Rebecca Rusch Anakwera Njinga Yonse Ho Chi Minh Kuti Akapeze Tsamba La Abambo Ake

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Rebecca Rusch adalandira dzina lakutchulidwira kuti Queen of Pain chifukwa chogonjetsa mipikisano yoopsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi (panjinga zamapiri, skiing, ndi mpikisano wothamanga). Koma kwanthawi yayitali ya moyo wake wakhala akumva zopweteka zamtundu wina: Chisoni chakumwalira kwa abambo ake ali ndi zaka 3 zokha.

Steve Rusch, woyendetsa ndege wa US Air Force, adawomberedwa pamsewu wa Ho Chi Minh ku Laos panthawi ya nkhondo ya Vietnam. Malo omwe anawonongeka anapezeka mu 2003, chaka chomwecho mwana wake wamkazi adapita ku Vietnam koyamba. Anali komweko kukachita masewera othamanga, kupalasa njinga, ndi kayaking kudutsa m'nkhalango - ndipo inali nthawi yoyamba kudzifunsa ngati izi ndi zomwe abambo ake adakumana nazo atatumizidwa. "Tidapita kukawona mabwalo akale omenyera nkhondo komanso komwe abambo anga adayimilira ku Da Nang Air Force Base, ndipo aka kanali koyamba m'moyo wanga kuti ndidziwe mbiri yake yankhondo," akutero Rusch. Wotsogolera ataloza njira ya Ho Chi Minh patali, Rusch akukumbukira akuganiza, Ndikufuna kupita kumeneko tsiku lina.

Zinatenga zaka 12 kuti Rusch abwerere kunjira. Mu 2015, Rusch adakwera njinga ma 1,200 kudzera ku Southeast Asia akuyembekeza kuti apeza komwe bambo ake awonongeka. Unali ulendo wotopetsa kwambiri-Rusch ndi mnzake wopalasa njinga, Huyen Nguyen, wokwera njinga waku Vietnam wopikisana nawo, adakwera msewu wonse wa Ho Chi Minh wotchedwa Blood Road chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe adafera komweko panthawi yomwe America idaphulitsa mabomba. Za malowa mu Nkhondo ya Vietnam-pasanathe mwezi umodzi. Koma chinali chinthu chosangalatsa cha ulendowu chomwe chidasiya chizindikiro kwa wazaka 48. "Zinali zapadera kwambiri kuphatikiza masewera anga ndi dziko langa ndi zomwe ndikudziwa kuti ndi gawo lomaliza la dziko la abambo anga," akutero. (Zokhudzana: 5 Phunziro la Moyo Lophunziridwa kuchokera ku Mountain Biking)

Mutha kuwona Msewu wamagazi kwaulere pa Red Bull TV (kalavani pansipa). Apa, Rusch akufotokoza za momwe ulendowo unasinthira.

Maonekedwe: Ndi mbali iti yaulendowu yomwe inali yovuta kwa inu: ntchito yakuthupi kapena gawo lamalingaliro?

Rebecca Rusch: Ndaphunzitsira moyo wanga wonse mayendedwe ataliatali motere. Ngakhale ndizovuta, ndi malo odziwika bwino. Koma kuti mutsegule mtima wanu mwamalingaliro, sindinaphunzitsidwe izi. Ochita masewera (ndi anthu) amaphunzitsa kuyika kunja kolimba ndikuwonetsa kufooka, kwenikweni, kotero zinali zovuta kwa ine. Komanso, ndimakwera nawo anthu omwe anali alendo pachiyambi. Sindinazolowere kukhala wovuta kwambiri pamaso pa anthu omwe sindimadziwa. Ndikuganiza kuti ichi ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe ndimayenera kukwera makilomita 1,200 m'malo mongopita kumalo a ngozi kudzera pa galimoto ndi kukwera.

Maonekedwe: Kupanga ulendo waumwini ngati uwu ndi mlendo ndi chiopsezo chachikulu. Nanga bwanji ngati sangakwanitse? Bwanji ngati simukugwirizana? Kodi zokumana nazo zanu zinali zotani ngati kukwera ndi Huyen?

RR: Ndinkachita mantha kwambiri pokwera ndi munthu yemwe sindinkamudziwa, yemwe chinenero chake sichinali Chingelezi. Koma chomwe ndidazindikira panjira ndikuti ndife ofanana kwambiri kuposa momwe timasiyana. Kwa iye, kukwera mailosi 1,200 kunali kokulirapo kuwirikiza ka 10 kuposa momwe ndinaliri. Mpikisano wake, ngakhale atakula, unali wa ola limodzi ndi theka. Mwakuthupi, ndinali mphunzitsi wake, ndikumuwonetsa momwe angagwiritsire ntchito CamelBak ndi momwe angayesere mayeso, momwe angagwiritsire ntchito nyali yakumutu komanso kukwera usiku, komanso kuti akhoza kuchita zambiri kuposa momwe amaganizira. Koma pamalopo, mwina anali wowunikiridwa kuposa momwe ndimamvera, ndipo adandiperekeza kudera lamalingaliro atsopano.

Maonekedwe: Mavuto ambiri opirira amafika pofika kumapeto; ulendowu udali pafupi kukufikirani komwe kudawonongeka. Munamva bwanji mukafika pamalowo poyerekeza ndi momwe mumafika kumapeto?

RR: Kufika pamalowa kunkandipanikiza kwambiri. Ndinkakonda kuchita zinthu ndekha, chifukwa chake ndikugwira ntchito ndi gulu makamaka kuyesera kulemba ulendowu, ndimayenera kupita pagululi. Zikanakhala zosavuta ngati ndikanachita ndekha, chifukwa sindikanati ndiponderezedwe, sindikanakakamizidwa kuti ndichepetse-koma ndikuganiza kuti kanemayo ndi Huyen ondikakamiza kuti ndichepetse inali phunziro lomwe ine anafunika kuphunzira.

Pamalo owonongeka panali ngati kulemera kwakukulu uku kwachotsedwa, ngati dzenje lomwe sindimadziwa kuti kuli moyo wanga wonse. Chifukwa chake gawo lachiwiri laulendoli linali lofunika kwambiri, ndipo kufika ku Ho Chi Minh City kunali kosangalatsa kwambiri. Ndinakwera ulendo wopita kukafunafuna abambo anga omwe anamwalira, koma pamapeto pake, banja langa lokhalamo linali pamenepo likundiyembekezera ndikukondwerera ulendowu. Zinandipangitsa kuzindikira kuti ndiyenera kumamatira ku izo, nanenso, ndikuwawuza kuti ndimawakonda ndikukhala mumphindi ndi zomwe ndili nazo patsogolo panga.

Maonekedwe: Kodi mumamva ngati mwapeza zomwe mumayang'ana?

RR: Anthu ambiri omwe sanawonepo kanemayo ali ngati, o, muyenera kuti mwatseka, koma zachisoni bwanji, Pepani. Koma ndimamva ngati ndi kanema wokhulupirira komanso wosangalala, chifukwa ndimalumikizana naye. Iye wapita ndipo sindingathe kusintha zimenezo, koma ndikumva ngati ndasintha ubale umene ndili nawo panopa. Ndipo m'menemo, ndidadziwa banja langa lonse, mlongo wanga ndi amayi anga, bwino, nawonso-kotero ndi mathero osangalatsa, m'malingaliro anga.

Maonekedwe: Ali nachon zosavuta, kuyambira paulendowu ndikukambirana za zomwe mwakumana nazo, kukhala otseguka komanso osatetezeka ndi alendo?

RR: Inde, koma osati chifukwa ndizosavuta kwa ine. Ndikuphunzira kuti ndikakhala wowona mtima kwambiri, ndimakhala wolumikizana bwino ndi anthu omwe akuwonera kanema. Ndikuganiza kuti anthu amaganiza kuti wothamanga wolimba azikhala wamphamvu kwambiri ndipo sadzakhala ndi mantha kapena kusatetezeka kapena kulira kapena kudzikayikira, koma ndikuphunzira kuti ndikakhala wotseguka ndikuvomereza zinthuzo, ndikamachita zambiri anthu amapeza mphamvu kuchokera pamenepo. M’malo mokudzudzulani, anthu amadziona okha mwa inu, ndipo ndimaona kuti kuona mtima n’kofunika kwambiri kuti munthu agwirizane. Ndipo ndizotopetsa kuyesa kukhala wamphamvu komanso wangwiro nthawi zonse.Kuti musayang'ane ndikunena, eya, ndikuwopa kapena izi ndizovuta, pali ufulu wovomereza.

Maonekedwe: Chotsatira ndi chiyani?

RR: Chimodzi mwazinthu zosayembekezereka kwambiri paulendowu ndikuphunzira za momwe nkhondoyi yomwe idatha zaka 45 zapitazo ikupherabe anthu - pali mabomba okwana 75 miliyoni osaphulika ku Laos kokha. Ndikumva moona mtima ngati abambo anga andibweretsa kumeneko kuti ndithandizire kuyeretsa ndikuthandizira kuyambiranso kosadziwika (UXO). Zambiri za Msewu wamagazi ulendo wa kanema wakhala ukupezera ndalama ku Mines Advisory Group ku Laos m'dzina la abambo anga. Ndinagwirizananso ndi kampani ya zodzikongoletsera, Article 22, ku New York, yomwe imapanga zibangili zokongola kwambiri kuchokera ku zitsulo za aluminiyamu zankhondo ndi mabomba ku Laos omwe amachotsedwa, ndipo ndikuthandizira kugulitsa zibangili kuti ndipeze ndalama zomwe zimabwerera ku Laos konzani machitidwe osadziwika mdzina la abambo anga. Ndiyeno ndikukhalanso ndi maulendo apanjinga zamapiri kumbuyo uko; Ndikungokonzekera kupita lachiwiri. Ndi chinthu chomwe sindimayembekezera kuti ndichokera panjinga yanga, ndipo ndi njira yoti ndigwiritsire ntchito njinga yanga ngati galimoto yosinthira. Ulendowu watha, koma ulendowu udakalipobe.

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