Ndibaleke iMarathon eAntarctica!

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Andiyombaleki ehlawulwayo. Nangona ndikhule ndikhuthele kwaye ndikhwelisa kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, ndiye ndayeka ukufundela ukubhexa iikholeji kuba ndicinga ukuba kunzima kakhulu. Kodwa ngexesha lesemester yasekholejini phesheya eSydney, e-Australia, ndafumanisa into endiyonwabeleyo: ukubaleka. Yayiyindlela yokuba ndibone isixeko, kwaye yayilixesha lokuqala ndicinga ngokubaleka "njengokonwaba." Yayidibanisa imvakalelo yokuhlola kunye nokuzilolonga.

Kodwa okwethutyana, ukubaleka yayikukuzilolonga kuphela-ndandijikeleza ii-4 okanye ezintlanu zeekhilomitha amaxesha ambalwa ngeveki. Emva koko, ngo-2008, ndaqalisa ukusebenza kwiSibhedlele Jikelele saseMassachusetts eBoston, MA kwaye ndancedisa ekulungiseleleni isidlo ngobusuku obungaphambi kweBoston Marathon. Amandla ajikeleze onke amava ayenamandla. Ndiyakhumbula ndicinga, "Ndimele ndiyenze le nto." Andizange ndilubaleke ngaphambili ugqatso, kodwa ndacinga ukuba, ngoqeqesho, ndinokulubaleka!

Ndenjenjalo. Ukubaleka iBoston Marathon kwakumangalisa ngokupheleleyo-yiyo yonke into eqhekekileyo ukuba ibe yiyo. Ndiyiqhube ngo-2010, ndaphinda ngo-2011 nango-2012. abambalwa Iimarathoni, udadewethu, uTaylor, wayenenye injongo: ukubaleka kuwo onke amazwekazi asixhenxe. Kulapho safumana khona iAntarctica Marathon- ugqatso kwisiqithi kanye kwilizwekazi elibizwa ngokuba yiKing George Island. Ingxaki: Kwakukho uluhlu lweminyaka emine lokulinda.

Saye sagqiba ekubeni sihambe unyaka ngaphambi kokuba besilindele, nangona kunjalo, ngoMatshi ka-2015. Inani labakhenkethi abaya e-Antarctica lilinganiselwe ngonyaka, ngokuqhelekileyo kwisikhephe esinye esinabakhweli abali-100. Ke saqala ukuqikelela yonke into, ukusuka kwiipassport kunye neefizi zembuyekezo ukuya kwinto yokupakisha (iindlela ezilungileyo ezibaleka izihlangu; iiglasi zelanga ezinokukhusela kwimvula ebandayo kunye nelitha elinamandla, umoya ongenayo, iimpahla ezifudumeleyo). Isicwangciso: Chitha ubusuku obuli-10 kwinqanawa yophando ehlaziyiweyo kunye nezinye iimbaleki ezimalunga ne-100. Lilonke, ixabise malunga ne-10,000 yeerandi umntu ngamnye. Xa sayibhukisha, ndacinga, "Yiyo okuninzi yemali!" Kodwa ndaqala ukubeka i-$ 200 nge-paycheck nganye kwaye yongeze ngokumangalisayo ngokukhawuleza.

Iimbono zokuqala zeAntarctica

Xa sasiqala ukubona ilizwekazi lase-Antarctica, yayiyiloo nto kanye sasiyicingele—imikhenkce emikhulu yeentaba ewela elwandle, noonombombiya namatywina kuyo yonke indawo.

Amazwe amaninzi aneziseko zophando kwiKing George Island, nangona kunjalo, ayikhangeleki njengencwadi yesikhokelo eAntarctica. Kwakuluhlaza kwaye kunodaka, kugutyungelwe likhephu. (Umdyarho ubanjelwe apho ke iimbaleki zinokufikelela kwiinkonzo zongxamiseko.)

Kwakukho izinto ezithile ezahluke kakhulu ngosuku lomdyarho. Okokuqala, kwakufuneka siphathele awethu amanzi asezibhotileni siwase esiqithini. Kwaye malunga nezongezelelo zesondlo kunye nokutya okulula, besingenakho ukuzisa nantoni na enesongelo enokubhabha imke; kwakufuneka sizifake epokothweni okanye eplastikini ukuze siphathe. Enye into engaqhelekanga: imeko yangasese. Kwakukho intente kunye nebhakethi kwindawo yokuqala / yokugqiba. Abaququzeleli bobuhlanga bangqongqo kakhulu malunga nokutsala ngaphezulu nokuchamela ecaleni kwendlela-leyo nguhayi omkhulu hayi. Ukuba kufuneka uhambe, yiya kwibhakethi.

Ngobusuku obungaphambi komdyarho, kuye kwafuneka sibulale iintsholongwane kuyo yonke into yethu-awunakho ukuzisa nantoni na engeyoyomthonyama e-Antarctica, njengamantongomane okanye iimbewu ezinokubanjwa kwiziteki zakho, kuba abaphandi kunye nabalondolozi bendalo abafuni ukuba abakhenkethi kumosha indalo. Kwakufuneka singene kuzo zonke izixhobo zethu zomdyarho enqanaweni emva koko abasebenzi bethu basinika iimpahla ezinkulu ezimanzi ezibomvu zokubeka phezu kwazo zonke izixhobo zethu zokubaleka ukusikhusela kulwandle oluqandayo kwi-zodiac, okanye kwisikhephe esinokungena umoya, sikhwele siye elunxwemeni.

Uhlanga ngokwalo

Umdyarho wawungo-Matshi 9, ngexesha lasehlobo lase-Antarctica-iqondo lobushushu lalimalunga ne-30 degrees Fahrenheit. Kwakunjalo ngenene ukufudumala kunangexesha ndandizilolonga eBoston! Yayingumoya ekwakufuneka siwujonge. Kwavakala ngathi yi-10 degrees; yabuhlungu ubuso bakho.

Kodwa akukho zinto zininzi zithandwayo kwi-Antarctica Marathon. Ufika kwikhorali yokuqala, ubeke izinto zakho, kwaye uhambe. Akukho xesha lide lokuma ngeenxa zonke; Kuyabanda! Hi ndlela leyi, kubantu abayi-100 bebaleka, kuphela ngabantu abali-10 ababesebenza kukhuphiswano. Uninzi lwethu belusenza nje oku ukuba sithi senze umdyarho eAntarctica! Kwaye abaququzeleli bemarathon basilumkisile ukuba silindele ukuba ixesha lethu libe malunga neyure ecothayo kunexesha lakho eliqhelekileyo lemarathon, unikwe iimeko ezigabadeleyo, ukusuka kubanda ukuya kwikhosi engacocwanga.

Ndandicwangcise kuphela ugqatso lwehalf-marathon, kodwa ndathi ndakufika apho, ndagqiba kwelokuba ndilugqibezele. Endaweni yendlela ethe tye enemigca eyohlukeneyo yokuqala neyokugqiba, ikhosi yayizibhobhodlo ezintandathu eziziikhilomitha ezi-4.3 zeendlela zomhlaba ezirhabaxa ezineenduli ezininzi ezimfutshane. Ekuqaleni, bendicinga ukuba iziporo zizakuba mbi. Umdyarho kwi Imilenze? Kodwa yaphela ipholile, kuba kwa 100 la bantu uchitha nje iveki kwisikhephe nabo bonke bayonwabisana xa bedlula. Ndithathe isigqibo sokunyuka zonke iinduli ukuze ndingazidinisi ndibaleke ukwehla neeflethi. Ukuhamba kuloo ndawo kwakuyeyona ndawo inzima. Kodwa ngokunyaniseka, malunga nokuzilolonga ngokwasemzimbeni, iAntarctica yayilula kuneBoston!

Ukuwela umgca wokugqibela

Ukugqitywa kokuziva kumangalisa. Kwakukhawuleze-wawela umgca wokugqibela, fumana imbasa yakho, utshintshe, uye esikhepheni. I-Hypothermia inokuseta ngokukhawuleza ukuba uyabila kwaye umanzi, ngenxa yomoya obandayo kunye nokutshiza kolwandle. Kodwa nangona yayikhawuleza, yayingalibaleki; ngokungafaniyo nolunye uhlanga.

Olu gqatso alunakuba yinto yanaphakade, nangona. Abaququzeleli bezokhenketho kunye nabasebenzi bokuhamba babelumkile kubakhenkethi kwesi siqithi, kwaye izithintelo kunye neenzame zolondolozo zinokwenza kube nzima, ukuba akunakwenzeka, ukuya apho kwixa elizayo. Ukhenketho lweMarathon luyathengiswa ngo-2017 naye! Ndixelela wonke umntu, "Hambani ngoku! Bhukisha uhambo lwakho!" Kuba ngekhe ufumane elinye ithuba.

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