Wadannan Matan Biyu Suna Canza Fuskar Masana'antar Tafiya

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Idan akwai kalma ɗaya da za ku iya amfani da ita don kwatanta Melissa Arnot, zai kasance mugu. Hakanan zaka iya cewa "manyan hawan dutsen mata," "'yan wasa masu ban sha'awa," da "AF mai gasa." Ainihin, ta ƙunshi duk abin da wataƙila kuka fi sha'awar game da 'yan wasa mata.

Ofaya daga cikin halayen da ake yabawa Arnot, kodayake, ita ce tukin ta don ci gaba da tura iyaka. Bayan zama mace ta farko Ba’amurke da ta samu nasarar koli da gangarowar Dutsen Everest ba tare da ƙarin iskar oxygen a farkon wannan shekara ba, nan da nan jagoran Eddie Bauer ya tashi a kan sabon manufa: don bincika duk kololuwar 50 mafi girma na Amurka a cikin ƙasa da kwanaki 50. . (An yi wahayi tukuna? Anan akwai wuraren shakatawa na ƙasa guda 10 da yakamata ku ziyarta kafin ku mutu.)

Amma Arnot ba zai ɗauki ƙalubalen kololuwar 50 kawai ba. Maddie Miller, 'yar shekara 21 babban jami'in koleji kuma Eddie Bauer jagora a cikin horo, zai kasance tare da ita. 'Yar kwarin Sun, 'yar asalin Idaho, Miller da danginta sun kasance abokai na kud da kud da Arnot shekaru da yawa amma ba koyaushe ita ce 'yar tsauni a waje ba. A gaskiya ma, lokacin da Arnot ya ziyarci tsohuwar makarantar sakandare ta Miller a farkon wannan bazara don magana da shirin jagoranci na waje, mutane da yawa sun yi mamakin jin cewa Miller zai zama abokin tarayya 50 Peaks. Amma kuma, Arnot ba koyaushe yake hawa hawa ba. 'Yar shekaru 32 ta kamu da soyayyar wasan a lokacin tana da shekaru 19, bayan ta haura babban tsaunin Arewa da ke wajen dajin Glacier National Park a Montana.

"Ya canza rayuwata gaba ɗaya," in ji ta game da hawan mai ƙafa 8,705. "Kasancewa cikin tsaunuka, shine karo na farko da na ji kamar wannan shine abin da nake so in yi. A nan ne na ji a gida a karon farko."

Miller ta ce tana da irin wannan lokacin buɗe ido lokacin da ta hau Dutsen Rainier tare da mahaifinta da Arnot a matsayin kyautar kammala karatun sakandare. "Mahaifina ya kasance yana ɗaukar ni a kan ƙananan tafiye-tafiye ni da shi kawai, kuma ina sha'awar kasancewa a waje kawai, amma bai taba shiga raina a matsayin wani abu da zai iya samar da irin wannan hanya a rayuwata ba ko kuma wani abu da zai iya yiwuwa. ko da yiwuwar zama sana'a," in ji Miller. "Amma da muka yi Rainier ya dauke hankalina ta wata hanya mai ban mamaki. Ban san cewa wani abu ne da ke cikin zuciyata ba."

Arnot har ma ya tuna lokacin da ta ga fitilar ta ci gaba don Miller. "Tabbas ta kasance mafi ilimi da kunya kuma ba ta da hankali, wanda ke da wuyar gaske saboda dole ne ku iya nishadantar da mutane don zama jagorar dutse-ba wai kawai yanayin tsaro ba ne, yana ba da jagoranci na dindindin da lokaci mai kyau," in ji Arnot. "Amma Maddie ta sami wannan lokacin lokacin da yake da wuyar gaske kuma ta sami kanta a ciki, kuma wannan shine ɗayan mafi kyawun abubuwan da ke iya faruwa a cikin tsaunuka. Ya yi sanyi sosai don kallon abin da ya faru da ita saboda a lokacin na iya gani. Ina ganin burinta, tukinta, da sha'awarta, na san hawa ne kawai farkonta. (Psst: Bincika waɗannan Mahimman Hiking Gear 16 don Kasadar ku ta gaba.)

Ta yi gaskiya - wannan shine hawan da ya haifar da ra'ayin kalubale na 50 Peaks Challenge lokacin da su biyu suka yanke shawarar za su yi tsere a fadin kasar duk lokacin rani a cikin motar miya da kuma hawan kololuwa da sauri kamar yadda za su iya. Amma kamar kowane kasada, tsare-tsare ba safai suke tafiya kamar yadda aka tsara, da kyau. Dama kafin su fara, 'yan biyun sun yanke shawarar cewa Miller zai nufi Denali don fara tafiya shi kaɗai yayin da Arnot ya zauna a baya don murmurewa daga raunin sanyi da ta samu a ƙafarta yayin da yake kan Everest. Rikicin ya kasance mai raɗaɗi, in ji Miller-kuma ya ɗauki Arnot daga cikin tsere don karya rikodin 50 Peaks na tsaye-amma Arnot ya ce ba ita ce ta fi rikodin duniya ba.

"Ba ni da jagora, wanda ya nuna mani abin da zai yiwu," in ji ta. "Dole ne kawai in ƙirƙira tawa hanya kuma in gano hanya mai wuya abin da ke aiki da abin da ba ya aiki. Maddie tana da tunani sosai kuma tana da shiru, amma na san cewa wataƙila kasancewa a kusa da ni yana yin tasiri mai kyau a rayuwarta. Na ji daɗi sosai. Kare taimako ya nuna mata abin da zai yiwu. Abin da wannan tafiya ta kunsa ke nan don nuna ma Maddie ainihin abin da ta iya."

Kuma kuna iya cewa ya yi aiki. "Ban san yuwuwar da mata ke da shi ba...domin ban san mata masu karfi ba har sai na sadu da Melissa," in ji Miller. "Ta bude idona ga wannan sabuwar yuwuwar da nake da ita, cewa zan iya zama mai karfi da murya. Ba sai na zauna a gefe ba in bar wasu mutane su karbi mulki."

Amma, ba abu mai sauƙi ba ne kasancewa kusa da wani a kowace rana - musamman lokacin da 15 na waɗannan sa'o'i yawanci ana kashe su a cikin mota maimakon kan hanya - kuma a farkon tafiya, Arnot da Miller sun ce sun ji tashin hankali. Arnot ya ce "Muna da wannan hoton hasashe na abin da wannan tafiya za ta kasance kuma ya faɗi kawai," in ji Arnot. "Babu wani lokacin kwantar da hankali. Maddie ya tashi daga kasancewa a kan Denali, wanda shine hawan balaguro da yanayi mai kama da zen, zuwa hargitsi."

Miller ta ce lokacin da ta hadu da Arnot ta ji damuwa sosai. "Na sauke wannan kwarewa mai ban mamaki a Denali kuma ina ƙoƙarin naɗa kwakwalwata game da abin da gaskiyar ta gaba za ta kasance kuma ba zan iya yin hakan ba."

Wannan ɓacin ran ya ɗauki tsawon kwanaki uku kuma ya bar Arnot cikin damuwa game da ko za su ci gaba.

"Akwai wasu lokuta, gaskiya, na yi tunanin ko na yi kuskure wajen yanke hukunci," in ji ta. "Na kasance kamar, 'Na wuce abin da za ta iya? Shin zai rushe ta kuma ba za ta iya yin haka ba? Hakan ya bani tsoro."

Barci na iya yin abubuwa masu ban al'ajabi, kodayake, kuma ga Miller, ya ba da lokaci don canjin ra'ayi. "Lokacin da na farka na kasance kamar, 'Kuna nan. Yi amfani da shi. Wa ya damu idan ba za ku iya yin shi ba, kawai ku yi amfani da abin da ke faruwa a yanzu,' "in ji ta. (PS: Waɗannan Babban Tech Hiking da Kayayyakin Zango Suna Cool AF.)

Tun daga wannan lokacin, su biyun sun fashe ta hanyar jadawalin lokacin da aka tsara kuma suka sami kansu a kololuwar karshe-Mauna Kea a Hawaii - tare da kusan kwanaki 10 kafin su kare. Miller da Arnot sun hau cikin rana mai sanyi, yanayin sanyi zuwa saman ƙwanƙolin ƙafa 13,796 da ke kewaye da gajimare. Tare da dangi da abokai da ke kewaye da su, ma'auratan sun runguma, suna kuka, da raha game da yunƙurinsu daban-daban na kammala abin hannu a kowane dutse-ko aƙalla sanya shi yayi kyau ga Insta. (Waɗannan mashahuran sun san abu ɗaya ko biyu game da buga hanyoyin da kuma sanya shi da kyau yayin yin sa.) Miller sai ya yi bikin hawan su kamar yadda ta yi kowane kololuwa: Rera waƙar ƙarfafawa ta ƙasa. A ƙarshe, Arnot da Miller sun ɗauki ɗan lokaci mai natsuwa don nutsar da gaske a cikin abin da ya faru yanzu: Miller ya kafa sabon rikodin duniya, yana hawan kololuwa 50 a cikin kwanaki 41, sa'o'i 16, da mintuna 10-a hukumance kwana biyu cikin sauri fiye da wanda ya gabata.

Miller ya ce "Wannan duka abu ne mai wahala sosai, amma wannan shine yanayin sanyi-mun ɗauki hanya mai wahala," in ji Miller. "Mun yi komai daidai kuma ba mu takaita komai ba."

Yanzu, baya ga jagora, Arnot yana kan manufa don jagorantar tsara na gaba na mata masu hawan hawa. "Mafarkina shi ne in samar da tsarin da matasa mata za su iya ganin mutane masu karfi da ke aiki a cikin yanayin da za su so su yi aiki a ciki kuma su sami tasiri, kwarewa daya-daya tare da waɗannan matan," in ji ta. "Kuma ina son su ga cewa mu mutane ne kawai na al'ada. Ni ba kowa bane babba, na hargitse a koyaushe, amma wannan shine dalilin da yasa wannan ke aiki-Ni ma na yi kama da su don su iya ganin kansu cikin takalmina."

Amma Miller, da kyau, ta mai da hankali ga kammala karatun jami'a. Bayan haka, wa ya san-ta iya da kyau tana jagorantar tafiye-tafiye masu shiryarwa kamar Arnot ko kuma ta zo da tarihin duniya na gaba don karya.

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