UMary Allen
Ii-avalanche zenziwe ngekhephu. Ukuba kukho ikhephu elininzi kwithambeka lentaba, i-avalanche enjalo inokutyibilika. Ezo zihlwele ezinkulu zekhephu zihamba ngokukhawuleza. Emva koko bathatha yonke into esendleleni yabo kunye nabo. Ezi isenokuba ngabantu, izilwanyana, imithi, kwanezindlu. Igama elithi “avalanche” lisuka kwigama lesiLatini elithetha “ukutyibilika” okanye “ukutyibilika”. Ngamanye amaxesha abantu bathi "i-snow slab" endaweni ye-avalanche.
Ikhephu ngamanye amaxesha linzima, ngamanye amaxesha liyakhululeka. Ayincamatheli kweminye imigangatho nakweminye. Ingca ende idala ithambeka elimtyibilizi, ngelixa ihlathi libambe ikhephu.
Ngokuya uqina umthambeka, kokukhona kunokwenzeka ukuba kubekho i-avalanche. Ukongeza, ikhephu elitsha, elisanda kuwa lihlala liqinisekisa oku. Oku akunako ukusoloko kunxibelelana kakuhle nekhephu elidala kwaye ke ngoko kunokwenzeka ukuba kutyibilike. Oku kunokwenzeka, ngakumbi ukuba kukho ikhephu elininzi elitsha ngexesha elifutshane. Umoya usenokubangela ikhephu elikhulu kwiindawo ezithile. Emva koko ii-avalanche zidla ngokukhutshwa.
Nangona kunjalo, kunzima ukubona ngaphandle ukuba i-avalanche isondele. Kwaneengcali zinobunzima bokuqikelela oku. Kukho izizathu ezininzi ezinokukhokelela kwi-avalanche. Ngamanye amaxesha kwanele ukuba isilwanyana okanye umntu akhwele intaba okanye atyibilize apho ukuze avuse i-avalanche.
Ziyingozi kangakanani iingqaqa emntwini?
Abo babhaqwe yi-avalanche badla ngokufa kule nkqubo. Nokuba uyasinda ekwindla, uphela ulele phantsi kwekhephu elininzi. Eli khephu lithe tyaba kangangokuba awusakwazi ukulihlakulela kude ngezandla zakho. Ngenxa yokuba umzimba wakho unzima kunekhephu, uhlala utshona.
Ukuba uvaleleke kwikhephu, awukwazi ukufumana umoya omtsha. Kungekudala okanye kamva uyafutha. Okanye ufe kuba kubanda kakhulu. Uninzi lwamaxhoba afa kwisithuba sesiqingatha seyure. Bamalunga ne-100 abantu ababulawa zii-avalanche kwiiAlps minyaka le.
Wenza ntoni ngokuchasene nama-avalanches?
Abantu basezintabeni bazama ukuthintela ukuvela kwe-avalves kwasekuqaleni. Kubalulekile, umzekelo, ukuba maninzi amahlathi. Imithi isoloko iqinisekisa ukuba ikhephu alityibiliki lize libe yi-avalanche. Ngoko ke zilukhuselo lwendalo lwe-avalanche. Ngoko ke amahlathi anjalo abizwa ngokuba "ngamahlathi akhuselayo". Ungaze uwasuse.
Kwezinye iindawo, ukhuseleko lwe-avalanche luyakhiwa. Omnye ke uthetha ngemiqobo ye-avalanche. Ezi ziquka izakhelo ezenziwe ngomthi okanye intsimbi ezakhiwe ezintabeni. Zikhangeleka ngathi ziingcingo ezinkulu kwaye ziqinisekisa ukuba ikhephu libamba ngcono. Ngoko ayiqalisi ukutyibilika konke konke kwaye akukho zi-avalanches. Ngamanye amaxesha iindonga zekhonkrithi nazo zakhiwe ukuphambukisa i-avalanche kude nezindlu okanye iilali ezincinci. Kukwakho neendawo apho kwaziwa khona ukuba ii-avalanche eziyingozi ziqengqeleka apho ngokukodwa rhoqo. Kungcono ukuba ungakhi naziphi na izakhiwo, iindlela, okanye amathambeka e-ski apho kwaphela.
Ukongezelela, iingcali zibeke esweni ubungozi bokuqhambuka kwemvula ezintabeni. Balumkisa abantu abaphuma bejikeleza ezintabeni ukuba i-avanch ingenzeka kwindawo ethile. Ngamanye amaxesha zibangela ngabom ii-avalanche ngokwabo. Oku kwenziwa emva kwesilumkiso nangexesha apho uqinisekile ukuba akukho mntu kule ndawo. I-avalanche iye ibangelwe ziziqhushumbisi eziwiswa kwinqwelo-ntaka. Ngale ndlela, unokucwangcisa ngokuthe ngqo ukuba i-avalanche iya kwenzeka nini kwaye phi, ukuze kungabikho mntu wonzakalayo. Ungaphinda unyibilikise ukuqokelelana okuyingozi kwekhephu ngaphambi kokuba kube kukhulu kwaye kube yingozi ngakumbi kwaye kutyibilike.
Imithambeka ye-Ski kunye neendlela zokuhamba zikhuselekile ebusika. Abakhenkethi kunye nabatyibilizi bavumelekile ukuba basebenzise iindledlana kunye namathambeka kuphela xa iingcali ziyifundile imeko ngokweenkcukacha kwaye zacoca yonke iingqokelela eyingozi yekhephu. Bakwalunyukiswa: imiqondiso ibaxelela apho bangavumelekanga ukuba banyuke intaba okanye batyibilize. Bakwalumkisa nokuba uphezulu kangakanani umngcipheko wokuqalisa i-avalanche okwangoku. I-avalanche inokubangelwa ubunzima bomntu omnye. Ngoko ke kufuneka uqhelane kakhulu ne-avalanche xa ushiya amathambeka alawulwayo kwaye akhuselweyo kunye neendlela. Ngaphandle koko, ubeka wena kunye nabanye emngciphekweni.
Kuhlala kukho abantu abangenawo amava aneleyo kwaye bayijongele phantsi le ngozi. Rhoqo ngonyaka, ii-avalanche ezininzi zibangelwa ngabathandi bemidlalo yasebusika abangakhathaliyo. Ngoko ke, uninzi lwabantu abafa kwii-avalanche babangele i-avalanche ngokwabo.