Ndihambe ngeemayile ezili-1,600 emva kokuba ndinikwe iinyanga ezintathu zokuba ndiphile

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Ngaphambi kokuba kufunyaniswe ukuba ndinomhlaza, ndandinempakamo. Ndenze i-yoga ngokwenkolo, ndaya kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, ndahamba, ndatya ukutya okuphilayo kuphela. Kodwa umhlaza awukhathali nokuba uphakamisa kangaphi ubunzima okanye ubambe ukhilimu otyhidiweyo.

Ngo-2007, kwafunyaniswa ukuba ndinomhlaza wenqanaba IV owachaphazela amalungu am asibhozo kwaye ndanikwa nje iinyanga ezimbalwa ukuba ndiphile. I-inshorensi yobomi bam yandihlawula ama-50 ekhulwini omvuzo wam kwiiveki ezintathu; yindlela endandikhawuleza ndife ngayo. Ndothukile kwimeko yempilo yam-nabani na angaba-kodwa ndifuna ukulwela ubomi bam. Ngaphezu kweminyaka emihlanu enesiqingatha ndiye ndafumana imijikelo engama-79 yechemo, iradiation enzulu, notyando olukhulu kane. Ndilahlekelwe ngama-60 ekhulwini esibindi sam kunye nemiphunga. Ndiphantse ndafa izihlandlo ezininzi apha endleleni.

Bendihlala ndikholelwa ukuba kubalulekile ukukhathalela umzimba wakho ngokwasemzimbeni, ngokwasemphefumlweni nangokomoya. Ubomi bam bonke bendisoloko ndifuna ukuhlala ndishukuma.

Xa ndaya kuxolelo ngo-2013, kwafuneka ndenze into yokuphilisa ngokwasemzimbeni, ngokwasemoyeni, nasemphefumlweni. (Eyeleleneyo: Ndizamile ukuPhilisa ngokwaseMoyeni eIndiya-kwaye bekungeyonto bendiyilindele) Bendifuna ukuba ibeyinto yasendle nephambeneyo nehlekisayo. Bendihamba ngenxalenye ye-El Camino Real trail trail kufutshane nasekhaya eSan Diego, kwaye ndinombono wokuzama ukuhamba iikhilomitha ezingama-800 emantla ecaleni kwendlela esuka eSan Diego isiya eSonoma. Xa uhamba, ubomi buthoba isantya. Kwaye xa unesifo esisongela ubomi, yiloo nto kanye oyifunayo. Kwandithatha iintsuku ezingama-55 ukufika eSonoma, ndihamba usuku olunye ngexesha.

Xa ndibuyela ekhaya, ndafumanisa ukuba umhlaza ubuyile kumphunga wam oshiyekileyo, kodwa andifuni ukuyeka ukuhamba. Ukudibana nobuso ngobuso nokufa kwam kwakhona kwandenza ndalangazelela ngakumbi ukuphuma ndiphile-ke ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiqhubeke. Ndayazi ukuba i-Old Mission Trail ayiqalanga eSan Diego; yaqala eLoreto, eMexico. Akukho mntu wayewuhambe wonke umzila weemayile ezili-1,600 kwiminyaka engama-250, kwaye ndandifuna ukuzama.

Ke ndahamba ndaya emazantsi ndahamba i-800 yeekhilomitha eseleyo ngoncedo lwe-vaqueros ezingama-20 (abakhweli bamahashe bendawo) ababesazi ngalinye icandelo lendlela. Inxalenye yeCalifornia yendlela yayinoburhalarhume, kodwa isiqingatha sesibini sasixolela ngakumbi. Sijongene neengozi yonke iyure yonke imihla. Nantso ke intlango: iingonyama zasezintabeni, iinyokanyoka, iigiant centipedes, wild burros. Sithe sakufika kumakhulu amane okanye amahlanu eekhilomitha eSan Diego, iivaosos zazixhalabile kakhulu ngee-narcos (abathengisi beziyobisi), abangazukukubulala ngelize. Kodwa bendisazi ukuba ndingathanda ukuzifaka emngciphekweni endle entshona kunokuba ndihlale endlini yam. Kukukujongana noloyiko lokuba singakwazi ukuzoyisa, kwaye ndaqonda ukuba kungcono ndibe phaya ngaphandle ukuze ndibulawe i-narco kunomhlaza. (Eyeleleneyo: Izizathu ezi-4 zokuba kutheni uhambo lwe-Adventure luyifanele i-PTO yakho)

Ukuhamba ngomkhondo eMexico kwenziwa ngaphandle komzimba wam yintoni eyenziwa ngumhlaza ngaphakathi. Bendibethelwe nyani. Kodwa ukutyhubela kweso sihogo kwandinceda ndaqonda ukuba ndandilulawula uloyiko lwam. Kuye kwafuneka ndifunde ukuzinikela kwaye ndamkele nantoni na enokuza, ndisazi ukuba ndinamandla okujongana nayo. Ndifunde ukungoyiki akuthethi ukuba awusoze woyike, kodwa endaweni yokuba ungoyiki ukujongana nayo. Ngoku xa ndibuyela kwiZiko loMhlaza laseStanford rhoqo emva kweenyanga ezintathu, ndikulungele ukujongana nayo nantoni na eyenzekayo. Kwakufuneka ndife kwiminyaka eli-10 eyadlulayo. Yonke imihla yibhonasi.

Funda ingxelo kaEdy yohambo lwakhe lweekhilomitha ezili-1 600 kwincwadi yakhe entsha UMhambi weMishini, iyafumaneka ngoJulayi 25.

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