Hanyar da aka bi ta hanyar tsaunuka na Kogin Jahannama, wanda ya haɗu da jihohin Nuevo León da Tamaulipas, yana da kimanin kusan kilomita 60 tsakanin tsaunuka da kyawawan shimfidar wurare masu zurfin ganuwa har zuwa mita 1 000, wanda ba a taɓa yin hakan ba damun mutum a cikin shekaru miliyan.
Babban maƙasudin balaguron shine bincika kogo don bincika da bincika su a gaba. Abin da ba mu sani ba shi ne cewa wannan maƙasudin zai ɗauki kujerar bayan mun fahimci wahalar hanyar, tunda tsira zai zama mafi mahimmancin aiki a cikin wannan ƙasa mara kyau, inda za mu fuskanci tsoronmu kuma mu gano dalilin sunan Canyon.
Mun haɗu da ƙungiyar masu bincike guda biyar: Bernhard Köppen da Michael Denneborg (Jamus), Jonathan Wilson (Amurka), da Víctor Chávez da Gustavo Vela (Mexico) a cikin Zaragoza, wani gari da ke kudu da jihar Nuevo León. A can ne muke rarraba kayan aikin da ake bukata a kowane jakar baya, wanda ya zama mara ruwa: "ninkaya za ta yi yawa," in ji Bernhard. Don haka muna shirya jakunan bacci, abinci mai ƙeƙasasshe, tufafi da kayanmu na sirri a cikin jakunkuna masu ɗar ruwa da kwalba Game da abinci, ni da Jonathan, ni da Victor mun kirga cewa dole ne mu ɗauki kayayyaki na tsawon kwanaki bakwai, kuma Jamusawa sun yi hakan na kwanaki 10.
Da safe zamu fara gangarowa, tuni muka shiga cikin kwazazzabon, tare da doguwar tafiya tsakanin tsalle-tsalle da iyo a cikin tafkunan ruwan sanyi (tsakanin 11 da 12ºC). A wasu sassan, ruwan ya bar mu, yana leƙa ƙasan ƙafafunmu. Jakunkuna na baya, wanda nauyin su yakai kilo 30, sun sanya tafiyar a hankali. Ari a kan mun zo ga cikas na farko na tsaye: faɗuwa mai tsayi 12 m. Bayan sanya anga a bango kuma mun sanya igiya, mun sauko harbi na farko. Ta hanyar cirewa da kuma dawo da igiyar mun san cewa wannan shine ma'anar rashin dawowa. Tun daga wannan lokacin, abin da kawai muke da shi shi ne mu ci gaba da gangarowa, tunda manyan ganuwar da suka kewaye mu ba za su bar wata hanyar tserewa ba. Imani cewa lallai ne ku yi komai daidai ya haɗu da jin cewa wani abu na iya yin kuskure.
A kwana na uku mun sami wasu kofofin shiga kogo, amma wadanda suka yi kama da masu cika alkawari kuma suka cika mu da hangen nesa sun karasa 'yan mitoci, tare da fatan mu. Wearin da muka sauko, zafi ya ƙaru kuma rarar ruwa ta fara raguwa, tunda ruwan famfo ya ɓace tun ranar da ta gabata. Michael ya ce "A wannan yanayin, dole ne mu dauki piss din mu da rana," Abin da bai sani ba shi ne cewa bayanin nasa bai yi nisa da gaskiya ba. Da daddare, a sansanin, mun tsinci kanmu shan ruwa daga kududdufin ruwan kasa don huɗa ƙishirwarmu.
Da safe, ‘yan awanni bayan fara hawan, farin ciki ya kai matuka yayin da nake iyo da tsalle a cikin wuraren waha na koren Emerald. Tare da ruwa mai yawa canjin ya canza zuwa wani tafki mai faduwa mara iyaka. An shawo kan matsalar rashin ruwa; yanzu dole ne mu yanke shawarar inda zamu kafa sansani, tunda kusan duk bakin ruwa an rufe shi da duwatsu, rassa ko ruwa. Da daddare, da zarar an kafa sansanin, munyi magana game da karyayyun duwatsun da muka samu a hanya, saboda zaftarewar ƙasa ɗaruruwan mita sama. "Abin mamaki ne!" –Ya ce daya, "sanya hular kwano bashi bane tabbacin kada ɗayansu ya tsallaka."
Ganin yadda ba karamin ci gaba muka samu ba kuma muka yi la’akari da cewa zai iya daukar lokaci fiye da yadda aka tsara, sai muka yanke shawarar fara rabon abinci.
A rana ta biyar, bayan azahar, lokacin da ya yi tsalle zuwa cikin tafkin ruwa, Bernhard bai ankara ba cewa akwai wani dutse kusa da farfajiyar a ƙasa kuma lokacin da ya faɗi sai ya ji rauni a idon sawu. Da farko mun yi tsammanin ba mai tsanani ba ne, amma mita 200 a gaba dole ne mu tsaya, saboda ba zan iya ɗaukar wani mataki ba. Kodayake ba wanda ya ce komai, yanayin damuwa da rashin tabbas ya bayyana fargabarmu, kuma tambayar da ta ratsa zukatanmu ita ce: me zai faru idan ba zai iya cigaba da tafiya ba? Da asuba magunguna sun riga sun fara aiki kuma ƙafa ya ba da mamaki ya inganta. Kodayake mun fara tafiyar ne sannu a hankali, da rana ya sami ci gaba sosai sakamakon gaskiyar cewa babu sauran rappelling. Mun isa ɓangaren kwance na canyon kuma mun yanke shawarar watsi da abin da ba za mu ƙara buƙata ba: igiyoyi da anka, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa. Yunwa ta fara bayyana. Don abincin dare a wannan daren, Jamusawa sun raba abincinsu.
Bayan doguwar iyo da kuma wahalar tafiya cikin kyawawan shimfidar wurare, mun isa mahadar bakin kogin tare da kogin Purificación. Ta wannan hanyar, matakin kilomita 60 ya ƙare kuma dole ne kawai muyi tafiya zuwa gari mafi kusa.
Effortarshe na ƙarshe da muka yi shi ne ta kogin Purificación. Da farko tafiya da iyo; duk da haka, rafin ruwan ya sake tacewa ta cikin duwatsu wanda yasa kilomita 25 na ƙarshe da ɗan ɗan zafi, kamar yadda yake 28 ° C a cikin inuwa. Tare da bushe baki, ƙafafun ƙafafu da kuma yankan kafaɗun kafa, mun isa garin na Los Angeles, wanda yanayin sa ya kasance mai sihiri da lumana har muna jin kamar muna cikin sama.
A ƙarshen tafiya mai ban al'ajabi na fiye da kilomita 80 a cikin kwanaki takwas, wani abin ban mamaki ya zo mana. Farin cikin samun cimma buri: don tsira. Kuma duk da cewa ba a sami kogon dutse ba, tafiya zuwa Canyon ta Jahannama ta cancanci da kanta, yana barin nutsuwa na ci gaba da neman wuraren da ba a bincika ba a cikin wannan ƙasa mai ban sha'awa.
IDAN KAje ZARAGOZA
Barin garin Matehuala, ya tashi kilomita 52 gabas zuwa Doctor Arroyo. Bayan isa babbar hanyar jihar babu. 88 ci gaba arewa zuwa La Escondida; daga can dauki karkatarwa zuwa Zaragoza. Kar ka manta saka huɗu a kan babbar motarka don hawa dutsen; Awanni hudu bayan haka, zaku isa La Encantada Ranch. Saboda wahalar sa, yana da mahimmanci a kawo kwararrun ma'aikata don zagaya gabar Jahannama.
