I-Rock Climber uEmily Harrington inyusa njani uloyiko lokufikelela kwiindawo eziphakamileyo

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Umdlalo wokuzivocavoca, umdanisi, kunye nombaleki weskhephu ebuntwaneni bakhe, uEmily Harrington wayengaziwa ekuvavanyeni umda wobuchule bakhe okanye ukuthatha umngcipheko. Kodwa kwathi kwade kwaba neminyaka eli-10 ubudala, xa wakhwela udonga lwamatye oluphakamileyo, olume ngokukhululekileyo, awathi waqala waziva esoyika ngokwenene.

"Imvakalelo yomoya phantsi kweenyawo zam yayisoyikisa ngokwenene, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, ndanditsaleleka kuloo ndlela," utsho uHarrington.. "Ndicinga ukuba ndiziva ngathi ngumceli mngeni."

Ukunyuka kwentliziyo yokuqala eBoulder, eColorado kuyitshisile inkanuko yakhe yokunyuka simahla, umdlalo apho iimbaleki zenyuka udonga zisebenzisa izandla neenyawo zazo, ngentambo ephezulu kuphela kunye nomtya wokubhinca esinqeni ukubabamba ukuba bayawa. Kwiminyaka yokuqala yomsebenzi wakhe wokunyuka, uHarrington waba liQela leLizwe le-US lamaxesha amahlanu ekukhuphukeni kwezemidlalo kwaye wafumana indawo eqongeni le-International Federation of Sport Climbing's 2005 World Championship. Kodwa lo uneminyaka engama-34 ubudala uthi akazange azive esoyika ukuba unokuwa eliweni okanye wonzakele kakhulu. Endaweni yoko, uchaza ukuba uloyiko lwakhe lubangelwa ngakumbi kukuvezwa - ukuziva ngathi umhlaba ukude kakhulu - kwaye, ngakumbi, ithemba lokusilela.

"Ndasokola ngenene nembono yokuba ndiyoyika," utsho uHarrington. "Ndandihlala ndizibetha ngenxa yayo. Ekugqibeleni, ndayeka uloyiko lwam lokuqala kuba ndandiqala ukwenza ukhuphiswano lokunyuka, kodwa ndicinga ukuba umnqweno wam wokuphumelela kwaye uphumelele kolo khuphiswano luhlobo lokuloyisa uloyiko kunye noxinzelelo ngendlela." (Inxulumene: Ukujongana noloyiko lwam ekugqibeleni kwandinceda ukuba ndoyise ukukhathazeka kwam)

Kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo, uHarrington wayekulungele ukumthatha anyuke aye kwinqanaba elilandelayo kwaye ajonge ukoyisa i-El Capitan edume kakubi, i-3,000-foot foot granite monolith ngaphakathi kweYosemite National Park. Kulapho ingozi yokwenyani yemidlalo - yokwenzakala kakhulu okanye nokufa - yaba yinyani. "Ndizibekele le njongo inkulu bendingacingi ukuba inokwenzeka, kwaye bendisoyika kakhulu ukuzama nokuzama kwaye ndifuna ukuba igqibelele," uyakhumbula. Kodwa ke ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ayisoze igqibelele. (I-BTW, ukugqibelela kwindawo yokuzivocavoca iza neziphene ezinkulu.)

Kwakungelo xesha xa uHarrington esithi imbono yakhe yoloyiko yaguqulwa.Uthi ufumanise ukuba uloyiko ayisiyiyo into ekufuneka ube neentloni ngayo okanye "woyiswe," kodwa kunoko yimvakalelo eluhlaza, yemvelo yomntu ekufuneka yamkelwe. Uloyiko lukhona nje ngaphakathi kuthi, kwaye ndicinga ukuba yinto engenamsebenzi ukuziva ngathi uneentloni ngeenxa zonke, utshilo. "Ke, endaweni yokuzama ukubetha uloyiko lwam, ndiqale ukuyibona kwaye kutheni ikhona, emva koko ndithatha amanyathelo okusebenza nayo, kwaye ngandlela thile, yisebenzise njengamandla."

Ke, ingaba le nto "iluvuma njani uloyiko kwaye luyenze nokuba kunjalo" iguqulela kwilizwe lokwenyani, xa iHarrington ikumayile ngaphezulu komhlaba ngexesha lokunyuka simahla? Yonke into iyenza ibe semthethweni loo mvakalelo, emva koko yenza amanyathelo omntwana-kokubini ngokoqobo nangokomfuziselo-ukubetha kancinci engqungqutheleni, uyacacisa. Uluhlobo olunjengokufumana umda kwaye ungashukumi nje ngalo lonke ixesha ude ufikelele kwinjongo, utshilo. "Amaxesha amaninzi, ndicinga ukuba sibeka iinjongo kwaye zibonakala zinkulu kakhulu kwaye kude kube kude ukufikelela kuzo, kodwa xa uziphulahlula kubuncinci, kuya kuba lula ukuqonda." (Idibeneyo: 3 Iimpazamo ezenziwa ngabantu xa bebeka iinjongo zokuba sempilweni, ngokukaJen Widerstrom)

Kodwa noHarrington akoyiseki - into eqinisekisiweyo kunyaka ophelileyo xa wawa iinyawo ezingama-30 kwinzame yakhe yesithathu yokoyisa u-El Capitan, emsa esibhedlele ngengxubakaxaka kunye nokwenzakala komqolo. Umrhwebi ophambili ekuweni okungathandekiyo: IHarrington yayisele ikhululekile kakhulu, izithembile kakhulu, utshilo. "Khange ndiluva uloyiko," uyongeza. "Ngokuqinisekileyo kuye kwabangela ukuba ndivavanye kwakhona inqanaba lam lokunyamezeleka emngciphekweni kwaye ndibone ukuba kufuneka ndithathe nini ukubuyela umva kwaye ndiyitshintsha njani ikamva."

Isebenzile: Ngo-Novemba, uHarrington wagqibela ngokushwankathela u-El Capitan, waba ngumfazi wokuqala ukukhululeka kwindlela yeSango legolide engxondorheni ngaphantsi kweeyure ezingama-24. Ukuba nawo onke amava afunekayo, ukomelela, kunye noqeqesho- kunye nentlahla encinci - kumncedile wakwazi ukujongana nerhamncwa kulo nyaka, kodwa uHarrington ubukhulu becala wamoyisa amashumi eminyaka yempumelelo ukuya kule ndlela yokuphuma ebhokisini yokoyika. "Ndicinga ukuba into endincedileyo ukuyenza kukubambelela kunyuko lobungcali," ucacisa. "Indincedile ukuba ndizame izinto ezinokuthi zibonakale zingenakwenzeka, mhlawumbi zincinci kakhulu, kwaye ndiqhubeke nokuzizama kuba ngamava apholileyo kunye novavanyo olupholileyo lokuhlola iimvakalelo zomntu."

Kwaye kukukhangela komphefumlo kunye nokukhula komntu okuza nokwamkela uloyiko- hayi udumo okanye izihloko- eziqhuba uHarrington ukuba afikelele kwiindawo eziphakamileyo namhlanje. "Andizange ndizimisele ngenjongo yokuphumelela, ndifuna nje ukuba neenjongo ezinomdla kwaye ndibone ukuba kuhamba njani," utsho. "Kodwa esinye sezizathu zokunyuka kwam kukucinga nzulu ngezinto ezifana nomngcipheko kunye neentlobo zemingcipheko endizimisele ukuyithatha. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba into endiyibonileyo kwiminyaka kukuba ndinamandla kakhulu. kunokuba ndicinga ukuba ndinjalo."

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