Matterhorn (IMatterhorn) ihlala iyintaba eyingozi, kepha inani lezingozi kule ntaba ebabazekayo yaseSwitzerland lehla ngenxa yokwazisa kakhulu izingozi zabagibeli, kusho izikhulu.
Leli phephandaba UZurich Neue Zürcher ZeitunU-g (NZZ) uqaphele ukuthi ukufa sekuzinzile eminyakeni emine edlule kule ntaba ephakeme ngamamitha angu-4.478, esidlule nemiphefumulo engama-450.
Abantu abathathu bafe begibela iMatterhorn ngehlobo eledlule, kanti isibalo sabantu abashonile kusukela ngo-2010 besisuka koyedwa siye kwabathathu.
Ngawo-1990, isilinganiso sabantu abayisishiyagalombili bafa bekhuphuka kumbhoshongo ohlukile wedwala emngceleni weSwitzerland-Italy ngaseZermatt enkantini yaseValais.
Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, isilinganiso sabantu abayisithupha abanyuka izintaba ngonyaka siye safa esiqongweni, enye yezintaba eziphakeme kakhulu e-Alps.
Isibalo semisebenzi yokutakula sesinciphile futhi lapho i-Air Zermatt ithumela izindiza zayo ezinophephela emhlane kuze kube izikhathi eziyi-15 eMatterhorn unyaka nonyaka.
UKurt Lauber, umqondisi weHornlihutte, okuyindawo yokugibela ezansi nentaba, uthe ukuqwashiswa ngobungozi beMatterhorn sekukhulile. « Intaba phambilini bekuvame ukubukelwa phansi »Kusho uLauber. Kepha lokho sekuguqukile. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, uhhafu wabantu abagibela intaba bakhuphuka bengenamqondisi, kanti kulo nyaka umuntu wesihlanu kuphela owenza lokho”Wengeza.
Abagibeli abangenalwazi abangawazi umzila ofanele bazibeka engozini hhayi bona kuphela kepha nabanye abagibeli. U-Lauber uthe izisulu eziningi ezisanda kuba khona ezintabeni zingabaqansa abavela eMpumalanga Yurophu abangakwazanga ukuthenga umqondisi noma ubusuku egumbini lokulala, bakhetha ukuchitha ubusuku etendeni ngaphambi kokuya engqungqutheleni.