba wokuvuka ngo-07:15, emva kwendlu yangasese yasekuseni siya kwi-breakfast buffet yehotele. Isidlo sakusasa sinikezela kakhulu kwaye ngoko siyazomeleza usuku olude. Ngo-08:30 yi-weigh-in kunye ne-check-in ye-heli-skiing. Emva koko ibhasi ithatha i-800 yeemitha ukuya kwithafa elikhulu, apho kukho i-45 yemizuzu yomyalelo wokhuseleko olufanelekileyo kwiimeko ze-avalanche kunye nokhuseleko lwe-helicopter. Malunga nentsimbi ye-10 kusasa intaka yethu (i-Bell 205 Helicopter) iza kwaye ithatha iindwendwe ezisi-8, izikhokelo ezimbini kunye nendwendwe enye yesikhokelo kwi "summit" yokuqala. Xa iheli isuka, kubakho umoya onamandla.

Ikhephu lirhabaxa kancinane kwiindawo, kodwa ngaphantsi kwehlathi sidibana nomgubo omhle. Kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zidlulileyo kukhithike kakhulu, kodwa ngelishwa kwakushushu kakhulu kwaza kwanyibilika ikhephu lanyibilika. Endleleni kukho enye okanye ezimbini zokuwa kwikhephu elitsha, ukungqubana kwentloko kaYves nodonga lwekhephu emva kokuba umngxuma omncinci unomtsalane. Yamkhupha ngqo kwiskis, ekufuneka sigrunjwe kuqala kwakhona. Yonke into ilungile, ubhontsi phezulu.

Emva kokubaleka okwesithathu, kwindawo ethile phakathi kwendawo (asazi ukuba siphi na, kodwa sinesikhokelo esihle saloo nto, ebizwa ngokuba yi "General" ...) kukho isidlo sasemini kunye nesobho, i-sandwiches kunye netiyi. Kukho nethuba lefoto kunye ne-helicopter. Emva kwesidlo sasemini senza imitsi emibini eyongezelelekileyo, owokugqibela ubhabhele phezulu kancinci, kwiNtaba yesiporho, kwaye amafu emka. Ngoko sinombono omkhulu weentaba ezisingqongileyo kwaye sinokwenza ukwehla okugqibeleleyo. Ngelishwa, ibhetri yeGoPro yayingenanto, ngoko ke kukho imifanekiso embalwa yolu kwehla.

Asibhabhi yonke indlela ebuyayo, kodwa sehliswa kwindawo yokumisa ngasechibini size siqhube yonke indlela eya ehotele ngebhasi. I-heli akukabikho ukuba ithathe elinye iqela. Emuva kwihotele kukho i-aperitif (ifakwe kwiphakheji, ngaphandle kwebhiya) kunye neengxoxo ezinomdla kunye neqela. "Isikhokelo esincedisayo" sethu sisixelela ukuba jikelele ulungelelanisa amaqela omabini kunye nomqhubi we-heli. Ngoko unoxanduva olufanelekileyo. Emva koko singena kwi-whirlpool, ngelishwa i-pool yangaphandle igcwele, ngoko ke kufuneka senze i-pool yangaphakathi kwaye kushushu kakhulu apho ...

Emva kwe-whirlpool siya kwindawo yokutyela, apho sidla khona i-burger okokuqala. Emva koko siya kwiibhedi zethu zobukhulu bokumkani, apho siphumla kwaye sijonge phambili kumhla we-2.