Ma 14,980 kapuaʻi / 4,566 mau mika,ʻo Mount Meru ka lua o ka peakē kiʻekiʻe loa o Tanzania, a e like hoʻi me kekahi,ʻo ka mauna kiʻekiʻeʻehā ma'Afelika. ʻO Conical ma keʻano,ʻo Mount Meru aia ma ka'ākauʻo Tanzania i ka puʻu o Arusha National Park. He lua pele moe ia, me ka hāʻuleʻana o ka'ōpiopio hope loa ma kahi o kahi haneli i hala. Ma kahi lāʻikeʻole, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka mauna Kilimanjaro mai Mount Meru, no ka mea, ua hoʻokaʻawaleʻia nā pelekakaiʻelua e kahi mamao o 50 mau mile / 80 mau mile.
ʻO ka pahuhopu mua o ka moʻolelo e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana. Ua kapaʻiaʻo Carl Uhlig i ka makahiki 1901 a iʻole Fritz Jaeger i ka makahiki 1904 - i nā lā Germans, e hōʻike ana i ke aupuni colonial o Germany ma Tanzania i kēlā manawa.
Paʻiʻo Merne Trekking
ʻO ka mauna Meru heʻekolu aʻehā mau lā hele ma ke ala e hanaʻia e ka poʻe e manaʻo nei e hoʻokū i ka maunaʻo Kilimanjaro . Pono ka alakaʻi ma kēlā me kēia alahele a aia hoʻokahi wale nōʻaoʻao hana e piʻi ai i ka piko. ʻO ke ala me keʻano o nā huts ma ke ala e hāʻawi ai i nā moena maʻalahi a me ka mālie. ʻO nā alaloaʻole i ke komohana a me nāʻaoʻao'ākau o ka mauna he kānāwaiʻole ia. He mea nui ka hoʻopunipuni, aʻoiaiʻaʻoleʻoe e pono ai ka oxygen, hoʻolimalima i nā lā he nui ma ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka ho'āʻoʻana i ka piʻi e mahalo nuiʻia. ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hele ai i ka wā maloʻo (Iune -ʻOkakopa a iʻole Kekemaba - Feb.).
ʻO ka Momella Route
ʻO ka inoaʻo Mount Meru ka inoaʻo Momella Route.
E hoʻomaka ana ma kaʻaoʻao hikina o Mount Meru a piʻi i luna o ka'ākau'ākau o ka lua pele i kahi Socialist Peak, ka piko. ʻElua ala e hiki ai i ka hale mua,ʻo Miriakamba (8,248 kapuaʻi / 2,514 mita) - ke ala pōkole, ke kahakai aʻoi aʻe paha ka piʻi, piʻi mālie. ʻEhā aʻeono hola ka heleʻana i ka lā aʻe e alakaʻi iāʻoe i Saddle Hut (11,712 kapuaʻi / 3,570 mita), me nā manaʻo maikaʻi o ka lua ma ke ala.
I ka lāʻekolu, e lawe ai i kahiʻelima mau hola i ka piko a hoʻi i Saddle Hut i ka manawa no kaʻaina awakea, ma mua o ka heleʻana i Miriakamba no ka pō hope loa. ʻO ka heleʻana ma ka lua pele ka mea iʻikeʻia kekahi o nā mea kupaianaha ma ka honua nei.
Nā alakaʻi a me nā Porter
Pono nā alakaʻi e hele i kēlā me kēia ala i uka o Meru. Ua makaukau lākou a aia ma laila no kou palekana ma ka mālamalama o nā meaʻai nui o ka mauna. ʻAʻole pono ka pakuhi akā eʻoi aku ka hauʻoli o ka huakaʻi ma ke kōkuaʻana i ka laweʻana i kāu mau lako. ʻO kēlā me kēia mea mālama puka he 33 paona / 15 kilokani. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā mea mālama a me nā alakaʻi ma ka pukaʻo Momella, akā he mea maikaʻi e kākau mua ma mua o hoʻokahi lā. Ināʻoe e holoholo nei me kahi mea hoʻohana, pono ke komo pū kēia mau lawelawe i loko o ke kumukūʻai. E noi a puni e pili ana i nā kuhikuhi kumuhana e like me nā'ōlelo hiker e hoʻonui i ka hapa nui o ka waiwai piha no nā alakaʻi, nā kiaʻi puka a me nā kuke.
Hale Hoʻoilinaʻo Mount Meru
Ma luna o ka mauna Meru, Saddle Hut a me Miriakamba Hut i kahi hale noho hoʻokahi. Hiki ke hoʻopihapiha i mua, no laila, inā e hoʻolālāʻoe e holo i ka wā kiʻekiʻe (Dekemaba - Fepeluali) he mea maʻalahi ka hoʻolakoʻana i kahi hale lole mama. Hōʻikeʻia ka hāpai ma kahi a puniʻo Arusha National Park,ʻo Hatari Lodge, Momella Wildlife Lodge, Meru Mbega Lodge, Meru View Lodge a me Meru Simba Lodge.
Loaʻa iā Mount Meru
Aiaʻo Mount Meru i loko o Arusha National Park. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa e holo i ke kahua mokulele o Kilimanjaro, kahi 60 kilomita / 35 mile mai ka papa pono'ī iho. Eia kekahi, 'o Arusha (ke poʻokela o Tanzania'Ākau) he 40 mau minuke mai ka papa honua. ʻO nā holo kaʻa holo ma Arusha e haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā mai Nairobi ma Kenya. Mai kahi'ē aʻe ma Tanzania, hiki iāʻoe ke hopu i nā pahi lōʻihi i Arusha a iʻole e paʻi i ka holo i loko. Mai Arusha aiʻoleʻo Kilimanjaro International Airport, e hāʻawi pinepineʻia e kāu mea hoʻokele waʻa i ka halihaliʻana i ka papa pono'ī; aiʻole e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā lawelawe o kahi kaʻa kaʻa kūloko.
Nā lawelawe Trekking a me nā mea hoʻohana
ʻO ke kumu kūʻai maʻamau no ka heleʻana i ka mauna Meru ke hoʻomakaʻia ma kahi o $ 650 no kēlā me kēia kanaka e like me kaʻai, ka hale noho a me nā uku alakaʻi. Ponoʻoe e piʻi i kahi palapala hoʻolimalima a emi mai ma kahi o 12 mau hola e loaʻa ai kahi.
ʻO ke kauʻana i kou piʻiʻana ma waena o kahiʻoihana hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, akā,ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea maʻalahi o nāʻoihana o ka huakaʻi. ʻO nā mea i'ōleloʻia e hoʻokumuʻia me Maasai Wandering, Mount Kenya Expedition and Adventures Within Reach.
Ua nānā ponoʻia kēiaʻatikala e Lema Peter, kahi alakaʻi alakaʻi mākaʻi a me ka lālā o kaʻohana Meru.
Hoʻopiha houʻia e Jessica Macdonald i ka lā 16 o Dekemaba 2016.