ʻIke ʻo Chiwabhanjang Pass ma Sikkim i ke komo ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kūpaʻa no nā ʻike Everest a me ka Trekking

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

ʻO Chiwabhanjang Pass ma Sikkim, aia ma ka palena ʻo India-Nepal, ke lilo koke nei i hoʻokahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi i ʻimi nui ʻia e ka mokuʻāina. ʻIke ʻia no kāna mau hiʻohiʻona nani o nā puʻu Himalayan e like me Mt Everest a me Mt Kanchenjunga, ke kiʻi nei ka pass i nā haneli o nā mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā, makemake nui e ʻike i nā ʻāina kupaianaha a me kahi huakaʻi hele lōʻihi.

ʻO ke ola hou ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Sikkim

Ua wehe ke aupuni mokuʻāina iā Chiwabhanjang Pass i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻApelila 2022, e hōʻailona ana i kahi mea nui i ka hoʻāla hou ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Sikkim. ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka makahiki 2023 i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) i hoʻopilikia i ka mākaʻikaʻi, ke ʻike nei ka wahi i ka kahe mau o nā malihini. Wahi a Sudesh Kumar Subba, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mokulele mokulele o Sikkim, ma kahi o 143 mau kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻopuka ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi nei wale nō no nā SUV e hele ana i ka pass. Me ke ʻano o kēia manawa, manaʻo ʻo Subba i nā malihini hou aʻe i nā lā e hiki mai ana.

Nā huakaʻi hele a me nā ʻike o Everest a me Kanchenjunga

ʻO ka Chiwabhanjang Pass, aia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 10,300 kapuaʻi a ma kahi o 170 km mai Gangtok, hāʻawi i kahi huakaʻi 10 km-lōʻihi e hoʻokipa ai i nā mea hoihoi a me nā mea aloha. Hāʻawi ka pass i kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi e hiki ai i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke leʻaleʻa i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻāina ʻo Koshi ma Nepal, me nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o nā piko kiʻekiʻe o Mt Everest a me Mt Kanchenjunga.

Ma waho aʻe o ka Chiwabhanjang Pass, hele pū nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā wahi kaulana ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻākau ʻo Sikkim, e like me Lachen, Lachung, Yumthang, a me Yumesamdong. Ma ka Pōʻakahi i hala iho nei, ua hōʻea mai kahi moʻolelo 4,151 mau mākaʻikaʻi, me nā haole, i kēia mau wahi, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokuʻāina.

Hoʻoponopono ʻOihana a me ka ulu ʻana o ka wā e hiki mai ana

ʻO ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻākau ʻo Sikkim, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā wahi e like me Lachen a me Yumesamdong, ua loaʻa i ka pōʻino nui i ka makahiki 2023 GLOF. Eia naʻe, me ka hoʻoponopono mau ʻana i nā alanui a me nā alahaka, manaʻo nui nā luna mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike koke kēia mau wahi i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hele wāwae. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Samrat Sanyal, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka Himalayan Hospitality & Tourism Development Network, ke hoʻopau ʻia ka hoʻoponopono ʻana, e hoʻomau ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi.

Kaohi no ka manawa a me na pilikia pili i ka lewa

Mai ʻApelila 19 a hiki i 25, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke kipa aku i ka Lake Gurudongmar kaulana ma muli o ke kūkulu ʻana i ke alahaka ma ka ʻāina ʻo Jema, ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o ke ala i ka loko. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke kipa aku iā Lachen i kēia manawa.

I kēia manawa, ma ka hikina ʻo Sikkim, hāʻule ka hau ma Tsomgo (Chhangu) Lake a me Nathu-la, ʻelua mau wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā kaʻa ma ke alanui e hiki ai i Gangtok. Ua hoʻopaneʻe ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no nā hola ʻoiai ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nā alanui e hiki ai i nā kaʻa ke hoʻomau i kā lākou huakaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale nui.

E nānā ana i mua

ʻOiai ʻo nā pilikia i loaʻa mai i ka wā a me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka hana ʻoihana, ke hoʻomau mau nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Sikkim. Me kona nani kūlohelohe a me nā ala huakaʻi like ʻole, ʻo Chiwabhanjang Pass a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻākau e manaʻo ʻia e noho mau i nā hiʻohiʻona nui no ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻimi nei i ka huakaʻi a me ka maluhia ma ka Himalayas.