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[Tsamba yeMupepeti: Musi waChikunguru 10, Farar-Griefer achabatana nevamhanyi vanobva munyika dzinopfuura makumi maviri neshanu kuzokwikwidza mumujaho. Ino ichave nguva yake sere achimhanya.]

"Makiromita zana? Handidi kana kutyaira kure zvakadaro!" Ndiwo maitiro andinowana kubva kuvanhu vasinganzwisise mutambo wekupenga wekusanzwisisika-asi ndicho chikonzero chaicho chandinoda kumhanya nhambwe iyoyo, uye nekure kure. Ini ndinopesana nepfungwa yekutyaira kure zvakadaro, asi achimhanya 100 mamaira? Muviri wangu unomerera mate nekufunga chete.

Izvo hazviite kuti zvive nyore kunyangwe-kure nazvo. Tora chiitiko changu chekupedzisira ndichimhanya 135-mamaira Badwater Ultramarathon-mujaho uyo National Geographic wakazivisa wakaomesesa pasirese. Vamhanyi vane maawa makumi mana nemasere ekumhanya nemuDeath Valley, vachiyambuka makomo matatu, uye pa200-degree pasi temps.

Vashandi vangu vakaedza zvese kuti muviri wangu uite weti. Yakanga iri mamaira makumi mapfumbamwe, pakati paChikunguru, 125 madhigirii-rudzi rwekupisa runonyungudutsa shangu panzira. Kwasara mamaira makumi mashanu nemashanu kuti ndiende muBadwater Ultramarathon, ini ndaikurumidza kudonha kubva pahuremu hwangu hwekutanga maawa makumi matatu apfuura. Ini ndaive nematambudziko mujaho wese, asi sekune chero chiitiko chinoshamisa, ndakagutsikana kuti ichi chaingova chimwe chipingamupinyi, uye kuti pakupedzisira muviri wangu waizopinda uye ndaizodzoka munzira. Ndaizivawo kuti uku kwaisava kukanganisa kubva ku<em>multiple sclerosis (MS), asi zvikuru kuti muviri wangu waisazoita kuti nhangemutange yangu ive nyore.(Tarisa uone aya anopenga ultramarathoni iwe yaunofanirwa kuona kuti utende.)

Maawa akati kuti zvisati zvaitika, pamberi penzvimbo yekuongorora maira-72 muPanamint Springs, ndakanga ndatanga kuona ropa muweti yangu. Ndakagutsikana kuti imhaka yekuti muviri wangu wanga usati wapora kubva pakumhanya muWestern States makiromita zana-mamaira mazuva gumi nemashanu chete-zvinotyisa maawa makumi maviri nemaviri ekumhanya wakananga kubva mangwanani mamwe kuenda kunotevera. Vashandi vangu neni takasarudza kuisa danda rangu rematanda (chinodikanwa apo mumhanyi anokweva kwechinguvana kubva munhangemutange) mujecha mamaira mashoma pamberi pePanamint Springs kuti tisvike kuchipatara nguva isati yanyanya kunonoka. Takatyaira mukati tikatsanangura mamiriro angu kune ekurapa-kuti muviri wangu wanga usiri kugadzirisa zvinwiwa kwemaawa, uye pandakanga ndapedzisira kutarisa, weti yangu yaive yera mocha ine tinge yeropa dzvuku. Ndakamanikidzwa kugara ndokumirira kusvikira ndagona kuita weti, saka timu yevarume yaigona kusarudza kuti ndokwanisa kuenderera mberi here kana kuti kwete. Mushure memaawa mashanu, mhasuru dzangu dzakagutsikana kuti ndapedza, uye kuti munguva pfupi taizodzokera kumusha kunyaradzo yeHidden Hills. Asi muviri wangu wakadavira, uye ndakaratidza boka rezvokurapa weti yangu isina ropa, zvichiita kuti ndikodzere kupfuurira. (Tora zvishoma mukati mechiitiko chemumhanyi nemumwe mujaho wakaomarara, iyo Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc.)

Chinhu chinotevera chekugadzirisa? Tsvaga danda rangu. Izvi zvaireva kudzokera munzira yakapesana kubva pakupera. Handizivi kuti chii chaigona kuita kuti pfungwa dzangu dzifunge. Vashandi vangu vakaneta (vaisanganisira vakadzi vatatu, vese vamhanyi vehunyanzvi, avo vaichinjana kumhanya neni, vachindipa zvekudya, uye vachiita chokwadi chekuti handina kufa munzira) vakasvetukira kumashure muvha yedu vachitsvaga danda rangu. Mushure meawa, kushushikana kwangu kwakatanga kuwedzera. Ndakaudza vashandi vangu kuti, "Ngatimbokanganwai-ndapedza." Uye neizvozvo danda rangu rakangoerekana raonekwa sekunge raindikoka kudzoka, risingandibvumidze kurega. Tsitsi dzese dzakange dzaneta, zvigunwe zvangu netsoka zvaive neropa uye nemabhuru. Kudzvova pakati pemakumbo angu nemuhapwa dzangu kwainyanya kuputika nekuputika kwega kwega kwemhepo inopisa isingadzokeri-asi ndakanga ndadzokera munhangemutange. Next stop: Panamint Springs, mamaira 72.

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Chinyorwa chakagovaniswa naShannon Farar-Griefer (@ultrashannon) muna Jun 19, 2017 na11:05pm PDT.

Munguva yekukwira mamaira masere kumusoro kwaBaba Crowley (wechipiri wemakwiriro makuru matatu munhangemutange), ndakabvunza pfungwa dzangu kuti ndiri mumujaho wakadai unorwadza uye unorwadza. Ino yakanga isiri nguva yangu yekutanga kumhanya Badwater, saka ini ndaiziva zvekutarisira, uye ndizvo "zvisingatarisirike." Pandakasvika pamusoro, ndaiziva kuti ndinogona kutanga kumhanya zvishoma zvine mutsindo kusvika mamaira 90, cheki chekutarisa 4, Darwin. Tsoka dzangu padzakafamba kubva mukudzedzereka dzichisimuka kuenda kumberi kwekutanga ndakatanga kunzwa ndiri mupenyu, asi ndaiziva kuti chimwe chinhu hachina kumira zvakanaka zvakare. Muviri wangu wanga usiri kuda kudya, kunwa, kana kuita weti. Nechekure, ndakaona vashandi vangu van vakapaka uye vakamirira kusvika kwangu muDarwin. Vaiziva kuti tine nyaya dzakakomba dzekugadzirisa. Mumutambo uyu, kugadzirisa zvinwiwa ndizvo zvikuru zvakakosha. Kana iwe ukasangwarira nezvekushandisa zvakakwana macalorie uye zvinwiwa, uye muviri wako usingasunungure zvinwiwa, saka itsvo dzako dziri munjodzi. (Uye ICYDK, unoda zvinopfuura mvura chete kuti ugare uine hydrated panguva yemitambo yekutsungirira.) Takaedza zvose, uye kuedza kwedu kwekupedzisira kwaiva kuisa ruoko rwangu mumvura inopisa, sezvakaita gag yechikoro chesekondari yataitamba neshamwari dzedu kuti tidzigadzire. pee-asi izvi hazvina kushanda uye zvaisaseka. Muviri wangu wakaitwa uye timu yangu yakaita danho rekuti ndibve mumujaho. Yakanga iri nguva yekupedzisira Chipiri masikati, uye ndakanga ndamuka kweanopfuura maawa makumi matatu nematanhatu ndakananga. Takachaira kuenda kuhotera uye imwe inotevera yekutarisa, mamaira 122, uye tichifarira vamhanyi vaipinda. Vazhinji vaitaridza kunge vakarohwa, seni, asi ini ndaive ndangogara ipapo, ndichizvirova zvakanyanya uye ndichifunga, "Chii chandatadza?"

Zuva rakatevera, ndakakwira ndege kuVermont kumakwikwi eVermont mamaira zana, ayo aizoitika mazuva matatu gare gare. Nguva dzokutanga na4:00 a.m. rakanga riri rimwe dambudziko, nokuti ndakanga ndiri panguva yeWest Coast. Tsoka dzangu dzakaputika, uye ndakanga ndichishaya hope kubva kuyedzo yangu yeBadwater-mamaira 92. Asi maawa makumi maviri nemasere nemaminetsi makumi matatu nemasere gare gare, ndakazvipedza.

Mwedzi wakatevera, ndakaedza kumhanya Leadville zana-mamaira ultramarathon. Nekuda kwekutinhira kwemabhanan'ana husiku husiku pamberi peiyo nhangemutange-uye pre-mujaho majeti-ndaitadza kurara. Mujaho uyu unotanga wakakwirira kupfuura zviuru gumi zvekukwirira, asi ini handisati ndambonzwa kusimba mukumhanya kwemaira-zana. Ndakanga ndave kusvika panzvimbo yepamusoro-soro-yeTariro's Pass pa12,600 tsoka, nguva isati yasvika 50-mamaira yekuchinja-apo ndakamira ndakamirira vashandi vangu pachiteshi chekubatsira. Mushure mekugara kweinenge awa, ndaifanira kudzoka mukosi, kana ndaizopotsa nguva yekucheka. Saka ndakaenderera ndega, ndichikwira nekupfuura Tariro's Pass.

Pakarepo, denga rakashanduka kuita dema, uye mvura inotyisa nemhepo zvairova kumeso kwangu semidziyo inotonhora, yakapinza. Pasina chinguva ndakanga ndavanda pasi pedombo kuti nditsvake dutu. Ini ndaive ndichingova neangu masikati ekupfeka kweshort nehembe pfupi-pfupi pamusoro. Ndainge ndopindwa nechando. Mumwe mumhanyi pacer akandipa bhachi rake. Ndakaenderera mberi. Ndakazobva kure kure ndakanzwa, "Shannon, ndiwe here"? Yakanga iri pacer yangu, Cheryl, uyo akange andibata pamwe nemwenje wangu uye giya remvura, asi zvaive zvanyanyisa. Ndakanzwa kurwisana nechando, uye muviri wangu wakanga wava kutanga kupisa. Vaviri ini naCheryl takakanganwa kuseta mawatch edu kunguva yenguva dzemakomo uye takafunga kuti taive neawa yekuwedzera, saka takatora zviri nyore kudzosa muviri wangu munzira. Patakasvika pachiteshi cherubatsiro chaitevera ndakanga ndichironga kuti ndiwane chokoreti inopisa uye muto unopisa, uye kuchinja hembe dzangu dzakanga dzanyorova, ndokuzoona kuti tapotsa pacheki-cheki. Ndakadhonzwa kubva mujaho.

Pandinogovana nyaya dzangu, vanhu vazhinji vanobvunza kuti, nei uchizvitambudza? Asi inyaya dzakaita seuyu dzinoitwa nevanhu kuda kuziva nezvazvo. Zvingave zvinofinha sei kana ndaizoti, "Hongu ndaiva nenhangemutange huru, hapana chakakanganisika!" Haisi iyo mashandiro ayo mune chero kutsungirira mutambo. Pane nguva dzose matambudziko uye zvipingamupinyi zvinokatyamadza zvinouya nendima.

Nei ndichizviita? Nei ndichidzokera kune zvimwe? Iko hakuna chaiko mari mumutambo we ultramarathon inomhanya. Ini handisi mumhanyi mukuru zvachose. Handina tarenda kana chipo sevazhinji mumutambo wangu. Ini ndinongova amai vanoda kumhanya-uye kure, zviri nani. Ndosaka ndichidzokera kune zvimwe: Kumhanya ndicho chandinoda. Pamakore 56 ekuberekwa, ndinonzwa kuti kumhanya, kurovedza uremu, uye kuisa pfungwa pazvokudya zvine utano zviri kundichengeta ndiri muchimiro chakanakisisa choupenyu hwangu. Pasina kutaura, ndinofunga zvinondibatsira kurwisa MS. Ultrarunning yanga iri chikamu chehupenyu hwangu kweanopfuura makore makumi maviri nematatu, uye ikozvino chikamu che zvandiri. Kunyangwe vamwe vangangonzwa vachimhanya mamaira zana kuburikidza nemakomo asina kujeka, uye mamaira 135 kuburikidza neDeath Valley muna Chikunguru, zvinogona kunge zvakanyanyisa uye zvichikuvadza muviri, ini handifanire kubvumirana nazvo. Muviri wangu wakadzidziswa, wakagadzirwa, uye wakavakirwa uyu mutambo wangu unopenga.

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