He paio no ka hopu ana i na kii kohola

Na Chris Palmer, lālā o ka Papa Kūkākūkā TOF

ʻElua wale nō lā i koe a ke kokoke mai nei ka ʻino a me ka ʻino. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā mākou nā kiʻi e pono ai a ua pau kā mākou kālā. ʻO ko mākou manawa e paʻa ai i nā kiʻi hoihoi o nā koholā pololei ma waho o Peninsula Valdes ma ʻAmelika e emi ana i kēlā me kēia hola.

Ua pōʻeleʻele ka manaʻo o ka poʻe kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou e ʻike i ka hiki maoli ʻana ma hope o nā mahina o ka hoʻoikaika luhi e hiki ʻole iā mākou ke hana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni e pili ana i nā mea e pono ai ke hana e hoʻopakele ai i nā koholā.
I mea e hoʻopakele ai i nā moana a lanakila i ka poʻe nāna e hōʻino a hao wale iā lākou, pono mākou e ʻimi a loaʻa i nā kiʻi ikaika a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e komo hohonu i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka poʻe, akā i kēia manawa, ʻo nā mea a mākou i hopu ai, he mau kiʻi maʻamau.

Ke hoʻomaka nei ka manaʻolana. I loko o ʻelua mau lā, e hoʻopau ʻia kā mākou kālā, a ʻo ia mau lā ʻelua e hōʻemi ʻia e ka makani ikaika a me ka ua nui, ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia.

Aia kā mākou mau kiʻi paʻi kiʻekiʻe ma luna o nā pali e nānā aku ana i ke kai kūʻono kahi e hānai ai a pāʻani ana ka makuahine a me ke keiki bipi ʻākau—a me ka makaʻala i nā manō ʻaihue.

ʻO ko mākou piʻi ʻana o ka makaʻu i hana mākou i kahi mea maʻamau ʻaʻole mākou e noʻonoʻo e hana. ʻO ka manawa maʻamau ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni mākou i nā holoholona hihiu, hana mākou i ka mea e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia a hoʻopilikia i nā holoholona a mākou e paʻi nei. Akā, ma muli o ke alakaʻi ʻia ʻana e ka mea ola koholā kaulana ʻo Dr. Roger Payne, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea nāna i alakaʻi i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, piʻi mākou i lalo o ka pali a hiki i ke kai a hoʻolele i ka leo o nā koholā ʻākau i loko o ka wai no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e huki i nā koholā i loko o ke kai kūʻono ma lalo pono e kali nei. nā kamera.
Ma hope o ʻelua hola, ua hauʻoli mākou i ka wā i hoʻokokoke mai ai kahi koholā ʻākau kaʻawale a ʻōniʻoniʻo kā mākou mau pahu kiʻi kiʻi. Ua lilo ko mākou hauʻoli i ka euphoria i ke komo ʻana mai o kekahi koholā, a laila ke kolu.

Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa kekahi o kā mākou ʻepekema e piʻi i lalo i nā pali lohi a ʻauʻau pū me nā leviatana. Hiki iā ia ke nānā i ke kūlana o ka ʻili o nā koholā i ka manawa like. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i ka lole pulu ʻulaʻula a lele wiwo ʻole ʻo ia i loko o ka wai me nā nalu a me nā nalu a me nā mea momona nui.

Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo nā kiʻi o kahi wahine ʻepekema e ʻauʻau ana me kēia mau mea ola nui e hana i kahi "pana kālā," a ʻike ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o mākou e kiʻi i kēlā pana.

I ko mākou noho ʻana me kā mākou mau pahupaʻi kiʻi e nānā ana i kēia hiʻohiʻona, ua holo nā ʻiole ma lalo o nā wāwae e peʻe ana mai nā manu ʻaihue. Akā, ua poina mākou. ʻO ko mākou manaʻo holoʻokoʻa i ke kiʻi ma lalo o ka ʻepekema ʻauʻau me nā koholā. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kā mākou kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ke koholā a ua ʻike mākou e holomua ana kēlā kumu ma kēia mau kiʻi. Ua maʻalahi ko mākou hopohopo no ka pana.

Ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ma hope o nā pana paʻakikī ʻē aʻe, ua hana hope mākou i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kapa ʻia Koʻolā, ka mea i kōkua i ka paipai ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā koholā.

ʻO Professor Chris Palmer ka luna o ka American University's Center for Environmental Filmmaking a me ka mea kākau o ka puke Sierra Club "Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom." ʻO ia hoʻi ka Pelekikena o ka One World One Ocean Foundation a lawelawe ma ka Papa Kūkākūkā o The Ocean Foundation.