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"Sihamba ngebhayisikile entabeni eColorado ngexesha lekhefu," batsho. "Kuya kuba mnandi; siza kuhamba ngokulula," batsho. Ngaphakathi emazantsi, bendisazi ukuba andinakubathemba-kwaye ngo "ngabo" ndithetha usapho lwam. Kwavela, ndandinyanisile.

Ukukhawulezisa ukuqhubela phambili kwiveki ephelileyo: Ubuso bam, igxalaba, kunye namadolo embiwa kumhlaba othuli wokuqina kwesandla sasekhohlo. Ibhayisekile yam iinyawo ezimbini ngasekunene kwam, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo kukho ukungcola kunye ... yup, igazi ... emlonyeni wam. Umzila, i-NPR, ubizwa ngokuba ngumhlobo wobuntatheli-onobuhlobo nangakumbi kwinto yokuba akukho "Kufunwa kungafuneki." Ukuguqulelwa: ukunyuka, ukukhawuleza, kunye nokugcwala kwetafile kunye ne-hairpin iyajika ngokuqinisekileyo ukufumana nayiphi na i-adrenaline junkie ephezulu. (Kwaye kukho lo mama wakhwela ibhayisekile intaba iMt. Kilimanjaro. # Iinjongo.)

Ndinqwenela ukuba ndingathi andilindelanga ukucima kodwa, i-TBH, akukho sixa sokucinga ngokuqinisekileyo okanye "unayo le!" iziqinisekiso zazizakundigcina ndingangcoliswanga ngalamini.

Intsapho yam iyasebenza. Kodwa nangaphezu kokuba ngumzekelo ophilayo we-#FitFam, bona (bangandibandakanyi nam) bafana neqela leebhayisekile eziphantsi kwedolophu. Abazali bam bebethanda ukuhamba ngeebhayisikile ezindleleni iminyaka embalwa ngoku, kwaye nomama wam kutshanje "uphumelele" kwikhosi enye yokuhamba ngeebhayisikile. Udadewethu ngumncintiswano okhuphisanayo ohlala eBoulder kunye nomyeni wakhe, ophumeleleyo, a yobuchwephesha inye, kwaye bobabini baqeqesha benyuka iintaba ngokungathi ayisiyiyo thang. Umntakwethu oneminyaka eli-18 ubudala-onembali yokukhwela ibhayisekile emdaka kunye ne-snowboarding, kwaye osanda kuqalisa ukukhwela ibhayisekile entabeni-akayazi ncam igama elithi "uloyiko." Ndikho ke mna: iManhattanite etsibela ibhayisekile ingayiyo amatyeli amane kunyaka ophelileyo-wesithathu kuwo yayikukuphuma kweCike Bike, apho ekuphela kwento endandinokuyenza yayijikeleze iikhabhathi, kwaye isantya sam esiphezulu sabetha i-5 mph. (Sukundenza impazamo, naluphi na uhlobo lweebhayisikile lubi kakhulu.)

Bendisazi ukuba andikufanelekelanga ukujongana "nenyani" ikhosi yokuhamba ngeebhayisikile (kwaye ngakumbi hayi nabasebenzi). Ndandinexhala, kodwa loo nto yayingazukundinqanda: 1) Ndandifuna ukuba ngumdlalo olungileyo, 2) Ndihlala ndiphantsi ukuzama into entsha kunye nocelomngeni-ingakumbi xa kuziwa kukuqina kunye 3) nasiphi na isizathu. ukuziva umbi kwaye ungcole? Ndibala. Ndabopha umnqwazi wokulwa, ndatsiba ibhayisekile emnyama yam yokuqasha intaba (ke New York), kwaye benza iziqhulo ezininzi zeSixeko Slicker. (Yiza, imithi yokuphepha iya kuba ke kulula ngakumbi kunokubaphepha abakhenkethi.)

Ubuchule bam bokuhamba ngebhayisekile obungasondelanga ndawo bundidada ngentsasa ndingenawo nomkrwelo; Ndizulazule olu luhlaza (funda: newb) umzila, ukunyuka okukhwankqisayo okubizwa ngokuba yiLupine, kunye nokujika okumbalwa kuLarry, apho ndacinga ukuba mandithi "Heyi, ukuhamba ngeebhayisikile kuyintle ngendlela eyoyikisayo. Ndicinga ukuba ndiya yiyeke lento." Nokuba umphakamo (malunga neenyawo ze-7K) wawungandinqandi: Ndaguqula i-oksijini esezantsi, ndasebenza ukuphefumla kwaba luhlobo lokucamngca. Ukugcina umphefumlo wam ucotha kwaye uzinzile kuncede ukuzolisa iminwe yam yokuqhawuka eyonwabileyo kwaye ugcine imivumbo yam yokunyathela ingaguquguquki kwaye nokuba yeyiphi na indawo endiyiyo.

Emva koko usapho lwam luthathe isigqibo sokuya phantsi kwi-NPR ukuya edolophini kwisidlo sasemini. Ngesiquphe, ingubo yam yokhuseleko yokuphefumla-ukuphefumla-ukuphefumla kwakungathethi nto. Indlela ibiyindlela yokuqhekeza, ukuqhuba, bamba umphefumlo, uphume esihlalweni, waqhekeza ngakumbi, skid, uvale amehlo, kwaye unethemba lokugqwesa.

Yindlela endaphela ngayo ndijongise ubuso eluthulini. Ndaxhuma ngeenyawo nge "ow," kwaye "ndilungile," kwaye ndandingazi ukuba akukho nto iphosakeleyo (enkosi ukulunga). Kodwa imilebe yam yaziva ityebile ngenxa yempembelelo, amadolo am ebengezela ziintlungu, igxalaba lam liluma, kwaye bendisiva ukungcola kuwa ebusweni bam xa ndihambisa umlomo wam ukuba ndithethe. Ndixhume umva kwaye ndagqiba elo candelo lendlela (nangona ndisoyika kwimizuzu emihlanu elandelayo), kunye ne-scooted ukuze ndithathe indlela "elula" yehla intaba.

Ngalo lonke ucelomngeni lokomelela (kwaye, ngokwenene, imiceli mngeni yobomi ngokubanzi), kukho amaxesha apho unokuwudlala ngokukhuselekileyo, okanye uzikhuphele ngaphandle kwendawo yakho yokuthuthuzela. Uyazi, njengaxa unikwa ukhetho lokutyhala rhoqo okanye ii-plyo push-ups, usebenza neqela lesantya semizuzu eli-10 okanye iqela le-9: 30 lemizuzu yokuhamba, okanye ukuhamba kwindlela ethe tyaba encotsheni yentaba okanye uthatha umzila wentlango ethe tyaba. Ubomi buhlala bukunika "ukuphuma" amathuba-okuthatha indlela elula. Kodwa uhamba kangaphi kwindlela ekhuselekileyo uziva ngathi ungumphathi opheleleyo? Impendulo: soze. Ugqibele nini ukuba usuke ekuzameni isakhono esitsha (esinzima) kwaye awuziva ungumntu ongcono macala onke kulo? Ungaze. Inkqubela phambili ivela ekutyhaleleni imida yakho-kwaye andizukuvumela umzimba otyumkileyo (kunye no-ego) undiyeke ndenze eyona ibhayisekile yam yamava ayi-101. (Jonga ezinye izifundo ezintlanu zokukhwela ibhayisekile ezintabeni ozifundayo njengomkhweli webhayisekile oqalayo.)

Sasineeyure ezine ezishiyekileyo kunye neebhayisekile zokurenta, kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba isihogo asizukufumana ithuba lesibini kule mva eManhattan. Ndiye ndabetha isigebenga soncedo kwidolo elinegazi, i-DIY-edla isigqubuthelo sebhandeshi se-ACE ukuze siqhubeke, ndanduluka ukuya entabeni-solo. Ndijonge ezinye iindlela ezintsha, ndaphinda ndaphinda ndangumnini ngaphezulu kwezo bezindifumene okokuqala, kwaye phantse waphinde wasula kwakhona ixesha okanye ezimbini. Ekupheleni kosuku, ndandingowokugqibela kwiqela lam leqela lebhayisekile elalisentabeni. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba ndiyicimile eyona inzima, kodwa ndiye ndasebenza eyona inzima- kwaye sisihloko esenza ukuba zonke iintlungu zomzimba zikuxabise.

Yiya phambili-wenze into eyoyikisayo. Mhlawumbi uya kunya kuyo ekuqaleni, kwaye ukuba ngumqali kuyo nantoni na kunzima AF. Kodwa ukungxama kokufunda isakhono esitsha (kunye nokukusebenzisa ngexesha elininzi) kuhlala kukuziva ungcono kunokuba ungazami kwaphela. Okona kuncinci, ufumana ibali elikhulu kuyo-kwaye ufunde indlela yokubopha i-ACE ngedolo.

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