Ngigijime iMarathon E-Antarctica!

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Angiyena umgijimi okhokhelwayo. Yize ngakhula ngikhuthele futhi ngigwedla esikoleni esiphakeme, ngenqaba umfundaze wokugwedla ekolishi ngoba ngangicabanga ukuthi kwakunzima kakhulu. Kodwa phakathi nesemester yasekolishi phesheya eSydney, e-Australia, ngathola okuthile engangikujabulela kakhulu: ukugijima. Kwakuyindlela kimi yokubona idolobha, futhi kwaba okokuqala ngicabanga ukugijima "njengokuzijabulisa." Kwakuhlanganisa umuzwa wokuhlola nokuzivocavoca.

Kodwa okwesikhashana, ukugijima kwakuwukuzivocavoca nje—ngangizungeza amakhilomitha amane noma amahlanu izikhathi ezimbalwa ngesonto. Kwathi ngo-2008, ngaqala ukusebenza eMassachusetts General Hospital eBoston, MA futhi ngasiza ukuhlela isidlo sakusihlwa ngobusuku bangaphambi kweBoston Marathon. Amandla azungeze lonke ulwazi ayemangalisa. Ngikhumbula ngicabanga, "Kufanele ngenze lokhu." Angikaze ngiwugijime umjaho phambilini, kodwa ngacabanga ukuthi, ngokuziqeqesha, ngingawenza ngempela!

Nangempela ngenza njalo. Ukugijima iBoston Marathon bekumangaza impela-yikhona yonke into esesiyiyo. Ngayiphatha ngo-2010, ngaphinda futhi ngo-2011 nango-2012. Kodwa ngesikhathi ngigijima okumbalwa ama-marathoni, udadewethu, uTaylor, abe nomunye umgomo: ukugijima kuwo wonke amazwekazi ayisikhombisa. Yilapho sathola khona i-Antarctica Marathon-umjaho esiqhingini esivela ezwenikazi elikhulu elibizwa ngeKing George Island. Inkinga: Kwakunohlu lokulinda lweminyaka emine.

Sagcina sihambe unyaka ngaphambi kwalokho ebesikulindele, ngoMashi 2015. Inani lezivakashi eziya e-Antarctica lilinganiselwe unyaka ngamunye, ngokuvamile esikebheni esisodwa esinabagibeli abayikhulu. Ngakho-ke saqala ukuthola yonke into, kusukela kuma-passports kanye nezimali zokubuyisana kuye kulokho okufanele sikupakishe (izicathulo ezihamba kahle ezigijimayo; izibuko zelanga ezingavikela emvuleni ebanda kakhulu nasekubenyezeleni okunamandla; izingubo ezingangeni moya, ezifudumele). Icebo: Chitha ubusuku obungu-10 emkhunjini ocwaningiwe osungulwe kabusha onabagijimi abangaba yikhulu. Sekukonke, kubiza cishe u-$10,000 umuntu ngamunye. Lapho siyibhukha, ngacabanga, "Yilokho kakhulu "Kodwa ngaqala ukubeka u- $ 200 ngeholo ngalinye futhi langeza ngokumangazayo ngokushesha.

Ukubukwa kokuqala kwe-Antarctica

Lapho siqala ukubona izwekazi lase-Antarctica, kwakuyilokho kanye esasikucabanga-izinguzunga zeqhwa ezinkulu nezinezintaba ziwela olwandle, kanye namaphengwini nezimvu zamanzi yonke indawo.

Amazwe amaningi anezisekelo zocwaningo e-King George Island, nokho, ngakho-ke akubukeki njengencwadi yokufunda i-Antarctica. Kwakuluhlaza futhi kunodaka, kuneqhwa elimbozekile. (Umjaho ubanjelwa khona ukuze abagijimi bakwazi ukufinyelela ezinsizeni eziphuthumayo.)

Kwakukhona nokuhlukahluka okuhluke kakhulu ngosuku lomjaho. Okokuqala, kwakudingeka sithwale amanzi asemabhodleleni siye esiqhingini. Futhi maqondana nezithasiselo zokudla okunomsoco kanye nokudla okulula, asikwazanga ukuletha noma yini eyayine-wrapper ekwazi ukundiza; kwakudingeka siwafake ephaketheni lethu noma esitsheni sepulasitiki ukuze siwaphathe. Enye into eyinqaba: isimo sasendlini yangasese. Kwakukhona itende elinebhakede emgqeni wokuqala/wokuqeda. Abagijimi bomjaho banesandla esiqinile mayelana nokudonsa futhi bachame eceleni komgwaqo - lokho cha cha cha. Uma kufanele uhambe, ungena ebhakedeni.

Ngobusuku bangaphambi komjaho, kwadingeka ukuthi sibulale amagciwane kuzo zonke izinto zethu—awukwazi ukuletha noma yini okungeyona yomdabu e-Antarctica, njengamantongomane noma imbewu engabanjwa ematekuni akho, ngoba abacwaningi nabalondolozi bemvelo abafuni izivakashi zifike. konakalisa imvelo. Bekufanele singene kuwo wonke amagiya ethu omjaho emkhunjini bese abasebenzi bohambo basinika ama-wetsuits amakhulu abomvu ukubeka phezu kwawo wonke amagiya ethu okugijima -ukusivikela emfuthweni wolwandle obandayo ku-zodiac, noma esikebheni esingena umoya, sigibele siye ogwini.

Umjaho uqobo lwawo

Lo mjaho ubungoMashi 9, ngesikhathi sasehlobo sase-Antarctica—izinga lokushisa lalicishe libe ngu-30 degrees Fahrenheit. Kwakunjalo ngempela ukufudumala kunangesikhathi ngangiqeqeshwa eBoston! Bekuwumoya obekufanele siwuqaphele. Kuzwakala sengathi ama-degree angu-10; yabuhlungu ubuso bakho.

Kodwa azikho izinkulumo eziningi nge-Antarctica Marathon. Ufika endaweni yokuqala, ufake izinto zakho, uhambe. Akunasikhathi eside sokuma uzungeze futhi; Kuyabanda! Ngendlela, kubantu abayi-100 abagijima, cishe abantu abayi-10 empeleni bebegijima ngokuncintisana. Iningi lethu belikwenza lokhu nje ukusho ukuthi senze imarathon e-Antarctica! Futhi abahleli bemarathon basixwayisa ukuthi silindele ukuthi isikhathi sethu sizohamba kancane ngehora kunesikhathi sakho esivamile semarathon, uma kubhekwa izimo ezimbi kakhulu, kusukela emakhazeni kuya endleleni engagandayiwe.

Ngangihlele ukwenza i-half marathon kuphela, kodwa lapho sengifikile, nganquma ukuwuqeda ngokugcwele. Esikhundleni sendlela eqondile enemigqa ehlukene yokuqala neyokuphela, inkambo yayingamamayela ayisithupha angu-4.3ish emigwaqweni ewubhuqu ewubhuqu enamagquma amaningi amafushane. Ekuqaleni, ngangicabanga ukuthi izihibe zizoba zimbi kakhulu. Umncintiswano ku amathanga? Kodwa kugcine kupholile, ngoba laba bantu abangu-100 osanda kuhlala nabo isonto lonke esikebheni bonke bebejabulelana bedlula. Nganquma ukuhamba ngawo wonke amagquma ukuze ngingaziciki ngigijime ekwehleni namafulethi. Ukuhamba kuleyo ndawo kwakuyingxenye enzima kakhulu. Kodwa ngokweqiniso, ngokuzikhandla ngokomzimba, i-Antarctica yayilula kuneBoston!

Ukuwela Umugqa Wokuqeda

Ukuqeda kwazizwa kumangalisa kakhulu. Bekushesha-weqa umugqa wokuqeda, uthole indondo yakho, ushintshe, bese ufika esikebheni. I-Hypothermia ingangena ngokushesha okukhulu uma ujuluka futhi umanzi, ngenxa yomoya obandayo nesifutho solwandle. Kodwa nakuba kwakushesha, kwakukhumbuleka; ngakho ngokungafani nanoma yimuphi omunye umjaho.

Lo mjaho ungase ungabi yinto yaphakade, noma kunjalo. Abahleli bezokuvakasha kanye nabasebenzi bezokuvakasha babeqapha izivakashi esiqhingini, futhi imikhawulo nemizamo yokongiwa kwemvelo kungenza kube nzima, noma kungenzeki, ukuya lapho ngokuzayo. AmaMarathon Tours athengiswa aphele ngo-2017 futhi! Ngitshela wonke umuntu, "Hambani manje! Bhukha uhambo lwakho!" Ngoba ungase ungalitholi elinye ithuba.

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