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Uma bekunegama elilodwa ongalisebenzisa ukuchaza uMelissa Arnot, bekungaba njalo badass. Ungase futhi uthi "umqansa wezintaba wesifazane," "umgijimi okhuthazayo," kanye "ne-AF yokuncintisana." Ngokuyisisekelo, uhlanganisa yonke into okungenzeka ukuthi uyithanda kakhulu ngabasubathi besifazane.

Esinye sezici ezincoma kakhulu u-Arnot anakho, noma kunjalo, wukushayela kwakhe ukuqhubeka ecindezela imingcele. Ngemuva kokuba ngowesifazane wokuqala waseMelika ukubamba ngempumelelo futhi ukwehla intaba i-Everest ngaphandle komoya-mpilo owengeziwe ekuqaleni konyaka, umhlahlandlela ka-Eddie Bauer washeshe waqala uhambo olusha: ukubheka zonke iziqongo eziphakeme ezingama-50 zase-United States ngaphansi kwezinsuku ezingama-50 . (Uphefumulelwe okwamanje? Nawa amaPaki Kazwelonke Ayishumi Okufanele Uwavakashele Ngaphambi Kokufa.)

Kodwa u-Arnot wayengeke athathe i-50 Peaks Challenge yedwa. UMaddie Miller, oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala wasekolishi no-Eddie Bauer ongumqondisi wokuqeqesha, uzobe elungile eceleni kwakhe. Umdabu waseSun Valley, wase-Idaho, uMiller nomndeni wakhe bebengabangani abaseduze no-Arnot iminyaka eminingi kodwa bekungeyona njalo intombazane engaphandle yasentabeni. Eqinisweni, lapho u-Arnot evakashele isikole samabanga aphezulu sangaphambili sikaMiller ekuqaleni kwale ntwasahlobo ukuze akhulume nohlelo lobuholi bangaphandle, abaningi bashaqeka ukuzwa ukuthi uMiller uzoba uzakwabo we-50 Peaks. Kodwa futhi, u-Arnot wayengeyena njalo umqwali futhi. Lo mfana oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala wathanda lo mdlalo eneminyaka engu-19, ngemuva kokuqwala iNtaba iGreat Northern ngaphandle nje kweGlacier National Park eMontana.

"Kuyiguqule ngokuphelele impilo yami," usho ngaleyo ntaba engamamitha angu-8 705. "Njengoba ngisezintabeni, bengiqala ngqa ukuzizwa ngale ndlela engifuna ukuyenza. Yilapho ngazizwa ngisekhaya khona okokuqala."

UMiller uthi ube nesikhathi esifanayo sokuvula amehlo ngesikhathi ekhuphuka iMount Rainier nobaba wakhe kanye no-Arnot njengesipho sokuthweswa iziqu esikoleni esiphakeme. "Ubaba wami wayehlale engithatha ngohambo oluncane nje mina naye, futhi ngangikuthanda kakhulu ukuba ngaphandle, kepha akukaze kudlule emqondweni wami njengokuthile okunganikeza indlela ecace kangaka empilweni yami noma okuthile okungahle kwenzeke noma kungaba umsebenzi,” kusho uMiller. "Kodwa uma sesikwenzile lokho uRainier kwangishiya ngigxile ngendlela exakile. Bengingazi ukuthi lokho bekuyinto ebisenhliziyweni yami."

U-Arnot ukhumbula ngisho nangesikhathi ebona isibani sikhanyisela uMiller. "Nakanjani wayefunda kakhulu futhi enamahloni futhi engatatazeli, okuyinto enzima ngoba kufanele ukwazi ukujabulisa abantu ukuze babe ngumhlahlandlela wezintaba - akuyona nje into yezokuphepha, kunikeza ubuholi obuhlala njalo nesikhathi esihle," kusho u-Arnot. "Kodwa uMaddie waba nalesi sikhathi lapho kwakunzima ngempela futhi wabhekana nakho, futhi lokho kungenye yezinto ezijabulisa kakhulu ezenzeka ezintabeni. Bekupholile ngempela ukubukela kwenzeka kuye ngoba ngangikubona- Ngangibona isifiso sakhe, ukushayela kwakhe, nentshisekelo yakhe. Ngangazi ukuthi ukukhuphuka kwakuyisiqalo nje kuye. " (I-Psst: Bheka lokhu okubalulekile kwe-16 Hiking Gear Kwe-Adventure Yakho Elandelayo.)

Wayeqinisile-lokho kwaba wumqansa owavusa umqondo we-50 Peaks Challenge lapho laba bobabili benquma ukuthi bazogijimela ezweni lonke ihlobo ngeveni enesobho bese bekhuphuka iziqongo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Kepha njenganoma yikuphi ukuzidela, izinhlelo akuvamile ukuthi zihambe njengoba kuhlelwe. Ngaphambi nje kokuba baqale, lo duo uthathe isinqumo sokuthi uMiller uzobhekisa amabombo eDenali ukuze aqale uhambo lwabo yedwa ngenkathi u-Arnot esala ngemuva ukuze alulame ekulimaleni okubandayo akutholile ngonyawo ngenkathi ese-Everest. Isiphithiphithi besishukumisa imizwa, kusho uMiller-futhi kwathatha u-Arnot ekuqhutshweni kwephula irekhodi lama-Peaks ayi-50 ayimile - kepha u-Arnot uthi kwakungakaze kube yirekhodi lomhlaba kuye.

“Ngangingenaye umeluleki, umuntu owangibonisa ukuthi kungenzeka,” usho kanje. "Bekumele ngenze eyami indlela ngithole kanzima ukuthi yini esebenzayo nengasebenzi. UMaddie uyabukeka futhi uthule, kepha ngangazi ukuthi mhlawumbe ukuba seduze kwami ​​kwaba nomthelela omuhle empilweni yakhe. Ngazizwa kakhulu ukuvikela ukusiza ukumkhombisa ukuthi yini ebingenzeka. Yilokho lolu hambo olwalumayelana nami ukukhombisa uMaddie ukuthi wayekwazi ukwenzani ngempela. "

Futhi ungathi kusebenzile. "Bengingalazi ikhono abesifazane ababenalo ... ngoba bengingazi ukuthi bakhona yini abesifazane abanamandla kuze kube ngihlangana noMelissa," kusho uMiller. "Uvule amehlo ami ngaleli thuba elisha ebenginalo, ukuthi ngiqine futhi ngibe nezwi. Akudingeki ngihlale eceleni ngivumele abanye abantu bathathe izintambo zombuso."

Kodwa, akulula ukuba seduze nomuntu usuku lonke nsuku zonke-ikakhulukazi lapho angu-15 alawo mahora ngokuvamile ayewachitha emotweni kunokuba emzileni—futhi ekuqaleni kohambo, u-Arnot noMiller bathi bazizwa benokucindezeleka. "Sibe nalesi sithombe esiyiphupho sokuthi lolu hambo luzoba njani futhi luvele lwaphahlazeka," kusho u-Arnot. "Akuzange kube khona isikhathi esizolile. UMaddie wasuka ekubeni eDenali, okwakuwuhambo lokuqwala kanye nemodi efana ne-zen, waba nesiphithiphithi."

UMiller uthi lapho ehlangana no-Arnot wazizwa ekhungathekile kakhulu. "Ngangisanda kuphuma kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okumangalisayo eDenali futhi ngangizama ukumboza ubuchopho bami kulokho okuzokwenzeka kimi okulandelayo futhi angikwazanga ukukwenza."

Lokho kuhlukana kwathatha izinsuku ezintathu futhi kwashiya u-Arnot enovalo lokuthi bazoqhubeka yini.

"Kwakukhona izikhathi, ngokweqiniso, ngangizibuza ukuthi ngabe ngenze iphutha yini ekwahluleleni," usho kanje. "Ngangithi, 'Ngabe ngilinganisela ngokweqile lokho akwazi ukukwenza? Ingabe kuzomephula futhi ngeke akwazi ukwenza lokhu?' Lokho kungithusile. "

Ukulala kungenza izinto ezimangalisayo, noma kunjalo, nakuMiller, kuvumele isikhathi soshintsho kumbono. "Ngesikhathi ngivuka ngangifana nokuthi, 'Ulapha. Yisebenzise ngokugcwele. Ngubani onendaba uma ungeke ukwazi ukukwenza, vele usebenzise kakhulu okwenzekayo njengamanje,'" usho kanje. (PS: Lawa mathuluzi Wokuqwala Izintaba Nowokukhempa Asezingeni Elipholile.)

Kusukela lapho kuqhubeke, laba ababili bahlakaza umugqa wabo wesikhathi ababewuhlosile futhi bazithola sebesezingeni eliphakeme lokugcina-Mauna Kea eHawaii-sekusele cishe izinsuku eziyi-10. UMiller no-Arnot bakhuphukela esimweni sezulu esishisayo, esipholile baya phezulu esiqongweni samamitha angu-13 796 esizungezwe amafu. Njengoba umndeni nabangane bebazungezile, laba ababili bagone, bakhala, futhi benza ihlaya ngemizamo yabo eyahlukahlukene yokwenza ukuthi i-handstand iphelele entabeni ngayinye-noma okungenani bayenze ibukeke iyinhle ku-Insta. (La ma-celebs ayazi into eyodwa noma ezimbili mayelana nokushaya imizila nokwenza kubukeke kahle ngenkathi enza.) UMiller wabe esegubha ukukhuphuka kwabo ngendlela efanayo naleyo ayenayo yonke enye into ephakeme: Ukucula ukuhumusha okunika amandla kweNgoma Yesizwe. Ekugcineni, u-Arnot noMiller bathatha isikhashana esincane sokucwila kulokho okwakusanda kwenzeka: UMiller waqopha umlando omusha, ekhuphuka iziqongo ezingama-50 ezinsukwini ezingu-41, amahora angu-16, nemizuzu engu-10-ngokusemthethweni izinsuku ezimbili ngokushesha kunomnikazi werekhodi wangaphambili.

“Yonke le nto beyinzima impela, kodwa bekuyingxenye emnandi-sathatha umgwaqo onzima,” kusho uMiller. "Sikwenze konke ngokugcwele futhi asinqumanga lutho."

Manje, ngaphandle kokuqondisa, u-Arnot usemkhankasweni wokufundisa isizukulwane esilandelayo sabaqwali besifazane. "Iphupho lami ukwakha uhlelo lapho abesifazane abasebasha bezokwazi ukubona abantu abanamandla abasebenza kwezemvelo ukuthi mhlawumbe bafuna ukusebenza kuzo futhi babe nomthelela omuhle, ohlangothini ngalunye nalabo besifazane," esho. "Futhi ngifuna babone ukuthi singabantu nje abajwayelekile. Angiyena umuntu ophakeme kakhulu, ngiyazihlupha ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa yingakho lokhu kusebenza-ngifana nje nabo ukuze bakwazi ukuzibona ezicathulweni zami."

Ngokuqondene noMiller, kuhle, ugxile ekuqedeni ikolishi. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngubani owaziyo-angase ahole ukuhamba ngezinyawo okuqondisiwe njengo-Arnot noma eze nerekhodi lomhlaba elilandelayo ukuze aphule.

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