Hanyar Appalachian, mai nisan mil 2,000 da jahohi 14, tana jan hankalin ƴan kasada daga ko'ina cikin duniya waɗanda ke neman burgewa da ƙalubalen balaguro ta cikin jeji mai ban sha'awa. Duk da haka, wannan kyakkyawan sawu kuma yana riƙe da daidaitaccen rabo na hatsarori da asirai.
Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan sirrin ya shafi bacewar Geraldine Largay, wata ma'aikaciyar jinya mai shekaru 66 mai ritaya, wacce ta hau kan tudun mun tsira. Trail Appalachian a lokacin rani na 2013. Duk da yawan kwarewarta ta tafiye-tafiye da tsare-tsare a hankali, Largay ya ɓace ba tare da wata alama ba. Wannan labarin ya tona cikin lamarin Geraldine Largay mai daure kai, da matsananciyar gwagwarmayar da ta yi na kwanaki 26 don rayuwa, da kuma tambayoyin da ta taso game da matakan tsaro a kan hanya.
Tafiya ta fara
Geraldine Largay, wanda aka fi sani da Gerry, ba baƙon balaguro ba ne. Bayan da ta binciko hanyoyi da yawa kusa da gidanta a Tennessee, ta yanke shawarar ƙalubalantar kanta tare da babban kasada - yin tafiya gaba ɗaya na Titin Appalachian. Tare da goyon bayan mijinta da kwarin guiwarta, ta tashi haikan a cikin watan Yuli 2013.
Bacewa daga hanya
Tafiyar Largay ta ɗauki wani yanayi da ba zato ba tsammani a safiyar ranar 22 ga Yuli, 2013. Yayin da take tafiya ita kaɗai, sai ta kauce hanya don ta sami wurin da ke ɓoye don ta huta. Ba ta san cewa wannan ɓata lokaci na ɗan lokaci zai kai ga bacewar ta da kuma fafutukar neman tsira.
Roko mai tsauri
Makonni biyu da yawo daga kan hanya, Largay ta bar baya da roko mai raɗaɗi a cikin littafinta na rubutu. Kwanan watan Agusta 6, 2013, kalamanta sako ne mai ban tsoro ga duniya:
“Lokacin da kuka sami gawa na, don Allah ku kira mijina George da ’yata Kerry. Zai zama alheri mafi girma a gare su su san cewa na mutu da kuma inda ka same ni - ko da shekaru nawa daga yanzu.” -Geraldine Largay
A ranar da ta bace, George Largay bai yi nisa da inda take ba. Ya yi tuƙi zuwa Hanyar Hanya 27, wanda ke da nisan mil 22 daga matsugunin da aka gan ta a ƙarshe. Ta kasance tana ƙoƙarin kammala hanyar Appalachian mai tsawon mil 2,168, kuma ta riga ta rufe sama da mil 1,000.
Dangane da al'adar tafiya mai nisa, Largay ta ba wa kanta sunan sawu, wanda ya zama "Inchworm". George ya sami damar saduwa da matarsa a kowane lokaci don ya ba ta kayan aiki kuma ya ɗan yi ɗan lokaci tare da ita.
Ƙoƙarin bincike mai yawa
Bacewar Largay ya haifar da gagarumin aikin bincike da ceto, tare da ɗaruruwan masu sa kai da ƙwararru suna zazzage yankin da ke kewayen Trail Appalachian. A cikin 'yan makonni masu zuwa, tawagar binciken sun hada da jiragen sama, 'yan sandan jihohi, masu kula da wuraren shakatawa na kasa da kuma sassan kashe gobara. Abin takaici, ruwan sama mai yawa na makonnin ya rufe hanyar, wanda ya sa binciken ya yi wahala. Sun bi tukwici na masu tafiya, sun zazzage hanyoyin gefen kuma saita karnuka don bincike. Duk da ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcensu na sadaukarwa, Largay ya kasance ba a ganuwa fiye da shekaru biyu.
Amsa mai tambaya da matakan tsaro
Gano ragowar Largay a cikin Oktoba 2015 ya haifar da tambayoyi game da martanin ƙungiyoyin bincike da ceto da kuma matakan tsaro gabaɗaya a kan Trail Appalachian. Wasu masu sukar lamirin sun yi nuni da cewa, ya kamata a yi kokarin neman nagartaccen aiki, yayin da wasu ke bayyana bukatar ingantattun kayan aikin sadarwa da ababen more rayuwa a kan hanyar.
Kwanaki 26 na ƙarshe
An gano tantin Largay, tare da jaridarta, kimanin mil biyu daga Titin Appalachian. Mujallar ta ba da hangen nesa game da matsananciyar gwagwarmayar rayuwa a cikin kwanakinta na ƙarshe. Ya bayyana cewa Largay ya yi nasarar rayuwa aƙalla kwanaki 26 bayan ya ɓace amma a ƙarshe ya faɗi ga fallasa, rashin abinci, da ruwa.
An gani a cikin takardun cewa Largay ta yi ƙoƙarin aika wa mijinta sakon waya lokacin da ta ɓace yayin tafiya. A ranar 11 na safe, ta aika da sako, wanda ya karanta: “In somm problem. Tafi hanya don zuwa br. Yanzu batattu. Za ku iya kira AMC don c idan mai kula da hanya zai iya taimaka mini. Wani wuri arewacin titin katako. XOX."
Abin takaici, rubutun bai taɓa yin sa ba saboda rashin isasshen sabis na salula. A kokarinta na isar da sigina mafi kyau, ta hau sama kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin aika saƙon guda 10 a cikin mintuna 90 masu zuwa, kafin ta zauna ta kwana.
Kashegari, ta yi ƙoƙarin sake yin rubutu da ƙarfe 4.18 na yamma, ba ta yi nasara ba, tana mai cewa: “Bace tun jiya. Kashe hanya 3 ko 4 mil. Kira 'yan sanda don abin da za ku yi pls. XOX." Washegari, George Largay ya damu kuma an fara binciken hukuma.
An samu gawa
A cikin Oktoba na 2015, wani sojan ruwa na Amurka ya gamu da wani bakon abu - "jiki mai yiwuwa." Laftanar Kevin Adam ya rubuta game da tunaninsa a lokacin, yana cewa: “Da a ce jikin mutum ne, ƙasusuwan dabba, ko kuwa jiki ne, zai iya zama Gerry Largay?”
Lokacin da ya isa wurin, shakkun Adamu ya ƙafe. “Na ga wata tanti da aka baje, tare da koren jakunkuna a wajenta da kuma kwanyar mutum mai abin da na yi imani jakar barci a kewaye da shi. Na tabbata kashi 99% na Gerry Largay ne."
"Gidan sansanin yana da wahala a gani sai dai idan kuna kusa da shi." -Laftanar Kevin Adam
An ajiye sansanin ne a wani yanki mai cike da dazuzzuka da ke kusa da sojojin ruwa da dukiyoyin jama'a. Largay ta gina gadon ƙaya daga ƙananan bishiyoyi, alluran pine, da yuwuwar wasu datti don kada tantinta ta jike.
Sauran kayan tafiye-tafiye na yau da kullun da aka samu a sansanin sun haɗa da taswira, rigar ruwan sama, bargon sarari, kirtani, jakunkuna na Ziploc, da walƙiya wanda har yanzu ke aiki. An kuma gano ƙananan abubuwan tunasarwa na ɗan adam, kamar hular ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon hakori, abin wuya da aka yi da farin dutse, da littafin rubutu mai ban tsoro.
Abubuwan da aka rasa
Akwai kuma shaidar da aka rasa: wani buɗaɗɗen alfarwa a kusa da inda za a iya ganin ta cikin sauƙi daga sama, idan an kasance a ƙarƙashin tanti. Bugu da ƙari, Largay ya kuma yi ƙoƙarin kunna wuta, Adam ya ba da shawarar, yana lura da itatuwan da ke kusa da waɗanda aka ƙone baƙar fata, da alama ba daga walƙiya ba amma ta hannun mutane.
Tunawa da matakan tsaro
Shari'ar Largay tana zama abin tunatarwa sosai kan mahimmancin matakan tsaro ga masu tafiya a kan Titin Appalachian da sauran hanyoyin nesa. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy yana jaddada buƙatar masu tafiya don ɗaukar mahimman kayan aikin kewayawa, isassun abinci da ruwa, da raba hanyar tafiya tare da wani a gida. Yin rajista na yau da kullun da shirye-shiryen na iya yin gagarumin bambanci wajen tabbatar da amincin masu tafiya.
Koyo Daga Baya
Bacewar Geraldine Largay da mummunar mutuwarsa ya bar tasiri mai dorewa a kan al'ummar yawon shakatawa da kuma waɗanda suke ƙaunarta. Lamarin nata ya zama abin tunatarwa game da yanayin dajin da ba a iya faɗi ba da kuma buƙatar yin taka tsantsan har ma ga ƙwararrun masu tafiya.
Shari'ar Largay ta haifar da sake duba ka'idojin bincike da ceto akan Trail Appalachian. Darussan da aka koya daga bala'in nata sun haifar da ingantuwa a matakan tsaro, gami da ingantattun hanyoyin sadarwa da kuma kara wayar da kan jama'a game da hadarin da ke tattare da yin balaguro a wurare masu nisa.
Girmama Geraldine Largay
Ko da yake an yanke rayuwarta, ƙwaƙwalwar Geraldine Largay tana rayuwa ta hanyar ƙauna da goyon bayan danginta da abokanta. Sanya gicciye a wurin da tantinta ta taɓa tsayawa ya zama abin tunasarwa na ruhunta na jimrewa da ƙalubalen da waɗanda suka shiga cikin jeji suke fuskanta.
Karshe kalmomi
The bacewa da mutuwa na Geraldine Largay a kan Trail Appalachian ya kasance bala'in da ba za a manta da shi ba wanda ke ci gaba da mamaye zukatan masu tafiya da masu sha'awar yanayi. A lokaci guda kuma, gwagwarmayar da take da shi na rayuwa, kamar yadda aka rubuta a cikin mujallarta, ta zama shaida ga ruhin ɗan adam mara ƙarfi a yayin fuskantar wahala.
Yayin da muke tunani game da labarinta mai ban tausayi, bari mu tuna mahimmancin shirye-shirye, matakan tsaro, da buƙatar ci gaba da ci gaba a cikin kula da sawu don tabbatar da jin dadin masu tafiya da suka yi kuskure don fara wannan tafiya mai ban mamaki.
Bayan karanta game da Geraldine Largay, karanta game da Daylenn Pua, wani matashi mai shekaru 18, wanda ya bace bayan ya tashi don hawan Haiku Stairs, a Hawaii.
