Lokacin da a cikin Maris 1994 wasu abokaina daga Cuauhtémoc Speleology and Exploration Group (GEEC) suka nuna min babban Peña El Gigante a cikin Barranca de Candameña a Chihuahua, sai na fahimci cewa muna gaban ɗayan manyan ganuwar dutsen ƙasarmu. A wannan lokacin mun yi amfani da damar don auna girman dutsen, wanda ya zama faɗuwa kyauta ta mita 885 daga Kogin Candameña zuwa taronta.
Lokacin da a cikin Maris 1994 wasu abokaina daga Cuauhtémoc Speleology and Exploration Group (GEEC) suka nuna min babban Peña El Gigante a cikin Barranca de Candameña a Chihuahua, sai na fahimci cewa muna gaban ɗayan manyan ganuwar dutsen ƙasarmu. A wannan lokacin mun yi amfani da damar don auna girman dutsen, wanda ya zama faɗuwa kyauta ta mita 885 daga Kogin Candameña zuwa taronta.
Lokacin da na nemi bayanan da suka wajaba don ganin ko akwai bangaye da suka fi wannan girma a cikin ƙasar, ga mamakina sai na ga ashe ita ce fuskar dutsen tsaye a tsaye da aka sani har zuwa yanzu. Kai, waye! Mafi kusa wanda aka rubuta a baya shine bangon Potrero Chico, a cikin Husteca Canyon a Nuevo León, wanda bai wuce mita 700 kawai ba.
Da yake ni ba mai hawan dutse bane, sai na yanke shawarar tallata wannan bango tsakanin masu hawa, ina jiran hanyar hawa ta farko ta El Gigante da za ta bude, baya ga sanya jihar Chihuahua a cikin gaba na hawan kasa. A karon farko na yi tunanin abokina Eusebio Hernández, sannan Shugaban Kungiyar Hawan UNAM, amma mutuwarsa ta ba-zata, hawa zuwa Faransa, ta soke wannan hanyar ta farko.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, na sadu da abokaina Dalila Calvario da mijinta Carlos González, manyan masu haɓaka wasanni na ɗabi'a, waɗanda aikin ya fara ɗaukar hoto. A garesu Carlos da Dalila sun gayyaci kyawawan masu hawan hawa guda hudu, waɗanda tare da su aka haɗu da masu hawa igiya biyu. Wasayan shine na Bonfilio Sarabia da Higinio Pintado, ɗayan kuma na Carlos García da Cecilia Buil, na ƙarshen Spanishan ƙasar Sifen, waɗanda ake la'akari da su a cikin manya-manyan ƙasashensu.
Bayan samun goyon bayan da ya dace da gudanar da ziyarar karatu a bango, hawan ya fara ne a tsakiyar watan Maris na 1998. Daga farkon lokacin matsalolin sun yi yawa. Dusar ƙanƙara mai nauyi ta sa ya gagara kusantar bango tsawon kwanaki. Daga baya, tare da narkewa, Kogin Candameña ya yi girma sosai har ma ya hana kaiwa gindin El Gigante. Don samun dama gare shi, dole ne ku yi tafiyar kwana ɗaya daga mahangar Huajumar, hanya mafi sauri, kuma ku shiga ƙasan rafin Candameña, don ƙetare kogin.
Shigar da sansanin yana buƙatar ɗimbin yawa a cikin mako guda, wanda aka ɗauki masu jigilar kaya daga ƙungiyar Candameña. Yankin ƙasa mai ƙyallen bai yarda da amfani da dabbobin dawa ba. Ya kusan kusan rabin tan na nauyi, tsakanin kayan aiki da abinci, wanda yakamata a mai da hankali a ƙasan El Gigante.
Da zarar an warware matsalolin farko, duk igiyoyin sun gyara hanyoyin harin su, suna zabar kayan aikin da kayan da suka dace. Higinio da ƙungiyar Bonfilio sun zaɓi layin ɓarna da aka samo a gefen hagu na bangon, kuma Cecilia da Carlos za su shiga hanyar da ke tsakiyar, kai tsaye ƙasa da taron. Manufar ita ce a gwada hanyoyi daban-daban da suka haɗa da fasahohi daban-daban a lokaci guda. Higinio da Bonfilio sun nemi wata hanyar da zata karkata ga hawan roba, ba Cecilia da Carlos ba, waɗanda zasu gwada hawa kyauta.
Na farkon sun fara ne da hawan mara hankali mai rikitarwa saboda ruɓewar dutsen, wanda ya sanya belay ɗin ke da wuya. Ci gabansa ya kasance inci inci, tare da matsaloli da yawa don bincika inda za a ci gaba. Bayan doguwar ƙoƙari na ƙoƙari ba su wuce mita 100 ba, suna da daidaito ko kuma rikitarwa a sama, don haka suka yanke shawarar watsi da hanyar suka hau. Wannan takaici ya sa su ji dadi, amma gaskiyar ita ce ba a cika samun wannan katangar a gwada ta farko ba.
Ga Cecilia da Carlos yanayin ba shi da bambanci ta fuskar wahala, amma suna da ƙarin lokaci da yawa kuma a shirye suke su yi duk ƙoƙarin da suka dace don cimma hawan. A kan hanyarsu, wacce daga ƙasa kamar tana da 'yanci, ba su sami tsarin tsagaita wuta na gaskiya ba don tabbatarwa, don haka dole su koma wurare da yawa zuwa hawan roba; Har ila yau, akwai shinge da yawa waɗanda suka sanya hawan haɗari. Don ci gaba da ci gaba, dole ne su shawo kan gajiya ta hankali, wanda ya zo kan iyaka saboda tsoro saboda a cikin fiye da rabin hawan, wani sashi mai wahala ya kai su ga wani mawuyacin hali, inda jinkirin ko dai ba mai wahala ko babu kwata-kwata babu saboda ruɓar dutsen. Har ila yau, akwai wuraren komawa da baya da kuma ci gaban da ba su da jinkiri a cikin abin da dole ne su ji daɗin kowane tsawan mita. Akwai lokutan da suka karaya, musamman 'yan kwanaki da kawai suka ci gaba da mita 25. Amma duka biyun suna hawa ne na wani yanayi mai ban mamaki, na wani abu wanda ba a saba gani ba, wanda hakan ya sa suka shawo kan komai, suka binciki kowane mita da zasu hau, basu da kuzari. Har ilayau, farinciki da ƙarfin gwiwa na Cecilia ya yanke hukunci a gare su don kada su karaya, don haka suka kwashe kwanaki da dare a kan bango, suna kwana a wata keɓaɓɓiyar ƙafa don hawa masu tsawo irin wannan. Halin Cecilia na ɗaya daga cikin sadaukarwa gabaɗaya, kuma tare da bugawa tare da Carlos, buɗe wannan hanyar ta farko a El Gigante, kamar miƙa wuya ne ga sha'awarta ta hawa dutse, sha'awar da aka ɗauka zuwa iyakokinta.
Wata rana, lokacin da suka kasance a kan bango sama da kwanaki 30, wasu membobin GEEC sun yi rawar jiki daga taron zuwa inda suke, wanda ya riga ya kusa zuwa maƙasudin, don ƙarfafa su da kuma samar musu da ruwa da abinci. A wannan lokacin, Dokta Víctor Rodríguez Guajardo, ganin sun yi asara mai yawa, sai ya ba da shawarar su huta na wasu kwanaki don murmurewa kaɗan, kuma sun yi haka, suna hawa zuwa saman ta wayoyin da GEEC ya sanya. Koyaya, bayan hutu sun ci gaba da hawa daga inda suka tsaya, suna kammala shi a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, bayan kwana 39 na hawan. Ba a taɓa samun girman wannan haɓaka ta ɗan Mexico ba.
Kodayake bangon El Gigante ya kai mita 885, mitocin da aka haƙa a zahiri 1,025 ne, kasancewa hanya ta farko a Meziko da ta wuce kilomita ɗaya. Matsayinsa na hawa ya yi yawa, kyauta ne kuma na wucin gadi ne (6c A4 5.11- / A4 don masana). An yi wa hanyar baftisma da sunan "Simuchí", wanda ke nufin "hummingbird" a cikin harshen Tarahumar, saboda, a cewar Cecilia ta gaya mana, "wata hummingbird ce ta tare mu daga ranar farko da muka fara hawa, tsuntsaye mai birgima wanda da alama ba ta yi ba yana iya zama ɗaya, amma cewa kowace safiya tana wurin, a gabanmu, kawai secondsan daƙiƙoƙi kawai. Ya zama kamar ya gaya mana cewa wani yana kallo kuma sun kula da alherinmu. "
Tare da wannan hawa na farko zuwa bangon El Gigante, ɗayan sanannun nasarorin da aka samu na hawan dutse a Meziko an inganta shi kuma an hango cewa yankin rafin Saliyo Tarahumara, a Chihuahua, zai iya zama ɗayan aljanna ba da daɗewa ba masu hawan dutse Dole ne a tuna cewa El Gigante na ɗaya daga cikin manyan ganuwar, amma akwai katuwar ganuwar budurwa da ke da ɗaruruwan ɗimbin mita waɗanda ke jiran masu hawa dutsen. Kuma tabbas, tabbas za a sami ganuwa sama da El Gigante saboda har yanzu muna neman bincika mafi yawan wannan yankin.
Source: Ba a san Mexico ba No. 267 / Mayu 1999
