Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōʻō i ka hau i nā kaʻa kaʻa momona

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo — Ua like ia me ka Humvee o na paikikala.ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa ʻelua puʻupuʻu e haʻaheo ana i kahi ʻōpuʻu mua ākea, nā ʻōpala hydraulic a me nā huila ākea ākea e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ke ala me ka huhū o SEAL Team Six.He 30 paona kona kaumaha a he ʻeleʻele i pena ʻia.ʻO kaʻu ʻoihana ka hele wāwae ʻana i kēia ala i piha i ka hau ma ke kua o Colorado ma waho o Breckenridge.

"Ua kapa ʻia lākou he mau kaʻa kaʻa momona," wahi a Sydney Fox, ʻo ia me kāna keikikāne ʻo Nick Truitt, nona nā Breck Bike Guides."He mea hou kēia i Colorado, akā ua loaʻa iā Midwest a me Alaska no nā makahiki.ʻO nā huila nui e lana iā ʻoe ma ka hau.

Ua hoʻomaka ka holo kaʻa momona ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli haneli i hala ma ʻelua mau ʻāpana ʻāina like ʻole: Alaska a me New Mexico.Hiki i nā huila ākea ke hele i ke ala hoʻoilo i ka ʻākau, a me ka wao nahele a me ka arroyo e holo ana i ka hema.Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe hoʻokalakupua paʻakikī iā lākou e hele wāwae i ka Sahara a hele i Antarctica i ka Pole Hema.Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Fox e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kaʻu holo.

Hele mākou i ke alanui a huli i ke alanui French Gulch.ʻO ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ke kahua paʻa, ʻelua mau hiʻohiʻona hoihoi o ka holo kaʻa kaʻa momona e ʻike koke ʻia.

ʻO ka mua ka hoʻokele.Me ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i ke alanui, ʻano lohi ka huli ʻana.ʻO ia ke kaʻa kaʻa like me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻololi i ka moku moku Chrysler land kahiko o koʻu kupuna kāne.

Hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Fox iaʻu e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka hau.

“ʻAʻole ʻoe e manaʻo me he mea lā e omo ana ka huila i ka lepo ke huli ʻoe.Ma ka hau, ua like ia me ke kaʻa mauna maʻamau.

A laila aia ka haʻalulu.He 5-iniha ka laula o na pu kupapau e ku ana i ke kahua ala e hum ai na huila a e haalulu ai ka noho o ke kaa.Manaʻo wau e holo ana i ka mana ʻelua huila o Magic Fingers.

ʻAʻole like me nā kaʻa kaʻa mauna kauwela, ʻaʻohe o kā mākou kaʻa momona i nā derailleurs mua.Hoʻololi wale nā ​​kaʻa hope.ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, me kāna kaulahao liʻiliʻi i mua a me ka puʻupuʻu sprocket 10-wikiwiki ma hope, ua haʻahaʻa loa kaʻu kaʻa kaʻa ʻaʻole pilikia iaʻu i ka hele ʻana i nā wahi piʻi o ke alanui.

He mau minuke mai ke kūlanakauhale, huli mākou i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ʻole.

"Laki mākou ma Breck," wahi a Fox."He mau ala nahesa ko mākou a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao mauna, a he nui ka nui o lākou.Hiki iā mākou ke holo hoʻokahi ala i luna a hoʻokahi ala i lalo a ʻaʻole loa ma ke ala like. "

ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole i hau no hoʻokahi pule a ua paʻa maikaʻi ka ʻili o ke ala.Maikaʻi paha ka pauda no ka ski, akā hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hau hohonu me ke kaʻa kaʻa a hiki i ka holomua i mua ke hiki ke hiki ke hiki ke kū koke i ke poʻo.

"E mālama pono ʻoe e wili me ka maʻalahi," wahi a Fox.“E hoʻāʻo e maʻalahi i nā pedal e like me ka hiki.Inā wili kou kaʻa hope a i ʻole ʻoe i loko o kahi ala, e haʻalele a hele i luna a i ʻole e ʻimi i kahi wahi palahalaha e hoʻomaka hou ai.I kekahi manawa e iho ʻoe i ka ʻaoʻao a e pohō wale nā ​​huila ʻelua.ʻO ia ka leʻaleʻa.

Holo mākou i ke keʻokeʻo nui ma waho.I kēia manawa kaʻawale o ke kahua paʻa, ua like ia me kahi ʻano hau hau o ke kau wela mauna, akā ʻaʻohe pōhaku.ʻO ka pilikia nui aʻu e hālāwai ai, ʻo ia kaʻu hele wāwae ʻana i ka puʻu ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke holo wikiwiki e noho kaulike.

ʻIke maikaʻi ʻia nā huli ma ke ala, a komo koke mākou i ka nahele.Ke hoʻomau nei mākou ma luna o ka puʻu a me ke kahawai, ma hope o ke kū ʻana ma kahi kokoke i nā koena o ka Reiling Gold Dredge, he mea lāʻau hoʻolaʻa mai ka ʻāina waiwai nui o ka ʻāina.

Ua wehewehe ʻo Fox he nui nā ala kaʻa kaʻa e hahai ana i nā ʻauwaha i ʻeli ʻia i ka wā o ka ʻeli ʻana o ia wahi.

Huli mākou a hoʻi i lalo i ke kahua kaʻa.Ke kū nei kekahi mau kaʻa ma ʻaneʻi i kēia manawa, me nā kaʻa kaʻa momona ʻē aʻe e mākaukau e hele i waho.Huli hou mākou ma ke alanui nui a me nā huila puʻupuʻu e kū ana i ke alapiʻi, heihei hoʻi i ke kūlanakauhale.ʻAʻohe manaʻo maikaʻi loa ʻo Magic Fingers.

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