Indlela Rock Climber Emily Harrington Leverages Ukwesaba Finyelela New Heights

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Umqeqeshi wokuzivocavoca umzimba, umdansi, nomjaho weqhwa ebusheni bakhe, u-Emily Harrington wayengeyena umfokazi ekuvivinyweni kwemikhawulo yamakhono akhe omzimba noma ukuzibeka engcupheni. Kodwa kwaze kwaba yilapho eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala, lapho ekhuphuka udonga olude, oluma mahhala, lapho aqala khona ukwesaba ngokweqiniso.

"Umuzwa womoya ngaphansi kwezinyawo zami wawusabisa impela, kodwa ngasikhathi sinye, ngakhangwa yilowo muzwa ngandlela thile," kusho uHarrington. "Ngicabanga ukuthi ngizwe sengathi kuyinselele."

Lokho kukhuphuka kokuqala kokushaya inhliziyo eBoulder, eColorado kwavutha intshisekelo yakhe yokukhuphuka mahhala, umdlalo lapho abagijimi bekhuphuka khona odongeni besebenzisa izandla nezinyawo zabo kuphela, ngentambo ephezulu kuphela nangebhande okhalweni ukubabamba uma bewa. Eminyakeni yokuqala yomsebenzi wakhe wokuqwala izintaba, uHarrington waba ngumpetha Kazwelonke wase-U.S. weminyaka emihlanu wokukhuphuka kwezemidlalo futhi wazuza indawo emsamo we-International Federation of Sport Climbing's World Championship ka-2005. Kodwa lo oneminyaka engama-34 manje uthi akazange ezwe esaba ngokuthi kungenzeka awe eweni noma alimale kakhulu. Esikhundleni salokho, uchaza ukuthi ukwesaba kwakhe kubangelwa kakhulu ukuchayeka - ukuzwa ukuthi umhlabathi ukude kakhulu - futhi, nakakhulu, ithemba lokwehluleka.

“Ngangilwa nombono wokuthi ngangesaba,” kusho uHarrington. "Bengihlala ngizishaya ngenxa yalokho. Ekugcineni, ngaludlula uvalo enganginalo ekuqaleni ngoba ngaqala ukwenza imincintiswano yokuqwala, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi isifiso sami sokunqoba futhi ngiphumelele kuleyo mincintiswano sasinqoba uvalo nokukhathazeka ngandlela thile." (Okuhlobene: Ukubhekana Nokwesaba Kwami Ekugcineni Kwangisiza Nganqoba Ukukhathazeka Kwami Okukhubazekile)

Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, uHarrington wayekulungele ukuthatha izintaba zakhe aye ezingeni elilandelayo futhi abheke ukunqoba i-El Capitan eyayidume kabi, i-monolith engamamitha angu-3 000 egwadle ngaphakathi kweYosemite National Park. Kulapho-ke ingozi yangempela yezemidlalo - yokulimala kanzima noma ngisho nokufa - yaba ngokoqobo. “Ngazibekela lo mgomo omkhulu engangingacabangi ukuthi ungenzeka, futhi ngangesaba ngisho ukuwuzama futhi ngifuna ukuthi uphelele,” uyakhumbula. "Kodwa-ke ngabona ukuthi ngeke kulunge." (BTW, ukuba ngumuntu othanda ukuphelela ejimini kuza nezingqinamba ezinkulu.)

Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uHarrington ethi umbono wakhe wokwesaba washintsha.Uthi uthole ukuthi ukwesaba akuyona into okufanele ube namahloni ngayo noma "ukunqotshwa," kodwa kunalokho imizwa yomuntu eluhlaza, yemvelo okufanele yamukelwe. "Ukwesaba kuvele nje ngaphakathi kithi, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuyaphazamisa ukuzizwa unamahloni nxazonke," kuchaza yena. "Ngakho-ke, esikhundleni sokuzama ukunqoba ukwesaba kwami, ngivele ngaqala ukukuqaphela nokuthi kungani kukhona, bese ngithatha izinyathelo zokuyisebenzisa, futhi ngandlela thile, ngikusebenzise njengamandla."

Ngakho-ke, ingabe le ndlela "yokuvuma ukwesaba futhi ukwenze noma kunjalo" ihumusha kanjani emhlabeni wangempela, lapho iHarrington ingamamayela ngaphezu komhlaba ngesikhathi sokuqwala kwamahhala? Konke kuqinisekisa leyo mizwa, bese senza izinyathelo zengane - kokubili ngokoqobo nangokomfanekiso - ukuthi ifike kancane kancane esiqongweni, uyachaza. "Kufana nokuthola umkhawulo wakho bese uhamba nje ngaphesheya kwawo njalo uze ufinyelele umgomo," esho. "Izikhathi eziningi, ngicabanga ukuthi sibeka imigomo futhi ibonakala mikhulu kakhulu futhi ikude kakhulu nokufinyelela kuyo, kodwa uma uyihlukanisa ibe osayizi abancane, kulula ukuyiqonda." (Okuhlobene: Amaphutha ama-3 Abantu Abawenzayo Lapho Bebeka Izinjongo Zokuqina, NgokukaJen Widerstrom)

Kodwa ngisho no-Harrington akanakunqotshwa - into eyaqinisekiswa ngonyaka odlule lapho ewa ngamamitha angu-30 ngesikhathi ezama ukunqoba u-El Capitan okwesithathu, emhlalisa esibhedlela ephazamisekile kanye nokulimala okungenzeka komgogodla. Umnikeli omkhulu ekuweni okungekuhle: UHarrington wayesekhululeke kakhulu, ezethemba kakhulu, esho. Uyangeza, "Bengingakaze ngiluzwe uvalo." "Lokhu kungenze ngabuye ngabheka izinga engingabekezelela ngalo ubungozi futhi ngithole ukuthi kumele ngithathe nini ukubuyela emuva nokuthi ngikudlulisela kanjani ngokuzayo."

Kusebenze: NgoNovemba, uHarrington wagcina efingqa u-El Capitan, waba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukukhuphuka ngokukhululeka ngomgwaqo waseGolden Gate wedwala ngaphansi kwamahora angama-24. Ukuba nakho konke okuhlangenwe nakho okudingekayo, ukufaneleka, nokuqeqeshwa - kanye nenhlanhla encane - kwamsiza ukuthi abhekane nesilo kulo nyaka, kodwa u-Harrington ikakhulukazi uhola amashumi eminyaka empumelelo yakhe kuze kufike kule ndlela ephuma ngaphandle kwebhokisi yokwesaba. "Ngicabanga ukuthi okungisizile ukukwenza ukunamathela ekukhuphukeni ngochwepheshe," kuchaza yena. "Kungenze ngakwazi ukuzama izinto ekuqaleni okungenzeka zibonakale zingenakwenzeka, mhlawumbe ezinesibindi kakhulu, futhi ngiqhubeke ngizame ngoba ziyinto epholile kanye nokuhlola okupholile ekuhloleni imizwelo yomuntu."

Futhi yilokhu kukhula okufuna umphefumulo kanye nokwakho okuza nokwamukela ukwesaba - hhayi udumo noma iziqu - okwenza uHarrington afinyelele ezindaweni eziphakeme namuhla. “Angikaze ngizimisele ngenhloso yokuphumelela, bengifuna nje ukuthi ngibe nenhloso ethokozisayo ngibone ukuthi kuhambe kanjani,” usho kanje. "Kodwa esinye sezizathu engenza ngikhuphuke ngaso ukucabanga ngijule kakhulu ngezinto ezifana nobungozi kanye nezinhlobo zezingozi engizimisele ukuzithatha. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi engikubonile eminyakeni edlule ukuthi nginekhono kakhulu. kunalokho engikucabangayo."

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