Kuyenda ndi Clown Shoes
Colorado ndi paradiso wokwera mapiri, omwe nthawi zonse amalembedwa m'maboma apamwamba omwe akuyenda bwino. Boma lili ndi mayendedwe 5,257 okwera omwe alembedwapo alltrails.com, ambiri omwe ali mkati mwaulendo waufupi kuchokera kumizinda yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa Front Range. Izi zimapangitsa kuti maulendo otchuka kwambiri azikhala odzaza kumapeto kwa sabata m'chilimwe chonse. Kwa anthu ambiri, misewu imeneyi imakhala yosalala kuyambira pamene chipale chofewa chimawulukira m’dzinja mpaka chisungunuke chakumapeto kwa masika. Komabe, ena apeza njira yosangalalira ndi mayendedwewa chaka chonse.
Banja langa ndi ine tinali m'gulu la anthu oyenda m'chilimwe mpaka zaka zingapo zapitazo pamene tinaganiza zoyesa kukwera pa snowshoe. Paulendo woyamba, masitepe athu oyamba adakhala ovuta. Mmodzi wa ana athu aakazi anachilongosola kukhala “kuyenda ndi nsapato zoseketsa.” Koma pamene tinali kudutsa m’mitengo ya paini yodzadza ndi chipale chofeŵa ndi nsonga zopanda kanthu, chipale chofeŵa chinayamba kugwa, ndipo tinayamba kumasuka ndi kusangalala ndi malo amatsenga. Tinali ndi njira yathu tokha, ndipo kukhala patokha sikunali kosiyana ndi chilichonse chomwe takhala nacho m'chilimwe.
Kubwerera m’nyengo yozizira m’tinjira tomwe tinali kuyendamo m’chilimwe chinali chochitika chochititsa chidwi. Mwachitsanzo, malo otchedwa Wild Basin ku Rocky Mountain National Park ndi malo omwe banja lathu limakonda kokayenda. Agogo aakazi a mkazi wanga anali ndi kanyumba pafupi, choncho mwina takhala tikuyenda ulendo umenewo maulendo oposa khumi ndi awiri m'chilimwe ndi achibale ndi abwenzi ambiri kwa zaka zambiri.
Zima ku Wild Basin zimapereka zochitika zosiyana kwambiri. M'chilimwe, Mtsinje wa St. Vrain Creek umayenda mwamphamvu pa mathithi angapo panjira; m'nyengo yozizira, chirichonse chimakhala chozizira ndi chipale chofewa. Ku Copeland Falls mukhoza kuima pakati pa mtsinje wa St. Vrain Creek wozizira kwambiri, chinthu chomwe sichingaganizidwe m'chilimwe. Calypso Cascades m'chilimwe imapanga phokoso lamphamvu pamene imayenda pamitengo yomwe yagwa ndi miyala; m'nyengo yozizira zonse zimakhala chete ndi bata. Dzuwa lachilimwe limatulutsa maluwa akutchire m'njira; m'nyengo yozizira dzuwa masana silimangoyang'ana m'zitunda ndi m'mitengo. Agologolo, mbira, mbira, ndi mbalame zamitundumitundu ndizofala m’chilimwe; m'nyengo yozizira amakhala akugona kapena akhala akuwulukira chakum'mwera kwa nthawi yayitali. Komabe, tinaona goli wambale amene mutu wake wofiira unaonekera patali ndi chipale chofewa, ndipo akalulu ovala nsapato za chipale chofewa anali adakali achangu monga momwe mayendedwe awo akusonyezera.
Kuyenda kwina kwa nsapato za chipale chofewa kwatifikitsa ku malingaliro okulirapo a kugawikana kwa kontinenti, misasa yamigodi yosiyidwa, malo omwe kale anali otsetsereka, ndi nyumba zomangidwa koyamba ndi Gulu Lankhondo la 10th Mountain. Komabe, nthaŵi zambiri timangosangalala kuyenda m’mitengo ndi kusangalala ndi bata la m’nyengo yachisanu, kusokonezedwa ndi chipale chofeŵa cha “nsapato za clown” zathu.
Zochitika zambiri zachisanu ku Colorado zimafuna luso lapadera, komanso zida zodula komanso zodutsa. Kuwombera chipale chofewa, kumbali inayo, kumakhala kosavuta ngati kuyenda, zidazo ndizotsika mtengo, ndipo misewu ndi yaulere, kupatula mwina ndalama zolowera kumalo athu odabwitsa kapena mapaki amtundu. Ogulitsa panja monga REI ndi Christy Masewera lendi nsapato za chipale chofewa ngati mukufuna kuyesa musanagule, kapena mutha kupeza awiri omwe agwiritsidwa kale ntchito kwa ogulitsa masewera kapena misika yapaintaneti. Nthawi zambiri kukwera kwa chipale chofewa kumakhala pamalo okwera kwambiri, koma chipale chofewa chozama komanso kutentha kwambiri mpaka pano chaka chino zapangitsa kuti munthu azitha kupita kulikonse. February 28 ndi Tsiku la Snowshoe ku US, bwanji osayesa njira yomwe mumakonda?