Women in Action: "Ndakakwira Mount Kilimanjaro"

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"Ndakakwira Gomo reKilimanjaro" handizvo zvinoita vadzidzi kazhinji pavanobvunzwa mashandisiro avakaita zororo ravo rezhizha. Asi Samantha Cohen ane makore gumi nemanomwe, akapfupisa 19,000-uye-tsoka yepamusoro muna Chikunguru, haazi mukuru pachikoro chepamusoro. Kunyangwe angave mudiki, Mudzidzi akatwasuka-A ari kutorarama iwo embodiment yakakwana yemararamiro eSHAPE.

Kuda kwake kuita zvekuita muviri kwakatanga aine makore manomwe, paakanyoresa muzvidzidzo zvekukwikwidza uye akatanga kukwikwidza munharaunda.Makore mana gare gare, Samantha akawana dhanzi-kunyanya jazz uye ballet - uye munguva pfupi aive otora kusvika kumakirasi gumi nemaviri vhiki imwe neimwe. Akatonyoresa muchirongwa chedhanzi chepamberi. Zvisinei, Samantha paakatanga kunetsekana nemabvi gore nehafu apfuura uye achirapwa, akazvitora sechiratidzo chekutora nhanho.

“Kutamba ndainakidzwa chaizvo asi ndakaona kuti handizvo zvega zvandinoda muhupenyu,” anodaro. "Ini ndaida nguva yekufamba uye kuongorora zviitiko zvakasiyana." Saka akarembedza shangu dzake dzekutamba ndokutendeukira kuyoga, kubhasiketi yeboka, uye nekirasi Zumba kirasi yekumugadzirira.

Nguva dzese achitarisa nzira nyowani dzekuchengetedza muviri wake kuonda uye kusimba, Samantha akaona mukana wekuti atore nhanho huru kunze kwenzvimbo yake yekunyaradza nyaradzo mwaka uno wapfuura. Kudzoka munaKurume, akanzwa kuti shamwari yake yakasaina kukwira Gomo reKilimanjaro pamusoro pezhizha pamwe neboka revamwe vadzidzi vepamusoro.

Kunyangwe nezvaaimboita zvekumhanya, Samantha ainzwisisa kuti basa rakanga riri pamusoro pake chaive chikara chitsva. Iri muTanzania, Gomo reKirimanjaro rinokwira mamita 19,340-kuriita kwete chete nzvimbo yakakwirira yekondinendi asiwo gomo rakareba kupfuura mamwe ose pasi rose.

Kunyange zvazvo matambudziko omuviri akanga ari makuru-okutanga, mhepo inotetepa zvikuru pamukwidza zvokuti chirwere chekukwirira chinotambudza vazhinji vevafambi 15 000 vanoedza kukwira gore negore-Samantha haana kudziviswa. "Ndinofungidzira kuti ndingadai ndakasarudza kukwira gomo diki, toti kuColorado," anodaro Samantha, uyo pasinei nekusahadzika kubva kune dzimwe shamwari uye nhengo dzemhuri aigara achitenda kuti aizosvika pamusoro pegomo. "Asi izvi zvanga zviri zvekuzvimanikidza kuita chimwe chinhu kunze kwezvakajairwa."

Paaidzidzira kukwira kwake, Samantha, muzvipiri akazvipira, akadzidza nezvemushandirapamwe weMagamba weChipatara chevana cheSt. Jude, uko vamhanyi nevamwe vatambi vanovimbisa kuunganidza mari pavanenge vachidzidzira mujaho kana chiitiko. Mushure mekusaina nekugadzira peji pawebhusaiti yechipatara kuti atore mari, akakwidza mari inosvika zviuru makumi maviri nezviviri zvemadhora.

Nekubudirira uku ari pasi pebhande rake, Samantha anotarisira kuenderera mberi nebasa rake rerudo neSt. Jude apo anopedza chikoro chesekondari uye achinyorera kukoreji. Zvisinei nekuti nzendo dzake dzeramangwana dzinomutora kupi, Samantha ane chivimbo mukukwanisa kwake kupedzisa chero basa raanotora. "Ini handisi munhu akagwinya, asi kana iwe uchida chimwe chinhu, hapana chikonzero nei usingafanire kuzviita," anodaro. "Vanhu vakanyanya kugona panyama kupfuura sezvavanofunga. Uye kutyaira kwangu kwakasimba kundibatsira kuita chero chinhu."

Kuti udzidze zvakawanda kana kupa kuna Samantha kuenderera mberi kwekuedza kubatsira St. Jude Vana Chipatara Chekutsvagisa, tarisa rake rekutsvaga mari peji. Kuti uwane zvimwe pamusoro perwendo rwekusimudzira rwaSamantha kumusoro kweGomo reKilimanjaro, ita chokwadi chekutora kopi yeiyo Nyaya yaGunyana yaSHAPE, pamasitepisi enhau Muvhuro, Nyamavhuvhu 19.

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