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UMargo Hayes wayengowesifazane wokuqala ukuba anyuke ngempumelelo La Rambla indlela eSpain kunyaka ophelileyo. Indlela ihlelwe ngo-5.15a ebunzimeni-yenye yezona ndawo zine ziphambili kwezemidlalo, kwaye abangaphantsi kwabangama-20 abakhweleyo bakhe balubetha udonga (phantse bonke bangamadoda amadala). UHayes wayeneminyaka eyi-19 xa wayenzayo.

Ukuba uthe wabona uHayes elinde kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwinqwelomoya eya ezintabeni, yithi, eFransi, eSpain, okanye eColorado, ungamphatha kakubi ngebhola ekhatywayo. Kwi-5 iinyawo 5 i-intshi ubude, ubhityile kwaye unoncumo oluqaqambileyo. Kodwa yiya kushukumisa izandla zakhe zibethwe ziintsimbi kwaye uyokubona ubunyani bokwenyani bobuntu bakhe: IHayes yimpi. Ungomnye weembaleki ze-badass eziza kukukhuthaza ukuba unyuke.

"Ndaqala njengomthambo womzimba ndisemncinci ngenene kwaye ndajamelana nokwenzakala okuninzi ngenxa yokuba ndandinelank kwaye ndingoyiki," utsho uHayes. "Xa ndandineminyaka eli-11 ubudala, yayilusuku lwam lokuqala lokubuyela kwi-gymnastics emva kokuchacha ekwenzakaleni, kwaye ndeva i-metatarsals ezimbini ziphuka (kwakhona) ezinyaweni zam. Andizange ndifune ukuxelela umqeqeshi wam okanye ndihlale ngaphandle. , ndiye ndaya kwigumbi lokuhlambela ndafika ndanyathela inyawo lam kwindlu yangasese ukuyikhenkceza, ndabuya ndabuya ndenza iklasi.

Ukuzimisela kunye nomdla awuzange uphele kuHayes, kwiinyanga nje ezintandathu emva kokwenza imbali La Rambla waba ngowasetyhini wokuqala ukunyuka Ibhayografi, indlela ephantse yame nkqo eFransi. Bali-13 kuphela abantu ehlabathini ababekhe bayinyuka ngaphambili. Ezi zinto zimbini zingakholwanga zingaphelanga unyaka zimncedile ekubonakaleni kwe-cinch kwiAmerican Alpine Club 2018 Climbing Awards, ephumelela ibhaso likaRobert Hicks Bates kulonyuka omncinci enesithembiso.

"Abasetyhini benyuka ngokunamandla njengamadoda, kwaye kungekudala abantu abazukuthathela ingqalelo ukwahlukana ngokwesini," utshilo. "Yiloo nto endiyithandayo malunga nokunyuka-awuhlulwanga ngokwesini. Ndiyakwazi ukuqeqesha nomntu oneminyaka engama-55 ubudala okanye oneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, indoda okanye umfazi, kuba ukukhwela akusiyo yonke into yamandla omzimba acocekileyo. Sonke sinakho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zomzimba kunye namandla kwaye ufunda ukusebenzisa amandla akho kwaye uphucule ubuthathaka bakho ukuze ufumane indlela yakho eyodwa eya phezulu. " (Idibeneyo: 10 Abomeleleyo, abafazi abanamandla ukukhuthaza i-Badass yangaphakathi)

UHayes unika imbeko kwimikhwa eyomeleleyo yokusebenza kunye nokubhala iindaba ngezinto aziphumezileyo ezimangalisayo. Uthi: “Ekuqaleni konyaka, ndisoloko ndicwangcisa izinto endizifunayo. "Kubalulekile ukuba iinjongo zam zikhulu kwaye ziyakhuthaza ngokwenene. Ndijonge le nkqubo kwaye ndiyathembisa ukuba ndiza kuyonwabela." Nje ukuba kusetelwe injongo, uHayes uya kusebenza ngokwenene. “Ngokokubona kwam, ukusebenza nzima kuyancomeka kakhulu,” utshilo. "Intsapho yam kwizizukulwana ibisoloko ineenqobo zokusebenza ezomeleleyo. Udade wethu ngoyena mntu undikhuthazayo." (Jonga: Indlela yokukhetha iNjongo enkulu ePhakamileyo inokuSebenza ngokuthanda kwakho)

UHayes ukwajonge kubadlali ababhinqileyo uSerena Williams noLindsey Vonn ukuze bafumane inkuthazo, esithi, "Bazimisele, bangabalwi, kwaye bayimizekelo emihle kakhulu. Abanikezeli kwaye bakholelwa kwinto enokwenzeka." Kwaye xa efuna ukonyuswa, uya kufunda kwakhona umbongo othi "Invictus" nguWilliam Ernest Henley. Ithi...

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Okwangoku, uHayes uthi uphinda le migca kwaye asebenzise kwijimu yakhe yasekhaya e-Boulder, CO. Uziqeqeshela ukukhuphisana kwimisitho yokuhlungela i-Olimpiki enethemba lokuba iya kumfumana indawo kwiMidlalo yeHlobo ye-2020. Qaphela, ihlabathi, uMargo Hayes uza kuwe. (Uphefumlelwe kakhulu? Phawula le mikhwa mihlanu yokuzivocavoca ukunyuka kwamatye amatsha.)

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