Ke hoʻololi nei kēia mau wāhine ʻelua i ke alo o ka ʻoihana holo wāwae

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Inā hoʻokahi huaʻōlelo i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana e wehewehe iā Melissa Arnot, ʻo ia ia ʻinoʻino. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo "ka wahine piʻi mauna wahine kiʻekiʻe," "'âlapa hoʻoikaika kino," a me "AF hoʻokūkū." ʻO ke kumu, hoʻohālike ʻo ia i nā mea āpau āu e makemake ai e pili ana i nā ʻaleʻa wahine.

ʻO kekahi o nā ʻano mahalo nui loa iā Arnot, ʻo ia nō kāna kalaiwa e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokau i nā palena. Ma hope o kona lilo ʻana i wahine ʻAmelika mua i lanakila i ka piko a iho i ka mauna Everest me ka ʻole o ka oxygen hou ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻomaka koke ke alakaʻi Eddie Bauer i kahi misionari hou: e nānā i nā 50 mau piko kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma lalo o 50 mau lā. . (Hoʻoikaika hou? Eia he 10 mau Pāka Aupuni e pono ai ʻoe e kipa ma mua o kou make ʻana.)

Akā ʻaʻole ʻo Arnot e lawe i ka 50 Peaks Challenge wale nō. ʻO Maddie Miller, he 21 mau makahiki o ke koleke a me Eddie Bauer alakaʻi-i-hoʻomaʻamaʻa, e pili pono me ia. He Sun Valley, he ʻōiwi ʻo Idaho, he mau hoa aloha ko Miller a me kona ʻohana me Arnot no nā makahiki he nui akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia he kaikamahine kuahiwi i waho mau. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka wā i kipa aku ai ʻo Arnot i ke kula kiʻekiʻe o Miller ma mua o kēia pūnāwai e kamaʻilio me ka papahana alakaʻi o waho, nui ka poʻe i haʻalulu i ka lohe ʻana ʻo Miller kāna hoa 50 Peaks. Akā i kēia manawa hou, ʻaʻole ʻo Arnot i piʻi i ka manawa mau kekahi. Ua aloha ke keiki 32 makahiki i ka haʻuki i kona manawa he 19, ma hope o ka piʻina ʻana i ka Great Mountain Nui ma waho pono o Glacier National Park ma Montana.

"Ua hoʻololi loa ia i koʻu ola," wahi āna e pili ana i kēlā piʻi 8,705 kapuaʻi. "Ma ke kuahiwi, ʻo ia ka manawa mua aʻu i manaʻo nui ai ʻo kēia ka mea aʻu e makemake ai e hana. Ma laila wau i manaʻo ai ma ka home no ka manawa mua."

Wahi a Miller, he manawa like kona me ka maka i kona piʻi ʻana i ka mauna Rainier me kona makuakāne a me Arnot ma ke ʻano he puka kula kiʻekiʻe. "Ua lawe mau koʻu makuakāne iaʻu i nā huakaʻi liʻiliʻi ʻo ia a ʻo wau wale nō, a makemake nui wau i ka noho ʻana i waho, akā ʻaʻole ia i ʻike i koʻu noʻonoʻo he mea hiki ke hāʻawi i kahi ala maopopo i koʻu ola a i ʻole kekahi mea e hiki ai ke hele i waho. ʻo ia nō paha kahi ʻoihana, "wahi a Miller. "Akā i ka manawa a mākou i hana ai ʻo Rainier ua haki wau i koʻu nānā i kahi ala ʻano ʻē. ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo he mea maoli ia i loko o koʻu puʻuwai."

Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Arnot i ka manawa āna i ʻike ai e hele ana ka ʻōpuʻu kukui no Miller. "Ua ʻoi aku kona ʻike i ke aʻo a me ka hilahila a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka extroverted, kahi mea paʻakikī no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokipa i nā poʻe e lilo i alakaʻi mauna-ʻaʻole wale ia ma ke ʻano palekana, ke hāʻawi nei i ke alakaʻi mau a me ka manawa maikaʻi," wahi a Arnot. "Akā ʻo Maddie kēia manawa paʻakikī loa a ua hele ʻo ia iā ia iho, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hauʻoli loa e hiki ke hana ʻia ma nā kuahiwi. ʻOluʻolu maoli ke nānā aku iā ia no kēlā mea no ka mea a laila hiki iaʻu ke ʻike. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i kona makemake, kona hoʻokele, a me kona makemake. (Psst: Nānā i kēia mau mea pono 16 Hiking Gear No kāu huakaʻi hou.)

Pololei ʻo ia-ʻo ia ka piʻina i hāpai i ka manaʻo no ka 50 Peaks Challenge ke hoʻoholo lāua ʻelua e heihei ma waena o ka ʻāina i ke kauwela holoʻokoʻa i kahi van soped a piʻi i nā piko i ka hiki ke hiki. Akā, e like me nā mea hoʻohiwahiwa, ʻaʻole hele nā ​​​​hoʻolālā e like me ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia. Ma mua pono o ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana, hoʻoholo ka duo e hele ʻo Miller i Denali e kīki i kā lākou huakaʻi hoʻokahi ʻoiai ʻo Arnot e noho ana ma hope e hoʻi mai kahi ʻeha anu i kākoʻo ʻia ma kona wāwae ʻoiai ʻo Everest. Ua huhū ke kūpikipiki, wahi a Miller-a ua lawe ʻo ia iā Arnot mai ka holo ʻana e haki i ka 50 Peaks record e kū nei-akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arnot ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i kahi moʻolelo honua nona.

"ʻAʻohe aʻu kumu aʻoaʻo, he mea nāna i hōʻike mai iaʻu i ka mea hiki," wahi āna. "Pono wau e hoʻopololei i koʻu ala ponoʻī a ʻike i ke ala paʻakikī i ka mea e holo a me nā mea ʻole. ʻO Maddie ke nānā aku nei a noho mālie, akā ua maopopo iaʻu aia paha ma kahi o koʻu ʻaoʻao kahi hopena maikaʻi i kona ola. pale i ke kōkua ʻana e hōʻike iā ia i ka mea hiki. ʻO ia ka mea no kēia huakaʻi noʻu e hōʻike ana iā Maddie i kāna mea i hiki maoli ai. "

A hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo ua hana. "ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka hiki i nā wahine ... no ka mea ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i nā wahine ikaika a hiki i koʻu hui ʻana me Melissa," wahi a Miller. "Ua wehe ʻo ia i koʻu mau maka i kēia manawa hou a pau i loaʻa iaʻu, i hiki iaʻu ke ikaika a me kahi leo. ʻAʻole pono wau e noho ma ka ʻaoʻao a waiho i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i nā nohoaliʻi."

Akā, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka noho ʻana i kahi kokoke me kekahi i ka lā a pau i kēlā me kēia lā - ʻoiai ʻo 15 o ia mau hola i hoʻohana mau ʻia i loko o ke kaʻa ma mua o ke alahele - a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi, ʻōlelo ʻo Arnot lāua ʻo Miller ua manaʻo lākou ua ʻeha. "Ua loaʻa iā mākou kēia kiʻi moemoeā o ke ʻano o kēia huakaʻi a ua hina wale nō ia," wahi a Arnot. "ʻAʻohe manawa mālie. Ua hele ʻo Maddie ma luna o Denali, ʻo ia ka piʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi a me kahi ʻano like me ka zen, i ka huikau loa."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Miller i kona hui ʻana me Arnot ua kaumaha loa ʻo ia. "Ua hele mai nei wau mai kēia ʻike weliweli ma Denali a ke hoʻāʻo nei e wahī i koʻu lolo e pili ana i ka mea e hiki mai ana koʻu ʻoiaʻiʻo aʻe a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana."

He ʻekolu mau lā ka lōʻihi o ka haunaele a haʻalele iā Arnot me ka hopohopo no ka mea e hoʻomau paha lākou.

"Aia kekahi mau manawa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, noʻonoʻo wau inā ua hewa wau i ka hoʻoholo ʻana," wahi āna. "Ua like wau, 'Ua hoʻonui paha wau i ka mea hiki iā ia? E wāwahi paha ia iā ia a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hana i kēia?' Ua makaʻu kēlā iaʻu. "

Hiki i ka hiamoe ke hana i nā mea kupanaha, akā, no Miller, ua ʻae ia i ka manawa no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kuanaʻike. "I koʻu ala ʻana aʻe ua like wau me, 'Aia ʻoe ma aneʻi. E hana i ka hapa nui. ʻO wai ka mea noʻonoʻo inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa wale i nā mea e hana nei i kēia manawa," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. (PS: ʻO kēia mau Hiking Hoʻolālā Kiʻekiʻena a me nā Mea Hana Kahua ʻOhana AF.)

Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻomaka lāua i ka manawa i manaʻo ʻia a loaʻa iā lāua ma ka piko hope loa-Mauna Kea ma Hawaii-me kahi kokoke i 10 mau lā i koe. Piʻi ʻo Miller lāua ʻo Arnot i ka wā ʻoluʻolu a me ke anuanu i luna o ka piko 13,796-kapuaʻi i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā ao. Me ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha e hoʻopuni ana iā lākou, ʻapo lāua, uē, a hoʻomākeʻaka e pili ana i kā lākou hoʻāʻo ʻokoʻa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kahi kūlima ma kēlā me kēia kuahiwi-a i ʻole e nānā maikaʻi iā Insta. (ʻIke kēia poʻe kaulana i kekahi mea a ʻelua paha e pili ana i ke kuʻi ʻana i nā alahele a maikaʻi i ka wā e hana ai.) A laila hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Miller i ko lākou piʻi ʻana ma ke ʻano like i loaʻa iā ia nā kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe. I ka hopena, ua lawe ʻo Arnot lāua ʻo Miller i kahi manawa mālie e pulu maoli i ka mea i hala iho nei: ua hoʻokumu ʻo Miller i kahi moʻolelo honua hou, e piʻi ana i nā piko he 50 i nā lā he 41, 16 mau hola, a me 10 mau minuke-he ʻelua mau lā i ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka mea hoʻopaʻa hoʻopaʻa o mua.

"Ua paʻakikī maoli kēia mea āpau, akā ʻo kēlā ka ʻoluʻolu-ua hele māua i ke ala paʻakikī," wahi a Miller. "Ua hana mākou i nā mea āpau a ʻaʻole i pōkole i kekahi mea."

I kēia manawa, ʻokoʻa ke alakaʻi ʻana, aia ʻo Arnot i kahi nuʻukia e alakaʻi i ka hanauna hou o nā piʻi piʻi wahine. "ʻO kaʻu moeʻuhane ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana kahi e hiki ai i nā wahine ʻōpio ke ʻike i ka poʻe ikaika e hana nei i ke kaiapuni a makemake paha lākou e hana a loaʻa nā hopena, hoʻokahi a me hoʻokahi mau ʻike me kēlā mau wahine," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "A makemake wau iā lākou e ʻike he poʻe maʻamau wale nō mākou. ʻAʻole wau he kanaka super-elite, hana hewa wau i nā manawa āpau, akā ʻo ia ke kumu e hana ai kēia - ua like wau me lākou i ʻike lākou iā lākou iho. i loko o koʻu kāmaʻa. "

ʻO Miller, ʻe, ke kia nui nei ʻo ia i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke koleke. Ma hope o kēlā, ʻo wai ka mea ʻike - hiki paha iā ia ke alakaʻi i nā hikes alakaʻi e like me Arnot a i ʻole e piʻi mai ana me ka moʻolelo honua aʻe e wāwahi.

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