Kukwera mapiri ndi ntchito yoopsa, kuvina koopsa kwa imfa kumene kwapha anthu ambiri m'mbiri yonse. Kuchokera pachitunda choyipa cha phiri la Denali ndi ulendo wowonongedwa wa 1932, kupita ku tsoka la George Mallory pa mapiri achinyengo a Everest mu 1924, mapiri akhala mdani wamkulu, wosakhululuka ndi wosamvera. Ndipo komabe, mosasamala za machenjezo am'mbuyomu, oyamba kumene amapitabe patsogolo, motsogozedwa ndi chikhumbo chachikulu chogonjetsa osagonjetseka. Amayamba ndi misonkhano yaying'ono, akumakulitsa luso lawo mosamala ndi kulimba mtima, nthawi zonse amazindikira zoopsa zomwe zimabisala m'mabwinja aliwonse. Pakuti m’malo osakhululukidwa a mapiri, ngakhale kuponda pang’ono chabe kungaphatikizepo imfa, monga momwe mizukwa yakale ya okwera mapiri imachitira umboni mowopsya.
Mu Novembala 2022, Emily Sotelo, wazaka 19 zakubadwa ku yunivesite ya Vanderbilt, adayamba kukwera mapiri a White ku New Hampshire. Inali nthawi yopuma ya Thanksgiving, ndipo adakonzekera kukondwerera tsiku lake lobadwa la 20th ndi kukwera maulendo. Emily sanali mlendo kumayendedwewo. Adapeza nsonga 40 mwa 48 za New Hampshire kupitilira 4,000 mapazi. Cholinga chake chinali kugonjetsa ena atatu paulendowu.
Emily ankafuna kukwera Phiri la Lafayette lalitali mamita 5,249 kudzera pa Franconia Ridge Loop, mtunda wa makilomita 8.1 womwe umadziwika chifukwa cha malo ake olimba kwambiri, owonekera, komanso ovuta. Pano, mutha kukumana ndi nyengo yozizira monga ayezi, matalala, mphepo yamkuntho, kutentha kwanyengo, komanso kuyera tsiku lililonse.
M'mawa pa November 20, mayi ake a Emily anamusiya panjira nthawi ya 4:30 am Anauyamba ulendo wawo yekhayekha, osadetsedwa ndi chipale chofewa komanso thambo.
Emily ananyamula kuwala: nthochi, mipiringidzo granola, batire paketi, ndi madzi. Cha m’ma 5 koloko m’mawa, analembera mayi ake uthenga wowapempha nkhomaliro ya quinoa, nkhuku, ndi mapapaya. Ngakhale kuti nyengo inali kuipiraipira, mavuto, ndi kuzizira koopsa, anali ndi chiyembekezo cha ulendo wake wokacheza.
Mapiri Oyera ndi odziwika bwino chifukwa cha nkhanza za nyengo yachisanu. Mphepo yamphamvu, yomwe nthawi zambiri imafika pa liwiro la mailosi 50 mpaka 100 pa ola, komanso kutsika kwa kutentha kumakhala kofala. Chipale chofewa chochulukirachulukira cha kugwa kosalekeza kwatsiku lapitalo chinakwirira njirayo pansi pa zigawo zingapo, kutchinga njira yake ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yachinyengo kuyenda.
Pofika 9:40 m'mawa, pamene nyengo inali kuipiraipira, momwemonso maonekedwe ake anawonjezereka, ndipo mosadziŵa, Emily anali atapatuka panjira yamtengowo n'kulowera chakumpoto chakumadzulo kwa phirilo. Ali yekhayekha komanso analibe zida zoyendera panyanja, ankavutika kuti apitirizebe kuyenda m’njira, ndipo anatayika m’chipululu chozizira kwambiri.
Posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti sanali wokonzekera bwino kutentha, komwe kumatsika kuchoka pa 27°F pang'ono kufika pa nambala imodzi yoziziritsa. Ngakhale kuti anali kuvala zovala zazitali zamkati, magolovesi otenthedwa, ndi kutentha m’khosi, chovala cha Emily chinali choyenera kukwera maulendo achangu m’chisanu kusiyana ndi ulendo wokwera mapiri. Jekete lake lopepuka, mathalauza ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndi nsapato zothamangira zodulira pang'onopang'ono zinamupangitsa kuti akumane ndi mikhalidwe yovuta kwambiri, ndipo kusakhalapo kwa chipewa kunapangitsa kuti kutentha kwa thupi lamtengo wapatali kutuluke, ndikusiya kutentha kwapakati pake kukhala kosavuta kuzizira.
Pofika 11 koloko m'mawa, mayi ake a Emily sanayankhe mameseji awo olowera. Poda nkhawa, iye anachenjeza akuluakulu a boma. Madzulo, anthu 20 anasakasaka kwambiri Emily, pamene magulu 21 ankalimbana ndi mphepo yamphamvu komanso kuzizira kwambiri kuti amupeze. Ngakhale kuti anayesetsa, sanamupeze ndipo anathawa usiku. Kufufuzako kunayambiranso pa November XNUMXst, ndi helikopita ikulowa nawo khama, koma kupita patsogolo kunali kochedwa komanso kovuta.
Pa Novembara 22, magulu ofufuza adapeza katundu wa Emily ndi njira zomwe akuwaganizira mu chipale chofewa. Anadutsa m'nkhalango zowirira ndi chipale chofewa chofika m'chiuno, kutsatira njira yake, koma adakakamizika kubwereranso m'mbuyo pamene nyengo yankhanza inkapitirira.
Pa Novembara 23, tsiku lobadwa la Emily lazaka 20, magulu osaka adayandikira kuchokera mbali zosiyanasiyana. Nthawi ya 11:15 am, gulu lofufuzira lidakumana ndi zochititsa mantha - mawonekedwe a Emily opanda moyo, ozizira komanso osasunthika, atagona movutikira pafupi ndi madzi oundana a Lafayette Brook, pamtunda wowopsa wa mailosi atatu kuchokera pamalo owopsa pomwe adapha. anasokera panjira.
Ayenera kuti adagonja pofika madzulo a Novembala 20, atataya katundu wake wambiri poyesa kuthawa nyengo yoyipa. Helikopita ya National Guard ya New Hampshire idatenga mtembo wake, womwe udaupititsa kudera la Cannon Mountain.
Banja la Emily komanso anthu onse anali ndi chisoni chifukwa cha imfa yake. Anali mtsikana wowala, wosamala, EMT wophunzitsidwa ndi maloto oti akhale dokotala. Banja lake linalandira chithandizo chochuluka ndipo linalimbikitsa zopereka kuti zifufuze ndi kupulumutsa magulu.
Pambuyo pa imfa yomvetsa chisoni ya Emily, akuluakulu a US National Fish and Game adawulula kufanana koopsa: zomwe zinachitika pafupi ndi malo omwewo chaka chatha, mu 2021. njira mu nyengo yonyenga yofanana. Mwamwayi, iwo adatha kuthawa dzanja lankhanza la tsokalo mwa kusungunula mochenjera mafoni awo a m'manja oundana m'khwapa mwawo, zomwe zinawathandiza kutumiza chizindikiro kuti afufuze ndi kupulumutsa anthu.
Polingalira za tsoka la mwana wawo wamkazi, amayi a Emily anakumbukira mmene iwo eni amakokera mapiri, akumalongosola kuti mapiriwo ndi okongola ndi ochititsa mantha. Anakumbukira nkhani yomwe analemba yonena za phiri la ku Croatia, lomwe linkajambula kukongola kwa chilengedwe ndi kuopsa kwake.
Nkhani ya Emily Sotelo ndi chikumbutso chogwira mtima cha mphamvu yosakhululuka ya chilengedwe. Kulimbikira kwake komanso kukonda kwake kukwera maulendo kunakumana ndi zovuta komanso zomvetsa chisoni. Pamene banja lake likuganiza zoyambitsa maziko m'chikumbukiro chake, akuyembekeza kuti nkhani yake ikhala chenjezo komanso phunziro kwa onse okonda masewera.