Arthur Greene
Ngemuva kokulahleka izinsuku ezingama-29 olwandle, abesilisa ababili batholakale bephila begudla ulwandle e-Papua New Guinea – beqhele ngo-400m lapho abasuka khona.
ULivae Njikana kanye noJuniour Qoloni baqale uhambo lwabo besuka e-Mono Island ngesikebhe esinamandla esisebenza ngophethiloli bephethe izikhwama ezigcwele ama-Orintshi.
Lokhu bekwanele uhambo lwamakhilomitha angama-200 eNingizimu ne-Noro e-New Georgia Island.
“Sake saluthatha uhambo ngaphambilini ngakho-ke bekufanele ngabe kuhambe kahle,” kusho uNanjikana etshela i-Guardian.
Noma kunjalo, kulokhu, amanzi olwandle olubizwa nge-Solomon abenamandla kakhulu kwaba nzima ukuthi sibone indlela njengoba amagagasi abeya ngokukhula ngokuqhubeka kwethu.
“Ngesikhathi kushintsha isimo sezulu, kuqale kwashuba, kodwa kushube kakhulu ngesikhathi sekufa ne-GPS,” kusho uNanjikana.
Ngesikhathi kufika ubusuku, umsebe welanga ogudla ulwandle lwasuka. Sivele saduka, sathatha isinqumo sokuthi sicime injini ukuze songe uphethiloli.
Lesi sinqumo bekuyiso ebesizosindisa impilo yabo. Ngesikhathi bephelelwa ama-orintshi esikhwameni, baqale baqoqa okhukhunathi abakade bentanta olwandle.
Bakwazile ukusinda besebenzisa amanzi emvula, ukhukhunathi kanye nemithandazo ngoba sithandaze ubusuku nemini,” kusho uNanjikana etshela i-SIBC yasendaweni.
Ngosuku lwama-27, yilapho abaqale khona ukubona umhlaba okokuqala ngemuva kwamasonto. Bekuyisiqhingi esisogwini lase-Papua New Guines.
Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili, babona umuntu ophilayo cishe kwase kuzophela inyanga behamba olwandle.
Laba abesilisa base bephelelwe amandla okungangokubo ngesikhathi sebebonakele eduze nedolobha lase-Pomio mhla zi-2 kuMfumfu, bekumele baqukuulwe ngesikhathi bephuma emkhunjini.
Kodwa lokho akuzange kuphazamise imimoya yabo.
Ngesikhathi ekhumbula okwenzekile, uNanjikana uthe: “angazi ukuthi bekwenzekani ngesikhathi ngilapha. Angizange ngizwe nge-Covid noma ngokunye nje. Sengijahe ukubuyela ekhaya, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi bekuwuhambo oluhle olupholile.”
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