Kusukela ezinsukwini zesikole, sonke siyazi ukuthi intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni jikelele i-Everest, futhi i-Himalayas. Kodwa akubona bonke abacabanga ngokucacile, kuphi, empeleni, yizintaba ze-Himalaya? Eminyakeni yamuva, ukuvakasha kwezintaba sekuye kwadumile kakhulu, futhi uma uyayithanda, kuyisimangaliso semvelo - ama-Himalayas, afanele ukuvakashelwa!
Futhi lezi zintaba zisezindaweni ezinhlanu: iNdiya, iShayina, iNepal, iBhutan nasePakistan. Ubude obuphelele besistimu enkulu kakhulu yezintaba emhlabeni wethu ngamakhilomitha angu-2 400, nobubanzi bayo buyizinkulungwane eziyi-350. Ekuphakameni, izintaba eziningi ze-Himalayas zingabanikazi berekhodi. Kuneziqongo eziyishumi eziphakeme kunazo zonke eplanethi, ngaphezulu kwamamitha ayizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili phezulu.
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Indawo ephakeme kakhulu ye-Himalayas yiNtaba i-Everest noma i-Chomolungma, engamamitha angu-8848 ngaphezulu kwezinga lolwandle. Intaba ephakeme e-Himalayas ihanjiswe kumuntu kuphela ngo-1953. Zonke izinyuka ezazingaphambi kwalokhu aziphumelelanga, ngoba amathafa asezintabeni ahamba kakhulu futhi ayingozi. Phezulu, umoya oqine kakhulu, ohlangene namazinga okushisa aphansi kakhulu ebusuku, ukuvivinya kanzima kulabo abesaba ukuwunqoba lo mgomo onzima wokufinyelela. I-Everest ngokwayo isemngceleni wezizwe ezimbili - i-China ne-Nepal.
E-India, izintaba ze-Himalayas, ngenxa yemithambeka emnene engeyona eyingozi kakhulu, isibe isiphephelo samakholi eshumayela amaBuddha namaHindu. Izindlu zezindela zazo ziziningi ezikhona e-Himalayas eNdiya naseNepal. Kusuka kuwo wonke umhlaba abahamba ngezinyawo, abalandeli balazi zinkolo kanye nezivakashi bahamba lapha. Ngenxa yalokhu ama-Himalaya kulezi zifunda ayavakashelwa kakhulu.
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Kodwa ukuvakasha kwezintaba-zezindiza e-Himalayas akuthandwayo, ngoba ayikho imigwaqo efanelekayo yokudoba okungakhanga izivakashi ngezinamba ezinkulu. Yonke indawo lapho i-Himalayas ikhona khona iyathandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezintaba nezintaba.
Ukuhamba nge-Himalayas akuyona into elula elula, ingagcinwa kuphela ngomoya onamandla futhi onamandla. Futhi uma unayo le mibutho egciniwe, kufanele nakanjani uye eNdiya noma eNepal. Lapha ungakwazi ukuvakashela amathempeli amahle kakhulu nezindela ezithambile emithambekeni enhle, uhlanganyele emthandazweni wamadolo waseBuddhist kusihlwa, futhi ekuntwaneni kusasa ukuzindla ngokuzilibazisa kanye namakilasi e-hatha yoga eyenziwa yi-Indian gurus. Ukuhamba ngezintaba, wena ubona ukuthi imvelaphi yemifula emikhulu njengeGanges, i-Indus neBrahmaputra
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