Zomwe Zimakhala Kuyenda Mukamagwiritsa Ntchito Wilutala
Zamkati
Cory Lee anali ndi ndege yoti akwere kuchokera ku Atlanta kupita ku Johannesburg. Ndipo monga apaulendo ambiri, adakhala tsiku lonse asanakonzekere ulendo waukulu - osangonyamula zikwama zake, komanso kupewa chakudya ndi madzi. Ndi njira yokhayo yomwe adakwanitsira kupitilira ulendowu wa maola 17.
"Sindikugwiritsa ntchito bafa pa ndege - ndiye gawo loyipa kwambiri kuwuluka kwa ine ndi wina aliyense wogwiritsa ntchito njinga ya olumala," atero Lee, yemwe ali ndi vuto la msana wam'mimba komanso mabulogu pazomwe adakumana nazo poyenda padziko lonse lapansi pa njinga ya olumala ku Curb Zaulere ndi Cory Lee.
"Nditha kugwiritsa ntchito mpando wapanjira kuti ndisamuke pampando wa ndege kupita kuchimbudzi, koma ndimafuna mnzanga kubafa kuti andithandize ndipo sizingatheke kuti tonse tikwane kubafa. Pofika ku South Africa, ndinali wokonzeka kumwa madzi okwanira galoni. ”
Kudziwa zomwe mungachite chilengedwe chikamathawa (kapena kulepheretsa kuyimbirako kwathunthu) ndi chiyambi chabe cha zomwe apaulendo olumala ayenera kuganizira.
Ambiri mwa pulaneti lino sanapangidwe ndizosowa zamitundu yosiyanasiyana kapena kuthekera kwamalingaliro, ndipo kuyendayenda kumatha kusiya apaulendo m'malo owopsa komanso onyoza.
Koma kachilombo koyenda kumatha kuluma pafupifupi aliyense - ndipo ogwiritsa ntchito ma wheelchair amatenga zovuta zambiri kuti akwaniritse chikhumbo chawo chakuwona dziko lapansi, akumangoyenda ma kilomita othamanga ndi timitampu pasipoti panjira.
Nazi momwe zimakhalira kuyenda mukakhala ndi chilema.
Maulendo ovuta
"Siko komwe tikupita, ndiulendo," ndi mantra yomwe amakonda kwambiri apaulendo. Koma mawu awa atha kugwiranso ntchito pamavuto oyenda olumala.
Kuuluka, makamaka, kumatha kubweretsa kupsinjika kwamaganizidwe ndi thupi mukamagwiritsa ntchito chikuku.
Lee anati: “Ndimayesetsa kufika pafupifupi maola atatu ndege ya padziko lonse isanakwere. “Zimatenga kanthawi kuti titeteze. Nthawi zonse ndimayenera kupemphedwa mwachinsinsi ndipo amafunika kuti azisinthana ndi njinga yanga yamagudumu kuti apeze zinthu zina. ”
Kukwera ndege si picnic, mwina. Apaulendo amagwira ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege kuti achoke pa njinga ya olumala kupita pa mpando wonyamula asanakwere.
"Ali ndi malamba apadera [kukutetezani pampando wapanjira]," akutero Marcela Maranon, yemwe adachita ziwalo kuyambira mchiuno mpaka kumanzere ndikudulidwa mwendo wake wakumanzere pamwambapa pa ngozi yagalimoto. Tsopano akulimbikitsa kuyenda kofikira pa Instagram @TheJourneyofaBraveWoman.
“Ogwira ntchito athandiza. Ena mwa anthuwa ndi ophunzitsidwa bwino, koma ena akuphunzirabe ndipo sakudziwa komwe zingwe zimapita. Muyenera kukhala oleza mtima kwambiri, ”akuwonjezera.
Apaulendo amafunika kuchoka pampando wosamukira kupita kumpando wawo wapandege. Ngati sangakwanitse kuchita izi pawokha, angafunikire kupempha wina kuchokera kwa ogwira nawo ndege kuti awathandize kukhala pampando.
"Nthawi zambiri sindimadziona ngati wosafunika kapena wosafunika monga kasitomala, koma ndikauluka, nthawi zambiri ndimakhala ngati chikwama, ndikumangiriridwa muzinthu ndikumakankhira pambali," akutero Brook McCall, woyang'anira wamkulu woyang'anira United Spinal Association, yemwe adakhala Quadriplegic atagwa pakhonde.
"Sindikudziwa omwe ati adzakhalepo kuti andithandizire kukwera kapena kuchoka pampando, ndipo samandiyika bwino. Ndimaona kuti sindikhala wotetezeka nthawi zonse. ”
Kuphatikiza pa kuda nkhawa ndi chitetezo chakuthupi, apaulendo olumala amaopanso kuti ma wheelchair ndi ma scooter (omwe amayenera kuyang'aniridwa pachipata) adzawonongeka ndi oyendetsa ndege.
Apaulendo amayesetsa kusamala kuti achepetse mpando wawo, kuwaphwanya tating'onoting'ono, kukulunga zidutswa zosalimba, ndikumanga malangizo atsatanetsatane othandizira ogwira ntchito kusuntha ndikusunga ma wheelchair awo bwinobwino.
Koma sikuti nthawi zonse zimakhala zokwanira.
Mu lipoti lake loyambilira lokhudza kusayendetsedwa bwino kwa zida zoyendera, US department of Transportation idapeza kuti ma wheelchair ndi ma scooter 701 adawonongeka kapena kutayika mu 2018 kuyambira Disembala 4 mpaka 31 - pafupifupi 25 patsiku.
Sylvia Longmire, mlangizi wapaulendo yemwe amakhala ndi multiple sclerosis (MS) ndipo amalemba za kuyenda pa njinga ya olumala ku Spin the Globe, adayang'anitsitsa modetsa nkhawa ndegeyo pomwe njinga yamoto yake idawonongeka ndi gulu lomwe likufuna kulinyamula paulendo wochokera ku Frankfurt kupita Slovenia, PA
"Iwo anali kuyikankhira limodzi ndi mabuleki ndipo tayala lakumaso lidatuluka m'mphepete asanalemetse. Ndinkada nkhawa nthawi yonseyi. Unali ulendo wovuta kwambiri paulendo wapandege, ”akutero.
“Kuthyola njinga yanga ya opuwala kuli ngati kuthyola mwendo.”- Brook McCall
Air Carrier Access Act imafuna kuti ndege zikakwera mtengo pakusintha kapena kukonza olumala, owonongeka, kapena owonongeka. Ndege zikuyembekezeranso kupereka mipando yobwereketsa yomwe apaulendo amatha kugwiritsa ntchito pakadali pano.
Koma popeza ogwiritsa ntchito njinga ya olumala ambiri amadalira zida zamtunduwu, kuyenda kwawo kumatha kuchepa kwambiri pomwe olumala akuyamba kukonza - mwina akuwononga tchuthi.
"Nthawi ina ndege ina idaphwanya gudumu langa mwakuti sindinakonzeke ndipo ndidalimbana nawo kwambiri kuti andilipire. Zinawatengera milungu iwiri kuti andipezere mpando wobwereketsa, womwe sunkakwanira pazitseko zagalimoto yanga ndipo amayenera kumangirizidwa m'malo mwake. Zinatenga [mwezi] wathunthu kupeza gudumu, "akutero a McCall.
“Mwamwayi zidachitika ndikakhala kunyumba, osati kopita. Koma pali malo ambiri oti tisinthe. Kuthyola njinga yanga ya opuwala kuli ngati kuthyola mwendo, ”adatero.
Kukonzekera chilichonse chomaliza
Kuyenda mwakachetechete nthawi zambiri sizomwe mungachite kwa anthu olumala - pali zinthu zambiri zomwe mungaganizire. Ogwiritsa ntchito olumala ambiri amati amafunikira miyezi 6 mpaka 12 kuti akonzekere ulendo.
“Kukonzekera ndichinthu chodabwitsa kwambiri. Zimatenga maola ndi maola ndi maola, ”akutero a Longmire, omwe adayendera mayiko 44 kuyambira pomwe adayamba kugwiritsa ntchito njinga ya olumala nthawi zonse. "Chinthu choyamba chimene ndimachita ndikafuna kupita kwina ndikufunafuna kampani yapaulendo yomwe ikupezeka kumeneko, koma zimavuta kupeza."
Ngati angapeze kampani yapaulendo, a Longmire azithandizana ndi ogwira nawo ntchito kuti akonze malo ogona olumala, komanso mayendedwe ndi zochitika zina.
"Ngakhale ndimatha kudzipangira ndekha, nthawi zina zimakhala bwino kupereka ndalama zanga ku kampani yomwe izisamalira zonse, ndipo ndimangowonekera ndikusangalala," adalongosola a Longmire.
Apaulendo olumala omwe amasamalira okha kukonzekera maulendo, komabe, ali ndi ntchito yoti awapatse. Malo amodzi ofunikira kwambiri ndi malo ogona. Mawu oti "kupezeka" atha kukhala ndi matanthauzo osiyanasiyana kuchokera ku hotelo kupita ku hotelo komanso dziko ndi dziko.
“Nditayamba kuyenda, ndidayimbira foni ku Germany kufunsa ngati amayenda pa njinga ya olumala. Anati anali ndi chikepe, koma chinali chinthu chokhacho - kunalibe zipinda kapena mabafa, ngakhale tsamba la webusayiti linati hoteloyo imatha kupezeka, "akutero Lee.
Oyenda ali ndi ufulu wodziyimira pawokha komanso zosowa zapadera kuchokera kuchipinda cha hotelo, motero, kungowona chipinda cholemba "kupezeka" patsamba la hotelo sikokwanira kutsimikizira kuti chikwaniritsa zosowa zawo zenizeni.
Anthu nthawi zambiri amafunika kuyimbira hoteloyo nthawi isanakwane kuti afunse zenizeni, monga kukula kwa zitseko, kutalika kwa mabedi, komanso ngati kuli kusamba kosambira. Ngakhale atatero, angafunikebe kulolerana.
McCall amagwiritsa ntchito kukweza kwa Hoyer akamayenda - chokweza chachikulu chomwe chimamuthandiza kuchoka pa chikuku kupita pabedi.
"Imasunthira pansi pa kama, koma mabedi ambiri amahotelo ali ndi nsanja pansi pake zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kwambiri. Wothandizira wanga timachita izi modabwitsa (kuti zizigwira ntchito], koma ndizovuta, makamaka ngati bedi ndilokwera kwambiri, ”akutero.
Zovuta zonse zazing'onozi - kuchokera kuzipinda zomwe zikusowa mvula mpaka mabedi okwera kwambiri - nthawi zambiri zimatha kugonjetsedwa, komanso zitha kuphatikizira kukumana kokhumudwitsa komanso kotopetsa. Apaulendo olumala akuti ndikofunikira kuyesetsa kuyimba patsogolo kuti achepetse kupsinjika akangofika.
China chomwe ogwiritsa ntchito olumala amaganiza asanapite kuulendo ndi mayendedwe apansi. Funso loti "Ndipita bwanji kuchokera ku eyapoti kupita ku hotelo?" Nthawi zambiri pamafunika kukonzekera bwino milungu ingapo asanafike.
“Kuzungulira mzinda nthawi zonse kumandidetsa nkhawa. Ndimayesetsa kuchita kafukufuku wambiri momwe ndingathere ndikuyang'ana makampani azamaulendo ofikirako. Koma mukafika kumeneko ndikuyesera kuyitanitsa taxi yopezeka, mumangokhalira kudzifunsa ngati ipezekadi panthawi yomwe mukufuna komanso kuti ikufulumira bwanji, "akutero Lee.
Cholinga chaulendo
Pokhala ndi zopinga zambiri paulendo, ndizachilengedwe kudabwa: Chifukwa chiyani kuvutikira kuyenda?
Mwachidziwikire, kuwona malo otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi (ambiri omwe amapezeka mosavuta kwa ogwiritsa ntchito ma wheelchair) amalimbikitsa anthu ambiri kuti alumphe paulendo wautali.
Koma kwa apaulendo awa, cholinga chothamanga padziko lonse lapansi chimangopitilira kukawona - zimawapatsa mwayi wolumikizana ndi anthu azikhalidwe zina mozama, nthawi zambiri amalimbikitsidwa ndi olumala okha. Zotengera izi: Gulu la ophunzira aku koleji lidapita ku Longmire paulendo waposachedwa ku Suzhou, China, kudzafunsa za mpando wake kudzera mwa womasulira.
"Ndili ndi mpando wa badass ndipo amaganiza kuti ndiwodabwitsa. Mtsikana wina anandiuza kuti ndine ngwazi yake. Tinajambula limodzi pagulu ndipo tsopano ndili ndi abwenzi asanu ochokera ku China pa WeChat, mtundu wa WhatsApp, "akutero.
“Kuyanjana kwabwino uku kunali kodabwitsa komanso kosayembekezeka. Zinandipangitsa kukhala chinthu chosangalatsa komanso chosangalatsa, mosiyana ndi anthu omwe amandiyang'ana ngati wolumala yemwe ayenera kunyozedwa ndikuchititsidwa manyazi, "a Longmire akuwonjezera.
Ndipo koposa zonse, kuyendetsa bwino padziko lapansi pa njinga ya olumala kumapereka apaulendo ena olumala malingaliro opambana ndi kudziyimira pawokha komwe sangapeze kwina kulikonse.
"Kuyenda kwandipatsa mwayi wodziwa zambiri za ine," akutero Maranon. “Ngakhale ndimakhala wolumala, ndimatha kupita kunja ndikukasangalala ndi dziko lapansi ndikudzisamalira. Zandilimbitsa. "
Joni Sweet ndi wolemba pawokha yemwe amakhazikika pamaulendo, thanzi, komanso thanzi. Ntchito yake idasindikizidwa ndi National Geographic, Forbes, Christian Science Monitor, Lonely Planet, Prevention, HealthyWay, Thrillist, ndi ena ambiri. Pitilizani naye pa Instagram ndikuwona mbiri yake.