Ukususela kwiintsuku zesikolo, sonke siyazi ukuba intaba ephezulu kwi-planet yi-Everest, kwaye i-Himalaya. Kodwa akuyiyo yonke into ecacileyo, apho, eneneni, iintaba ze-Himalaya? Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ukuvakasha kweentaba kuye kwadume kakhulu, kwaye ukuba uyayithanda, ke ummangaliso wendalo - i-Himalaya, ilungele ukutyelela!
Kwaye ezi ntaba zikho kwimimandla ezintlanu zithi: iIndiya, iShayina, iNepal, iBhutan kunye nePakistan. Ubude obude bentaba enkulu kunazo zonke kwiplanethi yethu iikhilomitha ezingama-2,400, kwaye ububanzi bayo buyiikhilomitha ezingama-350. Ekuphakameni, ezininzi iintaba ze-Himalayas zingabanikazi bamarekhodi. Kukho iiplani eziphakamileyo ezilishumi kwihlabathi, ngaphezu kweeyure eziyi-8 000.
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Indawo ephezulu ye-Himalaya yiNtaba i-Everest okanye i-Chomolungma, eyi-8848 kumitha ngaphezulu kwezinga elwandle. Intaba ephakamileyo e-Himalayas ifakwe kumntu kuphela ngo-1953. Zonke izenyuka ezaphambi kweli zingazange ziphumelele, kuba iintaba zentaba zininzi kwaye ziyingozi. Ephezulu, umoya oqineleyo, ohlangene nobushushu obubushushu obubushushu kakhulu, luvavanyo olunzima kulabo baqhayisa ukuyisa le ngqungquthela. I-Everest ngokwalo isemngceleni wamabini amabini - iChina neNepal.
E-Indiya, iintaba ze-Himalaya, ngenxa yeendwendwe ezincinci ezingekho nengozi, ziye zaba sisiphephelo sezonkokeli zokushumayela ubuBuddha kunye namaHindu. Iimonasteri zazo zininzi maninzi ase-Himalaya eNdiya nakwiNepal. Ukusuka kwihlabathi lonke abahambahambayo, abalandeli beenkolo kunye nabakhenkethi bahamba apha. Ngenxa yeli li-Himalaya kule mimandla zihanjelwe kakhulu.
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Kodwa ukukhenketha kweentaba-ntambo e-Himalayas akuthandwayo, kuba akukho zixhobo eziphambili zendlela yokukhwela ezinokuthabatha abahanjisi ngamanani amaninzi. Zonke iindawo apho i-Himalayas zikhona ziyaziwayo ngokubanzi phakathi kweentaba kunye nabahambi.
Ukuhamba nge-Himalayas akuyona into elula, kunokunyamezela ngomoya oqinileyo nonamandla. Yaye ukuba unayo le mandla ekhuselekileyo, kufuneka uhambe uye eNdiya okanye eNepal. Lapha unokutyelela iintempile ezihle kakhulu kunye neendwendwe kwiimithambeka ezithandekayo, uthatha inxaxheba kwimithandazo yasebusuku yama-monks aseBuddhist, kwaye ekunteni kusasa kuhlaziywa ukucamngca kunye neekota ze-yoga ezenziwa yi-Indian gurus. Ukuhamba ngeentaba, uyazibona apho imvelaphi yale milambo emikhulu njengeGanges, i-Indus neBrahmaputra
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