Babban ruwan da aka samu ya zama mita 120, kyakkyawa mai ban mamaki da kuma hangen nesa na rafin ƙwarai da gaske.
Ya zama kamar muna kan wani mataki ne a tsakiyar tsakiyar kwarin, kuma a ƙasa mun ga tsalle ya faɗi a cikin wani babban tafki.
Daga cikin matukan jirgin Sierra Madre an yi ta jita-jita game da kasancewar babban ruwa a Durango. Abokina Walther Bishop ba da daɗewa ba ya sami ɗayansu, Javier Betancourt, wanda ba wai kawai ya ba mu wurin ba, amma ya ba mu damar tashi sama da shi. Mun sami dama a cikin watan Yulin 2000. A ƙasa da sa'a ɗaya mun kasance a kan Quebrada de Piaxtla. Ganin canyon ya kayatar sosai. Daga wani babban tsauni wanda gandun daji ya lulluɓe, ƙyallen maɓuɓɓuga ya fito. Kogin ya shiga cikin rafin dutse. Girman tsaye yana da ban sha'awa. A wani lokaci Javier ya nuna mana aya a kan kogin kuma mun ga manyan rijiyoyin ruwa biyu 'yan mitoci ɗari da juna. Mun kewaya rijiyar sau da yawa kuma muka dawo.
Washegari mun tashi ta hanyar ƙasa zuwa rafin. Muna so mu gano wuraren da ruwa yake. A cikin Miravalles, inda rafin ke farawa, mun kafa tushenmu. Birni ne mai kusan fatalwa kusa da Piaxtla River wanda ya ɓace tare da katako. Yankin yana kewaye da gandun daji masu danshi wanda ke daidaita wurare masu ban sha'awa inda kogin yake gudana.
Don Esteban Quintero shine kawai jagorar da muka samu, tunda babu wanda yake son shiga rafin saboda rashin iyawarsa. Kashegari mun ɗauki rata zuwa Potrero de Vacas. Munyi tafiya ta ramuka, gadoji, duwatsu da bishiyun da suka faɗi tsawon awanni biyu kuma muka tsaya a wani wurin kiwon da aka watsar a gefen kwarin. Potrero de Vacas yana tsakiyar rabin rafin kuma ana iya isa da ƙafa kawai. Kwarin yana ɗorawa, mai yiwuwa a wannan ɓangaren zaiyi zurfin zurfin mita dubu, kusan a tsaye. Mun duba kan wasu ra'ayoyi kuma mun sauka kaɗan, har sai da muka ga kogin da aka kwashe.
"Akwai magudanan ruwa," in ji Don Esteban, yana mai nuni zuwa wani wuri zuwa kasa. Koyaya, ba a bayyane kwararar ruwa ba, don haka ya zama dole a ci gaba. Walther da Don Esteban sun ci gaba, na tsaya a wuraren da ake kallo don daukar hotunan hotuna na shimfidar wuri. Karfe uku da rabi suka dawo. Kodayake basu iya kaiwa ga ruwa ba, amma sun hango su daga nesa. Wanda suka lura dashi mafi kyau shine ruwan da yake sama, Walther ya bi shi yana kirga digo 100 na digo. Na biyu, mafi girma, kawai sun ga ɓangaren sama. Za mu dawo tare da mutane da kayan aiki don zazzagewa da auna su.
BAYAN SHEKARA DAYA
Ranar 18 ga Maris, 2001, muka dawo. Don Esteban zai sake zama jagorarmu, ya samo jakuna biyu don ɗaukar duk kayan aikin. Hakanan zasu shiga cikin balaguron; Manuel Casanova da Javier Vargas, daga kungiyar UNAM Mountaineering Group; Denisse Carpinteiro, Walther Bishop Jr., José Luis González, Miguel Ángel Flores, José Carrillo, Dan Koeppel, Steve Casimiro (dukkansu daga National Geographic) kuma ba shakka, Walther da ni kaina.
Hanyar ba ta da kyau cewa daga Miravalles mun yi awanni uku zuwa gidan kiwo da aka watsar, a gefen Quebrada de Piaxtla. Muna shirya kayan aiki da abinci, da lodin jakuna. Da karfe 4:30 na yamma. mun fara zuriya, koyaushe muna da ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa game da rafin. Da karfe 6 na yamma. mun isa gindin, zuwa gaɓar Kogin Piaxtla, inda muka kafa sansaninmu a tsakiyar yankin mai yashi. Shafin yana da kyau don zango. Kimanin kusan 500 m daga ƙasa shine farkon ruwa. A wannan sashin tafiyar, kogin ya sarkar da kansa, ya samar da kananan magudanan ruwa guda biyu, mafi girma a kusan mita goma, ban da sauran rijiyoyi da kwalba da aka sassaka a dutsen.
A ranar 19 ga Maris mun tashi da wuri kuma mun shirya igiyoyi don kai harin. Da yake jakunan ba za su iya wucewa ta hanyar da za su bi ruwa ba, duk sai muka ɗauki igiyoyin muka bi ta wata hanya, muka share hanyar da adda. Ta nan zaku iya takawa zuwa saman tsalle na farko, sa'annan kogin an nuna shi gaba ɗaya kuma rappel ne kawai zai iya ci gaba. Lokacin da na isa, Javier ya riga ya sami wuri don sauka da kuma bincika ɗan hoton da ke ƙasan ruwan. Daga nan ne muka ga karamar rijiyar ruwa kuma faduwarta ba za ta wuce mita 60 ba, kasa da yadda muka kirga. Yayin da kebul ɗin ya zo kai tsaye zuwa wani babban tafki, mun nemi wani zuriya. Mun samo mafi sauki inda bamu taɓa ruwan ba. Saukarwa ya kusan kusan 70 na faɗuwa. Daga ƙasa, ƙaramar raƙuman ruwa suna da ban mamaki kamar yadda babban ɗakunan wanka yake. Munyi tafiyar mita 150 bayan tsallakewa har sai da muka isa babbar rijiyar ruwa. A wannan tafiyar, sun ci gaba ta hanyar tsalle tsakanin manyan duwatsu masu duwatsu, wuraren waha da ciyayi, duk kewaye da bangon rafin da yake neman tashi zuwa rashin iyaka.
Lokacin da muka isa babban ruwa an gabatar da mu da yanayi na musamman. Kodayake tsallen bai kai yadda muke tsammani ba, tunda ya zama m 120 ne kawai, da alama muna kan wani mataki ne a tsakiyar tsaunin rafin, kuma a ƙasa mun ga tsalle ya faɗi a cikin wani babban tafki kuma daga can ya ci gaba kogin da ke bin tafarkinsa ta hanyar sauran magudanan ruwa, magudanan ruwa da wuraren waha. A gabanmu muna da bangon dutse na rafin kuma jerin tsattsauran ra'ayi sun ba da ra'ayi na bin jerin kwazazzabai.
Mun kasance cikin akwatin girmamawa, ban da haka, mu mutane ne na farko da suka taka wannan rukunin yanar gizon. Dukanmu mun rungumi juna muna taya juna murna, muna tuna mutane da yawa waɗanda suka goyi bayanmu a cikin wannan mafarkin, cewa wataƙila mutane da yawa sun ɗauka cewa mahaukaci ne, amma duk da haka sun ba mu amincinsu. Mun sanya igiyoyi guda biyu hamsin 50 inda muka sauka muka sanya hotunan hoto na wannan ruwan. Mun kasance cikin farin ciki na dogon lokaci, muna jin daɗin shimfidar wuri. Ba mu gangara zuwa gindin ba amma mun isa mu auna ruwan. Mun kulla sabbin ruwa guda biyu da ba'a sansu ba don tarin abubuwan al'ajabi da muka bincika.
Kashegari, bayan mun tattara igiyoyi daga duka rijiyoyin biyu, sai muka yada zango kuma muka fara hawa hawa zuwa Potrero de Vacas a hankali. Hawan awa biyu ne, koyaushe tare da kyawawan ra'ayoyi na kwarin da ke bayanmu.
Tushen: Ba a san Meziko ba # 302 / Afrilu 2002
