UBert ter Hart, ngokwenene, enye kwiibhiliyoni. Inzalelwane yaseBritish Columbia yaba ngumntu wesibhozo emhlabeni (kwaye wokuqala eMntla Merika) ukuya jikeleza umhlaba yedwa usebenzisa ukuhamba kwesibhakabhaka kuphela. Injalo loo nto, kwiintsuku ezingama-265 elwandle, wayengenayo iGPS, engenalo ncedo lwe-elektroniki- nje i-sextant endala, iitafile zelog, ipeni nephepha. Ndandihlala ndichukunyiswa ngabahloli bamazwe bokuqala, uTer Hart, owangena kuhambo oludlula kwii-capes ezintlanu ezinkulu kwisikhephe sakhe seemitha ezili-13, iSeaburban, ngo-Okthobha wonyaka ophelileyo, uxelele Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa .

Enye yeendlela ezinzulu onokuzifumana ngayo oko abahloli bamazwe kunye nabasolwandle bokuqala bafumana ukusebenzisa i-sextant. Iinqanawa zahlukile, ilaphu leseyile lahlukile, iimpahla zona, ewe, zahlukile kakhulu. Yonke into yahlukile ngaphandle kokuqonda ukuba uphi kuba bayenze ngendlela efanayo, utshilo. Kwaye uyakuba namaxhala afanayo: Ngaba ndikhona apho ndicinga ukuba ndikhoyo? Ngaba umhlaba uza kubonakala apho ubufanele ukuba khona? Elo candelo lamava, unokuphila phantse ngokuchanekileyo kuba usebenzisa itekhnoloji engatshintshanga ukusukela nge-1700s.

Ewe kunjalo, eli yayingeloxesha lokuqala lokuvavanya amanzi. Umntwana oneminyaka engama-62 ubudala ukhule ehamba ngenqanawa (utata wakhe, umvavanyi, wamnceda ukuba afumane imilenze yolwandle esemncinci), kwaye unedigri kwezolwandle, singasathethi ke ngokutsiba ngesikhephe sinye esiya kuLwandle lweBering kunye neGulf of Alaska. Kodwa oko akuzange kwenze ukuba uhambo lube nzima ngakumbi.

Kwakunzima, enyanisweni, kangangokuba kwakuthatha iTer Hart iiyure ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu ngosuku ukufumanisa eyona ndawo akuyo. Ukuhamba ngenqanawa kwakunzima ngenene kuba ukuze ufumane apho ukhoyo kunye ne-sextant, kuya kufuneka ubone ulwandle. Kodwa xa uselwandle kwisikhephe esincinci, kuhlala kukho amaza- kwaye ukudumba kunokuba naphi na ukusuka kwi-12 ukuya kwi-15 yeenyawo, utshilo. Isindululo sigqithise kakhulu ... isikhephe sithe ngcembe kwindawo ephambeneyo, siyenyuka sisehla, kwaye siqengqeleka ukusuka kwelinye icala ukuya kwelinye. Ukuba bendizakubeka ipensile phantsi, emva kwemizuzwana emihlanu, ipensile leyo ikweyona ndawo yahlukileyo kwisikhephe.

Kwi Falkland Islands , UTer Hart walwa eyona imbi kakhulu - inkanyamba eyamnyanzela ukuba afune ikhusi kunye ne-ankile kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, nangona engazange anyathele emhlabeni.

Khawufane ucinge uqhuba uhola wendlela kumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-80 ngeyure, kwaye uncamathisele umzimba wakho uphela ngaphandle kwefestile yemoto, kwaye uyakufumana umbono olungileyo wokuba kunjani ukuma ngaphandle kwisikhephe xa kuvuthuza loo nto inzima, utshilo. Kukhathaza ngengqondo kuba xa ungaphakathi esikhepheni, kuvakala ngathi kukho abantu abalikhulu ngaphandle abanee-sledgehammers, bebetha nje ii-intshi zesikwere. Umoya uyakhwaza, kwaye ngalo lonke ixesha, kuza kuqhekeka iliza, kwaye isikhephe ikakhulu siphantsi kwamanzi.

Naphantsi kwezo meko zenkohliso, wayengenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokuqhubeka. Ngokwengqondo, akukho kuphumla de ulale, utshilo. Oko kukuthi, xa wayekwazi ukuyenza. UTer Hart ulinganise kuphela malunga neeyure ezine zokulala ngosuku-zihlala zibotshwe ngebhanti ukuze zihlale zikhuselekile- kwaye ukuba wayenethamsanqa, eza ngeeyure ezimbini.

Ukutya, nako, kuye kwaveza iseti yemiceli mngeni. I-Ter Hart itya ngokulula-i-oatmeal eneziqhamo ezomisiweyo kunye namandongomane kwisidlo sakusasa, ityhuna enkonkxiweyo okanye isalmon kwisidlo sasemini, kunye ne-pasta okanye i-quinoa enemifuno enkonkxiweyo kwisidlo sangokuhlwa-kwaye imile ekhoneni ukugcina ibhalansi. Kodwa ukutya okungafunekiyo kwakungeyona nxalenye inzima. Ukusebenza ngokungapheliyo, iTer Hart yayidla iikhalori ezininzi kunokuba yayiqikelela xa ipakisha kuhambo olude lweenyanga. Izinto zaqala ukwehla, kwaye wanyanzelwa ukuba afumane ukutya, azisike kwiikhalori ezingama-800 ngosuku ukuqinisekisa ukuba kukho imali eyaneleyo yokumbuyisa ekhaya. Ekugqibeleni, udadewabo, uLeya, walungiselela ukwehla kokutya eRarotonga, nangona ukutshixa ngenxa ye-COVID-19 kwawenza loo msebenzi kwaba lula.

Ngaphandle kwale miqobo ingapheliyo, uTer Hart uchaza uhambo lwakhe njengomlingo. Ulwandle luhle kakhulu. Ubusuku buya kufa. Iinkwenkwezi, iintaka, ukutshona kwelanga kunye nokuphuma kwelanga, iiporpoise kunye neentlanzi ezibhabhayo kunye neminenga - kuyamangalisa nje. Kwaye nguwe wedwa apho - yonke into yeyakho kuphela.

Kwi iposti yebhlog , UTer Hart ubhale wathi, Yedwa kwaye uthule, uhlambe ngobuhle, ungavakalelwa kukuhlaba kwehlabathi. Akukho nto ingako phakathi kwakho kunye nokubetha kwentliziyo kwendalo iphela. Cinga ngoku ukuziqhela kuluntu ngokugqithileyo. Ngapha koko, iTer Hart, yayihlala iinyanga ngaphandle koqhakamshelwano lomntu, yafumana igama lesidlaliso elona Ndoda ikhuselekileyo kwiPlanethi. Kodwa ayizukuhlala naphakade - amanzi angaziwayo amlindele ekhaya, njengoko isifo esikho elizweni jikelele sentsholongwane ye-Corona yaqhubeka ibambe umhlaba.

Akazange asuswe ngokupheleleyo kwinyani ekhaya nakwihlabathi liphela, nangona. UTer Hart wayegcinwa esazi ngeendaba ekhaya emva ngee-imeyile ezivela kubahlobo kunye nosapho. Ukusondela kwam ekhaya, kokukhona ndaye ndanexhala, utshilo. Ngesiquphe, kufuneka ndibuyele umva kwihlabathi endingalaziyo. Ihlabathi endalishiyayo lahluke mpela kwihlabathi endibuyele kulo. Andizange ndiyazi ukuba ndiza kulungeleka njani, ndiza kuyibona njani yonke into ukusuka kwezentlalo, ezopolitiko, okanye imeko yezoqoqosho- zonke ezo zizinto wonke umntu anesiqalo seenyanga ezintandathu.

Ukucinezelela izinto ngakumbi, uTer Hart wayengaqinisekanga nokuba uza kucelwa ukuba ahlukanise iiveki ezimbini ekhwele isikhephe xa ebuyela eCanada. Kodwa ngoncedo oluncinci oluvela kudadewabo, owaqhagamshelana nabameli bemida, wakhululwa ukuba angene kweli lizwe, asindiswe kwiimfuno zokuvalelwa yedwa, kwaye ngoJulayi - emva kweenyanga ezisithoba kulwandle oluvulekileyo - wawela eVictoria, apho wamkelwa abathandekayo.

Yinto surreal, wathi. Kwandithatha iintsuku ezingama-265 ukuyenza, kwaye yahamba ngokuqhwanyaza okupheleleyo. Ingathi ndimke nje izolo. Ndijonga umkhondo wam emhlabeni okanye kwitshathi yolwandle endiyigcinileyo ndathi, 'Khange ndiyenze lonto.' Ke imvo yokufezekisa-andinayo kuba ndikule ndawo yethutyana ingaqhelekanga ngoku apho bendiye khona izolo. Nangona imvakalelo yakhe yokufezekisa ingekazinzanga, uTer Hart ujonge phambili kwiziyolo ezilula zobomi ekhaya.

Iifoto zendoda yaseMntla Melika, uBert, owahamba ngomhlaba ngaphandle kwekhampasi efika ekhaya kusapho. Ityala: Don Butt

Ndandijonge phambili ekubekeni into phantsi ndiyifumane kwakhona, emva kwemizuzwana emihlanu, kwakule ndawo inye, utshilo. Bendi jonge nokuhlala phantsi nditye kuba bendime ngeepesenti ezingama-90 zokutya kwam. Zizinto ezizezona zilula ngokwenene oziphosileyo- hayi izinto ezinkulu ezigabadeleyo.

Kodwa ngaphezulu kwako konke, uTer Hart unethemba lokukhuthaza abantu ukuba baqhubeke namaphupha abo. Kubantu abatsaleleke kokukhulu kakhulu kwaye okungaqhelekanga, ndiye ndacinga ukuba ndenze into enzima kakhulu, ndingayifumana ingongoma yam, eyokuba ungaphuma emnyango wangaphambili naphina emhlabeni… . Ndifuna ukunika abantu akukho sizathu kuba abanakujonga into abaza kuyenza kwaye bathi, 'kulungile, laa mfo mdala ukwenzile oko, kodwa le ndlela inzima,' utshilo.

Ndifuna ukukhuthaza abantu ukuba bathathe inyathelo lokuqala phambili ekufezekiseni nawaphi na amaphupha okanye izinto abanokuba nazo. Nje ukuba uthathe inyathelo lokuqala, inyathelo elilandelayo libe lula, kwaye inyathelo elilandelayo libe lula. Kwaye kungekudala, uhlala kwiphupha lakho- nokuba yeyiphi na, enkulu okanye encinci.

Incwadi yendalo kunye nombhali uJohn Burroughs iza engqondweni kaTer Hart, kwaye uyayicaphula: Umtsalane wabakude nabanzima uyakhohlisa. Ithuba elihle kulapho ukhoyo.

Ndiyakholelwa kuloo nto, kakhulu, utshilo. Kungabonakala ngathi kuyindida ukuvela kumntu ohamba ngeenqanawa kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa… ukuba uzimisele ukukhangela uphume kwindlela encinci, unganamava angaqhelekanga ebomini bakho.

UAlisha Prakash luhambo + noLonwabo kunye nomhleli weedijithali eziphezulu. INew Yorker yokugqitha, iye yabanjwa kukuthandana phakathi kwezixeko ezikhulu kunye nangaphandle. Landela uhambo lwakhe kwi-Instagram ngo @alishaprakash kunye ne-Twitter @lungelo_lungelo .