Daga ƙwanƙolin dusar ƙanƙara zuwa koguna da magudanan ruwa waɗanda ke gudana a cikin tsaunin dutse, wannan yanki mai cike da kyawawan dabi'u, mafarki ga kowane mai kasada.
Kafin haskoki na farko na rana su ratsa saman tsaunin, masu fafatawa sun tashi daga gangaren Nevado de Colima, abokin zama na dindindin dutsen Fuego, saboda haka sunan wannan hanyar dutsen tsawa.
Daga ƙwanƙolin dusar ƙanƙara zuwa koguna da magudanan ruwa waɗanda ke gudana a cikin tsaunin dutse, wannan yanki mai cike da kyawawan dabi'u, mafarki ga kowane mai kasada.
Kowane mai fafatawa a cikin Ecotlon yana fuskantar kansa cikin ƙalubalen da ya wuce nesa nesa da za a rufe a kowane gwaji. Babu shakka gasa ce ta ƙungiya, wanda aikin haɗin kai ke haifar da bambanci, duk da haka babu wanda zai iya jin zafin ku yayin tafiya da ƙafafun ƙafafu.
Hanyar dutsen tsaunuka tsere ne mai tsayi kuma matakai daban-daban suna hawa da sauka a cikin wata hanyar tashin hankali wacce ke tafiya daga mita 3,000 zuwa 4,000 sama da matakin teku, tare da canje-canje masu yawa a cikin yanayin zafin jiki wanda ya shafi aikin dukkan ƙungiyoyi.
A wadannan tsaunuka, kokarin jiki ba shi da kyau tunda saurin gasar yana bukatar babban karfin huhu. Koyaya, a yankin tsauni yanayin oxygenation yana da rikitarwa ta ƙananan yanayin zafi.
A ranar gasar, ayarin motocin 4 × 4 kamar ba su da iyaka, suna barin turɓaya mai yawa wanda ke nuna karkace inda motocin ke hawa. Ga Interark, shirya gasa da wannan girman yana buƙatar babbar ƙungiyar kwararru, wanda shine dalilin da yasa aka ɗauki sabis na Expediciones Tropicales don aiwatar da kayan aiki da tsaro na taron.
Gwajin na kwanaki uku ya dauki kungiyoyi 29 da suka halarci gasar daga Costa Rica, Spain, Puerto Rico da Mexico don yin tafiyar kilomita 195 a fannoni shida: wasan keke, wasan motsa jiki, wasan motsa jiki, kayak, tafiya da kuma hauha. Dokokin sun bayyana cewa rukunin mambobi 4 dole ne su kasance suna da a kalla memba daya na jinsi daya, kuma idan daya ko fiye daga cikin mahalarta wata kungiya ba za su iya ci gaba ba, to kungiyar ba ta cancanta ba.
Yayin gwajin, kungiyoyin dole ne su buga fasfo a wuraren bincike wadanda aka kafa su a matakai daban-daban na hanyar. Dole ne dukkan membobi su ci gaba tare –100 m shine iyakar tazara tsakanin mahalarta a cikin rukuni – don haka ba a yi alamar lokacin hukuma ba har sai dukkan mambobi huɗun sun isa wurin binciken.
A cikin wannan gwajin na Ecotlon, gasar ta fara ne tare da matakan tafiya mai nisan kilomita 43 tare da ɗayan hanyoyin zuwa Nevado de Colima. Tashin jirgin yana cikin mafaka mai tsayi na La Joya, daga inda kuke da kyakkyawar gani game da dutsen mai girma.
Hawan kilomita takwas na tsinkayar wahalar gwajin kuma yana nuna makomar yawancin masu fafatawa. Tafiya ko gudu 43 kilomita ƙetare ƙasa yana ɗaukar kowa zuwa iyaka.
A saman, kungiyoyin suna daukar numfashi kuma suna saurin saukar da haɗari, wanda duk wani kuskure zai haifar da mummunan haɗari. Cramps da sprains suna da yawa kuma, a gaba ɗaya, shine zuriya wanda ya fi azabtar da jiki, musamman ma idon sawu da gwiwoyi.
Kalubale ne na zahiri, amma kawai wadanda suke da karfin tunani suna da damar yin nasara, ba tare da la’akari da cewa burin shi ne ya gama farko ko kawai ya gama ba. Kafin wannan gwajin ya ƙare, masu fafatawa da yawa zasu jimre wa abokan haɗuwa na matsanancin wasanni: blisters!
A yankin canji, ƙungiyoyin tallafi suna rige-rigen shirya kekuna a shirye don mataki na biyu, inda rana ke rufewa da kilomita 21 don tazarar tazara.
Kamar yadda yake cikin tafiya, faduwa da huda wani bangare ne na gasar, kowa ya san shi, kuma duk da haka yana da wahala a yarda da hakan yana banbanta tsakanin kammalawa na farko ko na biyu.
Ranar farko ta ƙare da saurin da ya fi yadda masu shiryawa suke tsammani kuma, abin mamaki, ƙungiyar ASI ce daga Jalisco ce ke ɗaukar farko. Spanishungiyar Sipaniya Red Bull ita ce mai kare kambun kuma mafi soyuwa.
A rana ta biyu, bayan 6km na wasan kan layi, Red Bull ya jagoranci da ya dace a sauyin zuwa kekuna, amma mataki ne da ke fifita masu bin su. Keke mai tsawan kilomita 48 ya ba wa ƙungiyar Javier Rosas damar sake jagorantar sakewa.
Yanayin yanayi yana hana gwajin kayak daga faruwa kuma kilomita 20 na wannan matakin sun ragu sosai. Matsayin ruwa a cikin Nogal dam yayi ƙaranci kuma akwai rassa da yawa waɗanda ke rikitar da gasar.
Gudun jirgi gwaji ne wanda zai iya nutsar da ku idan baku mallaki dabarun tukin jirgin ruwa ba, kuma a zahiri abin da ya faru ne da ƙungiyar ASI, wacce matsatsiyar jagorarta kamar masu nuna alama ta nutse don barin mintuna 25 a bayan Mutanen Espanya.
A ƙarshen rana ta biyu na gasar, ƙungiyoyi da yawa ba su cancanta ba saboda raunin da ya faru kuma wasu sun sha wahala sakamakon wasan har zuwa iyaka. A cikin halayyar ɗabi'a mai ƙarfi, ƙungiyoyin da ba su cancanta ba sun sa ƙoƙari don gamawa, koda kuwa ba da izini ba.
Rana ta uku kuma ta ƙarshe ta fara a cikin Magical Town na Tapalpa, a tsakiyar tsaunuka. Hanyar keke mai tsawan kilomita 29 tana daukar tawagogin masu shiga zuwa yankin rafin inda Salto del Nogal da Cueva de los Cristeros suke.
Daga nan masu fafatawa suna ci gaba da tafiya da kafa ta wata karamar rata da ke hawa zuwa kogon da gangarowar ruwan, suna tsallaka kwazazzabai. Wannan gagarumin gwajin na kilomita 5 ya lalace, daga nan sai tsokoki suka yi fushi ƙwarai da ƙoƙarin kwanakin farko da zafin kumburin.
Bayan sun isa ƙasan rafin, masu fafatawa suna ci gaba a gabar wani ƙaramin kogi wanda zai kaisu Salto del Nogal (mita 102). Tare da igiyar Tyrolean kuma a cikin jigilar tafiye-tafiye, mahalarta dole ne su ƙetare tafkin kusan mita 50 a tsayi.
Lokacin da dukkanin crossungiyar suka ƙetare tafkin, sai su dawo daga rafin zuwa ƙwanan ruwa mai tsayin 18 m inda suke rappel. Don ƙare gasar, yi tafiya zuwa wurin miƙa mulki inda kekunan suke kuma rufe taron tare da nisan kilomita 12 zuwa Tapalpa.
Mafi mawuyacin ɓangaren wannan matakin ba nesa ba amma canje-canje na zafin jiki yayin shiga da barin ruwan. Wuraren da aka haye ta ninkaya sun daskarewa, kuma shiga ruwan sanyi shine gayyata zuwa gaɓar tsoka.
A cikin tsere babu abin rufe fuska: fuskokin masu fafatawa suna nuna juyayi, ƙoƙari, zafi da a ƙarshe, babban gamsuwa da isowa.
