- Ikheli: umngcele weChile ne-Argentina;
- Ubude obuphezulu ngaphezu kolwandle: 3128 m;
- Ukudlula: 1 227 m;
- Uhla lwezintaba: i- Andes;
- Ukunyuka kokuqala: 1959 (Cesare Maestri noTony Egger).
Engxenyeni esenyakatho yeNational Park Los Glaciares, emngceleni weChile ne-Argentina yizintaba zezintaba eziphakeme kakhulu zePatagonia . Omunye wabo, iNtaba iCroro Torre (ubude bamamitha angu-3128 m), kubhekwa njengenye yezinzima kakhulu futhi eyingozi ekukhuphukeni kwezingqimba zomhlaba.
Indaba yokunqoba uCerro Torre
Ngo-1952, izintaba zaseFrance uLionel Terrai noGuido Magnioni embikweni wabo mayelana nokukhuphukela esiqongweni seFitzroy bachaza intaba eyakhelene nayo - ifomu elihle, elisekuqaleni kwesaliti, elinomqondo ophakeme. Ingqikithi engenakufinyeleleka yayibizwa ngeCerro Torre (kusukela "serro" - intaba nethi "Torre" - umbhoshongo) futhi yaba iphupho labaningi abagibelayo. Izindebe ezilinganiselwa ku-1500 m, isimo sezulu esingalindelekile kanye nemimoya yomshoshaphansi, isici sePatagonia, senze leli phupho libe elifiselekayo ngokukhethekile. Umzamo wokuqala wokukhuphukela eCroro Torre wenziwa yi-Italians Walter Bonatti noCarlo Mauri ngo-1958. Kuphela kwaphela amamitha angu-550 esiqongweni lapho kubonakala khona isithiyo esingenakuqothulwa emadwaleni naseqhweni. Omunye umkhumbi waseNtaliyane, uCesare Maestri, uthi ufike phezulu ne-Austrian guide uTony Egger ngo-1959, kodwa usizi olubi lwaphela: umqhubi walahlekile, kanti ikhamera yalahleka futhi uMaestri akakwazanga ukufakazela amazwi akhe. Ngo-1970, wenza olunye umzamo wokukhuphuka, lapho asebenzisa khona i-compressor futhi enyakaza odongeni izingodo ezintathu zamadwala. Lesi senzo sabangela imibono engacabangi phakathi kwabagibeli; abanye babo bakholelwa ukuthi ukunqoba komkhumbi kunentaba ayikwazi ukuqedela uma esebenzisa lezo zimo. Iphayona elisemthethweni yi-expedition ye-Italian Casimiro Ferrari, owakhuphuka eCroro Torre ngo-1974.
Yini ongayibona ku-Cerro Torre?
Uhambo oluya ezintabeni zeFitzroy neCroro Torre luhlanganisa nokuhlolwa kwechibi laseTorre, lapho ogwini lunikeza khona umbono ophakeme kakhulu wezintaba. Eduze echibini kuneqhwa elikhulu. Esikhathini esiningi, phezulu kwentaba igcwele amafu, kodwa esimweni sezulu esicacile elangeni kubonakala kumangalisa. Izivakashi eziphethe amathempeli azungeze amakhamera e-Cerro Torre akhululekile.
Ungafika kanjani?
Indlela eya ePatagonia iqala ukusuka eSantiago noma eBuenos Aires futhi ihlala enhloko-dolobha yesifunda sase-Argentina saseSanta Cruz , edolobheni lase-El Kafalate. Nsuku zonke, amabhasi ahleliwe aya edolobheni lase-El Chalten, eliseduze neCroro Torre.