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Ukuba bekukho igama elinye ongalisebenzisa ukuchaza uMelissa Arnot, bekuya kuba njalo ibadass. Unokuthi "umkhweli weentaba eziphezulu," "umdlali okhuthazayo," kunye "ne-AF ekhuphisanayo." Ngokusisiseko, uquka yonke into oyithandayo kakhulu kwiimbaleki zabasetyhini.

Olunye lweempawu ezincomekayo uArnot anazo, nangona kunjalo, kukuqhuba kwakhe ukuqhubeka nokunyanzelisa imida. Emva kokuba ngumfazi wokuqala waseMelika ukuya kwindibano ngempumelelo kunye nokuhla kweNtaba i-Everest ngaphandle kweoksijini eyongezelelweyo ekuqaleni konyaka, isikhokelo sikaEddie Bauer saqala kwangoko kwimishini entsha: . (Uphefumlelwe okwangoku? Nazi iiPaki zeSizwe ezili-10 ekufuneka uzindwendwele ngaphambi kokuba ufe.)

Kodwa u-Arnot wayengazukuthatha i-50 Peaks Challenge yedwa. UMaddie Miller, oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala kunye no-Eddie Bauer isikhokelo soqeqesho, uya kuba kanye ecaleni kwakhe. I-Sun Valley, i-Idaho, uMiller kunye nosapho bakhe baba ngabahlobo abasenyongweni no-Arnot iminyaka emininzi kodwa wayengahlali eyintombazana yasentabeni ngaphandle. Ngapha koko, xa u-Arnot wayetyelele isikolo esiphakamileyo sika-Miller ekuqaleni kwale ntwasahlobo ukuya kuthetha nenkqubo yobunkokheli bangaphandle, abaninzi bothuka bakuva ukuba uMiller uzakuba liqabane lakhe le-50 Peaks. Kodwa emva koko, u-Arnot akasoloko ekhwela. Umntu oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala wathandana nomdlalo wezemidlalo xa wayeneminyaka eyi-19, emva kokunyuka intaba enkulu esemantla ngaphandle kweGlacier National Park eMontana.

“Ibutshintshe ngokupheleleyo ubomi bam,” utshilo malunga nokunyuka kweenyawo ezingama-8,705. "Ekubeni ndisezintabeni, ndandiqala ukuziva ngathi yile nto ndifuna ukuyenza. Kulapho ndaziva ndisekhaya okokuqala."

UMiller uthi wayenomzuzu ofanayo wokuvula amehlo xa wayekhwela iMount Rainier kunye notata wakhe kunye noArnot njengesipho samabanga aphakamileyo. "Utata wam wayesoloko endithatha kuhambo oluncinci nje mna naye, kwaye ndandinomdla wokwenyani wokuba ngaphandle, kodwa ayizange ithi qatha engqondweni yam njengento enokunika umendo ocacileyo ebomini bam okanye into enokuthi mhlawumbi nokuba ungangumsebenzi, utshilo uMiller. "Kodwa sakuba senza uRainier yandihlutha ingqwalasela yam ngendlela engaqhelekanga. Ndandingazi ukuba yinto eyayisentliziyweni yam ngokwenene."

UArnot ukhumbula kwaoko xa wabona isibane siqhubela uMiller. "Ngokuqinisekileyo wayefundile kwaye eneentloni kwaye engathethi kakhulu, nto leyo inzima kuba kufuneka ubenakho ukonwabisa abantu ukuba babe sisikhokelo sentaba-ayisiyiyo inkalo yokhuseleko kuphela, ibonelela ngobunkokeli obungagungqiyo kunye nexesha elimnandi, utshilo u-Arnot. "Kodwa uMaddie wayenalo mzuzu xa kwakunzima ngokwenene kwaye wakwazi ukudlula kuyo, kwaye leyo yenye yezona zinto zivuyisa kakhulu ezinokuthi zenzeke ezintabeni. Ndandiwabona amabhongo akhe, ukuqhuba kwakhe, nothando lwakhe. Ndandisazi ukuba ukunyuka yayisisiqalo nje kuye. (I-Psst: Jonga ezi zinto zibalulekileyo zili-16 zokuHamba ngeeNtaba kwiiNtsholongwane yakho elandelayo.)

Wayenyanisile-leyo yayilunyuko olwathi lwavuselela imbono ye-50 Peaks Challenge xa ​​bobabini bagqiba kwelokuba baza kubaleka kwilizwe lonke ihlobo ngeveni enesophu kwaye banyuke iincochoyi ngokukhawuleza kangangoko babenako. Kodwa njengakuyo nayiphi na i-adventure, izicwangciso azifane zihambe njengoko, zicwangcisiwe. Ngaphambi kokuba baqale, i-duo yagqiba ekubeni uMiller wayeya eDenali ukuba akhuphe uhambo lwakhe yedwa ngelixa u-Arnot wasala emva kokulimala okubandayo awayebambelele ezinyaweni zakhe ngelixa e-Everest. Isiphithiphithi sasisenza ukuba uvalwe yimithambo-luvo, utshilo uMiller-kwaye kwathatha u-Arnot ekubalekeni ukuze aphule irekhodi leencopho ezingama-50 ezimiyo-kodwa u-Arnot uthi zange yabakho malunga nerekhodi lehlabathi kuye.

"Ndandingenaye umcebisi, umntu ondibonise oko kunokwenzeka," utsho. "Kwakufuneka ndenze eyam indlela kwaye ndifumanise indlela enzima esebenzayo nengasebenziyo. UMaddie unomdla kwaye uthule, kodwa bendisazi ukuba mhlawumbi ukuba kufutshane nam kunempembelelo entle kubomi bakhe. Ndaziva kakhulu Ukhuseleko lokunceda umbonise into enokwenzeka. Yiloo nto olu hambo belumalunga nokundibonisa uMaddie into akwaziyo ukuyenza. "

Kwaye unokuthi isebenzile. "Ndandingazi ukuba abafazi babenakho ... kuba ndandingazi ukuba nawaphi na abafazi abanamandla de ndadibana noMelissa," kusho uMiller. "Uwavule amehlo am malunga nale nto intsha inokwenzeka endinayo, yokuba ndomelele kwaye ndibe nelizwi. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ndihlale ecaleni ndivumele abanye abantu bathathe ulawulo."

Kodwa, akukho lula ukuhlala kufutshane nomntu yonke imihla yonke imihla-ngakumbi xa iiyure ezili-15 zihlala zichithwa emotweni kungesendleleni-kwaye ekuqaleni kohambo, uArnot noMiller bathi baziva benoxinzelelo. “Besinomfanekiso ngqondweni wokuba luza kuba njani olu hambo kwaye lwavele lwantlitheka,” utshilo u-Arnot. "Kwakungekho mzuzu uzolileyo. UMaddie uye wasuka eDenali, ebelikhwela uhambo kunye nemo efana ne-zen, ukuya kwisiphithiphithi esipheleleyo."

UMiller uthi xa edibana no-Arnot waziva ekhathazekile. "Ndandisandula ukuphuma kula mava amangalisayo eDenali kwaye ndandizama ukugubungela ingqondo yam malunga nokuba yintoni enye into eya kuba yiyo kwaye andizange ndikwazi ukuyenza."

Olo qhekeko lwathatha iintsuku ezintathu lwaza lwamshiya exhalabile uArnot malunga nokuba baya kuqhubeka kusini na.

"Kwakukho amaxesha, ngokunyanisekileyo, ndandizibuza ukuba ndenze impazamo ekugwebeni," utshilo. "Bendifana," Ngaba ndiyicombulule kakhulu into anako ukuyenza? Ngaba izakumophula kwaye akazokwazi ukwenza oku? Yandoyikisa loo nto.

Ukulala kunokwenza izinto ezimangalisayo, nangona kunjalo, kwaye kuMiller, kuvumele ixesha lotshintsho kumbono. "Xa ndivuka ndandifana nje, 'Ulapha. Yenza okuninzi. Ngubani okhathalayo ukuba awukwazi ukwenza oko, sebenzisa nje into eyenzekayo ngoku, "utsho. (I-PS: Ezi zixhobo ziPhakamileyo zeTekhnoloji yokuHamba kunye neeKampu zipholile kwi-AF.)

Ukusukela ngoko ukuya phambili, bobabini baqhushumbisa ixesha labo eliqikelelweyo kwaye bazifumana sele begqibile-iMauna Kea eHawaii-phantse iintsuku ezili-10 bezisindisile. UMiller noArnot benyuka kwilanga elinemozulu epholileyo ukuya encotsheni yeenyawo ezingama-13,796 ezingqongwe ngamafu. Kunye nosapho kunye nabahlobo ababangqongileyo, esi sibini sangana, salila, kwaye saqhula malunga neenzame zabo ezahlukeneyo zokufezekisa ishewndpp kwintaba nganye-okanye ubuncinci ukuyenza ibonakale ilungile kwi-Insta. (Aba bantu badumileyo bayazi into okanye ezimbini malunga nokubetha iindlela kwaye bayenze ibukeke ilungile ngelixa besenza.) UMiller emva koko wabhiyozela ukunyuka kwabo ngendlela efanayo nenye incopho: Ukucula ingoma exhobisayo yoMhobe weSizwe. Okokugqibela, u-Arnot noMiller bathathe umzuzu wokuthula ukuze bangene kulonto ibisandula ukwenzeka: UMiller usete irekhodi elitsha lehlabathi, ekhwela iincopho ezingama-50 kwiintsuku ezingama-41, iiyure ezili-16, kunye nemizuzu eli-10-ngokusesikweni kwiintsuku ezimbini ngokukhawuleza kunesiphatho sangaphambili.

Yonke le nto ibinzima ngenene, kodwa ibiyinxalenye epholileyo leyo-sithathe indlela enzima, utshilo uMiller. "Senze yonke into ngokupheleleyo kwaye asinqumli kwanto."

Ngoku, ngaphandle kwesikhokelo, u-Arnot ukwiphulo lokucebisa isizukulwana esilandelayo sabasetyhini abanyukayo. Iphupha lam kukwenza inkqubo apho abantu ababhinqileyo abancinci banokubona abantu abomeleleyo abasebenza kwindalo esingathi bafuna ukusebenza kuyo kwaye babe nefuthe, amava omntu ngamnye kwabo bafazi, utshilo. "Kwaye ndifuna babone ukuba singabantu nje abaqhelekileyo. Andingomntu ophezulu kakhulu, ndiyamosha ngalo lonke ixesha, kodwa yiyo loo nto le nto isebenza-ndifana nabo ukuze bazibone. ezihlangwini zam."

NgokukaMiller, ke, ugxile ekugqibeni ikholeji. Emva koko, ngubani owaziyo-inokuba ikhokele uhambo olukhokelwayo njengeArnot okanye ukuza nerekhodi elilandelayo lehlabathi ukuze liphule.

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