Njira ya Appalachian, yomwe imadutsa makilomita oposa 2,000 ndi zigawo 14, imakopa anthu oyenda padziko lonse lapansi omwe akufunafuna chisangalalo ndi zovuta zoyendayenda m'chipululu chochititsa chidwi. Komabe, njira yokongola iyi ilinso ndi gawo lake labwino la zoopsa ndi zinsinsi.
Chinsinsi chimodzi chotere chikukhudza kutha kwa Geraldine Largay, namwino wazaka 66 wopuma pantchito, yemwe adayamba kukwera yekhayekha. Appalachian Trail m'chilimwe cha 2013. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi luso loyenda bwino komanso kukonzekera bwino, Largay sanapezeke. Nkhaniyi ikufufuza nkhani yododometsa ya Geraldine Largay, kulimbana kwake kwa masiku 26 kuti apulumuke, komanso mafunso omwe amadzutsa okhudza chitetezo panjira.
Ulendo umayamba
Geraldine Largay, yemwe ankadziwika kuti Gerry, ankakonda kuyenda maulendo ataliatali. Atafufuza mayendedwe angapo pafupi ndi kwawo ku Tennessee, adaganiza zolimbana ndi ulendo wopambana - kukwera maulendo onse a Appalachian Trail. Ndi thandizo la mwamuna wake ndi chilimbikitso, iye ananyamuka ulendo wake wodutsa mu July 2013.
Kusokera panjira
Ulendo wa Largay unasintha mosayembekezereka m’maŵa wa pa July 22, 2013. Ali yekhayekha, anapatuka mumsewu kuti akapeze malo achinsinsi kuti akapumuleko. Sanadziwe kuti kupatuka kwakanthawi kumeneku kukamupangitsa kuti azisowa komanso kumenyera nkhondo kuti apulumuke.
Pempho losimidwa
Patatha milungu iwiri atachoka panjira, Largay adasiya pempho lopweteka kwambiri m'buku lake. Pa Ogasiti 6, 2013, mawu ake anali uthenga wovutitsa dziko lonse lapansi:
"Mukapeza thupi langa, chonde muyimbire mwamuna wanga George ndi mwana wanga wamkazi Kerry. Chidzakhala kukoma mtima kwakukulu kwa iwo kudziŵa kuti ine ndinamwalira ndi kumene munandipeza - ziribe kanthu zaka zingati kuchokera pano." —Geraldine Largay
Patsiku lomwe adazimiririka, George Largay sanali patali kwambiri ndi komwe amakhala. Anayendetsa galimoto kupita ku Route 27 Crossing, yomwe inali ulendo wamakilomita 22 kuchokera kumalo obisalako komwe adamuwona komaliza. Amayesa kumaliza njira ya Appalachian yamakilomita 2,168, ndipo anali atayenda kale makilomita 1,000.
Mogwirizana ndi mwambo woyenda mtunda wautali, Largay adadzipatsa dzina lanjira, lomwe linali "Inchworm". George anali ndi mwayi wokumana ndi mkazi wake nthawi ndi nthawi kuti amupatse zofunika komanso kuti azicheza naye.
Kufufuza kwakukulu
Kusowa kwa Largay kudayambitsa ntchito yayikulu yosaka ndi kupulumutsa, ndi mazana odzipereka ndi akatswiri akufufuza madera ozungulira Appalachian Trail. M’milungu ingapo yotsatira, gulu lofufuzalo linaphatikizapo ndege, apolisi a boma, oyang’anira malo osungirako nyama ndi ozimitsa moto. Tsoka ilo, mvula yamphamvu ya milungu imeneyo inatsekereza njirayo, zomwe zinapangitsa kufufuzako kukhala kovuta. Iwo ankatsatira malangizo a anthu oyenda m'mapiri, kufufuza misewu ya m'mbali ndi kuika agalu kuti azifufuza. Ngakhale kuti anali odzipereka kwambiri, Largay anakhalabe wovuta kwa zaka zoposa ziwiri.
Kuyankha kokayikitsa ndi njira zotetezera
Kupezeka kwa mabwinja a Largay mu Okutobala 2015 kunadzetsa mafunso okhudza mayankho a magulu osaka ndi opulumutsa komanso njira zonse zachitetezo zomwe zili pa Appalachian Trail. Otsutsa ena adanena kuti kufufuzako kumayenera kukhala kosamalitsa, pamene ena adatsindika kufunikira kwa zida zoyankhulirana bwino ndi zomangamanga panjira.
Masiku 26 omaliza
Chihema cha Largay, pamodzi ndi magazini yake, zinapezedwa pafupifupi makilomita awiri kuchokera ku Appalachian Trail. Magaziniyi inapereka chithunzithunzi cha kulimbana kwake kovutirapo kuti apulumuke m'masiku ake omaliza. Zinawulula kuti Largay adatha kukhala ndi moyo kwa masiku osachepera 26 atasochera koma pamapeto pake adagonja chifukwa cha kuwonekera, kusowa kwa chakudya, ndi madzi.
Zikuwoneka m'malemba kuti Largay adayesa kutumiza mameseji mwamuna wake atatayika akuyenda. Nthawi ya 11am tsiku lomwelo, adatumiza uthenga woti: "Pamavuto. Ananyamuka ulendo kupita kwa br. Tsopano atayika. Mutha kuyimba AMC ku c ngati wosamalira njira angandithandize. Penapake kumpoto kwa nkhalango msewu. XOX."
Tsoka ilo, mawuwa sanakwaniritsidwe chifukwa chosakwanira kapena kusakwanira kwa ma cell. Pofuna kupeza chizindikiro chabwino, iye anapita pamwamba ndi kuyesa kutumiza uthenga womwewo maulendo 10 m'mphindi 90 zotsatira, asanagone.
Tsiku lotsatira, anayesanso kutumizirana mameseji 4.18:3pm, kuti: “Tatayika kuyambira dzulo. Njira yopita ku 4 kapena XNUMX miles. Itanani apolisi kuti achite chiyani pls. XOX." Pofika tsiku lotsatira, George Largay anali atayamba kuda nkhawa ndipo kufufuza kwa boma kunayamba.
Mtembo unapezedwa
Mu Okutobala 2015, msilikali wina waku US Navy adakumana ndi chinthu chodabwitsa - "thupi lotheka". Lieutenant Kevin Adam analemba za maganizo ake panthaŵiyo, kuti: “Likhoza kukhala thupi la munthu, mafupa a nyama, kapena likanakhala thupi, kodi angakhale Gerry Largay?”
Atafika pamalopo, kukayikira kwa Adamu kunasiya. "Ndidawona chihema chophwanthidwa, chokhala ndi chikwama chobiriwira kunja kwake ndi chigaza chamunthu chomwe ndimakhulupirira kuti chinali chikwama chogona mozungulira. Ndinkatsimikiza 99% kuti uyu anali Gerry Largay.
“Msasawo unali wovuta kuwona pokhapokha mutakhala pafupi nawo.” —Lieutenant Kevin Adam
Msasawo unatsekeredwa m'dera lamatabwa lomwe linali pafupi ndi Navy komanso malo aboma. Largay anamanga bedi la mitengo yaing'ono, singano za paini, ndipo mwina dothi lina kuti tenti yake isanyowe.
Zinthu zina zofunika kwambiri zokakwera mtunda zomwe zimapezeka kumsasawo ndi mamapu, malaya amvula, bulangeti lamlengalenga, chingwe, zikwama za Ziploc, ndi tochi yomwe idagwirabe ntchito. Zikumbutso zing’onozing’ono za anthu zinapezedwanso, monga chipewa cha blue baseball, dental floss, mkanda wopangidwa ndi mwala woyera, ndi kabuku kake kochititsa mantha.
Mwayi wotayika
Panalinso umboni wa mwayi wotayika: denga lotseguka pafupi ndi malo omwe ankawoneka mosavuta kuchokera kumwamba, chihema chake chikanakhala pansi. Kuonjezera apo, Largay adayesanso kuyatsa moto, Adam adanena kuti, akuwona mitengo yapafupi yomwe inapsa ndikuda, yowoneka osati ndi mphezi koma ndi manja a anthu.
Chikumbutso cha njira zotetezera
Mlandu wa Largay ndi chikumbutso champhamvu cha kufunikira kwa njira zotetezera anthu oyenda panjira ya Appalachian Trail ndi misewu ina yakutali. Appalachian Trail Conservancy ikugogomezera kufunikira kwa oyenda m'mapiri kuti azinyamula zida zofunika zoyendera, chakudya chokwanira ndi madzi, ndikugawana ulendo wawo ndi wina wobwerera kwawo. Kuwunika pafupipafupi komanso kukonzekera kungapangitse kusiyana kwakukulu pakuwonetsetsa kuti oyenda ali otetezeka.
Kuphunzira Zakale
Kuzimiririka komanso kutha komvetsa chisoni kwa Geraldine Largay kunakhudza kwambiri anthu oyenda mapiri komanso omwe amamukonda. Nkhani yake ndi chikumbutso cha kusadziŵika kwa m’chipululu ndi kufunika kwa kusamala ngakhale kwa anthu odziŵa bwino kuyenda m’mapiri.
Mlandu wa Largay udapangitsa kuti awunikenso njira zofufuzira ndi zopulumutsa pa Appalachian Trail. Zimene aphunzira pa tsoka lakelo zathandiza kuti pakhale kusintha kwa chitetezo, kuphatikizapo kupititsa patsogolo njira zoyankhulirana komanso kudziwa zambiri za zoopsa zomwe zingachitike chifukwa choyenda maulendo akutali.
Kulemekeza Geraldine Largay
Ngakhale kuti moyo wake unafupikitsidwa, kukumbukira kwa Geraldine Largay kumakhalabe chifukwa cha chikondi ndi chithandizo cha banja lake ndi abwenzi. Kuikidwa kwa mtanda pamalo pomwe panali tenti yake kunali chikumbutso champhamvu cha mzimu wake wopirira komanso mavuto amene anthu opita m’chipululu amakumana nawo.
Mawu omaliza
The kusowa ndi imfa wa Geraldine Largay pa Appalachian Trail akadali tsoka losaiŵalika limene likupitirizabe kuvutitsa anthu oyenda m’mapiri ndi okonda chilengedwe. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, kulimbana kwake kotheratu kuti apulumuke, monga momwe kwalembedwera m’magazini yake, kumatumikira monga umboni wa mzimu wosagonjetseka wa munthu pamene akukumana ndi mavuto.
Pamene tikulingalira za nkhani yake yomvetsa chisoni, tiyeni tikumbukire kufunika kokonzekera, njira zotetezera, ndi kufunikira kopitirizabe kukonza kasamalidwe ka mayendedwe pofuna kuonetsetsa kuti anthu oyenda m'misewu amene akufuna kuyamba ulendo wofunikawu akhale ndi moyo wabwino.
Pambuyo powerenga za Geraldine Largay, werengani za Daylenn Pua, wazaka 18 woyenda maulendo, yemwe adasowa atayamba kukwera masitepe a Haiku, ku Hawaii.
