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Kwi-42, uChristy Mahon uzibiza ngokuba "ngomnye umfazi ophakathi." Usebenza umsebenzi weyure ezingama-50 + njengomlawuli wophuhliso weZiko le-Aspen leziFundo ngezeNdalo, uza ekhaya ediniwe, kwaye azame ukwenza ixesha lokuba asebenze phandle-ebaleka, eskiya okanye ehamba intaba. Kodwa sisiqingatha sebali lakhe nje.

UMahon ngumfazi wokuqala owakha wakhwela kunye nokutyibiliza yonke i-54 yeentaba ze-Colorado's 14,000-foot-foot, i-feat wawela uluhlu lwakhe lwe-epic to-do list ngo-2010. 100 iincopho (kwaye ngoku uqhubela phambili ukuya kuma-200 aphezulu, into ethile enye into ayikaze yenziwe).

Ngaphandle kwendawo yakhe yangasemva kwi-Centennial State, iMahon inyuka intaba eNepal kunye neentaba-mlilo e-Equador, eMexico, nakwiPacific Northwest. Kwaye ugqibe ii-ultramarathons ezintlanu, nganye ingumgama oziikhilomitha ezili-100. Kunye nokubulawa kweemarathoni kunye nogqatso lweemayile ezingama-50 zonke ngoncumo olukhulu ebusweni bakhe. Yena nomyeni wakhe bahlala betshati ii-adventures zakhe zasendle kwii-Instagrams zabo, @aspenchristy kunye @tedmahon.

Ewe, le "i-avareji" ye-badass ayikho into emfutshane engaqhelekanga, nangona ekhawuleza ukuthi "andingomdlali."

Ngelixa uMahon engunozakuzaku wempahla yangaphandle ye-Stio, uxelele Ubume ngokukodwa, "Andihlawulwa ukwenza oku. Ndiyenza kuba icela umngeni kum kwaye yeyona ndlela ikhawulezayo ndize ndifunde malunga nam kwaye yintoni endenza ndiphawule-ukuba yintoni amandla am kunye nobuthathaka bam, kwaye uze. ubuso ngobuso bobabini ukuze baphume kwelinye icala umntu owomeleleyo ... kodwa njengoko benditshilo, andiyombaleki ehlawulwayo. Baninzi abantu abagqiba phambi kwam kwezo mdyarho mkhulu."

Intshayelelo ka-Mahon kuhambo olugqithisileyo lwangaphandle lweza emva kwekholeji xa wayesebenza ehlotyeni kwi-Olympic National Park njengomgcini. Umntu awayehlala naye wayeza kubaleka iikhilomitha ezisi-7 esiya emsebenzini, kwaye uMahon wafumanisa ukuba naye angabaleka loo mgama ngaphambi kokuba angene. Emva koko uMahon wadibana nomnye umlindi epakini owayebaleka iimayile ezingama-50 ukunqumla iPeninsula yeOlimpiki ngaphambi kokuqala usuku lomsebenzi-umgama uMahon ebengawazi kwakunokwenzeka ngokobuntu, singasathethi ke ngaphambi komsebenzi.Erhangqwe zezi mbaleki zimangalisayo zokuzonwabisa, uMahon ekugqibeleni wabeka umdyarho owamsa kugqatso lwe-5K, emva koko ukuya kuthi ga kwi-10K, iimbaleki, umdyarho weemayile ezingama-50, kwaye ekugqibeleni umdyarho weemayile ezili-100 ukunqumla intlango kunye nokubuyela emva, njengomfanekiso weHardrock 100, eLeadville. , Steamboat, kunye nokunye. .

Ukubaleka imigama emide ngolo hlobo “ngoyena mzekeliso ubalaseleyo wokuthabatha inyathelo elinye ngexesha kwaye usoloko uhamba,” utsho uMahon. "Ke nokuba usemsebenzini okanye kubudlelwane-into engaphandle kokubaleka-ufunda ukuqhubeka ukuya phambili xa ufuna ukuyeka. Ngapha koko, ndamangaliswa kukufumanisa ukuba ndinamandla kakhulu kunokuba bendicinga ukuba ndinjalo."

Unamhlanje, njengoko ebeka umbono wakhe kwinjongo yakhe enkulu elandelayo yokuwa-PR kwiFiladelphia Marathon, ukuqhuma kweentaba-mlilo eChile, okanye ukusebenzisa ii-ultras eSpain-i-mantra yakhe iyafana: Ndiyifumene le. “Ndiyithetha ngalo lonke ixesha ndithandabuza, nokuba ndisendleleni okanye ndibaleka umtyibilizi,” uyasixelela. "Ndiyifumene le, ndingayenza le nto."

Okwangoku ujonga kuluhlu lwakhe lwezinto ezilandelayo-yeyiphi incopho, yeyiphi indawo, yintoni injongo. "Ndihlala ndinoluhlu. Indivumela ukuba ndibone ngokucacileyo ukuba ndifuna ntoni, ngubani endifuna ukumqeqesha, nokuba ndifuna ukutyelela phi, utshilo.

UMahon wongeza ukuba akakholelwa kwithamsanqa, kodwa ekusebenzeni nzima. "Ukukhula kwafakwa kum ukuba ube nethamsanqa ngomsebenzi onzima. Ndiva ukuba kufuneka ndisebenze nzima kuyo yonke into endinayo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwabasetyhini luziva ngendlela efanayo. Ukuhambisa olo loyiko kwiinjongo zam zokuzonwabisa kuye kwavumela ukuba ndenze izinto endingazange ndikholelwe ukuba zinokwenzeka."

Kwimeko apho: Ukugqibezela uninzi lweentaba eziphakamileyo ezingenangqondo zaseColorado awayehamba ngazo kwaye etsiba ezantsi efuna ukuvuka ngentsimbi ye-11. Ukufika kwinkampu esekwe nge-2 kusasa kunye nokunyuka kwendawo enzima ukuya kwingqungquthela ngakusasa.

Izinto eziphunyezwe nguMahon zanda xa wafudukela eAspen-idolophu ayichaza njengehlala abantu abaqhelekileyo, abangahlawulwayo iimbaleki, ezenza kube yindlela yokuphila ukuphuma nokwenza izinto ezimangalisayo. (Ngoko unokuthi ulapho ahlala khona.) “Yiyo loo nto ukungqongwa ngabantu abanomdla kwenza umahluko omkhulu,” utsho uMahon. "Ukuba uzibekela usukelo lokubaleka isiqingatha semarathon kodwa iqabane lakho liyingqungquthelo yesingqengqelo, awuyi kuzifumana zonke izibonelelo zenkuthazo yokwenyani."

Yayiyindawo yoluntu lwangaphandle lwabahloli ukuba uMahon wabuyela kwiingcebiso malunga nendlela yokufikelela kwiincopho eziphezulu kwilizwe. . ngokusebenzisa ikhephu) nokusebenzisa izikhenkce zomkhenkce. "Awutsibitsi ukuskiya eyona ntaba inzima, uqala ngeyona ilula," utshilo. "Kwaye ewe, uhlala usilela. Kodwa ke hamba uzame kwakhona."

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