INDLELA YOKUTSHA IBHAYIKILE: INGXELO YOQEQESHA LOKUQALA (EBUSIKA, AKUKHO NGAPHANDLE!)

Umbhali utsala amehlo (loo mavili!) Kwaye ufumana iingcebiso malunga nendlela yokutyeba ibhayisekile ebusika, nzulu eMaine Woods.

Iibhayisikili ezityebileyo zitsala ingqalelo.Zikhutshiwe ngamatayara anebhalbhu anobukhulu obuyi-3, 4, kunye ne-intshi ezi-5 ububanzi, zibuggy ngaphezu kwebhayisekile yasezintabeni.Kwaye ngelixa loo matayara evumela abakhweli beebhayisikile ukuba baqengqeleke malunga nawo nawuphi na umhlaba, bakwafuna izimvo zabo babukeleyo.Oko kuthetha ukuba ndingaphezulu kokuziva ndiziva ndilungile njengoko ndilungisa isihlalo kwiTrek Farley endiyiqeshileyo (ububanzi betayara: 4.5 intshi) kwindawo yokupaka ii-AMC's.Medawisla Lodge & CabinseMaine Woods.Ihlanganiswe kwiingqimba zasebusika kunye neebhutsi zekhephu ezinqabileyo, ndibona ithuba elifanelekileyo lokuhlazeka kwiinyawo ze-50 zomkhenkce phakathi kwam kunye ne-trailhead.

“La ngawona matayara makhulu awakhe akhona!”omnye umfazi wadanduluka njengoko ecofa-cofa ecaleni kwam enxibe iibhutsi zokutyibiliza ezinqumla ilizwe.Omnye umtyibilizi uhamba ejonge ngakumbi kwaye uthi uzame ukukhwela ibhayisekile etyebileyo okokuqala kwiveki ephelileyo.

Iseti yesitulo kunye nesigcina-ntloko esinxitywayo, andisakwazi kulibaziseka.Ndijiwulisa umlenze phezu kwebhayisekile, ndihlala kwisali, kwaye ndiqalise ukuqengqeleka.Kukho inyaniso kwi-cliché ukuba awusoze uyilibale indlela yokukhwela ibhayisekile, kodwa loo nto ibonisa ukuba yonke ibhayisekile ivakalelwa ngokwahlukileyo.Le bhayisekile ityebileyo ayiphantse yafana nebhayisekile yam yendlela.Andizukube ndikrola nakuphi na ukujika okuqinileyo kule tanki, kodwa iyagquma kwindawo enomkhenkce ngaphandle kokutyibilika.Ndanyoshoza ndaya etreyini ndithe chu ndinyusa isantya.Umtyibilizi uyanqumama ukuze andibukele ndidlula.“Heyi, oko kukhangeleka kumnandi!”uthi.Ewe.Ewe yiyo.

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Enye ingcaciso yokukhula okugqabhukileyo kokuhamba ngebhayisekile ngamatayara atyebileyo kukuba oku kukhwela ngamavili opopayi kuzalisa imfuno yabakhweli beebhayisikile abakhutheleyo.Ndive ngaphezu kwabakhweli abambalwa bebhekisa “kumphongolo” wabo weebhayisekile, ngokungathi bangabatoli abaxhobe ngoluhlu lweentolo, nganye kuzo inobunzima kwaye ineentsiba kwiimeko ezithile.Ibhayisekile yendlela yokuhamba, ibhayisekile yeentaba kwiindlela, isantya esinye sesixeko.Iibhayisekile zokuthenga, ukhenketho, igrabile, kunye nokuhamba ngenqanawa.Umkhweli webhayisikile othanda ukukhwela ibhayisekile unokuba nendlela ethile yokukhwela isizini nganye, umphezulu, kunye nokusetyenziswa.Kodwa de kube ibhayisekile yokuqala etyebileyo yadityaniswa kunye, kwakungekho khetho eyenzelwe ngokukodwa ikhephu okanye isanti.

Enye ingcaciso yokuthandwa kweebhayisekile ezityebileyo?Kumnandi nje ukukhwelanayiphi naumphezulu.

Ndineebhayisikili ezimbini ezidiniweyo: ibhayisekile yendlela kunye nebhayisekile ehambayo.Kwikhephu lokuqala elikhulu, baya kwi rakhi ekwiveranda baze baxhonywe, bengahoywa, kangangeenyanga.Ndithe ndakuba nethuba lokuchitha impelaveki kaFebruwari ndikhwele eMaine Woods, ndatsala iithayithi zam zebhayisekile ngasemva kwidrowa yokunxiba, ndapakisha iibhegi zam, ndatsalela umnxeba uErik daSilva, umququzeleli wenkqubo yemfundo.Bicycle Coalition of Maine.I-ofisi ye-AMC yaseMaine Woods yayithetha no-daSilva malunga nokwenza ezinye iinkqubo zokufundisa ibhayisekile kunye neenkqubo zokhuseleko kubasebenzi bendawo yokuhlala, kwaye utyelelo lwam lwalusisingxengxezo esigqibeleleyo sokuba aqhube ukusuka kwikhaya lakhe e-Orono, eMaine, imini yokukhwela ebusika.

Umphongolo kaDaSilva uphethe iibhayisekile ezisithoba, kubandakanya isantya sesithathu se-retro, i-recumbent, kunye ne-tandem.Xa ehamba ngebhasi, udaSilva udla ngokubeka ibhayisekile kwindawo yemithwalo ukuze anyonyobe ukuya kwindawo yakhe yokugqibela esuka kwisikhululo.“Enye yeenkolelo zam kukuba naliphi na ithuba esilinikwayo lokuphuma emotweni size sikhwele ibhayisekile, ndiya kulixhakamfula,” utsho emnxebeni.Kuye, ukukhwela ibhayisekile ayingomsebenzi wosuku nje.

Nangona u-daSilva ebehamba ngebhayisekile ubomi bakhe bonke, ibhayisekile yakhe etyebileyo yakhawuleza yakhulula ezinye izinto awayezikhwele emva kokuba eyithenge kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo.Uthi: “Ibingelobhayisekile yam endiyithembayo kuphela kodwa neyona bhayisekile ndiye ndafumana eyona bhayisekile yam ngayo.Uyisebenzisela ukukhwelisa izixhobo zokumisa inkampu kumahlathi asemagqagaleni kangangeentsuku ezininzi;ujikeleza iindledlana zakhe zebhayisekile entabeni;kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, uyikhwele bonke ubusika.Uchaza indlela yakutsha nje enqumla kwiipaki ezininzi kunye neendawo ezihlala abantu, idlula izindlu zabahlobo endleleni.Umfanekiso osentloko yam ayingowabantu abadala kuhambo olude kodwa yipakethi yabantwanaIzinto ezingaziwayo, beqwenga idolophu yabo encinane, benandipha inkululeko ababeyinikwe ziibhayisekile.

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Umhlaba we-AMC waseMaine Woods-iihektare ezingama-75,000, iindawo zokulala ezintathu, iikhilomitha ezili-140 zomzila, zonke zingaphakathi kurhulumente.100-Mayile entlangoIpaseji yolondolozo-iyeyona ndawo iphambili yokunyuka intaba, ukubhexa, ukuloba iimpukane, kunye nendawo yokutyibiliza enqumla ilizwe ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi.Kodwa abakhweli beebhayisikile bafumene ulonwabo lwale ndawo kutsha nje, xa i-AMC yavula iimayile ezingama-80 zeendlela zebhayisekile ezinengoma enye kwiNtaba yeTrout, malunga neekhilomitha ezi-3 kumzantsi-mpuma weloji yayo entsha, iMedawisla.Yongeza oko kwi-AMC's iimayile ezingama-90-odd zeendlela zokutyibiliza ezilungisiweyo, kwaye yenza enye yezona nethiwekhi zikhulu eMaine zivulekele ukukhwela ibhayisekile ebusika.Uhambo oluthile apha usuku lokukhwela.Abanye babhukisha indawo yokuhlala kunye ne-pedal lodge-to-lodge.

Nangona kunjalo, kwigumbi lokutyela eMedawisla, ndibaliwe.Abatyibilizi bapakisha iitafile.Ngaphezulu kwetakane legusha kunye neeglasi zewayini, babalisa iintshatsheli zosuku kwaye bancokole ngochulumanco malunga nekhephu elizayo eliqikelelwe ukuba liza kuwisa esinye isiqingatha sonyawo.Ngesiqhelo ndandidla ngokubelana ngochulumanco lwabo, kodwa phambi kolu hambo, ndandixelelwe ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba iimeko ezintle zokukhwela ibhayisekile ziimeko ezimbi zokutyibilika ekhephini kwaye ngokuphambeneyo.Ngoko xa umphathi weloji ehlaziya uqikelelo lwangaphambili ukuya kwi-intshi ezi-1 ukuya kwezi-2 baze abatyibilizi bakhuphe isincwino esihlangeneyo, ndiye ndemka etafileni ndacima i-imeyile eya ku-daSilva.Uphendula ngokukhawuleza athi: “Kunini apho besiya kuvuya kangaka ngekhephu elibi kangaka?”

Ukusuka eMedawisla, abakhweli beebhayisikile kunye nabatyibilizi ngokufanayo banokungena phakathi koluhlu lweekhabhinethi ukuya eLakeside Trail.Ukusuka apho, kukhetha i-adventure yakho.Yiya ekhohlo ujonge isibhakabhaka esinomkhenkce seSecond Roach Pond.Hlala ngqo emoyeni ecaleni konxweme olusemazantsi echibi.Okanye jikela ngasekunene uye kwiinduli neentaba, ngaphaya koko unokufikelela kwezinye iindawo zokuhlala ze-AMC, iLittle Lyford kunye neGorman Chairback.Xa uDaSilva efika eMedawisla ngentsasa elandelayo, sijonga ngokukhawuleza kwimephu kwaye sikhethe ukhetho lwesithathu.

Sijonge ngasempuma, kude neloji naphakathi kweekhabhini.Yimvakalelo engaqhelekanga, ukukhwela ibhayisekile etyebileyo.Amatayara amakhulu, afane avuthelwe kwaphela, atsiba kancinci njengoko ndinyoba, egudisa amaqhuma kumzila.Okukhona ikhephu lithambile, kokukhona usezantsi uxinzelelo lomoya olunqwenelekayo, ngoko ke ndikhwele malunga neeponti ezi-5 nge-intshi nganye yesikwere (psi).Ngokuthelekisa, ndimpompa amavili ebhayisekile yam ukuya kuthi ga kwi-120 psi kwaye ndive yonke ingqalutye kwaye ndiqhekeke kwipavumente.

Mna noDaSilva sikhwela ecaleni, sincokola ngemvelaphi yethu yokukhwela ibhayisekile.Kulula ukuhamba ekuqaleni, kunye nomzila okhuphukayo kunye nowa ngokucokisekileyo.Emva koko sifika kwithuba lethu kwiShaw Mountain Cutoff kwaye singene ekunene kwiinduli.Umzila uqala ukunyuka.Kungekudala ndiqala ukuva ukutshisa okungapheliyo, okungazinzi kwi-quads yam.Olu hambo luza kuba nzima.

Ndiyema ukuze ndiphefumle, kwaye udaSilva ngobubele ukhupha umoya omncinci kumavili am ukuze angatshoni ekhephini.Sinyonyoba, udaSilva uthetha kakhulu ngoku.Undixelela ngeentsuku zakhe zomdyarho wendlela, xa wakhupha amazinyo akhe angaphambili kwingozi.Isantya esikhawulezayo sokuhamba ngebhayisikile ezindleleni sikhangeleka ngathi sisondelelene nomsebenzi wethu wangoku.Ndihamba ngomsindo kodwa ndihamba malunga neemayile ezi-5 ngeyure.

Ukubuyela kwindawo yokulala, i-Shaw Mountain yayijongeka njengophawu lweminwe kwimephu, ene-topographical whorls ehlanganiswe ngokuqinileyo encotsheni yamawele encochoyi (2,499 kunye ne-2,641 yeenyawo).Sijika ngasekhohlo kwifolokhwe elandelayo, kwaye iSkyline Trail iqalisa ukunqumla igxalaba elingasentla lentaba.Kufuneka ndime ukuze ndiphefumle kwakhona.Ukufumana kwakhona amandla am akukho moya, nangona kunjalo.Ndimpompa iipedals ngomsindo kwaye ndigxadazela phambili njengomntwana omncinci ohamba ngamavili amabini, ndiphuma kwisandla esizinzisayo somzali okokuqala.

Ipateni iphinda kwakhona kwaye kwakhona.UDaSilva ngoku ulichaphaza elimnyama kumgama.Ekugqibeleni ndiyancama ndize ndihambe ngebhayisekile ndinyuke awona macandelo aphakamileyo.Ndiyathuthuzeleka kwingcinga yokuba kufana nokutyibiliza ekhephini emva kwelizwe: Ndifumana nje ithuba lam.Ukuba iinyawo ze-600 zokuphakama zizuze kwimayile yokugqibela?Wonke lo msebenzi uza kubhatala xa ndibuyela ezantsi.Kodwa kuqala sifuna ukuchukumisa ingqungquthela.U-DaSilva ulinde ukuba ndibambe kwaye wandibongoza ukuba ndibuyele kwisali.

Emva kweekhilomitha ezi-4 zokukhwela, silahla iibhayisikili zethu kwaye sinyuke ikota yokugqibela ukuya encotsheni.Lifikile ke ixesha lokuhla.I-DaSilva ithatha eyona ndlela ithe ngqo, idubula isiqwenga esimxinwa sengoma enye.Ndiphinde ndabuyela kumzila obanzi wokutyibilika esisanda kukhwela kwaye sonwabele umoya ebusweni bam njengoko ndinyuka isantya.Ndiva umkhwazo utyhutyha emithini—“WOOOO-HHOOOOOO!”—olandelwa ziziqhoboshi zokuqhokra.Ndiyavuya ukuba ndiyekile ukukhwela kwezobuchwephesha ukuya edaSilva.Ndibamba ii-handlebars zam kwaye ndigqushalaza ezantsi kumzila, ndicofa iziqhoboshi ukuya kwi-fishtail kwijika ngalinye.Ayinamsebenzi kwaye iyavuyisa.

Ndithe ndisaqala ukunyola kwakhona xa udaSilva ejika indlela endikhawulela.Uyakhwaza.“Into endigqiba kuyenza yayiyeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yebhayisekile enamafutha ekhephu endakha ndahamba kuyo!”uthi."Igudile, iyakhawuleza, imtyibilizi kancinci: Ibinazo zonke izinto."

Ngomdla wakhe kunye nokungxama kokwehla kwam, umqansa otshisa amathanga ulibele.Ukumpompa i-Adrenaline, sibuyela kwindawo yokulala ukuze sifumane isidlo esishushu.

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Abakhweli bebhayisikile kunye nabatyibiliki betyibilika ekwabelwana ngemizila bekuya kubonakala kungenangqondo oko kwakudala.Kwada kwaba ngoo-1980 apho abanye abaqhubi beebhayisekile abashishinayo baphinda balungisa iindlela zabo zokukhwela ikhephu kunye neemeko zesanti.Kanye njengokuba ibhodi yokuqala yekhephu yenziwe ngokudibanisa i-skis ezimbini kunye, ezi tinkerers zidibanisa amavili emveli ukuya kububanzi bamavili amabini.Ngokudibanisa into eqhelekileyo, baye benza uhlobo olutsha lomdlalo.

Ukuhamba ngebhayisekile okutyebileyo kuye kwavela kwisihlwele sokwenza ngokwakho ukufumana abaphulaphuli abaphambili malunga neshumi leminyaka eyadlulayo.Kwi-2005 Surly, umenzi osekelwe eMinnesota, wazisa ibhayisikili yokuqala yamafutha omthengi, iPugsley ebomvu ebomvu.Intengiso yaqhuma kwiminyaka embalwa.IQuality Bicycle Parts, engabanini beSurly kunye nomnye umenzi, iSalsa, yakhula nge-187 pesenti ngo-2010 ilandelwa luhlumo lwama-246 ekhulwini ngo-2011.Umthengisi webhayisekile kunye neNdaba zeShishini, Ukuthengiswa kweebhayisikile ezityebileyo kuxhume iipesenti ezingama-44 ngonyaka omnye, ukuya phantse kwiibhayisekile ezingama-37,000, ngowama-2014.

Iintengiso ziye zaphela, kodwa ngamashumi amawaka eebhayisekile ezityebileyo ezisetyenziswayo ngoku, aziseyiyo inoveli kangako.Abakhweli bebhayisikile bawakhwelisa unyaka wonke, kuwo wonke umhlaba—kungekhona esantini nasekhephuni kuphela, kodwa nakwiindledlana zebhayisekile ezihlala ezintabeni nakwiindlela zemozulu embi.Ungathenga enye kwi-Wal-Mart nge-$ 219 okanye ulahle i-$ 7,000 kwi-top-of-the-line Specialized eyenziwe phantse ngokupheleleyo kwikhabhoni.

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Ukubuyela kubushushu bendawo yokulala, ndithoba izitya ezibini zesuphu yetumata kwaye ndileqa ngeesangweji zetshizi ezaneleyo ukuze ndiphulukane nokubalwa.Ndiphelelwe ngokupheleleyo.Kodwa iindledlana ziyatsala, kwaye kwakamsinyane sitsibela emva kwisali.

Ngeli xesha sijika ngasekhohlo kwiLakeside Trail kwaye sijonge ngaseSibini iRoach Pond.UDaSilva ukhupha ivili kwaye azame ukunyova ngetayara elinye.Xa engakwazi ukuzinza aze ajike emqolo, uyakhala yintsini, esaqhuba ibhayisekile ngoku ayibambe emoyeni entla kwakhe.

Kungekudala sadubula induli saya kutsho kwichibi elinomkhenkce, apho umkhwenyana aye wabeka indlela eya kwelinye icala lonxweme.I-DaSilva ibona iqela lamatye avela emkhenkceni kwaye akhawuleze.Unyonyoba ukuya kwelona litye likufutshane aze, elisebenzisa njengethambeka, aphumele emoyeni.Uyaphambuka atsibe ukusuka kwelinye nelandelayo ade azizame zonke.

Sathi sakunduluka sisiya kunxweme olusemantla, asiyihoyanga kwaphela indlela, sithungelana phakathi kwamabala omkhenkce nogqabhuko-dubulo kwikhephu.Sikhwela ngokunxusene nosingasiqithi de iDaSilva ibone indawo evulekileyo.Ugawula kunxweme lwekhephu aze afake umsonto ogcweleyo okhokelela emithini.Xa sele siphumile kumkhenkce ovulekileyo, kufuneka sigxile ekukhweleni umgca othe ngqo.Umgubo onzulu usongela ukusiqwenga njengentlabathi ekhawulezayo ukuba sijika ii-intshi ezimbalwa ekunene okanye ekhohlo.Sidada ngaphantsi kwamasebe ajingayo, sishukume siye kutsho kwiigiya ezilula, size siqengqele amatye neengcambu eziphuma ekhephuni.

Kuko oku.Olu luvuyo lokukhwela ibhayisekile.Ukunqumla umkhenkce emva koko uqengqeleka ukuya ehlathini.Yibhayisekile yamaphupha am obuntwana: ilori ye-monster enamavili amabini enokuthi iqengqeleke phantse nantoni na esendleleni yayo.Khawucinge nje kabini ngaphambi kokuba uzame ukunyuka intaba.

FUNDA OKUNGAKUMBI: AKUKHO UXINZELELO

Ukukhwela ibhayisekile yamafutha kunye nokugcinwa kufana neebhayisekile zeentaba zemveli, ngaphandle kwezinto ezimbini ezibalaseleyo: loo matayara amakhulu, afuna uxinzelelo lomoya olusezantsi kunesiqhelo.UDan Meyer, umbhali wabasebenziUmkhweli weBhayisikile,ukhwela ibhayisekile yakhe etyebileyo unyaka wonke kwiindledlana ezikufutshane neMissoula, Mont., kwaye inikezela ngezi zikhokelo zilandelayo zokunyuka nokuhla:

Ipavumente: 8 ukuya kwi 10 yeeponti nge-intshi nganye (psi)
Ukungcola okupakishweyo: 5 ukuya kwi-8 psi
Iqhwa kunye nesanti: 2 ukuya kwi-3 psi

Iimeko zekhephu zihluka kakhulu, kuxhomekeke kwiqondo lokushisa kunye nokuzilungisa, kwaye unokufuna ukulungelelanisa kwi-fly.Lumka xa usondela kwiziphelo eziphakamileyo nezisezantsi zesikali sikaMeyer, nangona kunjalo.Ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwakho, umngcipheko omkhulu wokonakalisa iirimu ukuba ubethe into enzima.Kwelinye icala loluhlu, uxinzelelo oluphezulu kula mavili makhulu lubeka amandla amakhulu kwiirimu, ezinokubangela umonakalo.

Akukho mlinganiselo wohlengahlengiso unokukhusela ezinye iindlela kumavili akho.“Ukuba ukwindlela yokusebenzisa izinto ezininzi, kushushu, kwaye iimeko zithambile, uya kwenza umonakalo,” utshilo uMeyer.Ukuba uzifumana utshona ekhephini kwaye ulwela ukutsala, mhlawumbi kushushu kakhulu ukukhwela.

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