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"Ngokukrakra, Cristina, yeka ukujonga ikhompyuter yakho! Uya konakala," Nawuphi na omnye woodadewethu abathandathu bebhayisikile e-NYC angakhwaza nanini na xa sihamba ixesha elide kuqeqesho olukhwele iBridge Washington Bridge ukuya evulekileyo, egudileyo iindlela zaseNew Jersey. Babenyanisile. Ndandingakhuselekanga, kodwa andizange ndikwazi ukususa amehlo am kwizibalo ezihlala zitshintsha (isantya, i-cadence, i-RPMs, ibakala, ixesha) kwi-Garmin yam, efakwe kwii-handlebars zebhayisekile yam ye-Specialized Amira yendlela. Phakathi kuka-2011 kunye no-2015, ndandimalunga nokuphucula isantya sam, ukutya iinduli ngesidlo sakusasa, kwaye, xa ndandiziva ndikhululekile ngokwaneleyo, ndizinyanzele ukuba ndiyeke ukuhla okubuhlungu. Okanye kunoko, bambelela ngokuqinileyo.

"Owu nkosi yam, ndiphantse ndabetha iimayile ezingama-40 ngeyure kulaa nduli," ndandivakalisa intliziyo yam ibetha ngamandla, kodwa ndafumana impendulo engcolileyo evela kumphathi, uAngie, ukuba ubethe i-52. Ngaba ndikhuphisana nabo?)

Ukuthathela ingqalelo ukuba ndiye ndaya kufunda ukuqhuba ibhayisikile ngokufanelekileyo kubudala beminyaka engama-25 (Intoni? NdiyiNew Yorker!) Ndaya ngqo phantse kwishumi elinambini leetathlons (Ndiyayithanda inselele yokomelela komzimba) emva koko ndikhwela uhambo lweemayile ezingama-545 ukusuka eSan Francisco ukuya eLa ( ndibukele ndiyenze kwimizuzu emi-2), ayimangalisi into yokuba andikaze ndiyidibanise nomdlalo kunye nokuzonwabisa. Ukutyibilikisa kuhlala kunenjongo: Yiya ngokukhawuleza, uhambe nzima, ungqine into ngokwakho. Lonke ixesha. (Eyeleleneyo: Ii-GIF ezili-15 zonke ii-Fitness Tracker Addict zinokunxulumana nazo)

Yiyo ke indlela endigqibele ngayo ndikhwele ibhayisekile ekhethekileyo ye-Pitch Sport 650b embindini wepaki ye-safari kukhenketho lwe-Intrepid Travel's lweentsuku ezili-13 zohambo lomjikelo waseTanzania kuJulayi ophelileyo. Ngelixa bekuyiminyaka emibini okoko ndagcina irejimeni yoqeqesho rhoqo kwibhayisikile-bendixhome iivili zam, ngokoqobo, kudonga lwendlu yaseBrooklyn ndithanda amaphiko okuhamba ngakumbi ngomsebenzi-ndicinge ukuba ngekhe ukuba kunzima ukubuyela kwisali. Ndithetha ukuthi, "kufana nokukhwela ibhayisekile," kunene?

Ingxaki kukuba, andizange ndiqaphele ukuba ukuhamba ngebhayisikile endleleni kunye nokukhwela ibhayisekile entabeni ayizozakhono ezidluliswa ngokupheleleyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, kukho ukufana, kodwa ukuba mkhulu kwenye akukwenzi ulunge ngokuzenzekelayo kwenye. Ukongeza kwinqanaba lobunzima yayikukuba, kunye nabanye abali-11 abakhaliphileyo abavela e-Australia, eNew Zealand, eScotland, e-UK, nase-US-mna, ngokuyinene, ndityikitye ngebhayisikile kumathafa angathathi ntweni azaliswe zizilwanyana zasendle apho abakhenkethi kunqabile ukuba baye khona . AKA a umyezo wezilwanyana ngaphandle kweekheji.

Ukusuka kwimayile yokuqala e-Arusha National Park, apho salandela umkhondo we-ranger exhobileyo kwi-4x4 ukukhusela, ndazi ukuba ndisengxakini. Ukujonga phantsi kwi-Garmin yam (ewe ndiyizise), ndothuswa kukuba ndihamba kuphela i-5 ukuya kwi-6 yeekhilomitha ngeyure (umahluko ocacileyo ukusuka kwi-15 ukuya kwi-16 mph pace ndibuyela ekhaya) kumdaka kunye negrabile edibeneyo eyasinika ngasemva. "i-massage yase-Afrika," njengoko abahlali babiza ukukhwela okungxamisekileyo.

Amehlo am athe ntsho kubushushu (iidigri ezingama-86) kunye nokuphakama, okwakonyuka ngokukhawuleza. Imiphunga yam izele luthuli (kungekhona ingxaki kwiindlela ezigangathiweyo) kwaye umzimba wam ubuxhakamfule, ndibambelele kubomi obuthandekayo ngalo lonke ixesha ilitye elijiyileyo liphuma kwivili lam, elalihlala lihleli. (Qaphela: Ngokuhamba ngebhayisikile entabeni, kubalulekile ukuhlala ukhululekile kwaye uguquguquke, uhamba nebhayisikili kunokuba uhlale uqinile kunye ne-aerodynamic kwibhayisikili yendlela.) Ngexesha elithile, ndaqala ngokukhawuleza ndibambe umoya wam, okwenza izinto zibe zibi nakakhulu, ukwandisa itonela lam umbono kwikhompyuter.

Yiyo loo nto ndingazange ndiyibone i-red buck engenayo.

Kuyabonakala ukuba ibibiza kuthi, kodwa khange ndiyiqaphele. Kananjalo noLeigh, waseNew Zealand, wayekhwela ibhayisekile emva kwam. Ndimkhumbule kancinci ngeenyawo ezimbalwa ngelixa ejikeleza indlela, ndixelelwa kamva. U-Leigh kunye naye wonke umntu obone ukuphantse ukuba khona-kwe-hoot, kodwa bendijonge kakhulu ekuyiqondeni ngokupheleleyo imeko. Inkokheli yethu yabakhenkethi bohambo olungenaloyiko, uJustaz, wasiyalela ukuba sijonge phezulu kwaye sijonge, kwaye sonwabele iimbono eziphambeneyo, kuquka nenyathi kumadlelo aseAfrika athe tyaba ngasekunene. Yonke into endinokuyifumana yayikukujonga nje.

Ngexesha esathi safika kwiqela lendlulamthi, sisitya kumthi omde ecaleni kwendlela kunye neNtaba iKilimanjaro ngasemva (ayibi mnandi ngaphezu koko!), Ndandisele ndishiyile ibhayisekile yam kwaye isithuthi senkxaso, ukubamba umoya wam ukusuka kwi-1,000-foot ukunyuka kwi-3 miles. Ndibukele iqela liza kufota njengoko ibhasi yethu yayihamba. Khange ndizame nokukhupha ikamera yam. Ndandinomsindo kwaye ndandizicaphukela. Nangona yayingenguye ndedwa ebhasini (malunga nabanye abane babezibandakanye nam), ndandinomsindo wokuba ndibhalisele into umzimba wam ongenakuyenza-okanye ubuncinci, hayi kwimigangatho yam. Amanani akwiGarmin yam ayengene entlokweni yam ngaphezu kwe-surreal landscape (kunye nezilwanyana zasendle).

Ngosuku olulandelayo ndaqhubeka ndizibetha ngenxa yokusokola ukuhlala neqela elifanelekileyo kumhlaba omagqabi. Ndikhutshiwe kwizixhobo zamva nje ezivela kwi-Specialised, ndakhangela indawo ndafunga ukuba ndiyayazi into endiyenzayo, nayo, kodwa akukho nto malunga nokusebenza kwam ethe yatsho. Uloyiko lwam lokuwela kumatye adlakadlaka, njengoko abanye besele benjalo, befumana amanxeba egazi, kuphelisa naliphi na ixhala lokuphathwa kakubi lirhamncwa lasendle. Andizange ndikwazi ukuphumla kwaye ndizinike imvume yokukhwela nakwesiphi na isantya endinokusilawula kakuhle kwaye ndonwabele olu hambo lobomi bonke. (Idibeneyo: Ekugqibeleni ukuFunda ukukhwela ibhayisikile kwandinceda ndoyisa uloyiko lwam)

Ngosuku lwesithathu, ithamsanqa lam lalijikile. Emva kokuhlala ngaphandle kwenxalenye yokuqala yohambo losuku kwindlela enobuqhophololo, ndatsiba ibhayisekile yam ngomzuzu wokufika kwethu kwindlela yokuqala yetarm. Abambalwa kuthi baqala ngentloko, ngelixa uninzi lwaluxhomekeke ngasemva ukuze lufake iziqhamo kwiziqhamo ezitsha. Okokugqibela, ndandikwinto yam kwaye ndibhabha. UGarmin wam wawafunda onke amanani endandiqhelene nawo kwaye wagqitha kulindelo lwam. Andikwazanga ukuyeka ukuncuma, ukuya kwi-17 ukuya ku-20 mph. Ngaphambi kokuba ndingazi, ndandisele ndahlukana neqela lam elincinane. Akukho mntu wandibamba malunga neekhilomitha ezili-15 ukuya kwezingama-20 ukuya eLongido kuhola wendlela odibeneyo odibanisa iTanzania neKenya.

Oko kuthetha ukuba bendingenamangqina xa iinciniba ezintle, ezinobunewunewu zibaleka zinqumleza indlela, zixhuma njengeballerina, kanye phambi kwam. Ndikhwaze ndingawakholelwa amehlo am. Kwaye kulapho yandibetha: Ndihamba ngebhayisikile e-freaking Africa !! Ndingomnye wabantu bokuqala abambalwa kwiplanethi abake bahamba ngebhayisikile ngepaki yelizwe (nangona lo mgwaqo ngokuqinisekileyo wawungekho epakini). Kwafuneka ndiyeke ukugxila kwiGarmin yam kwaye ndijonge phezulu, dammit.

Kwaye ke, ndikhethe ukuhamba ipali (iSwahili esithetha "cotha kancinane"), ndinciphisa isantya sam ukuya kwi-10 ukuya kwi-12 yeemayile ngeyure kwaye ndifunxa indawo endingqongileyo ngelixa ndilindele ukuba umntu andibambe. Kungekudala emva koko, xa uLeigh esongele, wandinika ezona ndaba zimnandi. Wayibona nenciniba inqumla, nayo. Ndonwabe kakhulu kukuva ukuba ndinokwabelana nomnye umntu ngeli xesha ndingalibalekiyo. Iqela lonke ekugqibeleni lasijoyina saza sonke sakhwela saya edolophini, sitshintshanisa amaqebengwana, iiClif Shots, kunye namabali angeemeko zethu ezisecaleni kwendlela (babezithathele iiselfies namagorha angamaMaasai!).

Kulo lonke uhambo, ndenza konke okusemandleni am ukugcina umgxeki wam wangaphakathi ethule kwaye isilevu sam siphezulu. Khange ndiqaphele nokuba uGarmin wam wayeka ukurekhoda ngaxa lithile, ndingaqinisekanga ukuba nini. Kwaye andizange ndikhuphele iikhilomitha zam xa ndifika ekhaya ukujonga into endiyenzileyo. Bendingadingi. Olu hambo lweeveki ezimbini lokuhamba ezindleleni ezingafakwanga aluzange lube malunga nokutyumza iikhilomitha okanye ukwenza ixesha elifanelekileyo. Kwakumalunga ukuba ixesha elihle nabantu abalungileyo kwindawo ekhethekileyo ngokusebenzisa enye yeendlela ezilungileyo zokuhamba zokuhlola. Ukuthatha ezinye zezona zilwanyana zasendle zibalaseleyo e-Afrika kunye nokwamkela uluntu ikakhulu kwisitulo sangasemva sebhayisikile kuya kuhlala kuyenye yeenkumbulo zam endizithandayo kumavili amabini.

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