Shekaru da yawa Na yi sa'a da zan iya bincika da kuma yawo wurare da yawa waɗanda ɗan Adam bai taɓa ziyarta ba.
Waɗannan rukunin yanar gizon ko da yaushe ramuka ne na ɓoyayye da ɓoyewa wanda, saboda keɓewarsu da kuma tsananin wahalar kaiwa gare su, ya kasance cikakke; amma wata rana na yi mamakin shin za a sami wani wuri a cikin ƙasarmu wanda ba ƙasa ba kuma wannan yana da ban mamaki. Jim kadan amsa ta zo min.
A 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, ina karanta littafin El Otro México na Fernando Jordán, wanda ke magana da Baja Kalifoniya, na ci karo da wannan bayanin: “tic a tsaye, a kan yankewar da ba ta da hankali, rafin Las Garzas ya ba da tsoro mai ban tsoro ya samar da sanya ambaliyar ruwa don tsayin ta. Suna daidai 900 m ”.
Tunda na karanta wannan bayanin, na kasance cikin damuwa game da ainihin asalin ruwan da aka faɗi. Babu shakka mutane ƙalilan ne suka san ta, tun da ba wanda ya san yadda za a gaya mani komai, kuma a cikin littattafan kawai na sami isharar Jordan.
Lokacin da Carlos Rangel da ni muka yi tafiyar Baja Kalifoniya a cikin 1989 (duba México Desconocido, Lamba 159, 160 da 161), ɗayan maƙasudin da muka saita kanmu shine gano wannan ruwan. A farkon watan Mayu na wannan shekarar mun kai ga inda Jodan yake shekaru 40 da suka gabata, kuma mun sami katuwar katangar dutse da muka kirga zata tashi a tsaye kilomita 1. Wani rafi ne ya gangaro daga wata kafa wacce take samarda magudanan ruwa guda uku kusan 10 kuma daga nan wucewar zata juya zuwa hagu zuwa sama a wani hanzari na juyawa, sai aka bata. Idan za ku iya bin sa, ya kamata ku zama ƙwararren mai hawan dutse sannan kuma kuna da kayan aiki da yawa, kuma tunda ba mu ɗauke shi a wannan lokacin, mun daina hawa. Fuskantar bangon, galibin hanyar da rafin yake gangarowa bai kasance bayyane ba, tunda yana tafiya daidai da gaban dutsen; tsayi ne kawai mai tsayi sama da 600, 700 ko sama da haka wata rijiya ce da da wuya a bambance ta. Tabbas Jordán ya ga ambaliyar daga sama da ƙasa kuma bai iya hangen nesa ba, don haka ya ɗauka cewa za a sami babbar rijiya ta mita 900. Masu kiwon yankin suna kiran wannan buɗe yankin da "Chorro Canyon", kuma a wannan lokacin mun isa wani kyakkyawan tafki inda ƙarshen ruwa na ƙarshe ya faɗi.
FARKON SHIGA
A watan Afrilu 1990 na yanke shawarar ci gaba da binciken shafin don gano ainihin abin da ke cikin Kogin Chorro. A waccan lokacin na shirya balaguro ta ɓangaren sama na canjin, wanda Lorenzo Moreno, Sergio Murillo, Esteban Luviano, Dora Valenzuela, Esperanza Anzar da kuma wata sabar suka hallara.
Mun tashi daga Ensenada kuma mun haura zuwa tsaunin San Pedro Mártir ta hanyar datti da ke zuwa UNAM masu lura da astronomical. Mun bar abin hawanmu a wani wuri da aka sani da La Tasajera kuma a wannan wurin muka yada zango. Da ƙarfe tara na safe washegari muka fara tafiya zuwa ga tushen rafin Chorro ta cikin kyakkyawan kwari da ake kira La Grulla, wanda ke kewaye da bishiyoyin pine kuma baya ba da jin daɗin kasancewa a Baja California. A nan rafin Chorro an haife shi daga maɓuɓɓugan ruwa da yawa, wanda muke ci gaba a wasu lokutan kewaye da ciyayi mai yawa kuma wani lokacin yakanyi tsalle tsakanin duwatsu. Da daddare mun yada zango a wani wuri da muke kira "Piedra Tinaco" kuma duk da cewa tafiyar na da nauyi, muna matukar jin daɗin shimfidar wuri da kuma yawan kallo na flora da fauna.
Kashegari za mu ci gaba da tafiya. Ba da daɗewa ba, rafin ya bar saurin yanayin da yake da shi a cikin Crane kuma ya fara nuna ɓarnarsa ta farko da faduwar ruwa, wanda hakan ya tilasta mana ɗaukar wasu takunkumi tsakanin tsaunukan da ke kewaye, waɗanda ke gajiyarwa saboda tsananin rameríos da rana mai nauyi. Da ƙarfe uku na yamma ambaliyar ruwa ta kusan mita 15 ta tilasta mana yin juyi na kusan awa ɗaya. Yayi kusan duhu lokacin da muka yada zango a bakin rafin, amma har yanzu muna da lokacin da za mu kama kifin da za mu ci abincin dare.
A rana ta uku ta yin yawo mun fara aikin da karfe 8:30 na safe, kuma bayan wani lokaci sai muka isa wani yanki inda fyaɗe da ƙananan rafukan ruwa ke bin ɗaya bayan ɗaya kuma mu samar da kyawawan wuraren waha inda muka tsaya yin iyo. Daga wannan lokacin, rafin ya fara kwaɗaɗa kansa kuma dabbobin sun kusan ɓacewa don ba da hanya ga alder, poplar da oaks. A wasu sassan akwai manyan tubalan dutse tsakanin ruwan da aka rasa, yana yin wasu hanyoyin hanyoyin karkashin kasa da magudanan ruwa. Ya kasance ƙarfe 11 lokacin da muka isa gaban rafin 6 m da ba za mu iya juyawa ba, har ma da tsaunuka, tunda a nan rafin ya cika sosai kuma ya fara gangarowar tsawa. Kamar yadda ba mu kawo kebul ko kayan aiki ba, wannan shine inda muka zo. A wannan lokacin mun kirashi "Shugaban Mikiya" saboda wata katuwar dutsen da ya tsaya daga nesa kuma da alama yana da wannan siffar.
A lokacin dawowar muna amfani da damar don bincika wasu rafuka masu nisa zuwa Canyon Chorro, bincika ramuka da yawa kuma ziyarci wasu kwari kusa da La Grulla, kamar wanda ake kira La Encantada, wanda abin mamaki ne na gaske.
JIRGI
A watan Janairun 1991, ni da abokina Pedro Valencia muka tashi zuwa Saliyo de San Pedro Mártir. Ina sha'awar lura da Kogin Chorro daga sama kafin fara binciken abubuwan da ke ciki. Mun tashi kusan dukkanin tsaunin tsauni kuma na sami damar ɗaukar hoto kuma na gane cewa yana tsaye tsaye. Daga baya na sami damar samo hotunan iska wadanda wasu masana kimiyya a Ensenada suka dauka kuma na sami damar zana taswirar wucin gadi na wurin. Zuwa yanzu banyi shakkar cewa babu wanda ya taɓa shiga Canrin Chorro ba. Tare da nazarin hotuna na sama da jirgin da na yi, na fahimci cewa kamar yadda muka ci gaba shine inda ɓangaren tsaye yake farawa; daga can rafin yana saukowa kusan kilomita 1 a kasa da kilomita 1 a kwance, zuwa inda ni da Rangel muka kai a 1989, wato, asalin tsaunin.
SHIGA TA BIYU
A watan Afrilu 1991 Jesús Ibarra, Esperanza Anzar, Luis Guzmán, Esteban Luviano Renato Mascorro da ni mun koma kan tsaunuka don ci gaba da binciken Canyon. Muna da kayan aiki da yawa kuma an loda mana tun lokacin da niyyarmu ta kasance a yankin na fiye da ƙasa da kwanaki 10. Mun kawo tsaunuka kuma mun auna tsawan mahimman wuraren da muka wuce. Kwarin Grulla yana kan mita 2,073 a saman tekun da Piedra del Tinaco a mita 1,966 sama da matakin teku.
A rana ta uku da wuri muka isa kan Shugaban Mikiya (a mita 1,524 sama da matakin teku) inda muka kafa sansaninmu muka rarraba kanmu zuwa ƙungiyoyi biyu don ci gaba. Ofayan ƙungiyoyin za su buɗe hanya ɗayan kuma su mai da shi “cherpa”, wato, za su ɗauki abinci, jakar barci da wasu kayan aiki.
Da zarar an kafa sansanin, sai muka rarraba kuma muka ci gaba da bincike. An ba da makamai ga ƙungiyar a cikin ruwan da aka jira a bara; Tana da digo 6 m Bayan 'yan mitoci daga nan, mun zo ga babban rukuni na manyan tubalan dutse, samfurin rugujewar shekara dubu, wanda ya toshe rafin kuma ya sa ruwan ya tace tsakanin ramuka a cikin dutsen, kuma a ciki ya samar da magudanan ruwa da wuraren waha wanda, kodayake karami, suna da kyau mai kyau. Daga baya mun hau babban shinge zuwa dama kuma mun shirya zuwa sauka ta biyu ta kusan 15 m na faɗuwa wanda ya ƙare daidai inda ruwan rafin yake fitowa da ƙarfi da ƙarfi daga hanyar ƙasa.
Mun ci gaba da ci gaba kuma jim kaɗan bayan mun isa wata rijiya mai girma fiye da duk waɗanda muka gani har zuwa lokacin (m 30), inda ruwan ya faɗi gaba ɗaya cikin kwazazzabo kuma ya sauka cikin tsalle huɗu zuwa wani babban tafki. Tun da babu yadda za a guje shi kuma ba zai yiwu a yi karo da kai tsaye ba saboda tsananin ƙarfin da ruwan ke ɗauke da shi, sai muka yanke shawarar hawa ɗaya daga cikin bangon har sai mun kai ga inda za mu iya sauka ba tare da haɗari ba. Koyaya, ya riga ya makara, don haka muka yanke shawarar zango kuma mu bar gangaren gobe. Muna kiran wannan magudanar ruwa da "Labule Guda Hudu" saboda fasalin ta.
Washegari, ni da Luis Guzmán mun sauko ganuwa ta dama ta bangon, muna buɗe hanyar da za ta ba mu damar kauce wa ruwan. Daga ƙasan tsalle ya yi kama da ƙarfi kuma ya kafa babban tafki. Kyakkyawan wuri ne mai ban mamaki wanda ya yi fice a cikin busassun shimfidar wurare na Baja California.
Mun ci gaba da saukowa daga baya sai muka sake zuwa wani magudanar ruwa wanda ya zama dole a girka wani kebul na kimanin 15 m. Muna kiran wannan bangare da "Rushewar II", tunda shi ma wata tsohuwar lalacewa ce, kuma duwatsun suna toshe rafin da ke sa ruwan rafin ya tashi kuma ya ɓace sau da yawa tsakanin ratayoyin. Akwai katon kuma kyakkyawa wurin waha a ƙasa wanda muke kira “Cascada de Adán” saboda Chuy Ibarra ya cire kayan jikin sa kuma yayi wanka mai daɗi a ciki.
Bayan hutawa da jin daɗi tare da wannan rukunin yanar gizon, mun ci gaba da saukowa tsakanin maɓuɓɓugan duwatsu, wuraren waha, hanzari, da gajerun ruwa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan mun fara tafiya a kan wani irin layi kuma rafin ya fara tsayawa, don haka dole ne mu sami wurin sauka, kuma mun same shi ta cikin kyakkyawan katanga mai ƙwanƙwasa tsaye kamar 25 m. Asan wannan shaft ɗin, rafin yana ta yawo a hankali akan wani dutse mai ɗauke da kyawawan siffofi. Muna kiran wannan wurin "El Lavadero", saboda mun ɗauka cewa ra'ayi ne mu wanke tufafi ta hanyar sassaƙa su a kan dutsen. Bayan Lavadero mun sami karamin rata 5 m, wanda a zahiri abun hannu ne don kauce wa hanya mai wahala tare da mafi aminci. A ƙasan wannan mun sauka a wani yanki mai yashi mai kyau.
Washegari mun tashi da karfe 6:30 na safe. kuma muna cigaba da gangarowa. A ɗan nesa kaɗan mun sami wani ƙaramin shaft kusan 4 m kuma mun sauke shi da sauri. Daga baya mun zo ga kyakkyawan rijiyar ruwa kimanin 12 ko 15 m da ya faɗi cikin kyakkyawan wurin waha. Mun yi ƙoƙari mu sauka a gefen hagu, amma wannan harbi ya kai tsaye zuwa tafkin, wanda yake da kyau, don haka muka nemi wani zaɓi. A gefen dama mun sake samun wani harbi, wanda muka kasu kashi biyu don gudun kaiwa ga ruwan. Kashi na farko faɗowa ne na mita 10 zuwa gaɓar sanɗa, kuma na biyun yana da 15 m zuwa ɗaya daga bankunan tafkin. Ruwan ruwan yana da babban dutse a tsakiya wanda ya raba ruwan zuwa faduwa biyu kuma saboda wannan mun sanya masa suna "Twin Waterfall".
Nan da nan bayan gidan wanka na Twin House, wani ambaliyar ta fara, wanda muke tsammani ya sami faɗi 50 m. Da yake ba za mu iya sauka kai tsaye a kansa ba, dole ne mu yi tsallakawa da hawa da yawa don kauce masa. Koyaya, kebul ɗin ya ƙare kuma ci gabanmu ya katse. Mun ga cewa a ƙarƙashin wannan ambaliyar ta ƙarshe akwai aƙalla ƙarin biyu, haka ma manya, kuma tuni can nesa da canjin yana jujjuyawa a cikin zuriyarsa, kuma duk da cewa ba za mu iya ganin sama da haka ba, mun lura cewa yana tsaye kwata-kwata.
Mun yi matukar farin ciki da sakamakon wannan binciken, kuma tun kafin fara dawowar mun fara tsara shigowar ta gaba. Mun dawo sannu a hankali muna ɗaukar kebul da kayan aikin, kuma kamar yadda muka shirya dawowa ba da daɗewa ba, mun bar shi ɓoye a cikin kogo da yawa a kan hanya.
SHIGA TA UKU
A watan Oktoba mai zuwa mun dawo: mun kasance Pablo Medina, Angélica de León, José Luis Soto, Renato Mascorro, Esteban Luviano, Jesús Ibarra kuma wanda ya rubuta wannan. Baya ga kayan aikin da muka riga muka bari, mun ɗauki ƙarin kebul na 200 m da abinci na kimanin kwanaki 15. An ɗora jakunkuna na baya zuwa saman kuma matsalar da ke tattare da wannan yanki mai wahala da rashin shiga shi ne cewa mutum ba shi da zaɓi na amfani da jakuna ko alfadarai.
Ya ɗauki mu kusan kwanaki biyar kafin mu kai ga ƙarshen ƙarshen ci gaba a binciken da ya gabata, kuma ba kamar lokacin ƙarshe lokacin da muke barin igiyoyi ba, yanzu muna ɗebo su, ma'ana, ba mu da sauran damar dawowa yadda muka zo. Koyaya, mun tabbata mun kammala tafiyar, tunda mun ƙididdige cewa a binciken da ya gabata mun kammala kashi 80% na tafiyar. Bugu da kari, muna da kebul na mita 600, wanda ya bamu damar kasu kashi uku kuma muna da ikon cin gashin kai.
A safiyar ranar 24 ga Oktoba, muna kan saman ruwan da ba mu sami damar sauka lokacin da ya gabata ba. Saukar wannan harbi ya gabatar da matsaloli da yawa, tunda faɗuwar ta kusan mita 60 kuma ba ta sauka a tsaye a kan gangaren ba, amma da yake ruwan yana da yawa kuma yana ta sauka da wuya yana da haɗari a yi ƙoƙarin zuwa can kuma mun zaɓi neman hanya mafi aminci . 15 m zuwa cikin gangarowa, mun yi ɗan hawa kaɗan bango don karkatar da kebul ɗin daga ruwan ruwan kuma sake sake haɗa shi a kan rami. 10 m da ke ƙasa mun isa ga wani shinge inda tsire-tsire suke da daɗi wanda ya sanya tafiyarmu ta wahala. Har zuwa wannan sashin da muka sauko kusan 30 m kuma daga baya, daga babban dutse, mun sauko 5 m kuma munyi tafiya zuwa wani babban dutse daga inda zamu iya gani, har yanzu yana da ɗan nisa da nesa ƙasa, mahaɗar rafin Chorro tare da rafin San Antonio. , ma'ana, ƙarshen canyon. A ƙarshen wannan faɗuwar, wanda muke kira "del Fauno", akwai kyakkyawan tafki kuma kusan mil 8 kafin isa gare shi, ruwan ya ratsa ƙarƙashin wani babban dutsen da ke ba da ra'ayi cewa rafin ya fito daga dutse.
Bayan "Cascada del Fauno", mun sami ƙarami amma kyakkyawa yankin rapids wanda muke yin baftisma a matsayin "Lavadero II", sannan kuma ƙaramar rijiya, tare da digo kusan 6 m. Nan da nan wasu hanzari suka zo kuma daga gare su aka saki wata babbar ambaliyar ruwa, wanda ba za mu iya gani da kyau a wannan ranar ba saboda ya riga ya makara, amma mun ƙididdige zai wuce 5o m na faɗuwa kyauta. Munyi baftismar wannan a matsayin "Star Waterfall" saboda har zuwa wannan lokacin shine mafi kyawu daga duk abubuwan da muka gani.
A ranar 25 ga Oktoba mun yanke shawarar hutawa, mun tashi zuwa 11 na safe kuma mun je ganin faduwa. A cikin haske mai kyau zamu iya ganin cewa "Cascada Estrella" na iya samun faduwar 60 m. Da rana a wannan rana mun fara motsawa ta gangarowa ta bango a tsaye. Mun sanya kebul wanda muka rabu sau biyu har sai da ya yi rabi. Daga can muka ci gaba da ɗaura makamai da wani kebul, amma, ba mu lissafa tsawon ba da kyau kuma an dakatar da shi kamar 'yan mituna daga ƙasa, don haka Pablo ya sauka zuwa inda nake ya ba ni tsayi mai tsayi, wanda da shi za mu iya kammala ƙi. Bangon "Star Waterfall" ya sami babban rufi ta wata babbar itacen inabi wanda ke inganta ƙwarjinta. Ruwan ruwan ya fada cikin wani kyakkyawan tafki mai kimanin 25 m, kuma daga shi ne wani ambaliyar ta kusan 10 na faɗuwar kyauta, amma tunda muna son "Star Waterfall" tare da wurin waha sosai, mun yanke shawarar zama a can tsawon ranar. Akwai ɗan fili a nan don zango, duk da haka, mun sami shimfidar dutse mai daɗi kuma muka tara itace daga busasshiyar itacen da ke wanke rafin da ke tafe kuma yana makale a cikin sandunan duwatsu da bishiyoyi. Faɗuwar rana ta kasance mai ban mamaki, sararin samaniya ya nuna sautunan ruwan hoda mai ruwan hoda mai ruwan hoda kuma ya zana mana hotunan silifaettes da bayanan martaba na tsaunuka a sararin sama. A farkon dare taurari sun bayyana cikakke kuma zamu iya rarrabe hanyar Milky daidai da kyau. Na ji kamar babban jirgi yana tafiya cikin sararin duniya.
A ranar 26th muka tashi da wuri kuma da sauri muka saukar da daftarin da aka ambata wanda bai gabatar da manyan matsaloli ba. A ƙasa da wannan faɗuwar muna da hanyoyi biyu na zuriya: daga hagu ya fi guntu, amma za mu shiga wani ɓangare inda canyon ya zama mai ƙanƙan da zurfi, kuma na ji tsoron kada mu zo kai tsaye zuwa jerin rijiyoyi da wuraren waha, wanda zai iya zama da wahala a gare shi ƙi. A gefen dama, harbe-harben sun fi tsayi, amma za a guji wuraren waha, duk da cewa ba mu san ainihin sauran matsalolin da za su iya gabatar da mu ba. Mun zabi na karshen.
Saukawa wannan faɗuwar mun tafi gefen dama na rafin kuma a kan wata katuwar baranda mai haɗari mun yi harbi na gaba wanda zai sami faɗuwa kusan 25m kuma ya kai mu ga wani shinge. Daga nan mun riga mun hangi ƙarshen canyon sosai, kusan ƙasanmu. A gefen wannan harbin akwai ciyayi da yawa wadanda suka wahalar da mu don motsawa, kuma dole ne mu yi yaƙi da hanyarmu ta cikin manyan itacen inabi don makamai na gaba.
Harbi na karshe yayi tsayi. Don saukar dashi dole ne muyi amfani da wayoyi guda uku da muka bari, kuma kusan basu iso gare mu ba. Kashi na farko na gangaren ya kasance zuwa ga wani karamin karami inda muka sanya wani kebul wanda ya bar mu a kan wata babbar leda, amma an rufe ta da ciyayi gaba ɗaya; Bai kasance ƙasa da ƙaramin gandun daji ba wanda ya sanya mana wahala mu saita ɓangaren ƙarshe na harbi. Da zarar mun saka a cikin kebul na ƙarshe, ya kai ƙarshen mashin, a tsakiyar tafkin ƙarshe na canyon; a nan ne ni da Carlos Rangel muka iso a 1989. A ƙarshe mun kammala tsallakawar Chorro Canyon, an warware matsalar enigma na ruwan 900 m. Babu irin wannan ambaliyar (mun kiyasta cewa ya sauka zuwa 724 fiye ko )asa), amma ɗayan mafi ban mamaki da kuma hanyar da ba za a iya shiga cikin Baja California ba. Kuma mun yi sa'a mun kasance farkon wanda muka fara bincika shi.
Source: Ba a san Mexico ba No. 215 / Janairu 1995
