Wopambana waku Australia waku Ultramarathon Wowotchedwa Pa Mpikisano Afikira Kukhazikika Kwakukulu

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Mu february 2013, a Turia Pitt aku New South Wales adasuma mlandu motsutsana ndi RacingThePlanet, omwe adakonza maulamuliro a September 2011 ma kilometre 100 ku Western Australia komwe Pitt ndi ena adachita nawo moto wowotcha pamoto. Sabata yatha, mlandu wa Khothi Lalikulu udathetsedwa mwachinsinsi kunja kwa khothi pomwe Pitt, wazaka 26, adavomera kulipira kwakukulu kwa Racing the Planet, mphekesera kuti ifika $ 10 miliyoni.

Popeza kuti mlanduwo sunapite kukhothi, anthu sakudziwa nkhani yonse pazomwe zidachitika patsikuli. Makanema ambiri akumaloko akuti RacingThePlanet, kampani yothamangira ku Hong Kong yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu February 2002, idanyalanyaza machenjezo okhudza moto wamtchire womwe udayika opikisana nawo ngati Pitt, yemwe adapsa kupitirira 60 peresenti ya thupi lake kuphatikiza nkhope yake. ngozi yakufa. Pitt adatsimikizira izi pa pulogalamu yapa TV yakomweko.

"Zoti atilola kudutsa pa cheke, pamtunda wa makilomita 20 mpaka 25, ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zokhumudwitsa kwambiri pa mpikisanowu chifukwa ankadziwa kuti moto ukuyandikira. Iwo anali atachenjezedwa, ndipo anatilola kudutsa. lero, osamvetsetsa chifukwa chomwe adachitira izi ... chifukwa chake sanapereke [zomwezo] kwa omwe akupikisana nawo. Anali ndi udindo wosamalira kutichenjeza, ngati satiletsa, "a Pitt adauza mtolankhani ku 2013 (onani kanema). Asanathamange, ophunzira anali atachenjezedwa za kuopsa kolumidwa ndi njoka panjira koma osati moto wolusa.

RacingThePlanet ikukonzekera mipikisano isanu ndi iwiri yamipikisano yodziyendetsa yokha yomwe imayenda makilomita 250 (155 miles) m'chipululu cha Gobi ku China, chipululu cha Atacama ku Chile, chipululu cha Sahara ku Egypt, ndi Antarctica. Chochitika chachisanu chotchedwa Roving Race chimasamutsidwa chaka chilichonse (chotsatira mu Ogasiti chidzachitika ku Madagascar). Makilomita 100 / 62-mile ultramarathon (kutanthauza kuti mtunda ndi wautali kuposa mpikisano wamakilomita 26.2) womwe unachitika ku Australia, komabe, sichinali chochitika wamba cha RacingThePlanet.

"Tidalimbikitsidwa ndi boma lakumadzulo kwa Australia kuti tibwere kudzakhazikitsa mpikisanowu. Tinalibe cholinga chothanirana mpikisanowu kwa nthawi yayitali. Tidapereka kwa anthu akumaloko," akutero a Mary Gadams, woyambitsa waku America wa RacingThePlanet , amenenso amatenga nawo mbali patsikuli ndikupirira ziwonetsero zachiwiri. Ichi sichinali chochitika choyamba cha RacingThePlanet mderali. Mu Epulo 2010, idachita mpikisano wamakilomita 250, masiku asanu ndi awiri, malinga ndi boma la Western Australia. A Gadams akukana kuti omwe akukonzekera mpikisano amadziwa za moto.

"Ndidali pafupifupi mita 50 kuchokera kwa atsikana [Pitt ndi Kate Sanderson] omwe adawotchedwa. Inenso ndidawotchedwa. Ndidali ndi ziwopsezo zachiwiri mpaka gawo la 10 la thupi langa. Izi zimaphatikizapo manja anga ndi kumbuyo kwa mikono ndi miyendo yanga. Mukuganiza kuti ndikadapitilizabe tikadaganiza kuti pali moto? Zinali zodabwitsa, zomvetsa chisoni, "adatero poyankhulana ndi Maonekedwe. Gadams akuti kuvulala kwake sikunali kowopsa chifukwa adakhalabe pa mpikisano wothamanga m'malo mothamanga ngati Pitt, yemwe anena muvidiyo yomwe tatchulayi kuti iye ndi ena asanu adakwera m'mbali mwa phiri.

"Tidali ndi imodzi mwanjira ziwiri, palibe yomwe inali yokongola. Apa ndipamene timatha kuwona moto ukubwera. Pakadali pano, ndinali wamantha kwambiri. Titha kukhala chigwa, koma panali masamba ambiri, omwe timaganiza kuti ndi mafuta abwino pamoto. Kapenanso titha kukwera mbali ya chigwa. Ndinadziwa kuti moto udakwera msanga, koma padali masamba ochepa, kotero ... tonse tidasankha phirilo, "Pitt adauza mtolankhaniyo. . Pitt sanayankhe pempho lathu kuti tiyankhepo.

Nyengo yamoto ku Kimberley, dera la Western Australia komwe mwambo wa Seputembala udachitikira, uyamba kuyambira Juni mpaka kumapeto kwa Okutobala, malinga ndi dipatimenti yowona zamoto ku Australia ndi Emergency Services. Moto uwu ungayambitsidwe m'njira zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza anthu ndi kuwomba kwa mphezi. Ndikusintha kwanyengo kwaposachedwa, monga mvula yambiri yomwe imapangitsa kukula kwaudzu, moto wamtchire ukufalikira kwambiri. Patsiku la mpikisano wothamanga kwambiri, a Gadams amalumbira, komabe, chiopsezo chinali chochepa.

"Sitinaululebe izi, koma inde, tidatumiza katswiri wazamoto pambuyo pazochitikazo. Anati 99,75% ya maphunziro athu anali pachiwopsezo cha moto ndipo 0,25% anali pachiwopsezo chochepa. Ngakhale ochepera a 0.25% anali zakhudzidwa ndi moto, "atero a Gadams, omwe ati gulu lawo lidalumikizana ndi onse oyenera kale kuti awadziwitse za mpikisanowu. Lipoti la pambuyo pa mpikisano wochokera ku boma la Western Australia likunena mosiyana: "... RacingThePlanet, pokonzekera kukonzekera Kimberley Ultramarathon ya 2011, sinaphatikizepo anthu omwe ali ndi chidziwitso choyenera pozindikira zoopsa. Mlingo wa kulankhulana ndi kukambirana ndi mabungwe oyenerera komanso anthu okhudzana ndi Dongosolo la Kasamalidwe ndi Kuwunika Zowopsa zamwambowo nthawi zambiri sizinali zokwanira, potengera nthawi yake komanso njira yake. "

Ngakhale malipoti anyuzipepala yaku Australia ati Pitt adzafunika maopaleshoni enanso kuti apitilize kumuchiritsa, wabwerera kuchipatala mokwanira, makamaka chaka chathachi. Mu Marichi, adatenga nawo gawo limodzi la masiku 26, opitilira 2,300 mamailosi a Variety Cycle, ulendo wapa njinga kuchokera ku Sydney kupita ku Uluru. Ndipo mu Meyi, adasambira ngati gawo la anthu anayi ndi opulumuka ena atatu pamoto wa 2011 pamtunda wa makilomita 20 pa Nyanja Argyle ku Western Australia. Aka kanali koyamba kuti anayiwo abwerere kudera la Kimberley kukapikisana nawo kuyambira tsiku loyipali zaka zitatu m'mbuyomo.

"Izi ndi zabwino zomwe zatuluka pamoto, ndikuganiza. Tonse ndife mabwenzi abwino kwambiri ndipo timagwirizana kwambiri. Iwo ndi gulu labwino, "Pitt adanena. Mphindi 60 (kope la ku Australia) muzoyankhulana zaposachedwa (onani kanema). Zinatengera gululi pafupifupi maola asanu ndi awiri kuti amalize mtunda wamakilomita 12.4. Pitt pano akuyenda zachifundo pakhoma la Great Wall ku China kuti athandizire kupeza ndalama ku Interplast Australia, yopanda phindu yomwe imapereka maopaleshoni omanga kwaulere kwa odwala ovutika. Pakati pa Seputembala, Pitt akukonzekera kuthana ndi chochitika china chopezera ndalama za Interplast: Ulendo wa masiku 13 wopita ku Inca Trail ku Peru. Monga adanenera Mphindi 60 za malo okhala RacingThePlanet, "zikutanthauza kuti nditha kupitiliza" ndipo alidi ndi njira yodabwitsa.

RacingThePlanet ikupitiliza kukonza mipikisano yawo isanu yayikulu padziko lonse lapansi. A Gadams ati sanasinthe ndondomeko zawo.

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