Uhambo olulandelayo luka-Lachlan Morton luzomthatha ohambweni lwebhayisikili lezintaba olungaphezu kuka-1,000km ukunqamula iNingizimu Afrika yonke.
Lo mgibeli oneminyaka engu-29 ubudala we-EF Education-Nippo okwamanje ulungiselela i-The Munga, ezoqala ngoDisemba 1 eBloemfontein. Lo mjaho, owaqala ngo-2014, unqamula esifundeni esomile saseKaroo njengoba ubheke eWellington eCape Winelands, ebangeni elingamakhilomitha angama-70 ukusuka eKapa. Abahleli bachaza lo mcimbi njengomjaho wamabhayisikili “okusekelwa kancane” kwesiteji esisodwa; kunezindawo zomjaho ezinhlanu kanye nezindawo zamanzi eziyi-10 eduze komzila, kodwa ngaphandle kwalezo zindawo, abagibeli kufanele bazisekele. Owenza kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni uyawina.
“Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ngiza eNingizimu Afrika, abantu bebengitshela ngakho futhi babe sengathi, 'Kufanele uze kulokhu, ugijime lokhu,'” uMorton utshele i-CyclingTips ngocingo kuleli sonto. “Bekulokhu kuyingcosana kubhasikidi onzima kakhulu, njengoba kunguDisemba. Akukaze kube nengqondo ukuza uzokwenza. Futhi-ke ngangilapha nge-Cape Epic, ngafika ekhaya futhi angizange ngizizwe sengathi nginakho konke ukugijima kimi, uma lokho kwenza ama-senes, ngakho-ke ngathi, 'Kungani ngingahambi ngiyokwenza uMnga? ' Yithuba elihle lokuza ukuzobona ukuthi imayelana nani bese ugijima ngayo.”
Njengoba egxile ezenzweni “ezihlukile” eminyakeni embalwa edlule, uMorton useqede izinselelo ezimbalwa zebanga elide, okuhlanganisa nokuwina i-GBDuro ngo-2019, ukubeka Isikhathi Esaziwa Esaziwa Kakhulu ku-Kokopelli Trail ngo-2020, kanye nokugibela umzila we-GBDuro. 2021 i-Tour de France iyazisekela.
Uthe ubona iThe Munga njengethuba lokuthola “isikhathi sami” endaweni okunesikhathi eside efuna ukuyihlola kakhudlwana.
“Sengike ngaya eNingizimu Afrika… izikhathi ezinhlanu kodwa ngichithe isikhathi eKapa naseWestern Cape kuphela, ngakho ikhadi elikhulu lokudonsa kwaba wumbono wokubona ingxenye enkulu yezwe, ngoba kusasele kancane. imfihlakalo kimina ukuthi yini ekhona,” kusho uMorton. “Iyiphi indlela engcono yokuyibona bese ugibela ngaphesheya?
“Elinye ikhadi elikhulu lokudonsa kwaba yiqiniso lokuthi ngibe matasatasa izinyanga ezintathu noma ezine, njengokuthi, kuhlanganise kusukela ku-Alt Tour, ngakho ngawuthanda ngempela umqondo wokungena emgwaqeni ngigxile ebunyeni futhi izinsuku ezimbalwa, ukuba nesikhathi esincane sami. Lelo bekuyikhadi lokudweba ngoba ngazizwa sengathi ngiyalidinga.”
Ngaphezulu kuka-1,000km ubude, inselelo yakhe elandelayo izohlanganisa izinsuku eziningi egibeleni ibhayisikili nemizana emihlanu yomjaho enikeza izindawo ezingaba khona zokulala - kodwa kuzoba kubagibeli ukuthi bazoma kuphi futhi nini ukuze baphumule (uma kunjalo). Umnqobi wanyakenye, uHansie Joubert, uqede umjaho ngesikhathi esingaphansi kwamahora angu-57, kubikwa ukuthi ulale imizuzu engu-20.
UMorton uhlela ukuthatha indlela yokulinda ukuze anqume ukuthi uzoyeka yini ukulala futhi isikhathi esingakanani.
“Ngokusethwa kwendawo yokuhlola, kukuvumela ukuthi mhlawumbe uphushe umqondo wokuthi, 'Ngeke ngilale,' bese kuthi uma kufanele, ngibe nenethi yokuphepha lapho," echaza. “Indlela yami yokwenza lezi zinto ihlale ithi, 'Ngizophusha bese kuthi okwesibili ngizwe sengathi ngikhathele kakhulu ngizoyeka.' Yileyondlela engihlale ngikwenza ngayo. Kwesinye isikhathi lokho kusho ukuthi uqhubeka izinsuku ezimbalwa, kwesinye isikhathi kusho ukuthi udinga ukulala amahora amane ngobusuku bokuqala.”
Ukuhlanganiswa kwezindawo ezizisekelayo nezindawo zokuhlola kuyamjabulisa uMorton, othi ubheke ngabomvu ukubona ukuthi le fomethi iwuthinta kanjani umjaho.
“Uyakwazi ukuzimela emgwaqeni kodwa ukwazi ukuthola ukudla, amanzi, nezindawo zokulala njengezigaba ezinhlanu ezihlukene, okwenza kube lula ukuhambisa ikhanda lakho, ngoba ufana nokuthi, 'Kulungile. , ngidinga nje ukuthi ngikwazi ukusinda ama-200k ngesikhathi,” kusho yena. “Ngakho-ke lokho kusho ukuthi ungahlukana nocwaningo oluncane engicabanga ukuthi. Kodwa emgwaqeni, kuwuhlobo lwaleyo ruleset efanayo. Uthembele kuwena kukho konke okudingayo.
“Kuyifomethi entsha kimina. Angikaze ngenze umjaho ngale ndlela yokusetha, ngakho-ke nginentshisekelo yokubona ukuthi lokho kwenzeka kanjani nokuthi kuyithinta kanjani indlela abantu abawubheka ngayo kanye nohlanga. Kodwa yebo, isiqubulo esisodwa esikhulu engicabanga ngaso bese mhlawumbe silala kancane endleleni.”
UMorton nabanye abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-150 bazoqala uhambo lwabo isonto lonke kusukela ngoLwesithathu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-25-2021
