Inkangu Y’Umutingito w’Urubura: Abantu 9 Bashakishwa mu Misozi ya Sierra Nevada
Lake Tahoe, California – Abantu icyenda bari bagiye guserebera ku rubura (backcountry skiing) baburiwe irengero nyuma y’inkangu y’urubura (avalanche) yabereye mu karere ka Lake Tahoe, mu misozi ya Sierra Nevada, nk’uko byatangajwe n’inzego z’umutekano.
Uko byagenze
Inkangu y’urubura yibasiye agace ko mu misozi ku gicamunsi, nyuma y’iminsi mike hadutse imvura y’urubura nyinshi n’umuyaga mwinshi byatumye urubura ruterana rukaba rwinshi cyane ku misozi ihanamye. Abaserebanyi bari bari mu gace katagengwa n’ibigo byakira ba mukerarugendo (backcountry), aho bisaba ubumenyi n’ibikoresho byihariye byo kwirinda inkangu.
Abashinzwe ubutabazi, barimo abapolisi bo mu ntara, abashinzwe pariki n’abakorerabushake, bahise batangira ibikorwa byo gushakisha no kurohora. Indege za kajugujugu n’imbwa zihuguriwe gushakisha mu rubura byifashishijwe mu gushaka ababuriwe irengero.
Ibikorwa byo gushakisha
Umuvugizi w’inzego z’umutekano yavuze ko ibikorwa byo gushakisha byakomereje mu ijoro nubwo byari bigoye kubera ubukonje bukabije n’ikirere kitameze neza. Abashinzwe ubutabazi bakoresheje ibikoresho bipima aho abantu bashobora kuba baherereye munsi y’urubura, birimo utwuma two kohereza no kwakira ibimenyetso (avalanche transceivers).
Yagize ati: “Turimo gukora ibishoboka byose ngo tubone ababuriwe irengero. Icyakora imiterere y’ikirere n’urubura rwinshi bituma akazi katoroha.”
Impungenge ku mutekano
Abahanga mu by’ikirere batangaje ko urubura rwaguye mu minsi ishize rwatumye ibyago by’inkangu byiyongera cyane muri aka karere. Basabye abakunda siporo zo mu misozi kwitwararika, kugenzura amakuru y’iteganyagihe no kwambara ibikoresho byabugenewe mbere yo kujya mu duce two mu misozi miremire.
Akarere ka Lake Tahoe kazwi cyane mu bukerarugendo bw’itumba, cyane cyane siporo zo ku rubura. Gusa, ahantu hatagengwa n’ibigo byakira abakerarugendo haba hashobora guteza ibyago bikomeye mu gihe hari imihindagurikire y’ikirere itunguranye.
Icyo ubuyobozi busaba
Inzego z’umutekano zasabye abaturage n’abakerarugendo kwirinda kujya mu duce twibasiwe n’inkangu kugeza igihe hazatangirwa itangazo rishya. Banibukije ko kujya guserebera mu duce twa backcountry bisaba ubumenyi buhagije, gukorana n’ababizobereyemo no gukoresha ibikoresho by’umutekano.
Ibikorwa byo gushakisha biracyakomeje, kandi amakuru mashya arategerejwe mu masaha ari imbere ku byerekeye irengero ry’abo bantu icyenda.