Kwinyanga ezayo, u-Karl Meltzer oneminyaka engama-48 uza kunyathela kwindawo esemantla yeAppalachian Trail kwaye aqale uhambo lweemayile ezingama-2,189 eyokuqhekeza irekhodi lokunyuka ixesha elikhawulezayo lokuhamba yonke indlela.
Eyona ndlela inde yokuhamba intaba kuphela kwihlabathi sele iluhlu lwamabhakethi oluthandwayo ngabathandi abaninzi. Kodwa iMeltzer ayihambi nje ngobuhle bayo. Uyathemba ukubetha irekhodi likaScott Jurek, obaleke wonke umkhondo kwiintsuku ezingama-46, iiyure ezisi-8 kunye nemizuzu esi-7.
Umntu uwulungiselela njani umdlalo onje? Ngama-57 aphumeleleyo kwi-ultra-win, iimarathon ezisixhenxe eziphumeleleyo kunye neempumelelo ezingama-38 ezili-100 (irekhodi lehlabathi) esele iphantsi kwebhanti lakhe, uMeltzer ukwimo entle. Uyakube ejonge ukuhlala phambi kwesantya seJurek kunye neapos njengoko esenza i-50 yeemayile ngosuku kwinyanga enesiqingatha aceba ukuba sendleleni.
Imizamo ye-Ultra Marathoner yokophula iRekhodi Ityala: UBrian Nevins / iPhuli yeBull Bull
Oku kuyakuba nguMeltzer & apos; okwesithathu eqhuba iAppalachian Trail, into ayichaze njenge, ayisiyiyo indoda kuphela xa ithelekiswa newotshi, kodwa indoda xa ithelekiswa nendalo… kunye nomntu xa kuthelekiswa nesiqu sakhe.
I & apos; bendisoloko ndiziva ngathi i-AT yeyona ndlela inzima, eyona ibalulekileyo eMelika, uxelele Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa . I & apos; ndiye ndacinga iminyaka engama-20, kwaye ndiziva ukuba irekhodi le-AT linokuba sisitampu kwikhondo lam. Yindlela entle kunye nenkcubeko. Kunzima ngokwetekhnoloji, edlala kumandla am.
Ababukeli baya kuba nakho landela kwi-intanethi njengoko ezama ukwaphula irekhodi. Yonke into iza kulandelwa: amanyathelo kaMeltzer, iikhalori ezitshisiweyo, isantya esiphakathi, ukubetha kwentliziyo, umgama ogqunywe, umgama oshiyekileyo, ukuphakama, kunye nenani lezihlangu athe wadlula kuzo.
- NguJordi Lippe
- NguJordi Lippe-McGraw