Hlangana nowesifazane osheshayo ondizayo emhlabeni
-Delile
Ababaningi abantu abazi ukuthi kunjani ukundiza, kepha u-Ellen Brennan ubekwenza iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Eminyakeni eyi-18 kuphela ubudala, uBrennan wayesevele esekwazi ukushushuluza esibhakabhakeni kanye nokugxuma kweBASE. Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba aphumelele entweni engcono kakhulu elandelayo: i-wingsuiting. UBrennan nguyena kuphela owesifazane emhlabeni owayemenywe ukuqhudelana kwi-World Wingsuit League yokuqala, lapho athweswa khona isicoco sokuba yi-Fastest Flying Woman Emhlabeni. (Bheka Abesifazane Abanamandla Abashintsha Ubuso Bamandla Amantombazane.)
Awukezwa nge-wingsuiting? Kungumdlalo lapho abasubathi begxumagxuma endizeni noma eweni bese beshibilika emoyeni ngejubane elihlanyayo. Isudi ngokwayo iklanyelwe ukwengeza indawo engaphezulu emzimbeni womuntu, ivumele umtshuzi ukuthi ahambe emoyeni evundlile ngenkathi eqondisa. Indiza iphetha ngokukhipha i-parachute. "Yinto okungafanele yenzeke. Akuyona imvelo," kusho uBrennan kuvidiyo.
Pho kungani ukwenza?
"Uma ufika uba nalo muzwa wokukhululeka, impumelelo kanye nokwaneliseka... Uzuze okuthile okungakaze kwenziwe muntu," kusho uBrennan etshela i-CNN engxoxweni ngonyaka odlule.
Ugxume kwezinye zeziqongo ezikhohlisayo kakhulu emhlabeni, okuhlanganisa nalezo zaseNorway, eSwitzerland, eChina naseFrance. Ngandlela thile oyiphayona kulo mdlalo, waze washiya ikhaya lakhe eNew York wathuthela eSallanches, eFrance. Umuzi wakhe usemaqeleni eMont Blanc. Njalo ekuseni uqwala isiqongo azikhethele sona bese egxumela esiqongweni. Buka ividiyo engenhla ukuze ubone uBrennan esebenza!