Wahine i ka hana: "Ua piʻi au i ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro"

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"Ua piʻi au i ka mauna Kilimanjaro" ʻaʻole pehea e pane maʻamau ai nā haumāna ke nīnau ʻia lākou pehea lākou i hoʻolilo ai i kā lākou kauwela hoʻomaha. Akā ʻo Samantha Cohen, ʻo 17 makahiki, ka mea i hōʻea i ka 19,000-plus-foot peak i kēia Iulai, ʻaʻole ia he kula kiʻekiʻe maʻamau. ʻOiai ʻōpio paha ʻo ia, ke noho nei kahi haumāna pololei-ʻo kahi ʻano kūpono o ka nohona SHAPE.

Ua hoʻomaka kona makemake i ka hoʻoikaika kino i ka makahiki 7, i kona wā i kākau inoa ai i nā haʻawina skating a hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hoʻokūkū kūloko.ʻEhā mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua ʻike ʻo Samantha i ka hula-me ka jazz a me ka ballet-a ua hele koke ʻo ia i nā papa he 12 i kēlā me kēia pule. Ua kākau inoa ʻia ʻo ia i kahi papahana hulahula preprofessional. Eia nō naʻe, i ka wā i ulu ai ʻo Samantha i nā pilikia kuli i hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa i hala a ua hele i ka hoʻōla kino, ua lawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona e hoʻi i hope.

"Ua hauʻoli loa au i ka hula akā ʻike wau ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale kaʻu makemake i waho o ke ola," wahi āna. "Ua makemake au i ka manawa e huakaʻi a mākaʻikaʻi i nā hana like ʻole." No laila ua kau ʻo ia i kona mau kāmaʻa hula a huli i ka yoga, ka hui kaʻa kaʻa, a me ka papa Zumba i kekahi manawa no kona hoʻoikaika kino.

Nānā mau i nā ala hou e mālama ai i kona kino a wīwī, ua ʻike ʻo Samantha i ka manawa kūpono e lawe i kahi ʻanuʻu nui ma waho o kāna wahi hōʻoluʻolu hoʻoikaika kino i kēia pūnāwai i hala. Ma hope i Malaki, ua lohe ʻo ia ua kau inoa kahi hoa e piʻi i ka mauna Kilimanjaro i ke kauwela me kahi hui o nā hoa kula kiʻekiʻe.

ʻOiai me kāna mau hana pāʻani mua a pau, ua maopopo iā Samantha ka hana e kupu mai ana ma luna ona he holoholona hou. Aia ma Tanzania, piʻi ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro i 19,340 kapuaʻi - ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina akā ʻo ka mauna kūʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.

ʻOiai ua nui nā pilikia kino-no ka poʻe hoʻomaka, ua lahilahi ka ea ma ka piʻi ʻana a hiki i ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻopilikia i nā mea he 15,000 mau huakaʻi e hoʻāʻo nei e piʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki-ʻaʻole i hoʻohiolo ʻia ʻo Samantha. "Manaʻo wau ua hiki iaʻu ke koho e piʻi i kahi mauna liʻiliʻi, e ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma Colorado," wahi a Samantha, ʻoiai ke kānalua nei kekahi mau hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana i manaʻoʻiʻo e hiki ʻo ia i ka piko o ka mauna. "Akā ʻo kēia ka mea e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana iaʻu iho e hana i kahi mea ma waho o ka maʻamau."

ʻOiai ʻo ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana no kāna piʻi ʻana, ua aʻo ʻo Samantha, he mea manawaleʻa ikaika, e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o St. Jude Children's Hospital's Heroes, kahi e hoʻohiki ai nā kukini a me nā mea pāʻani ʻē aʻe e loaʻa kālā i ke aʻo ʻana no ka heihei a i ʻole hanana. Ma hope o ke kau inoa ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻaoʻao ma ka pūnaewele o ka haukapila e hōʻiliʻili kālā, ua hoʻāla ʻo ia ma kahi o $22,000 no ke kumu.

Me kēia hoʻokō ma lalo o kona kāʻei, manaʻo ʻo Samantha e hoʻomau i kāna hana aloha me St. Jude's ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻopau i ke kula kiʻekiʻe a pili i ke kulanui. Ma waho o kahi o kāna huakaʻi e hiki mai ana iā ia, ua hilinaʻi ʻo Samantha i kona hiki ke hoʻopau i kekahi hana āna e hana ai. "ʻAʻole wau ke kanaka kūpono loa, akā inā makemake ʻoe i kekahi mea, ʻaʻohe kumu e hiki ʻole ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻokō," wahi āna. "Ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ke kino o nā kānaka ma mua o ko lākou ʻike.

No ka ʻike hou aʻe a i ʻole e hāʻawi i ka hoʻoikaika mau ʻana o Samantha e kōkua i ka Halemai ʻImi ʻO St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, e nānā i kāna ʻaoʻao ʻohi kālā. No ka mea hou aku e pili ana i kā Samantha huakaʻi hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka piko o ka mauna Kilimanjaro, e ʻike pono e kiʻi i kahi kope o ka puka o Kepakemapa o SHAPE, ma nā nūpepa nūhou Pōʻakahi, ʻAukake 19.

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