Umnqweno omtsha wokunyuka intaba undigcinile engqondweni ngexesha lobhubhane

Umxholo

• Ukuphuma Ngaphandle
• Ukuphucula iGear yam yokuHamba
• Ukufumanisa iSense esitsha soXolo
• Uphengululo lwe

Namhlanje, nge-17 kaNovemba, kuphawula uSuku lweLizwe lokuThatha uHike, inyathelo elivela kwiAmerican Hiking Society ukukhuthaza amaMelika ukuba abethe umkhondo wabo osondeleyo wokuhamba ngaphandle. Ngumnyhadala mna zange ngendibhiyozele kwixa elidlulileyo. Kodwa, ngexesha lokuqala lokuvalelwa yedwa, ndafumanisa ukuthanda ukuthanda ukuhamba, kwaye kwandenza ndaziva ndithembekile, ndonwaba kwaye ndiphumelele ngeli xesha ndandilahlekile. Ngoku, andinakucinga ngobomi bam ngaphandle kokuhamba intaba. Nantsi indlela endenze ngayo i-180 epheleleyo.

Phambi kokuvalelwa, bendiyi-quintessential yedolophu yakho. Indima yam njengoMhleli weFashoni oMkhulu we Ubume yayiquka ukujikeleza iManhattan ngomsebenzi ongapheliyo kunye neziganeko zentlalo.Ukomelela ngokomzimba, ndichithe iintsuku ezimbalwa evekini ndibila ndisiya ejimini okanye kwiziko lokuzilolonga, ngakumbi umdlalo wamanqindi okanye iPilates. Iimpelaveki bezichithwe kuyiwa emitshatweni, kumatheko omhla wokuzalwa, kunye nokudibana nabahlobo kutyiwa. Ubuninzi bobomi bam yayikukuhamba-hamba, ukonwabela ukubhuza kwesixeko kwaye kunqabile ukuba uthathe ixesha lokucothisa kwaye ubonakalise.

Yonke itshintshile xa ubhubhane we-COVID-19 kunye nobomi bokuvalelwa bodwa baba yinto "entsha yesiqhelo." Ukuvuka yonke imihla kwindlu yam emxinwa ye-NYC ndiziva ndithintelwe, ngakumbi kukuba ibijike yaba yiofisi yasekhaya, indawo yokuzivocavoca, indawo yokonwabisa kunye nendawo yokutyela, zonke zayenye. Ndiva ukuba ixhala lam linyuka ngokuthe chu xa kutshixwa. Ngo-Epreli, emva kokuphulukana nelungu losapho elithandekayo kwi-COVID, ndatsho ndatsho phantsi. Inkuthazo yam yokusebenza yaphela, ndichithe iiyure ezingenantsingiselo ukuskrola kwi-Instagram (cinga: ukugwetywa komhlaba), kwaye andinakukwazi ukulala ubusuku bonke bokulala ndingavukanga kumbilo obandayo. Ndaziva ngathi bendikwingqondo esisigxina yengqondo kwaye ndiyazi ukuba kukho into ekufuneka itshintshile. (Eyeleleneyo: Njani kwaye kutheni ubhubhani we-coronavirus udibana nokulala kwakho)

Ukuphuma Ngaphandle

Kumzamo wokufumana umoya omtsha (kunye nekhefu elifunekayo lokuziva ndixinekile kwindlu yam), ndiye ndaqala ukucwangcisa uhambo lwasimahla lwemihla ngemihla. Ekuqaleni, olu hambo lunyanzelwayo lwemizuzu engama-30 lwaluvakala ngathi luhambe ngonaphakade, kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha, ndaqalisa ukulunqwenela. Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa, ezi hambo zikhawulezileyo zajika zaba ziiyure-zokuhambahamba ezichithwe ngokungazulazuli eCentral Park -umsebenzi endandingazange ndiwenze kwiminyaka nangona ndandihlala kwimizuzu eli-10 kuphela ukusuka kwindalo enkulu. Olu hambo lundinike ixesha lokucingisisa. Ndaqalisa ukuqonda ukuba kwiminyaka eliqela edluleyo, ndandikujonga ukuhlala “ndixakekile” njengomqondiso wempumelelo. Ekugqibeleni ukunyanzelwa ukuba ucothise (kwaye kuyaqhubeka) kuyintsikelelo yokuzifihla. Ukunikezela ixesha lokuphumla, ukuthatha ubuhle bepaki, ukumamela iingcinga zam, kwaye uphefumle kancinci kancinci kudityaniswe nesiqhelo kwaye kundincede ndahamba ngeli xesha lobumnyama ebomini bam. (Eyeleleneyo: Indlela ukuvalelwa okunokuthi kuyichaphazele ngayo impilo yakho yengqondo-engcono)

Emva kweenyanga ezimbini zokuhamba rhoqo epakini, ndandizinzile kwimeko yam entsha. Ngokwengqondo, ndaziva ndibhetele kunangaphambili - nangaphambi kokuba ubhubhane ubekho. Kutheni unganyusi i-ante? Ndafika kudade wethu, owayengaphandle kakhulu kunam, ndaza ndanethamsanqa lokuba nemoto edolophini. Wavuma ukusiqhubela siye kwihlathi elikufutshane laseRamapo Mountain State eNew Jersey ukuze sihambe ngenene. Ndandingazange ndibe ngumhambi kangako, kodwa ingcamango yokunyuka izinyuko ngomnqantsa ndize ndibaleke ngokukhawuleza kubomi basedolophini yayinomtsalane. Sahamba ke.

Kuhambo lwethu lokuqala, sikhethe umkhondo olula weemayile ezine ngokuthambeka okuthembekileyo kunye nemibono ethembisayo. Saqala ngokuzithemba, senza amanyathelo ngokukhawuleza ngelixa sincokola. Njengoko ukutyekela ngokuthe ngcembe kwanda, ukubetha kwentliziyo zethu kwanyuka kwaye ukubila kwaqala ukuhla emabunzini ethu. Kwimizuzu engama-20, siye saphuma ekuthetheni imayile ngomzuzu ukuya ekugxileni ekuphefumleni kwethu kwaye sihlale endleleni. Xa kuthelekiswa nohambo lwam lokuphumla lwaseCentral Park, oku ibikukuzilolonga okunzulu.

Imizuzu engamashumi amane anesihlanu kamva, sade safika kwindawo ebukekayo, eyaba yindawo yethu ephakathi. Nangona ndandidiniwe, ndandingayeki ukuncuma xa ndibona. Ewe, ndandingakwazi ukuthetha; ewe, ndandivuza ngumbilo; kwaye ewe, ndiziva ukuba intliziyo yam ibetha ngamandla. Kodwa kwakumnandi kakhulu ukucela umngeni emzimbeni wam kwakhona kwaye ujikelezwe bubuhle, ngakumbi embindini wentlekele enjalo ixesha. Ndinendawo entsha yokuhamba, kwaye ayizange yongeze ixesha lam lesikrini. Bendixakiwe.

Kwintsalela yehlobo, saqhubeka nesiko lethu leempelaveki lokubaleka i-NYC kwiiNtaba zeRamapo, apho sasinokuhamba phakathi kweendlela ezilula nezifuna ngakumbi. Nokuba kunzima kangakanani kwindlela yethu, sihlala sisenza umzamo wokunqamla unxibelelwano kwiiyure ezimbalwa kwaye siyeke imizimba yethu yenze umsebenzi. Ngaxeshanye, umhlobo okanye ababini baya kusijoyina, ekugqibeleni babe ngabaguquli bentaba (abasoloko belandela izikhokelo zokhuseleko ze-COVID-19, kunjalo).

Xa sifika endle, sasiye siyitsibe loo ntetho incinci size sitsibele ngqo kwincoko enzulu ngenjongo yokuqonda ukuba ngamnye wethu unjani. ngokwenene ukumelana nobhubhane oqhubekayo. Ukuphela kosuku, besisoloko sinomoya kangangokuba besingakwazi nokuthetha - kodwa oko akunamsebenzi. Ukusondela kufutshane omnye nomnye emva kweenyanga zokuzahlulwa kunye nokutyhala ukugqiba uhambo kwaqinisa ubuhlobo bethu. Ndaziva ndixhumeke ngakumbi kudadewethu (kunye nabaphi na abahlobo abasijoyinileyo) kunokuba bendineminyaka. Kwaye ebusuku, bendilala ngokuzolileyo ngakumbi kunokuba bendikhe ndalala ixesha elide, ndiziva ndinombulelo ngendlu yam entle kunye nempilo. (Idibeneyo: Yintoni efana nokuHamba iiMayile ezingama-2,000 + noMhlobo wakho osenyongweni)

Ukuphucula iGear yam yokuHamba

Yehla, bendiyithanda into yam entsha yokuzonwabisa kodwa andakwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ndiqaphele ukuba iiteki zam ezikrazukileyo zokubaleka kunye nepakethi ehexayo yefanny bezingenzelwanga ukuhamba kumhlaba onamatye kwaye ngamanye amaxesha umtyibilizi. Ndafika ekhaya ndonwabile kodwa ngokufuthi ndigqunywe yimikrwelo nemikrwelo yokutyibilika rhoqo nokuwa izihlandlo ezimbalwa. Ndigqibe kwelokuba lifikile ixesha lokutyala imali kwezinye izinto zobugcisa, zokunyuka imozulu. (Idibeneyo: Izakhono zokuSinda ezifunekayo ukuba wazi ngaphambi kokuba ubethe iiNdlela zokuHamba)

Okokuqala, ndathenga ipere yokungangeni manzi, iimbaleki ezikhaphukhaphu, ibhotile yamanzi egqunyiweyo, kunye nobhaka onokupakisha ngokulula umaleko ongezelelweyo, amashwamshwam, kunye nezixhobo zemvula. Emva koko ndaya eLake George, eNew York, kuhambo lwempelaveki nesithandwa sam, apho sasihamba yonke imihla sivavanya izixhobo ezintsha. Kwaye isigwebo sasingenakuphikiswa: Uphuculo lwezixhobo lwenza umahluko omkhulu ekuzithembeni kwam nakwintsebenzo yam kangangokuba sihambe kangangeeyure ezintlanu ngosuku olunye, olona hambo lwam lude nolona lunzima ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

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Ukufumanisa iSense esitsha soXolo

Ukucothisa ukunyuka intaba kundincede ngeli xesha linzima. Yandityhala ukuba ndikhangele ngaphandle kwebhola yam exakekileyo ye-NYC, ndibeke phantsi ifowuni yam, kwaye ndibekho ngokwenene. Ngokubanzi, yenze nzulu unxibelelwano lwam nabantu obathandayo. Ngoku ndiziva ndomelele, kokubini ngokwengqondo nangokwasemzimbeni, kwaye ndiyawuxabisa umzimba wam kunakuqala ngokundivumela ndikhulise umsebenzi omtsha wokuzilolonga kunye nothando ngelixa uninzi, ngelishwa, lungakwazi ukwenza njalo ngokwabo. Ngubani owaziyo iindlela ezimbalwa ezimfutshane ezinokuthi ekugqibeleni zikhokelele kumdlalo wokuzonwabisa obangela uvuyo olukhulu?

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