Mata a aikace: "Na hau Dutsen Kilimanjaro"

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"Na hau Dutsen Kilimanjaro" ba yadda ɗalibai ke yawan amsawa ba lokacin da aka tambaye su yadda suka yi hutun bazara. Amma Samantha Cohen, 'yar shekara 17, wacce ta yi babban kololuwar ƙafa 19,000 a wannan Yuli, ba babbar babbar makarantar sakandare ba ce. Kodayake tana iya ƙuruciya, ɗalibi madaidaiciya-ɗalibi ya riga yana rayuwa cikakkiyar sifar rayuwar SHAPE.

Sha'awarta ga aikin motsa jiki ya fara tun yana ɗan shekara 7, lokacin da ta shiga cikin darussan kankara kuma ta fara gasa a cikin gida.Shekaru hudu bayan haka, Samantha ta gano rawa-musamman jazz da rawa-kuma ba da daɗewa ba tana ɗaukar aji 12 a kowane mako. Har ma ta yi rajista a cikin shirin rawa na farko. Koyaya, lokacin da Samantha ta sami matsalolin gwiwa shekara ɗaya da rabi da suka gabata kuma aka yi mata aikin tiyata, ta ɗauki shi azaman alamar komawa baya.

"Na ji daɗin rawa sosai amma na gane ba shine kawai abin da nake so a rayuwa ba," in ji ta. "Ina son lokacin tafiya da kuma bincika ayyuka daban-daban." Don haka ta rataya takalmanta na rawa ta juya zuwa yoga, keken rukuni, da kuma azuzuwan zumba na lokaci-lokaci don gyaran jikin ta.

Koyaushe a kan neman sabbin hanyoyin da za ta sa jikinta ya yi laushi da rarrafe, Samantha ta ga damar da za ta dauki babban mataki a wajen yankin jin dadin jikinta a wannan bazarar da ta wuce. A cikin Maris, ta ji cewa aboki ya yi rajista don hawa Dutsen Kilimanjaro a lokacin bazara tare da wasu abokan karatun sakandare.

Ko da duk abubuwan da ta saba yi na wasannin motsa jiki, Samantha ta fahimci aikin da ke gab da ita sabuwar dabba ce. Dutsen Kilimanjaro yana cikin Tanzaniya, ya haura ƙafa 19,340, wanda ya sa ba wai kololuwar nahiyar kaɗai ba, har ma da tsayi mafi tsayi a duniya.

Ko da yake ƙalubalen jiki sun kasance masu girma-don masu farawa, iska yana yin bakin ciki sosai tare da hawan da cewa rashin lafiya ya addabi yawancin masu tafiya 15,000 da ke ƙoƙarin hawan hawan a kowace shekara-Samantha ba ta hana ba. Samantha ta ce "Ina tsammanin da na zabi in hau wani karamin dutse, in ce a Colorado," in ji Samantha, wacce duk da shakku daga wasu abokai da 'yan uwa ko da yaushe ta yi imanin cewa za ta kai saman dutsen. "Amma da gaske wannan shine kawai matsawa kaina don yin wani abu na yau da kullun."

Yayin da take horon hawanta, Samantha, mai ba da agaji, ta koya game da kamfen na Jarumai na Asibitin yara na St. Jude, wanda masu tsere da sauran 'yan wasa suka yi alƙawarin tara kuɗi yayin horo don tsere ko taron. Bayan ta yi rajista tare da kirkiro wani shafi a gidan yanar gizon asibitin don karbar kudade, ta tara kusan dala 22,000 don gidauniyar.

Tare da wannan nasarar a ƙarƙashin belinta, Samantha tana fatan ci gaba da aikin sadaka tare da St. Jude yayin da ta gama makarantar sakandare kuma ta shafi kwaleji. Ko da inda tafiye -tafiyen ta na gaba zai kai ta, Samantha tana da kwarin gwiwa kan iyawar ta na kammala duk wani aiki da ta ɗauka. "Ni ba mutum ne da ya fi dacewa ba, amma idan kuna son wani abu, babu dalilin da zai hana ku iya cimma hakan," in ji ta. "Mutane sun fi karfin jiki fiye da yadda suke tsammani. Kuma tukina yana da karfi da zai taimake ni cimma komai."

Don ƙarin koyo ko don ba da gudummawa ga ƙoƙarin Samantha na ci gaba don taimakawa Asibitin Binciken Yara na St. Jude, duba shafinta na tara kuɗi. Don ƙarin bayani game da tafiya mai ban sha'awa ta Samantha zuwa saman Dutsen Kilimanjaro, tabbatar da ɗaukar kwafin fitowar SHAPE na Satumba, akan kantunan labarai Litinin, 19 ga Agusta.

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