He hana kupaianaha i ʻike ʻia o Jacob's Well, akā ua hoʻopiha ʻia me nā mea weliweli he nui. ʻO ke kahawai he ana hāiki he ʻumi mau mika ka hohonu. Maopopo loa ka wai i loko o laila me he mea lā ua wehe ka lua hohonu iā ia i kona mau puka i lalo o ka wāwae. Hoʻoikaika ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e ʻike i ka hana ʻana o ke kūlohelohe me ko lākou mau maka ponoʻī a me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka lele ʻana i kahi hohonu ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Kahi o ka luawai ʻo Iakoba
Aia ka pūnāwai karst ma Wimberley, Texas, USA. Kahe ʻo Cypress Creek i loko o ka waihona wai, kahi, ma kahi o nā wai o lalo, hānai i kahi luawai hohonu. ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku kona anawaena ma mua o ʻehā mau mika, no laila, ke nānā nei i ka hana mana o ke kūlohelohe mai luna mai, kū mai ke kuhi hewa he palena ʻole ia.
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka lōʻihi maoli o ke ana he 9.1 mau mika, a laila hele i kahi kihi, e lālā ana i kekahi mau kahawai. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia o lākou i kahi ʻē aʻe, no laila ke kumu o ka hohonu hohonu o ke kumu i ʻoi aku i ka mika 35 mika.
Nā weliweli weliweli o nā ana
I ka huina, ʻike ʻia e pili ana i ke alo o nā ana ʻehā o ka luawai o Iakoba, ʻo kēlā me kēia me kona ʻano ponoʻī. Hoʻāʻo nā poʻe malihini mai nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua e lanakila i kēia mau hohonu, akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka āpau ke puka i waho o ke anawai.
Hoʻomaka ke ana mua ma ka hopena o ka iho kū i ka 9 mika ka hohonu. He ākea a mālamalama maikaʻi ia. Hiki i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e iho i aneʻi ke mahalo i ka iʻa lana a me ka limu e uhi ana i nā paia, e paʻi i nā kiʻi nani o ka honua i lalo o ka wai.
Paipai mākou iā ʻoe e heluhelu e pili ana i ka luawai o Thor.
He haiki ka puka o ke kahawai ʻelua, no laila ʻaʻole ʻaʻa nā mea āpau e lanakila i kēia ala. Hiki iā ʻoe ke heʻe maʻalahi i loko, akā ʻo ka puka ʻana i waho e paʻakikī loa ia. ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka make ʻana o ka luʻu ʻōpio ʻōpio ʻo Richard Patton.
Hoʻopiha ka kolu o ke ana i ka makaʻu o kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa. Aia ʻo ka puka e komo ai i kahi mamao aku, i loko o ka lālā ʻelua. Aia kona hohonu ma 25 mika. ʻO nā paia o luna o ka wehe he mau minela leʻaleʻa, kahi, i ka pā iki ʻana, hiki iā ia ke hāneʻe a ālai i ka puka no ka wā pau ʻole.
No ke kiʻi ʻana i ke ana ʻehā, pono ʻoe e hele ma ke ala paʻakikī loa, uhi ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao āpau me ka limestone. ʻO ka neʻe iki iki e hāpai i nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo mai luna a pale i ka ʻike. ʻAʻole i hiki i kekahi ke hele i ke ala a pau e mākaʻikaʻi i ka hohonu o ka lālā hope o ka luawai ʻo Iakoba, i hāʻawi ʻia ka inoa o ka Cave Puʻupaʻa.
ʻO nā kaʻao kaʻi i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi
Manaʻo ʻia ma ka lele ʻana i loko o ka luawai hoʻokahi a haʻalele iā ia me ka nānā ʻole ʻana i hope, hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi laki no ke koena o kou ola. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hopu nui ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mea mākaʻikaʻi e nā manaʻo o ka lele hoʻokahi ʻana i ka hohonu a ʻaʻohe o lākou ikaika e hōʻole ai i ka lua.
Aia kekahi manaʻo he hōʻailona kēia kumu no ke kumu o ke ola, no ka mea, hōʻiliʻili ʻia kahi lako nui o ka wai maʻemaʻe ma aneʻi, ʻo ia ke kumu nui o nā mea āpau. ʻAʻole ia no ka mea ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka inoa i ka hanohano o ka haipule; he nui nā kuhina e haʻi nei i kahi wahi kupaianaha i kā lākou mau haʻiʻōlelo. Hele mai nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea kākau a me nā mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau i ka luawai ʻo Jacob i kēlā me kēia makahiki e ʻoluʻolu i ka nani o ka hana maoli.
