E hālāwai me ka mea ʻimi ʻimi nāna e hana 50 mau hola a loaʻa ka manawa e lele ai i nā lua pele

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Ma ka 42, ua kāhea ʻo Christy Mahon iā ia iho "he wahine maʻamau ʻē aʻe wale nō." Hana ʻo ia ma kahi ʻoihana 50+ hola ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomohala no ka Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, hoʻi mai i ka home me ka luhi, a hoʻāʻo e hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i waho-ʻo ka holo maʻamau, ka ski, a i ʻole ka hele wāwae. Akā ʻo ia ka hapalua o kāna moʻolelo.

ʻO Mahon nō hoʻi ka wahine mua i piʻi a ski i nā mauna he 14,000 kapuaʻi o Colorado he 54, kahi hana āna i ʻalo ai i kāna papa inoa epic e hana ai i ka makahiki 2010. Mai ia manawa, ua ʻoki ʻo ia a me ʻelua mau hoa ski i ka pauka o Colorado kiʻekiʻe loa. 100 peaks (a ke neʻe nei ʻo ia i ka 200 kiʻekiʻe loa, kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole i hana ʻia).

Ma waho o kāna mau hana i loko o ka home Centennial State, piʻi ʻo Mahon i nā kuahiwi ma Nepal a me nā luaipele ma Equador, Mexico, a me ka Pacific Northwest. A ua hoʻopau i ʻelima mau ultramarathon, ʻo kēlā me kēia he 100 mau mile. Hoʻohui pū kekahi o nā marathon a me nā heihei 50-mile a pau me ka minoʻaka nui loa ma kona alo. Hoʻolālā pinepine ʻo ia a me kāna kāne i kāna mau huakaʻi hihiu ma kā lākou Instagrams, @aspenchristy a me @tedmahon.

ʻAe, ʻaʻohe mea pōkole kēia "awelika" badass, ʻoiai wikiwiki ʻo ia e ʻōlelo "ʻAʻole wau he ʻaʻaʻa."

ʻOiai ʻo Mahon he ʻelele no ka lole lole waho Stio, haʻi ʻo ia Kinohi ʻO wau wale nō, "ʻAʻole uku wau e hana i kēia. Hana wau no ka mea paʻakikī ia iaʻu a ʻo ke ala wikiwiki loa ia e aʻo ai e pili ana iaʻu iho a me ka mea e hoʻokau pono ai iaʻu-he aha koʻu ikaika a me koʻu nāwaliwali, a hele mai he alo a he alo me ʻelua e puka i waho i kahi hopena he kanaka ʻoi aku ka ikaika ... akā e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, ʻaʻole wau he ʻaʻaleʻa ʻoihana. Nui ka poʻe e hoʻopau mua ana iaʻu i kēlā mau lāhui ultra. "

ʻO ka hoʻolauna ʻana o Mahon i nā huakaʻi hele waho loa ma hope o ke kulanui i kāna hana ʻana i nā kauwela ma Olympic National Park ma ke ʻano he kahu. E holo ana kāna hoa noho i 7 mau mile e hana, a ua ʻike ʻo Mahon hiki iā ia ke jogging i kēlā mamao ma mua o ka uaki ʻana. A laila ua hui ʻo Mahon i kahi kiaʻi ʻē aʻe ma ka pā i holo i 50 mau mile ma o ka ʻĀkia 'Olumepika ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lā hana-kahi mamao a Mahon i ʻike ʻole ai. he hiki kanaka, ʻaʻole e hōʻike hou ma mua o ka hana.Hoʻopuni ʻia e kēia mau heihei leʻaleʻa kupaianaha, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Mahon i kahi ala i lawe iā ia i nā heihei 5K, a laila i 10K, marathons, 50-mile ultras, a ʻo ka hopena 100-mile mau heihei ma waena o ka wao nahele a me ka backcountry, e like me ka hōʻailona Hardrock 100, Leadville , Steamboat, a me nā mea hou aʻe. (E nānā i kēia mau heihei he 10 kūpono loa no ka poʻe e hoʻomaka ana e holo a i ʻole kēia 10 ultras pupule i kūpono i ka ʻeha.)

ʻO ka holo ʻana i kēlā mau mamao lōʻihi "ʻo ia ka metaphor maikaʻi loa no ka hele ʻana i hoʻokahi kapuaʻi i ka manawa a hoʻomau mau i ka neʻe ʻana," wahi a Mahon. "A laila inā ma kahi hana a pilina paha-kekahi mea ma waho o ka holo-aʻo ʻoe i ka neʻe ʻana i mua ke makemake ʻoe e haʻalele. Eia kekahi, ua pūʻiwa wau i ka ʻike ʻana ua ʻoi aku koʻu ikaika ma mua o kaʻu i manaʻo ai."

ʻOiai i kēia lā, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kau ana i kāna pahuhopu nui e hiki mai ana i kēia hāʻule-he PR ma Philadelphia Marathon, nā lua pele ski ma Chile, a i ʻole ka holo ʻana i nā ultras ma Sepania-ʻo kāna mantra ka mea like: Loaʻa iaʻu kēia. "Ke ʻōlelo nei au i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e kānalua nei iaʻu iho, ma ke ala a i ʻole ka holo ski," haʻi mai ʻo ia iā mākou. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia, hiki iaʻu ke hana i kēia."

I kēia manawa ke nānā nei ʻo ia i kāna papa inoa o ka mea e hiki mai ana-he aha ka piko, he aha kahi, he aha ka pahuhopu. "Loaʻa iaʻu kahi papa inoa. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike maopopo i kaʻu makemake, ka mea aʻu e makemake ai e aʻo e lilo ai, a me kahi aʻu e makemake ai e kipa aku," wahi āna.

Hoʻohui ʻo Mahon ʻaʻole ʻo ia i manaʻoʻiʻo i ka laki, akā i ka hana paʻakikī. "I koʻu ulu ʻana, ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko oʻu e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka laki me ka hana paʻakikī. Manaʻo wau ua pono wau e hana ikaika no nā mea āpau aʻu, a manaʻo wau he nui nā wahine i manaʻo like. ʻO wau e hana i nā mea aʻu i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ai hiki. "

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona: ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mauna kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ʻo Colorado āna i hele ai a lele i lalo, pono e ala i ka hola 11 p.m. e kiʻi i kahi hoʻomoana kahua ma 2 a hele i ka ʻāina paʻakikī i ka piko ma ke kakahiaka nui.

Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā hana a Mahon i kona neʻe ʻana i Aspen-he kūlanakauhale āna i wehewehe ai i ka poʻe maʻamau, ʻaʻole i uku ʻia nā mea pāʻani, e hoʻolilo i ke ʻano o ke ola e puka i waho a hana i nā mea kupanaha. (No laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo ʻo ia kona wahi.) "ʻO ia ke kumu o ka hoʻopuni ʻia ʻana e nā poʻe hoʻoikaika i mea ʻokoʻa," wahi a Mahon. "Inā ʻoe e hoʻokau i kahi pahuhopu e holo i ka hapalua marathon akā ʻo kāu pakanā kahi ʻuala moe, ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa nā pōmaikaʻi āpau o ka hoʻoulu maoli maoli."

ʻO kēia kaiāulu kūloko o nā mākaʻikaʻi kūwaho i huli ai ʻo Mahon no nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i nā piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka mokuʻāina. (E nānā i ka Healthy Travel Guide to Aspen inā ʻoe e ʻeha koke i kahi hoʻomaha anuanu.) Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka hele ʻana i ka piko ma ka ʻili ʻili (ʻo ke ʻano o ka lele ʻana i ka puʻu me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea paʻa kūikawā, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka hele wāwae. ma o ka hau) a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻili hau. "ʻAʻole ʻoe e lele i ka ski i ka mauna paʻakikī, hoʻomaka ʻoe me ka maʻalahi," wahi āna. "A ʻae, pinepine ʻole ʻoe e holo. Akā e hele hou ʻoe e hoʻāʻo hou."

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