Zuva reColorado

Nguva yokutanga yandaifunga nezveColorado yakanga yadzoka muna 1999 ndigere pamusoro pekusimudza ski muWest Virginia. Somunhu anoda sinou, handina kukwanisa kuita kunze kwokushamisika kuti makomo “makuru” akanga akaita sei. Zvingangove makore akati wandei gare gare pandakazoziva. Muna 2008, ndakaita gore rakabviswa kukoreji uye ndichigara kuSouth Florida. Yakanga yave yakareba, ichipisa makore mashanu mumachakwi, uye yakanga yava nguva yokuenderera mberi. Vandaigara navo panguva iyoyo vaibva kuFort Collins, uye nekuziva kuti ndakatsvaga kumwe kwekunze uye kufunga kwemberi, vakandinyengetedza kuti nditamire kuno kuColorado. Ndakachengeta imwe mari ndichishanda muchitoro chekudhinda chirimo ichocho, ndakarongedza motokari yangu, ndikabva kuFlorida vhiki imwe chete iyo misika yakanyura uye Great Financial Crisis yakatanga. Rwakanga rwuri rwendo rwakatemesa musoro, kushaya basa, kusaziva munhu, uye ndisina kumbotsika tsoka iyi. Asi, senguva dzose, ndakavharira mafungire akanaka akaiswa nevabereki vangu uye ndakasvetuka. Ndaitsvagei? Zvirinani sarudzo dzebasa, vanhu vane pfungwa dzakafanana, uye chando. Sinou yakawanda.

Makore mashomanana okutanga akanga akaoma. Ndakarasikirwa nemabasa akati wandei pandakatanga uye zvaiita sekunge ndakanga ndisiri kupuruzira. Zvaizotora anenge makore matatu kuti ndinyatsowana gwara rangu, asi handina kurega izvozvo zvichinditadzisa kumhanyira mumakomo mukana wose wandakawana. Ndizvo zvandainge ndarota nezvazvo ndichiri mudiki, ndichimhanya ndichikwira nekudzika misangano, snowboarding mune champagne poda (iyo iri kunyangarika zvinosiririsa) uye kazhinji kunzwa yakabatana nenharaunda yakakura kamwechete. Paive nezvakawanda zvekuchengeta kuita, zvakadaro. Ini ndaimboongorora REI mukushushikana zvishoma, ndichitarisa mitengo yegiya uye kubheuka. Munhu anowana sei mararamiro aya? Ndichazviita sei? Shamwari neni taizobatanidza giya repamusoro rataikwanisa kutenga panguva iyoyo. Yakagadzirira mamwe mazuva anotonhora zvikuru, akanyorova. Asi hazvina kumbotitadzisa.

Sezvo makore akafamba, ndakawana tsoka yangu. Ndakavaka basa uye ndakazvipinza muzviitiko zve niche. Ndaida makomo nevanhu, saka ndakanga ndakatsunga kuita kuti zvishande. Makumi mashanu summits gare gare (uye kuverenga), zvakangoita sehope dzefivha. Ndanga ndiri pamberi pemutambo mutsva mukupatsanura bhodhi. Ndakava American Institute for Avalanche Research uye Dzidzo (AAIRE) certified for avalanche search and rescue. Ndakasvetuka (splitboarding) akati wandei 14ers kubva kumusoro kusvika pasi, ndakatakura mumashure akati wandei mumhando dzese dzemamiriro ezvinhu, uye ndichangobva kukwidza gomo rangu rechi54 pamusoro pemamita 13,000. Ndakaona nyika iyi nenzira idzo vanhu vazhinji vanongorota, kana kuona mumifananidzo. Nhasi, REI yakadhindwa pamabhurawuza angu uye iyo app inogara yakavhurika. Kudanana nemakomo aya hakuperi. Hutano hwangu hwepfungwa nehwemuviri huri nani nekuti ndakagara pano. Maonero angu eupenyu ari nani nekuti ndakatamira kuno. Ndine chikwereti chenyika yekutenda kuvabereki vangu, avo vaiziva zviroto zvangu uye vakandisunda kuti ndizviite chokwadi. Kubva pakugara pa ski lift muWest Virginia pazera remakore 17, kushamisika kuti zvakanga zvakaita sei mumakomo makuru, kuvaka mararamiro ose kumativi ose emakomo aya asati asvika makore 40. Makore ose aya gare gare uye Colorado inoramba ichikurumidza kuchinja, asi Ndinofara kuva pano.

Heino imwe yenziyo dzangu dzandinofarira nezveColorado kubva panguva iyoyo pakati pema2000.
Grizzly Bear's "Colorado"