Ubuholi Benkampani

I-Puru Thapaliya

Igama lami nginguPuru (Purushottam Thapaliya). Ngigxile ekukhuphukeni ezintabeni nasekukhuphukeni izintaba kusukela ngiqede ukuqeqeshwa kwesiqondiso sikahulumeni, okunikezwa yi-Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (KEEP and HRA) yaseNepal. Ngolwazi olukhethekile eNepal, eTibet naseBhutan, bengingumqondisi wokuhamba ngezinyawo kanye nomqhubi wezokuvakasha eNepal nakuzo zonke izintaba zaseHimalaya kusukela ngo-2006.

Bengilokhu ngisebenza njengomqondisi wokuhamba ngezinyawo iminyaka eyi-13, kodwa uthando lwami ngale nsimu luqala ebuntwaneni bami. Ngazalelwa futhi ngakhulela esifundeni saseLangtang, ikakhulukazi esifundeni sezintaba saseNuwakot, esingamakhilomitha angu-35 ukusuka eKathmandu. Ngisengumfana omncane, ngangigijima ngenyuka ngenyuka ezintabeni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuwukuya esikoleni, ukusiza umndeni ngokulima, noma ukudlala nabangani bami, angikhumbuli ukuthi izintaba zazingelona ikhaya lami nini.

Ngaqala ukusebenza embonini yezokuvakasha yaseNepal njengomthwali wezimpahla, ngithuthukisa ithalente lami kanye nothando lokusebenza nezivakashi ezweni lakithi. Eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, ngaqeda ukuqeqeshwa kwami ​​​​kokuqondisa futhi ngaqala ukwenza engikuthanda kakhulu—ukuqondisa. Abambalwa babuyela ezintabeni. Ngisaqhubeka nokukhuthaza uthando lwami lokusebenza nabahambi, ngisebenze ezindleleni ezahlukene zokuhamba ngezinyawo kanye nokuvakasha kulo lonke elaseNepal nakwezinye izindawo zaseTrans-Himalaya, okuhlanganisa iTibet, iBhutan, neNdiya.

Kwathi ngo-2006, ngasungula inkampani yami, i-My Everest Trip . Ngisebenzisa amakhono ami nabahambi nezintaba, ngakha uhambo oluyingqayizivele nolunobungani nemvelo oluvumela abanye ukuba babone amandla omlingo i-Everest, i-Annapurna, i-Langtang, ne-Manaslu Himalayas ebengilokhu nginawo kimi. Ngiyaziqhenya ngeqembu engilidalile kanye nedumela elihle elakhiwe ndawonye lapha eKathmandu, futhi angikwazi ukulinda ukuhlangana nabahambi abalandelayo abakhetha ukujoyina nathi!

Njengoba nginolwazi oluthile eNepal, eTibet naseBhutan, bengingumqondisi wokuhamba ngezinyawo kanye nomqhubi wezokuvakasha eHimalaya.