URebecca Rusch ukhwele iBhayisekile yonke iHo Chi Minh Trail ukuze afumane indawo kaTata wakhe yeNgxaki

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Zonke iifoto: UJosh Letchworth / IPhuli yokuBomvu yeBull

URebecca Rusch ufumene igama lesidlaliso lokuba nguKumkanikazi weNtlungu ngokuphumelela ezinye zeentlanga ezigqithileyo kwihlabathi (kwiibhayisikile zeentaba, ukuskiya kwilizwe elibalekayo, kunye nokubaleka). Kodwa kuninzi lobomi bakhe ebesilwa uhlobo olwahlukileyo lwentlungu: intlungu yokuphulukana notata wakhe xa wayeneminyaka emi-3 kuphela.

USteve Rusch, umqhubi wenqwelomoya wase-U.S, wadutyulwa phantsi kwindlela i-Ho Chi Minh eLaos ngexesha leMfazwe yase-Vietnam. Indawo yakhe yengozi yafunyanwa ngo-2003, kwakuloo nyaka intombi yakhe yaqala ukuya eVietnam. Wayekhona kugqatso lokuhamba-hamba, ukukhwela ibhayisekile, kunye nokuhamba ngenqanawa etyholweni-kwaye yayilixesha lokuqala ezibuza ukuba ingaba le yinto awadibana nayo uyise xa wayethunyelwa. "Siye sayokubona amabala amadala amadala nalapho utata wam ebemiswe khona eDa Nang Air Force Base, kwaye ibikokokuqala ebomini bam ukuba ndenze ihobe kwimbali yakhe yokuba semfazweni, utshilo uRusch. Xa isikhokelo sichaza umkhondo weHo Chi Minh mgama, uRusch ukhumbula ukucinga, Ndifuna ukuya khona ngenye imini.

Kuthathe eminye iminyaka eli-12 ngaphambi kokuba uRusch abuyele kwindlela. Ngo-2015, uRusch wahamba ngebhayisikile i-1,200 yeekhilomitha nge-Southeast Asia ngethemba lokufumana indawo eyonzakalisayo katata wakhe. Yayiluhambo olunzima ngokwasemzimbeni-iRusch kunye neqabane lakhe lokuhamba ngebhayisikile, uHuyen Nguyen, umqhubi webhayisikile welizwe laseVietnam okhuphisanayo. Yommandla okwiMfazwe yaseVietnam-kwisithuba nje esingaphantsi kwenyanga. Kodwa yayiyimvakalelo yohambo eyashiya inqaku elihlala lihleli kumntu oneminyaka engama-48 ubudala. "Ngokwenyani yayiyinto ekhethekileyo ukuba ndikwazi ukudibanisa umdlalo wam kunye nehlabathi lam nento endiyaziyo ukuba yayiyinxalenye yokugqibela yelizwe likabawo," utshilo. (Idibeneyo: 5 Izifundo zoBomi eziFundwe kwiNtaba yeBhayisikile)

Ungabukela Indlela yegazi yasimahla kwiRed Bull TV (erhuqwayo ngezantsi). Apha, iRusch ivula malunga nokuba lutshintshe kangakanani uhambo.

Ubume: Yeyiphi inkalo yoluhambo ebelunzima kuwe: ukwenza ngokomzimba okanye into yeemvakalelo?

URebecca Rusch: Ndiqeqeshe ubomi bam bonke ukukhwela okude ngoluhlobo. Nangona kunzima, kuninzi ngakumbi kwindawo eqhelekileyo. Kodwa ukuvula intliziyo yakho ngokweemvakalelo, andiqeqeshelwanga loo nto. Iimbaleki (kunye nabantu) baqeqesha ukubeka le ingaphandle inzima kwaye bangabonisi buthathaka, ngenene, ke oko kwakunzima kum. Kwakhona, ndandikhwele nabantu ababengabazi ekuqaleni. Andiqhelanga ukuba sesichengeni phambi kwabantu endingabaziyo. Ndicinga ukuba yinxalenye yesizathu sokuba ndikhwele ezo khilomitha ezingama-1,200 endaweni yokuya kwindawo yengozi ngemoto kunye nokukhwela intaba. Ndandizifuna zonke ezo ntsuku kunye nazo zonke ezo khilomitha ukuba ndihluthe ngokwasemzimbeni iileya zokhuselo endizenzileyo.

Ubume: Ukwenza uhambo lobuqu ngolu hlobo nomntu ongamaziyo kuyingozi enkulu. Kuthekani ukuba akakwazi ukuqhubeka? Kuthekani ukuba anivani? Athini amava akho njengokukhwela noHuyen?

RR: Ndandisoyika kakhulu malunga nokukhwela nomntu endingamaziyo, umntu olwimi lakhe lokuqala yayingesiNgesi. Kodwa into endiyifumene kumkhondo kukuba siyafana kakhulu kunokuba sahlukile. Kuye, ukukhwela i-1,200 yeemayile kwakuphinda-phindwe kalishumi kwisicelo kunokuba kwakunjalo kum. Umdyarho wakhe, nkqu nakwiminyaka yakhe yokuqala, yayiyure enesiqingatha ubude. Ngokomzimba, ndandingumfundisi wakhe, ndimbonisa indlela yokusebenzisa iCamelBak kunye nendlela yokubeka uvavanyo, indlela yokusebenzisa isibane kunye nendlela yokukhwela ebusuku, nokuba unokwenza okuninzi kunokuba wayecinga. Kodwa kwicala le-flip, wayenokukhanya ngakumbi kunam ngokwasemoyeni, kwaye wandikhapha waya kwindawo entsha yeemvakalelo.

UbumeImiceli mngeni emininzi yokunyamezela imalunga nokufikelela entanjeni; olu hambo belumalunga nokufikelela kwindawo yokuphazamiseka kwakho. Uye waziva njani xa ufika kwindawo xa uthelekisa xa ufika esiphelweni?

RR: Ukufika kwindawo yayinoxinzelelo kum ngokweemvakalelo. Ndiqhele ukwenza izinto ndedwa, kwaye ke ukusebenza neqela kwaye ngakumbi ndizama ukubhala olu hambo, kuye kwafuneka ndihambe ngesantya seqela. Phantse bekuya kuba lula ukuba ndiyenze ndedwa, kuba ngendingazange ndiboshwe, andizange ndinyanzeleke ukuba ndicothe-kodwa ndicinga ukuba ifilimu kunye noHuyen bandinyanzela ukuba ndicothise yayisisifundo endisifumanayo. kufuneka ifundwe.

Kwindawo yengozi kwakungathi obu bunzima bukhulu buphakanyisiwe, njengomngxunya endingazi ukuba wawukhona ubomi bam bonke buzaliswe. Ke icandelo lesibini lohambo belimalunga nokufunxa loo nto, kwaye ukufika eHo Chi Minh City kwakubhiyozelwa kakhulu. Ndahamba ndikhwela ndiyokukhangela utata wam oswelekileyo, kodwa ekugqibeleni, usapho lwam oluhlala apho lwalundilindile kwaye lubhiyozela oluhambo. Indenze ndabona ukuba kufuneka ndibambelele kuloo nto, nayo, kwaye ndibaxelele ukuba ndiyabathanda kwaye ndibekho mzuzu kunye nento endinayo phambi kwam.

UbumeNgaba uziva ngathi uyifumene into obuyikhangela?

RR: Uninzi lwabantu abangakhange bayibone ifilimu bafana, oh, kufanele ukuba uvaliwe, kodwa indlela ebuhlungu ngayo, ndiyaxolisa. Kodwa ndiziva ngathi yifilimu ethembekileyo neyonwabileyo, kuba ndadibana naye. Uhambile kwaye andinakukutshintsha oko, kodwa ndiziva ngathi nditshintshe ubudlelwane endinabo naye ngoku. Kwaye kwinkqubo, ndaye ndazi lonke usapho lwam, udadewethu kunye nomama, ngcono, naye-ke sisiphelo esonwabisayo, ngokoluvo lwam.

Ubume: Ngaba unayon lula, ekubeni ukuthatha olu hambo kunye nokuthetha ngamava akho, ukuba uvule ngakumbi kwaye usengozini kunye nabantu ongabaziyo?

RR: Ewe akunjalo kuba kulula kum. Ndifunda ukuba ndinyaniseke ngakumbi, kungcono unxibelelwano endinalo nabantu ababukele ifilimu. Ndicinga ukuba abantu bacinga ukuba imbaleki eqinileyo iya komelela kakhulu kwaye ingaze ibenoloyiko okanye ukuba sesichengeni okanye ukukhala okanye ukungazithembi, kodwa ndifunda ukuba okukhona ndivuleleka kwaye ndivuma ezo zinto, kokukhona abantu bafumana amandla kuloo nto. Endaweni yokukugxeka, abantu bazibona bekuwe, kwaye ndiziva ngathi ukunyaniseka kubalulekile kunxibelelwano lomntu. Kuyadinisa ukuzama ukomelela kwaye ugqibelele ngalo lonke ixesha.Ukuvumela ukulinda kwakho kwaye uthi, ewe, ndiyoyika okanye oku kunzima, kukho inkululeko ekuyivumeni.

Ubume: Yintoni elandelayo?

RR: Olunye lolona luhlu lungalindelekanga kolu hambo lwalufunda malunga nendlela le mfazwe eyaphela ngayo kwiminyaka engama-45 eyadlulayo isabulala abantu-kukho izigidi ezingama-75 zeebhombu ezingaqhushumba eLaos kuphela. Ngokunyanisekileyo ndivakalelwa kukuba utata wandizisa apho ukuze ndincede ukucoca kunye nokuncedisa ukubuyiswa kwe-ordnance engabonakaliyo (UXO). Uninzi lwe Indlela yegazi ukhenketho lwefilimu luqokelela imali kwiQela eliCebisayo ngeMigodi eLaos egameni likatata. Ndikwabambisene nenkampani yobucwebe, iNqaku lama-22, eNew York, elenza izacholo ezintle kakhulu kwintsimbi yentsimbi ye-aluminium kunye neebhombu zaseLaos ezicinyiweyo, kwaye ndincedisa ekuthengiseni izacholo ukunyusa imali ebuyela eLaos ukuya. coca izinto ezingaqhushumbayo egameni likatata. Kwaye ke ndikwaqhuba uhambo lokukhwela ibhayisekile ezintabeni emva phaya; Ndilungiselela nje ukuya kweyesibini. Yinto ebendingayilindelanga ukuba iza kuvela kumdyarho wam webhayisekile, kwaye iyindlela efanelekileyo yokusebenzisa ibhayisekile yam njengesithuthi sotshintsho. Uhambo luphelile, kodwa uhambo lusahamba.

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