Tsiku la National Hiking
Sindikudziwa kuti ndi nthawi yanji kapena liti pamene ndinayamba kukwera maulendo, koma ndi gawo lalikulu la moyo wanga tsopano, ndipo ndine woyamikira chifukwa cha izi. Kuyenda mtunda kuli ndi zabwino ubwino wa thupi ndi maganizo, ndipo zandivumbula ku malingaliro odabwitsa ndi nyama zakuthengo zomwe sindikanatha kuziwona mwanjira ina.
Mwina linali buku lomwe linandipangitsa kuti ndiyambe kukwera mapiri. Sindikukumbukira kuti ndinali ndi zaka zingati pamene ndinaŵerenga koyamba “Njira yopita Kumwamba"Wolemba Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, koma ndikukumbukira kuti zidayamba chidwi ndi Appalachian Trail. Ndinakulira ku New York, osati pa Appalachian Trail koma pafupi ndi izo, komabe sindinayambe kuchitapo kanthu mpaka kutembenuka kolakwika kunanditsogolera ine ndi mwamuna wanga tsopano tikuyenda zaka zingapo zapitazo. Pamene tinazindikira kuti sitinali kuyenda Mphuno ya Anthony panonso koma tinali mbali ya Appalachian Trail, ndinaseka kuti tinayamba kukwera mtunda ndipo tidzatsiriza njira yonse tsiku lina. Izi sizinachitike (panobe) koma ndakhala ndikukwera maulendo ena ambiri kwazaka zambiri.
Ngakhale ndimanyadira mapiri omwe ndayenda nawo, kuphatikiza Phiri la Mansfield ku Vermont (osati kokha chifukwa chapafupi kwambiri ndi fakitale ya Ben & Jerry, kotero ndimayenera kudzipindulitsa ndekha ndi ulendo ndi ayisikilimu pambuyo pake), Square Top Mountain, ndi 14er yanga yoyamba (kumene ndinaganiza kuti ndinathyola zala zanga zonse zazikulu za m'mapazi ndikukwera ndikuyenda pansi mpaka pansi), kukwera mapiri sikutanthauza kupindula kwakukulu kapena mtunda wautali kwa ine. Nthawi zina mphotho ndi malo kapena nyama zakutchire zomwe ndimawona; nthawi zina ndi mpweya wabwino komanso masewera olimbitsa thupi. Kutuluka m'chilengedwe nthawi zina kumandipatsa kumveka bwino m'maganizo komwe sindingathe kuchita, ndipo ndi mtundu wina wa masewera olimbitsa thupi kusiyana ndi kuyenda mozungulira dera langa.
Nkhalango Yaikulu Yamchenga Yamchenga ndi amodzi mwa malo osangalatsa kwambiri omwe ndidapitako. Kuyenda m’mapiri kumabweretsa vuto lapadera, ndipo ndinkaona ngati ndili pa pulaneti lina pamene ndinkakwera pamwamba. Ngakhale thupi langa lonse lidachita masewera olimbitsa thupi, malingaliro ndi omwe ndimakumbukira nthawi zonse.
Malo ena omwe ndimamva ngati ndili pa pulaneti lina Malo Odyera Ophulika ku Hawaii. Kilauea idaphulika komaliza mu 2018, ndipo tsopano mutha kukwera gawo lina la chigwacho mu National Park. N’zosadabwitsa kuyendapo uku n’kumaona utsi ndi nthunzi patali.
Maulendo ena okwera amene anandipangitsa kumva kuti ndatumizidwa ku pulaneti lina ndi monga Badlands National Park, Canyonlands National Park, ndi Custer State Park.
Kukongola koyenda mtunda ndiko aliyense akhoza kuchita, kulikonse, nthawi iliyonse ya chaka, kaya mukufuna a njira yofikira pa njinga ya olumala, kuyenda kwaufupi komanso kosavuta kuchita ndi ana, kapena kukwera kwa galu.