Haɗu da Mai Neman Kasada Wanda ke Aiki na Sa'o'i 50 kuma Har yanzu Yana da Lokaci zuwa Dutsen Dutsen Ski

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A shekara ta 42, Christy Mahon ya kira kanta "kawai wata matsakaicin mace." Ta yi aikin sa'o'i 50+ a matsayin darektan ci gaba na Cibiyar Nazarin Muhalli ta Aspen, ta dawo gida a gajiye, kuma tana ƙoƙarin ba da lokaci don yin aiki a waje-yawanci gudu, tsere, ko tafiya. Amma rabin labarinta kenan.

Mahon kuma ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara hawa da kankara 54 na tsaunukan da ke da tsawon ƙafa 14,000 na Colorado, abin da ta ketare jerin abubuwan da za ta yi a shekarar 2010. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ita da abokan wasan ski guda biyu sun yanki foda na mafi girma a Colorado. Kololuwa 100 (kuma yanzu tana kan gaba zuwa mafi girman 200, wani abu wani ba a taba yin hakan ba).

Baya ga abubuwan da suka faru na bayan gida a cikin Jihar Centennial, Mahon ya hau tsaunuka a Nepal da dutsen mai aman wuta a Equador, Mexico, da Pacific Northwest. Kuma ya kammala ultramarathon guda biyar, kowannensu yana da nisan mil 100. Ƙarin kashe marathon da tseren mil 50 duk da babban murmushi a fuskarta. Ita da mijinta sau da yawa suna tsara abubuwan da suka faru a cikin Instagrams, @aspenchristy da @tedmahon.

Haka ne, wannan '' matsakaici '' mara kyau ba komai bane na ban mamaki, kodayake tana saurin cewa "Ni ba ɗan wasa bane."

Yayin da Mahon jakadi ne na alamar suturar waje Stio, in ji ta Siffa na musamman, "Ba a biya ni yin hakan. Ina yin hakan ne domin yana kalubalantar ni kuma ita ce hanya mafi sauri da na zo don koyo game da kaina da kuma abin da ke sa ni yin kaska-menene karfi na da raunin da na samu, da zuwa fuska-da-fuska da duka su fito da sauran karshen mutum mai karfi ... amma kamar yadda na ce, ni ba ƙwararrun 'yan wasa ba ne. Akwai mutane da yawa da suka gama gaba da ni a cikin waɗannan ƙwararrun tsere."

Gabatarwar Mahon ga matsananciyar kasada ta waje ta zo ne bayan kwaleji lokacin da ta yi aikin bazara a wurin shakatawa na Olympics a matsayin mai kula. Abokiyar zama za ta yi gudun mil 7 don yin aiki, kuma Mahon ta gano ita ma za ta iya yin wannan tazarar kafin ta shiga ciki. Sannan Mahon ya sadu da wani mai tsaron gidan a wurin shakatawa wanda ya yi tafiyar mil 50 a tsallaken Tsibirin Olympic kafin ya fara ranar aiki-nisan da Mahon bai sani ba. yana yiwuwa ɗan adam, ba a ma maganar kafin aiki.Da ke kewaye da waɗannan masu tseren nishaɗi masu ban mamaki, ƙarshe Mahon ya saita matakin da ya kai ta tseren 5K, sannan har zuwa 10K, marathons, matsanancin nisan mil 50, kuma a ƙarshe tseren mil mil 100 a ƙetaren jeji da ƙasa, kamar wurin hutawa Hardrock 100, Leadville , Steamboat, da sauransu. (Duba waɗannan Gasar Guda 10 Cikakkar Ga Mutane Akan Fara Gudu KO waɗannan Mahaukatan Ultras guda 10 waɗanda suka cancanci cutar da su.)

Gudun irin wannan nisa mai nisa shine "mafi kyawun kwatancen ɗaukar mataki ɗaya a lokaci ɗaya kuma koyaushe yana ci gaba," in ji Mahon. "Sa'an nan ko a cikin aiki ko dangantaka - wani abu a waje da gudu - za ku koyi ci gaba da ci gaba a lokacin da kuke so ku daina. Bugu da ƙari, na yi mamakin ganin cewa na fi karfi fiye da yadda nake tsammani."

Ko da a yau, yayin da ta saita hangen nesa kan babban burinta na gaba a wannan faɗuwar PR a Marathon Philadelphia, dutsen kankara a Chile, ko gudanar da ultras a Spain-mantra nata har yanzu iri ɗaya ne: Na samu wannan. "Na fada a duk lokacin da nake shakkar kaina, ko dai a kan hanya ko gudun kankara," in ji ta. "Na samu wannan, zan iya yin wannan."

A yanzu haka tana duba jerin abubuwan ta na gaba-menene ƙima, wane wuri, wane buri. "A koyaushe ina da jerin sunayen. Yana ba ni damar ganin a sarari abin da nake so, wanda nake so in horar da su don zama, da kuma inda nake son ziyarta," in ji ta.

Mahon ta kara da cewa ba ta yarda da sa'a ba, amma cikin aiki tukuru. "Lokacin da na girma an koya mani cewa ku yi sa'a tare da aiki tukuru. Ina jin dole na yi aiki tukuru don duk abin da nake da shi, kuma ina tsammanin mata da yawa suna jin haka. in yi abubuwan da ban taba yarda ba za su iya yiwuwa."

Halin da ake ciki: Kammala yawancin tsaunukan Colorado marasa hankali da ta yi tafiya da tsalle-tsalle suna buƙatar farkawa a karfe 11 na dare. don isa sansanin sansanin da ƙarfe 2 na safe kuma tafiya ƙasa mai wahala zuwa babban taron da sanyin safiya.

Ayyukan Mahon sun ninka lokacin da ta ƙaura zuwa Aspen-wani gari da ta bayyana a matsayin jama'a na yau da kullun, ba ƴan wasa da ake biyan kuɗi ba, waɗanda suka sa ya zama hanyar rayuwa don fita da yin abubuwan ban mamaki. (Don haka za ku iya cewa tana inda take.) “Shi ya sa zama da mutane masu himma ke kewaye da ita ya kawo sauyi,” in ji Mahon. "Idan kun saita burin yin tseren rabin marathon amma abokin aikin ku shine dankalin turawa, ba za ku sami duk fa'idodin haƙiƙa ba."

Wannan yanki na masu binciken waje ne Mahon ya juya don neman shawara kan yadda za a kai kololuwa a jihar. (Duba Jagoran Tafiya mai Lafiya zuwa Aspen idan kuna zazzagewa ba zato ba tsammani don hutun yanayin sanyi.) Ta koyi yadda ake tafiya zuwa kololuwar fata ta hanyar yin fata (aikin hawan kan tudu ta hanyar amfani da ɗaure na musamman, wanda ya fi yin tafiya da sauri fiye da tafiya). ta hanyar dusar ƙanƙara) da amfani da zaɓin kankara. "Ba za ku yi tsalle cikin tsalle-tsalle mafi wahala ba, kuna farawa da mafi sauƙi," in ji ta. "Eh, sau da yawa kuna kasa. Amma sai ku sake gwadawa."

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