Bayan kwana mai tsawo da farin ciki mun sauka ganuwar katuwar kuma mun sami labarin cewa ita ce mafi girma a duk ƙasar da aka sani.
A cikin 1986, lokacin da membobin kungiyar Cuauhtémoc Speleology Group (GEC) suka fara binciken rafin Candameña, a arewacin arewacin Sierra Tarahumara a Chihuahua, ba da daɗewa ba suka sami babban fuskar dutsen da ya tsaya zuwa tsakiyar wannan. Dutsen ya burge su sosai har suka kira shi El Gigante, sunan da ya ci gaba har yanzu.
Yayin binciken farko na ruwan Piedra Volada a 1994 (duba Ba a San Meziko Mai lamba 218) Na tabbatar da girman wannan babban bango. A waccan lokacin mun lissafa cewa zai kasance tsakanin tsayin mita 700 zuwa 800, gaba ɗaya a tsaye. Da zarar an ci nasara da ambaliyar ruwan, tunanin fara sauka daga taron El Gigante, inda ya faro, zuwa Kogin Candameña, inda ya ƙare, ya tashi.
Kafin shirya gangaren, an yi nazarin bango don sanin hanyar sauka, kuma ana gudanar da abseiling da sauran fasahohi a cikin Piedra Volada (453 m) da Basaseachic (246 m) waterfalls, a tsakanin sauran shafuka. A yayin binciken, akwai abubuwa masu ban sha'awa, kamar binciken farko na Piedra Volada ravine, wanda har zuwa lokacin bai kasance budurwa ba, da kuma taron El Gigante.
Yawancin membobin GEC suna barin garin Cuauhtémoc zuwa Basaseachic National Park, inda El Gigante yake. Don cin nasarar wannan bangon, mun rarraba kanmu zuwa ƙungiyoyi uku: ƙungiyar masu kai hari, waɗanda za su kula da dukkan zuriya, da ƙungiyoyin tallafi biyu; ɗayan yana ƙasa, a kan kogin Candameña ɗayan kuma a kan taron kolin kuma ɓangaren farko na bangon. Hanyar da muka zaba don gangaren ya haɗa da manyan ledoji guda biyu waɗanda zasu sauƙaƙe duk motsin tafiyar.
Mun bar Cajurichic kuma a Sapareachi mun kafa sansanin. Jagoranmu sune Mista Rafael Sáenz da ɗansa Francisco.
Da misalin karfe 3:30 na yamma. lokacin da muka isa taron El Gigante. Daga can kuna da ɗayan ra'ayoyi mafi ban sha'awa game da tsaunin tsauni duka. Ana iya ganin Kogin Candameña kusan kilomitoci kai tsaye a ƙasa, a gaban kusan 700 m ɗayan gefen rafin ne a tsaye kamar na El Gigante, shi ya sa rafin Candameña yake da ƙarfi, tun da yana da zurfi ƙwarai da gaske . Hakanan, ƙasa da nisan mil 800 muna da riwayar Piedra Volada kusa da mu. Kyakkyawan gani mai ban sha'awa.
Kusan daga taron, ana haifar da ƙira, tare da karkata mai ƙarfi a layi daya da bango, ta inda muke fara gangarowa don isa ga farkon layin.
Mun kafa sansanin farko a can kuma mun gama motsawa da misalin karfe 9 na dare. Shiryayye yana da fadi sosai; 150 m tsawon ta 70 ko 80 m, ko da yake nazarin hotuna a bango ya zama kamar ba shi da muhimmanci. Gangar tasa tana da tsayi sosai kuma mun sami aya ne kawai inda zamu iya yin zango cikin kwanciyar hankali. Kusan ciyayi ne suka mamaye shi gaba ɗaya.
Washegari mun ci gaba da gangarowa. Don isa bakin teku dole ne mu sanya wasu igiyoyi. Kasa da shiryayyen farko mun sami wani. Mun ƙididdige cewa tsakanin su biyu akwai harbi na kusan mita 350. Da safe mun girka kebul don wannan gangarowar. Kafin mu sauka muna sha'awar panorama ta canyon. Mun ga kogin kusan 550 m a ƙasa da rashin iyaka na kololuwa da ramuka na gefe.
Yayin da na sauka, sai na lura cewa kebul din ba kyauta yake ba, kamar yadda muke zato, amma ya taba bangon dutsen da kadan kuma wannan ya sa kebul din ya makale; Bugu da kari, katangar tana cike da shuke-shuke wadanda aka fi sani da suna Palmitas na gida, kwatankwacin zacatón, amma sun fi girma. Yawan sa ya kai ga cewa kebul ya rikice a tsakanin su, don haka gangarowar ya yi jinkiri kuma dole ne in dakatar da shi sau da yawa don kwance shi.
A tsakiyar harbin, a cikin mafi mahimman rarrabuwa, Victor ya sauko don taimaka min da abubuwan motsa jiki. Mun dauki awanni hudu kafin mu kammala gangawar saboda wadannan matsalolin kuma mun gama gab da dare.
Leken na biyu ya fi na farko ƙanƙanci fiye da na farko kuma ya fi karkata, a nan kawai muna samun wuri mara dadi sosai don bivouac.
Wannan zangon na biyu yana gabatar da tsire-tsire mafi rufewa fiye da na baya, don haka washegari, lokacin da muka yi kokarin isa gaɓar tekun don ci gaba da zuriyarmu, muna buƙatar adda.
Mun kirga cewa don isa ga kogin har yanzu muna buƙatar ragi na kimanin mita 200. Mun san cewa babban layin da muke kawowa ba zai ƙara iso gare mu ba, don haka sai na sauko tare da ƙarin kebul na kimanin mita 60 a tsayi. Don hana kebul ya kasance mai haɗewa tsakanin insoles, na ɗauke shi a cikin jaka mai tsari, ta yadda zai gudana yayin da na sauka, tabbas yana da babban kulli kusan a ƙarshensa wanda zai dakatar da ni kai tsaye an gama kafin mu isa kogin.
Babban layin bai isa ba koda daɗa ƙarin kebul. Sannan carscar ya sauko da ɗayan igiyoyin taimako wanda ya kawo, na ƙarshe da muka samu. Yayin da nake jiran sa, sai na yi tunanin shimfidar wuri na canyon.
Na yi farin ciki, na yi farin ciki kuma na fahimci cewa mun kusanci cimma burinmu. Idan na duba ƙasa, tuni na hangi kogin kusa sosai har ma zan iya yin zango kuma membobin ƙungiyar tallafi suna jiran mu.
Da sauri na isa karshen kebul din, na tsallake kullin farko, sannan na daure tsayin igiyar da muke ɗauka ta ƙarshe. Na yi kusan mita 20 daga kogin kuma tuni na iya magana da ƙungiyar da baki.
Na tsallake wannan ƙulli na ƙarshe kuma a hankali na sauko. Idan na sauka kai tsaye, da na fada cikin wani babban tafki, amma Luis Alberto Chávez, shugaban kungiyar tallafi, ya taimaka min na karkata kuma da saurin tsalle na isa wani karamin tsibiri na yashi a tsakiyar ruwan. Na sauka daga kebul din na isa bakin kogin. Tare da manyan runguma da sadarwa na rediyo, muna yiwa kanmu murna akan nasarorin da muka samu. An maimaita wannan bayan aan mintoci bayan carscar ya isa kogin.
A tsakar dare mun aika da sakon taya murna ga sauran rukunin da ke kan madaidaiciya ta farko ta rediyo. Babban wutar da muka sanya ta haskaka bangarori da dama na ɓangaren ɓangaren bangon El Gigante, kyakkyawar hangen nesa ce, da ɗan Dantesque, ana hango bangon a matsayin mai sihiri ƙarƙashin tasirin laushi da lemu mai haske na harshen wuta wanda yake kamar rawa. .
Giant din ya tashi zuwa cikin dare. ta kwaikwaya wani babban alwatika mai nuna sama; sararin samaniya mai tauraruwa ya haskaka silhouette na wannan babbar bangon.
Kimanin kwana biyu ya dauke mu muka fita daga rafin. A Basaseachic, da rana muna shirya abincin biki. Sannan duk mun tashi zuwa Cuauhtémoc.
Tare da wasu ma'aunai da muka yi yayin balaguron, mun sami damar ƙayyade da ƙimar girman El Gigante: m 885, ba tare da wata shakka ba, mafi girman katangar da aka sani har yanzu a ƙasar. Kuma duk da cewa mun ci nasara da shi ta hanyar fasahar caving, daga sama zuwa ƙasa, wannan bangon da wasu da yawa suna jiran masu hawa dutsen.
Source: Ba a san Mexico ba No. 248 / Oktoba 1997
