Ukubukela eli Bhinqa lityibilika ngaphaya kweeAlps kunokukunika iVertigo

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Umsebenzi ka-Faith Dickey ubeke ubomi bakhe emgceni yonke imihla. Umntu oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala ngumqeqeshi we-slackliner-i-ambulera yazo zonke iindlela ezahlukeneyo umntu anokuhamba ngazo kwibhanti ephothiweyo. Ukuqaqambisa (uhlobo lokuyekelela) yi-Dickey's forte, ethetha ukuba uhambahamba kwihlabathi liphela ekhangela iindawo eziphakamileyo kakhulu ukuba angahamba engasebenzisi nto ngaphandle kwe-slackline. Ewe!

Ngaphandle kokuthetha ukuba enye yezona ndawo zintle kakhulu kodwa zintle kwii-Alps. Kwaye ukuba ungoyena daredevil ukuba unguye, eyona ntaba ayithandayo uDickey yokuwela iAiguille du Midi, intaba ekhohlisayo kwisithambeka seMont Blanc emi kwi-12,605 yeenyawo.

"Yintoni eyahlukileyo malunga nokuphakama kwiiAlps kukuba amava onke anzulu," kusho uDickey. Ekubeni iphakame ngolo hlobo ukusuka emhlabeni, ujonga intlambo engezantsi yaye ezi zindlu ngamasuntswana nje amancinane. Zikhangeleka ngathi ziithoyi.

Ngokusisiseko lonke iphupha elibi le-acrophobic liphupha likaDickey lifezekile, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba akanakuze oyike. "Xa uphakama kaninzi, ufunda ngokwenene uqeqesho uloyiko lwakho njengesihlunu," uxelele Ibali Elikhulu. "Ngamanye amaxesha ayibobude oboyikisayo, kukuvezwa-yeyiphi indawo ongayibona ekujikelezile."

Ngenxa yoko, uDickey ucebisa ukuba kufundwe ukuthoba phezu kwamanzi. Xa ikhoyo ngoku idlula ngaphantsi, umzimba wakho utsalela kwelo cala, ukwenze uzive ngathi awuwulawuli umzimba wakho-imvakalelo efanayo naxa uphakamisa.

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