Piʻi ʻo Amadablam

E hui mākou iā ʻoe ma Kathmandu Tribhuvan International no kāu huakaʻi piʻi ʻo Amadablam. E hoʻoneʻe mākou i kou hōkele mai ke kahua mokulele. Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e noho ai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma hope o kāu hakakā lōʻihi. E kono mākou iā ʻoe i ko mākou keʻena no kahi pōkole e pili ana i kāu papahana.

E hui ʻoe me kāu alakaʻi piʻi ʻo Amadablam. E kūkākūkā mākou i nā lako e pono ai no ka hele wāwae a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻae hele wāwae. Inā hōʻea ʻoe i ka pō, e kūkākūkā like mākou i ka lā aʻe ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hele ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa a puni ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i ka luakini kapu Pashupatinath a me Swyambhunath. He mau mea kahiko loa lākou a komo i loko o nā kahua hoʻoilina o UNESCO.

ʻO Boudhnath ka Buddha Stupa nui loa. Hōʻike ʻia ka moʻomeheu Nepalese kahiko i ke kiʻi nani a me ka hoʻolālā mōʻaukala o Kathmandu Durbar Square. Hōʻike mākou iā lākou ma kā mākou huakaʻi alakaʻi.

He lā hoʻomaha paha kēia o ka piʻi ʻana o Amadablam no ʻoe. E hoʻopau mākou i nā ʻae holo wāwae a me nā hana kūhelu i kēia lā. E loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e makaʻala i ka wahi a me ka ʻaina ahiahi. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae ma nā alanui kaulana.

I kēia lā, e holo mākou i Lukla e hoʻomaka i kāu piʻi ʻana iā Amadablam. Komo mākou i ke awāwa hohonu o ke awāwa ʻo Dudh Kosi. Me ka manawa mālie, loaʻa iā mākou nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mauna, me Everest. Hoʻomaka ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi mai Lukla.

E hahai ʻoe i kahi piʻi mālie i ka ʻaoʻao mauna ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi. E ʻike ʻoe i ka mauna ʻo Nupla (5885m), Kusum Kangaru (6367m), a me ka mauna ʻo Kwongde Range. A laila, hele mālie mākou no ʻelua hola i ke kauhale ʻo Phakding.

Ma kāu papa hana piʻi ʻana ʻo Amadablam, e ʻaʻa ʻelua mākou iā ia e nā alahaka hoʻomaha liʻiliʻi. A laila hiki mākou i ke kauhale o Monjo. ʻO ia ka puka komo o ka Sagarmatha National Park. Ma ke ala, e ʻike mua ʻoe iā Kusum Kangru (6369m), Thamserku (6608m), Everest (8848m), a me Nuptse (7879 m).

Ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana ma kahi o ʻelua hola, ʻike mua mākou i ka mauna Everest, e nānā ana ma luna o ka puʻu Lhotse-Nuptse. A laila, piʻi mākou i kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ke kauhale nani o Namche bazaar (3440m). Hāʻawi ia i nā hiʻohiʻona nani a me kahi ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaha ai i ka lua o ka pō o ka huakaʻi.

E hoʻokipa i kou kino i ke kiʻekiʻe o Namche. Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kiʻekiʻe i ka lā ma mua i kou piʻi ʻana iā Amadablam. Hoʻonoho ʻia i loko o kahi amphitheater kūlohelohe, ʻo Namche Bazaar kekahi o nā wahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu. E nana aku i ke kualapa o Kongdi RI (6187m).

E hoʻomaha mākou i ka lā piha, no laila ʻaʻole mākou e alo i nā pilikia. Loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lā leʻaleʻa piha me nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae a puni ka mākeke a hauʻoli i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Everest, Ama Dablam, Thamserku, Nuptse, Lhotse, Tawche, a me Kwangde.

Hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi ʻo Amadablam me kahi hele ʻoluʻolu ma waena o ka nahele, me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mauna. Piʻi ke ala ma mua o kekahi mau huila pule wai. A laila, hoʻomaka ka piʻi mau ʻana ma waena o ka ululāʻau o nā rhododendrons kiʻekiʻe.

He noho nui a mauʻu ke kauhale ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Tengboche (3870m). Aia ʻo ia ma lalo o kahi kuamoʻo i uhi ʻia e nā lāʻau paina a me nā kaʻa. Mai ka hiʻohiʻona ma ka piko o ka puʻu, aia nā hiʻohiʻona weliweli o nā piko ʻokoʻa.

Nānā mākou iā Madablam (6856m), e kū haʻaheo ana i ka nui o Everest (8848m). ʻIke pū mākou iā Nuptse (7861m), Lhotse (8501m), a me nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi o nā pilikua Himalayan. Hele mākou i ka Buddhist Monastery ma Tengboche, ka mea nui loa ma ka ʻāina Khumbu.

E holo mālie ka huakaʻi, e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa kūpono no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hoʻomaha, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. Aia ka Basecamp ma 4650 mika/15,300 kapuai.

ʻO kēia ka lā no ka acclimatization a hoʻomaha paha. I ka lā o kā mākou huakaʻi, e hoʻomākaukau mākou i nā mea e pono ai. E nānā i nā kūlana mea hana a hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe iho i ka noʻonoʻo a me ke kino.

I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā mākou ka piʻi ʻana a me ka acclimatization e kūpono i kou kino a me kou noʻonoʻo a hana i ka piko hope.

Ma kahi o ʻehā hola a hiki i Tengboche. He kauhale liilii me ka afhale mōneka amous e hāʻawi ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka mauna ʻo Amadablam, nā puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me nā hiʻohiʻona kahawai.

ʻO ka hui o ka trinity e wehe i ke ala i ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Gokyo, Khumjung Village, a me Namche Bazaar. I loko o ka ululāʻau rhododendron, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā holoholona hihiu, me kekahi mau ʻano pheasants, Himalayan Griffons, muscul deer, a me nā kao hihiu. E makaʻala ke ahiahi i ka wahi liʻiliʻi a puni me nā hiʻohiʻona nani.

Aia ke ala i lalo, a ʻo ka piʻi ʻole ʻana e pili ana i nā kuli. Ke hele ʻoe i ke alahaka hoʻokuʻu kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke ala i ka pae. E hana mākou ma o nā rhododendron a me nā ululāʻau paina. Hele mākou me ka ʻike i kahi mamao o nā piko i uhi ʻia i ka hau ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Phakding.

E hauʻoli i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo. E hele i nā hiʻohiʻona mauna kupaianaha a hiki i ke kauhale Sherpa kūloko i Lukla. Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e kaʻahele a puni nā wahi kūloko. Hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i kahi pāʻina Nepalese maʻamau a me ka hōʻike moʻomeheu i ke ahiahi.

Hiki iā ia ke lilo i lā hoʻomaha i ka wā ʻino ma Lukla. Hiki ke lohi a hoʻopau ʻia ka lele ʻana o Lukla.

I kēia lā, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lā manuahi ma ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. Hoomaha i kou Hotele. E hele wāwae i nā alanui a kūʻai i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo mai Nepal. I ke ahiahi, e loaʻa iā mākou kahi pāʻina Nepali maʻamau i hele pū ʻia me nā hōʻike moʻomeheu ma ka Hotel.

E hoʻokuʻu mākou iā ʻoe ma ke kahua mokulele honua e hopu i kāu lele i kāu huakaʻi hele.