Ibali elingummangaliso lalo mfanekiso mkhulu weNtombikazi enguMariya
Lo ngumfanekiso wesithathu omkhulu we IYunayithedi Steyitsi kwaye ibekwe kumhlaba wamanzi welizwekazi Iintaba ezinamatye phakathi Umbuso waseMontana.
Ngokubaliswa ngu ICawaPop Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, owakhiwe ngentsimbi, ulinganisa ngaphezulu kweemitha ezingama-27 kwaye inobunzima obuziitoni ezili-16, ezaziwa ngokuba yi "intombi enkulu yeRocky Mountains“, Iveliswe ngedinga lomntu kunye nokholo lwabantu.
UBob O'Bill Wayengumbane ombane owayesebenza kwenye yemigodi eButte, ingingqi ekukho kuyo umfanekiso oqingqiweyo weNtombi Enyulu.
Xa umfazi wakhe wagula kakhulu ngumhlaza, uBob wathembisa iNkosi ukuba iyakumisa umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wokuzukisa iNtombikazi enguMariya ukuba umfazi uphilisiwe.
Ewe, bothuka oogqirha, inkosikazi kaBob yaphiliswa ngokupheleleyo kwithumba kwaye uBob wagqiba ekubeni asigcine isithembiso sakhe.
Indoda, ekuqaleni, yahlekwa ngabahlobo bayo xa yayithetha ngesigqibo sayo sokwakha umfanekiso. Emva koko, nangona kunjalo, imiyalezo yenkuthazo yaqala: "Lo mfanekiso kufuneka ube ngowona mkhulu elizweni kwaye ubonakale kuyo yonke indawo".
Ingxaki yokuqala, ewe, yayiyeyoqoqosho. Umbane wayenokuyenza njani le projekthi? Wayeza kuyithatha phi ke yena imali?
La Ubumi baseButteNangona kunjalo, wayenomdla ngcamango kwaye wagqiba ekubeni enze konke okusemandleni ukuqinisekisa ukuba isithembiso sikaBob sifezekile.
Ngo-1980 amavolontiya aqala ukufika ezokwakha indlela eya encotsheni yentaba, indawo efanelekileyo yokubeka umfanekiso weNtombikazi kwaye ubonakale kubo bonke, kodwa inkqubo yayihamba kancinci. Ngamanye amaxesha bekukho inkqubela phambili yeemitha ezi-3 ngosuku kwaye indlela kufuneka ubuncinci ibe ziikhilomitha ezisibhozo ubude.
Ngaphandle kobunzima, zonke iintsapho zizinikele kule projekthi. Ngelixa amadoda ewucoca umhlaba okanye i-welding okanye iziqwenga, abafazi nabantwana balungiselela izidlo kunye neeraffles ukukhulisa imali efunekayo ukugcina isithembiso sikaBob.
Umzobo wawenziwe ngu U-Leroy Lelle kwiindawo ezintathu ezabekwa ngoncedo lweehelikopta zoLondolozo lweLizwe.
Ngomhla kaDisemba 17, 1985 kwabekwa iqhekeza lokugqibela lomfanekiso oqingqiweyo: intloko yeNtombi Enyulu. Isixeko sonke saye sema kumzuzu ekudala silindelwe saza sabhiyozela umsitho ngokubetha iintsimbi zecawe, iialirini kunye neempondo zemoto.
Isixeko saseBitte, esineengxaki ezinkulu zoqoqosho phambi kokwakhiwa kwalo mfanekiso, siphucule imeko yaso kuba umfanekiso omkhulu weVirgin utsala abakhenkethi, ubangela ukuba abahlali bavule amashishini amatsha.