Tsiku la Colorado

Nthawi yoyamba yomwe ndimaganizira za Colorado ndidabwerera ku 1999 nditakhala pamalo okwera ski ku West Virginia. Monga munthu wokonda chipale chofewa, sindikanachitira mwina koma kudabwa kuti mapiri “aakulu”wo anali otani. Zikanakhala zaka zingapo pambuyo pake pamene ine ndikanadziwa. Mu 2008, ndinachotsedwa ku koleji ndikukhala ku South Florida. M’dambomo munali zaka zambiri, zotentha kwambiri, ndipo inali nthawi yoti tipitirire. Anzanga omwe ndinkagona nawo panthawiyo anali ochokera ku Fort Collins, ndipo podziwa kuti ndinafunafuna kwinakwake ndi kulingalira zamtsogolo, adandilimbikitsa kuti ndisamukire kuno ku Colorado. Ndinasunga ndalama zina ndikugwira ntchito m'sitolo yosindikizira m'chilimwe chimenecho, ndinanyamula galimoto yanga, ndikuchoka ku Florida sabata lomwelo lomwe misika idayamba ndipo Mavuto Aakulu azachuma adayamba. Unali ulendo wodetsa nkhawa, wopanda ntchito, wosadziwa aliyense, komanso wosapondapo phazi m'derali. Koma, monga mwa nthawi zonse, ndinabisa maganizo abwino amene makolo anga anandipatsa ndipo ndinadumphadumpha. Kodi ndimafunafuna chiyani? Zosankha zabwino zantchito, anthu amalingaliro ofanana, ndi matalala. Chipale chofewa chambiri.

Zaka zingapo zoyambirira zinali zovuta. Ndinataya ntchito zingapo poyambira ndipo zinkakhala ngati ndikungoyamba kumene. Zingatenge pafupifupi zaka zitatu kuti ndipeze polowera changa, koma sindinalole zimenezo kundilepheretsa kuthamangira kumapiri mpata uliwonse umene ndinapeza. Ndi zomwe ndimalota ndili wachinyamata, ndikuthamanga ndikutsika pamwamba pamisonkhano, kugwera pa chipale chofewa mu ufa wa champagne (omwe akuzimiririka momvetsa chisoni) ndipo nthawi zambiri ndimadzimva kuti ndikugwirizana ndi gulu lalikulu kamodzi. Panali zambiri zoti tizichita, komabe. Ndinkakonda kuyang'ana REI ndikuvutika pang'ono, ndikuyang'ana mitengo yamagetsi ndi kubweza. Kodi munthu angakwanitse bwanji moyo umenewu? Ndizichita bwanji? Ine ndi anzanga tinkapanga zida zabwino kwambiri zomwe tingakwanitse panthawiyo. Zinapangitsa masiku ozizira kwambiri, achinyezi. Koma sizinatifooketse.

Pamene zaka zinkapita, ndinapeza phazi langa. Ndinapanga ntchito ndikudziyika ndekha muzochita za niche. Ndinkakonda mapiri ndi anthu, choncho ndinatsimikiza mtima kuti ndithandize. Misonkhano makumi asanu pambuyo pake (ndi kuwerengera), zili ngati maloto a malungo. Ndakhala ndikutsogola pamasewera atsopano a splitboarding. Ndinakhala American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AAIRE) zovomerezeka pakufufuza ndi kupulumutsa kwa avalanche. Ndasambirapo (kusplitboarding) angapo 14ers pamwamba mpaka pansi, ndanyamula msana kudutsa mitundu ingapo yamitundu yonse, ndipo posachedwapa ndakwera pamwamba pa phiri langa la 54 pamwamba pa mapazi 13,000. Ndaziwonapo izi m'njira zomwe anthu ambiri amangozilota, kapena kuziwona pazithunzi. Lero, REI yasungidwa pa asakatuli anga ndipo pulogalamuyi imakhala yotseguka. Kukondana ndi mapiriwa sikutha. Umoyo wanga wamaganizidwe ndi thupi ndi wabwinoko chifukwa chokhala pano. Kaonedwe kanga ka moyo ndi kabwinoko chifukwa chosamukira kuno. Ndikuthokoza kwambiri makolo anga, omwe ankadziwa maloto anga ndipo anandikakamiza kuti ndiwakwaniritse. Kuchokera pakukhala pamtunda wa ski ku West Virginia ali ndi zaka 17, ndikudabwa momwe zinalili m'mapiri akuluakulu, kumanga moyo wonse kuzungulira mapiri awa asanakwanitse zaka 40. Zaka zonsezi pambuyo pake ndipo Colorado akupitiriza kusintha mofulumira, koma Ndine wokondwa kukhala pano.

Nayi imodzi mwa nyimbo zomwe ndimakonda kwambiri za Colorado kuyambira nthawi imeneyo chapakati pa 2000's.
Grizzly Bear "Colorado"