Ranar Colorado

A karo na farko da na yi tunani game da Colorado ya dawo a cikin 1999 yayin da nake zaune a kan hawan ski a West Virginia. A matsayina na mai son dusar ƙanƙara, na kasa yin mamakin yadda tsaunukan “manyan” suke. Zai zama bayan shekaru da yawa lokacin da zan gano. A cikin 2008, an cire ni shekara guda daga kwaleji kuma ina zaune a Kudancin Florida. An daɗe, shekaru biyar masu zafi a cikin fadama, kuma lokaci yayi da za a ci gaba. Abokan zama na a lokacin sun fito ne daga Fort Collins, kuma sanin cewa na nemi wani wuri a waje da kuma tunani mai zurfi, sun rinjaye ni in yi ƙaura zuwa Colorado. Na ajiye wasu kuɗi ina aiki a kantin buga littattafai a lokacin rani, na tattara motata, na bar Florida a wannan makon da kasuwanni suka cika kuma aka fara Babban Rikicin Kuɗi. Tafiya ce mai daure kai, rashin aikin yi, rashin sanin kowa, kuma ba a tava taka kafa a wannan hali ba. Amma, kamar kullum, na ƙwace kyakkyawar hali da iyayena suka zura kuma na yi tsalle. Me nake nema? Zaɓuɓɓukan sana'a mafi kyau, mutane masu tunani iri ɗaya, da dusar ƙanƙara. Dusar ƙanƙara mai yawa.

Shekaru na farko sun kasance masu wahala. Na rasa ayyuka da yawa a farawa kuma ina jin kamar ba ni da gogewa. Zai ɗauki kimanin shekaru uku kafin in sami tsagi na da gaske, amma ban bar hakan ya hana ni gudu cikin tsaunuka a duk damar da na samu ba. Shi ne abin da na yi mafarki game da matashi, gudu sama da ƙasa koli, dusar ƙanƙara a cikin champagne foda (wanda ke baƙin ciki bace) da kuma gaba ɗaya ji da alaka da wani babban al'umma sau daya. Akwai ci gaba da yawa da za a yi, ko da yake. Na kasance ina binciken REI a cikin 'yar damuwa, ina duban farashin kaya da balking. Ta yaya wani ya sami wannan salon rayuwa? Yaya zan yi? Abokai da ni kaina za mu haɗu tare da mafi kyawun kayan da za mu iya samu a lokacin. Ya yi na wasu kwanaki masu sanyi sosai, damshi. Amma hakan bai sa mu daina ba.

Yayin da shekaru suka ci gaba, na sami ƙafata. Na gina sana'a kuma na sanya kaina cikin ayyuka masu kyau. Ina ƙaunar duwatsu da mutane, don haka na ƙudurta cewa zan yi aiki. Koli hamsin daga baya (da kirgawa), kusan kamar mafarkin zazzabi ne. Na kasance a kan gaba na sabon wasanni a splitboarding. Na zama Cibiyar Nazarin Avalanche da Ilimi ta Amurka (AAIRE) bokan don bincike da ceto kankara. Na yi tsalle-tsalle (tsaga allo) da yawa 14ers daga sama zuwa ƙasa, jakunkuna a cikin jeri da yawa a kowane nau'in yanayi, kuma kwanan nan na ƙaddamar da dutsena na 54 sama da ƙafa 13,000. Na ga wannan jihar ta hanyoyin da mutane da yawa ke mafarki kawai, ko gani a hotuna. A yau, an yiwa REI alama akan masu bincike na kuma app ɗin yana buɗewa. Ƙaunar soyayya da waɗannan duwatsu ba ta ƙarewa. Lafiyar hankalina da ta jiki sun fi zama a nan. Ra'ayina game da rayuwa ya fi kyau don ƙaura nan. Ina da duniyar godiya ga iyayena, waɗanda suka san mafarkina kuma suka tura ni in tabbatar da su gaskiya. Daga zaune a kan hawan ski a West Virginia yana da shekaru 17, yana mamakin yadda yake a cikin manyan tsaunuka, don gina dukan salon rayuwa a kusa da waɗannan tsaunuka kafin shekaru 40. Duk waɗannan shekaru daga baya kuma Colorado ta ci gaba da canzawa da sauri, amma Ina farin cikin kasancewa a nan.

Ga ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin da na fi so game da Colorado daga wannan lokacin a tsakiyar 2000's.
Grizzly Bear's "Colorado"