Kuyang'ana agalu akuthamanga

Iye anali wolemba ndakatulo wosayembekezeka, pokhala mtsikana wamba ndi zonse. Koma iye sanali munthu wosayembekezeka. Kyla Boivin adawoneka wovuta chaka chatha paphwando la mpikisano wothamanga wa agalu a Yukon Quest mu diresi lake lakuda lokwanira, lopaka utoto wofiira watsopano, ndi nsapato zovina. Maonekedwe ake adandipangitsa kuti ndimuganizire kawiri. Kupatula apo, uku kunali kusonkhanitsa anthu ovuta komanso ogwedera omwe adanyamuka paulendo wosungulumwa komanso wozizira kwambiri kudutsa malo osakhululukidwa a Yukon.

Koma iye ankadziwa bwino za masiku osagona omwe analinkudza; iwo anali ngakhale chikhalidwe chachiwiri kwa iye. Boivin anali akuthamangitsa agalu kuyambira ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi. Anali wamanyazi komanso osapunthwa. Anali wokondeka koma mwanjira yachilendo kwambiri.

Mawu omwe ali patsamba la Facebook la Kyla lero akuti, "Chitani zomwe zimakuwopsezani kwambiri." Patsamba lomwelo iye amadzifotokozanso kuti ndi "wopusa." Koma sindimukhulupirira. Ndi chisakanizo cha chikhalidwe chake chotsutsana ndi kukulira kutali ndi madera okhazikika, ndikukayikira.

Kupaka utoto watsopano wa misomali ndi nsapato zovina
N’zosachita kufunsa kuti maonekedwe ake, onse atakongoletsedwa ndi utoto wopaka utoto watsopano komanso nsapato zovina paphwandopo, zinali zosagwirizana. Anathera nthaŵi yaitali ya moyo wake akuyendetsa m’tinjira tomwe munali chipale chofeŵa, ndipo nthaŵi zambiri ndudu ili m’kamwa mwake. Anaphunzira msanga kutsogolera magulu a agalu akale a Yukon kudera lakumpoto kozizira kwambiri, kuthengo, komanso kolimba.

Simukadaganiza kuti mtsikana wazaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi anali pafupi kupita ku Yukon Quest; amene amadziwika kuti ndi agalu otopetsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.

“Mutopa, ndipo mumazizira, ndipo mumamva njala; ndipo zimenezi n’zofanana ndi maphunzirowo,” anandiuza mosakayikira paphwandopo kuti, “Ngati ukufuna kukhala womasuka, ingokhala panyumba.”

“Kwa ine ndimaona ngati ndi pamene ndiyenera kukhala. Ndi malo abwino kwambiri padziko lapansi kukhala - kuyang'ana agalu akuthamanga. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndimangobwerera ndikulingalira. "

Kyla adathamanga mpikisanowu modabwitsa kasanu ndi kamodzi kuyambira pomwe adakwanitsa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu. Chaka chapitacho, adapambana Red Lantern, mbiri yabwino yomwe idaperekedwa kwa omaliza nawo kumaliza kumaliza. Koma iye anawoloka icho. Ndipo pakali pano ankaonedwa ngati msilikali wankhondo. Amayembekeza kuti pamapeto pake adzayandikira omaliza apamwamba omwe amawatcha "akatswiri". Chinali cholinga chimene chikupitirizabe kumuzemba.

Akatswiriwa ndi omwe amamaliza nawo m'magulu khumi apamwamba a Yukon Quest kapena adani ake odziwika bwino koma osalimba kwambiri a ku Alaska, Iditarod. Ambiri amachita nawo zonse ziwiri. M’zaka zaposachedwapa, mipikisano imeneyi yakhala yopikisana kwambiri moti ma musher anawononga ndalama zambiri posonkhanitsa magulu a agalu awo. Mu mpikisano uwu, kungofika poyambira kutha kukubwezerani ndalama zokwana madola zikwi khumi.

Othamanga othamanga kwambiri omwe adanyamuka pa Yukon Quest ya tsiku lotsatira adaphatikizanso Sebastian Schnuelle wobadwira ku Germany, Hans Gatt waku Austria kapena musher wobadwira ku Switzerland Martin Buser. Ma musher awa adapanga moyo ndi bizinesi chifukwa cha kuthamanga. Kutenga nawo mbali pazochitika zilizonse kungadalire kachikwama. Ndi mpikisano wokwera mtengo kwa aliyense, ndipo amathamanga kuti apambane; ndi chisankho cha bizinesi chamtundu wake.

Iliyonse mwa ma mushers amamangiriridwanso ku bizinesi yofananira. Wotchulidwa pambuyo pa galu wake woyamba Buluu, Schnuelle amayendetsa Blue Kennels, pamene Gatt amapangira masilere a anzake a mushers ku kampani yake, Gatt Sled ndipo potsiriza Buser amalera agalu a sled pa Happy Trails Kennels.

Ndalama zoyendetsera ulendo wopita ku Yukon Quest
Kyla Boivin analibe bizinesi yotere. Anali ndi ndalama zoyendetsera maulendo ake pamadzi ake, atapatsidwa kukankhira koyamba ndi makolo ake omuthandiza. Analinso atapanga posse, gulu la anzake akumaloko omwe ankamusangalatsa ndi kumuthandiza panjira. Anali pa ntchito yobweretsa mbiri ya agalu a Yukon. Iye analimbikitsidwa mwa njira yakeyake; ngakhale adavomereza kuti zilakolako zake mwina zidamulepheretsa kukhala ndi ntchito yabwino, mwina ndalama, komanso moyo wina osati agalu ake.

Koma panthawiyo m'moyo wake, adalimbikitsidwa ndi kutchuka komaliza kumaliza gawo lapamwamba la Yukon Quest. Anali adakali ndi mphamvu zolimbikira ntchito yake.

Mosiyana ndi nyimbo zomwe Kyla anachita madzulo a tsikulo, polowa muholo yaikulu mungaganize molakwika kuti phwando lotsegulira linali madzulo a bingo-holo. Nkhaniyi inaphimbidwa ndi nyimbo ya Leo's Song, nthano ya galu wamaso abulauni a galu wamaso a bulauni, Leo, kwa Sara, galu wodabwitsa yemwe "ali ndi mapepala" ndipo safuna. perekani mwayi wosauka Leo.

Kugulitsa mwakachetechete kumagulitsa mabuku pa Quest, makalendala, kapena zida zina. Atolankhani ofufuza movutikira adangoyankhula za chipindacho kufunafuna njira yawo. Panali nkhani yosayembekezeka ya musher waku Jamaica, Newton Marshall, yemwe adaphunzitsidwa ndi wopambana katatu wa Quest Hans Gatt. Panali kusowa kodziwika kwa wopambana mbiri, wopambana wa Yukon Quest Lance Mackey, yemwe sanakhalepo kuti ateteze mutu wake. Panali anthu odzipereka, achibale, eni kennel, ndi othandizira timu. Zonse zinali kuchitika mumkhalidwe wabanja.

Chiyeso cha kupirira kwa thupi ndi maganizo
The Yukon Quest amalemekezedwa pakati pa hard-core mushers ngati chinthu chenicheni; kuyesa kupirira kwakuthupi ndi m'maganizo komwe kumadziwika kuti ndi mpikisano wovuta kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi wa agalu otere. Imatsata mbiri yakale ya Gold Rush ndi njira zotumizira makalata za agalu zomwe zidayamba kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20. Paulendo wa masiku khumi mpaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, kutentha kumatha kutsika kutsika kuposa XNUMX Celsius; mumatha kuona mphepo yamtunda wa mailosi zana limodzi pa ola ndikuyang'anizana ndi nyengo yoopsa ya ayezi, pamene madzi oundana omasuka amatuluka m'mitsinje yomwe inaundana.

Mosinthana njira chaka chilichonse, chaka chatha Yukon Quest idayamba ku Whitehorse ku Yukon, ndipo idapita ku Fairbanks, Alaska, kudutsa nsonga zisanu zamapiri ndikutsetsereka pamtsinje wa Yukon. Ma Mushers amathamanga ndi zida zovomerezeka zomwe zimatsimikiziridwa pazigawo khumi zosankhidwa, zomwe zimatalikirana ndi mailosi mazana awiri. Pakati pa izi, muli nokha.

Phwando lamadzulo lomwelo linali chakudya chambiri chomaliza kwa gulu la ma musher makumi awiri ndi asanu ndi anayi iwo ndi agalu awo asanalowe m'malo. M’maŵa wotsatira mpikisano wamphamvu unayamba. Inali nthawi yomwe matimu ena amakonza njira zawo mwamantha.

Kyla anapunthwa pa siteji. Anathokoza wothandizira pobwereketsa galimoto yogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Kristie Falkevitch. Kristie ankatsatira Kyla m’kati mwa mpikisanowo, n’kumapereka chakudya pamalo ochitira cheke komanso kunyamula agalu amene agwetsedwa. Madokotala amayendera agalu pamlingo uliwonse wa mpikisano, ndipo ovulala kapena omwe sangathe kupitiriza, amasiyidwa m'manja mwa wothandizira. Izi zimatchedwa "kugwetsa" galu.

Masiku ndi usiku zomwe zikubwera zidzathera m'ndakatulo ya Kyla yomwe inatchula madzulo amenewo kuti "maloto agalu," pamene kuthamanga kwa miyendo ya agalu kumamveka ngati nyimbo kwa iye pamene akukanda m'chipale chofewa cha malo aakulu.

Kyla amawerenga ndakatulo yake, Dreams of the Long Run
Mucikozyanyo, kujatikizya twaambo twamusyobo ooyu, Kyla wakasyoma mulumbe wakwe wakuti, “Misyoonto Yakutalika Kweendelezya.” M’chipindamo munali zii pamene ankafotokoza mwa ndakatulo moyo umene adzakhale nawo m’masiku akudzawa. Kavalidwe kakang'ono kakang'ono kakuda sikanatha chifukwa sikelo yake idzakhala nyumba yake. Adzasiyidwa ku malingaliro ake, kuti "asunthike mumtendere waukulu ... ndi chipwirikiti champhamvu chaulendowu."

M'mawa mwake munamva agalu akulira kuchokera kuchipinda changa chansanjika yachiwiri ku Edgewater Hotel. Poyambirira Windsor, hoteloyi idayima pamalo omwewo kuyambira m'zaka za m'ma 19 Klondike. Yukon Territory ndi gawo lalikulu la malo okongola, okhalamo omwe amawoneka osakhazikika koma amakhalabe ndi chithumwa chazaka zana zapitazo.

Ndinapeza Kyla, posse yake, ndi zida zake zobalalika pa chipale chofewa pamene amamenya nyundo pa sled yatsopano ndi yopepuka yomwe inabwerekedwa kwa iye mphindi yomaliza. Sadadabwe ngakhale pang'ono koma amangoyabwa kutuluka pa geti loyambira.

Pamene nthawi yoyambira inayandikira, chifunga chaubweya chinaphimba malowo, pamene makamu anasonkhana mbali zonse za 1st Avenue pakati pa mzinda wawung'ono. Pamene ma mushers ndi magulu awo otsogola agalu akuthamangira m'njira, unyinji wawo wochuluka unaboola m'mphepete mwa mtsinjewo.

Dzuwa linawala kwambiri, ndipo phokoso la agalu akuwuwa linamveka kwambiri. A canines adazindikira kuti nthawi yonyamuka yafika, ndipo chisangalalo chawo chinali chowoneka bwino. Mmodzi ndi m’modzi aja anafola n’kupanga cheke komaliza, n’kumasisita agalu awo phokoso lisanamveke, ndipo ulendo wautali unayamba.

"Ndimakonda kwambiri njira," Kyla anandiuza, "Kuthandiza gulu la agalu kuthamanga mailosi chikwi ndi zodabwitsa. Sichimakalamba kwa ine.

“Kuwayang’ana akudzuka pambuyo pa mailosi mazana asanu ndi limodzi, ndi mailosi mazana asanu ndi atatu, ndi mailosi mazana asanu ndi anayi mphambu makumi asanu, ndipo akugwedeza michira yawo kuti inde, tiyeni tizipita! Izo zimangondiphulitsa ine nthawi zonse. Ndimangokonda zimenezo.”

Gulu la Kyla linali lachiwiri kulowera komwe kuli Braeburn mmawa womwewo. Anali ndi gulu la agalu aang’ono ndipo anali wosamala kuti asawakankhire mwamphamvu kwambiri. Iye anali atawalera yekha agalu awa; analibe khola lalikulu loti azigwirirapo ntchito. Koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti chaka chimenechi chinali chofunika kwambiri. Ankafuna kukhala wosewera mu Yukon Quest.

M'masiku akubwerawa, mawonekedwe a chipale chofewa ndi nyenyezi zikanakhala zitsogozo za musher wa spunky yemwe anali kwambiri m'gulu lake panjira yabata. Anazimiririka pakona ya njanjiyo ndikupita ku nkhalango zakutali za kumpoto.

Kukhala ndi zochitika zanga
Pamene Kyla ndi gulu lake adapanga njira yawo, ndinakhala ndi zochitika zanga ku Yukon. Ndinali ndi kukoma kwanga kwa malo otseguka, ngakhale mawonekedwe odetsedwa kwambiri. Ndinapita kumpoto kwa Whitehorse kupita ku Nyanja ya Laberge kumene mlimi wodziŵa bwino nsomba anatitengera gulu lathu panjira yodutsa m’nyanja yozizira kwambiri pa tsiku la dzuwa.

Kenako dzuwa litatsala pang'ono kulowa, tidapita ku Muktuk Adventures, nyumba yomwe ili pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Takhini ndipo imayendetsedwa ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri odziwa bwino za Yukon Quest, Frank Turner. Ananditulutsa kuti ndikaone huski wake wa ku Alaska 127, uliwonse wa iwo umakhala m’bokosi lobiriŵira lopakidwa maina awo kunja. Panali Kirby, Beethoven, Tucker, Oreo, Kaze… Pamene tikuyenda, Turner mwadzidzidzi anakuwa kulira kwautali, komwe kunayankhidwa mwachangu ndi nyimbo ya canine. Agalu anamuyankhadi.

Frank Turner adatenga nawo gawo mu Yukon Quest onse kupatula chaka chimodzi pamipikisano makumi awiri ndi isanu ya mpikisanowo. Pamene sanali kuthamanga, anali kuthandiza mwana wake pa ulendo. Chaka chatha chinali chaka choyamba kuti alibe timu yothamanga mu Quest.

"Kuti mulowe pamwamba pa khumi muyenera kudzikhulupirira nokha komanso gulu lanu. Uyeneranso kugwira ntchito ngati wachabechabe,” adandiuza. "Muyenera kukhazikitsa zolinga zabwino kwambiri kenako ndi dongosolo lomwe lingakwaniritse zolingazo. Simungathe kusintha mapulani anu pakati pa mtsinje. Uyenera kukhulupirira pulaniyo.”

Tisanawuluke chakumpoto ku Dawson City, pafupifupi mailosi mazana atatu, kukakumana ndi magulu a Quest, tinakwera ndege kudutsa Kluane National Park pa ndege yaing'ono yoyandama. Pafupifupi kukula kwa Switzerland, kuchokera pamwamba pake tinawona madzi otseguka, magombe otsetsereka, ndi mapiri aatali. Tinaona mphalapala, umboni wa mimbulu, ndi madera osatha a chipale chofewa choboola ndi madzi oundana abuluu ndi nkhalango zakumpoto.

Pamene tinkafika ku Dawson City, asilikali oyamba aja anali atayamba kale kuloŵa msasa wa mtsinje wa Yukon wozizira kwambiri. Musher ndi magulu awo ali ndi nthawi yovomerezeka ya maola 36 pano asanapitirize ulendo wawo wamakilomita 1,000.

Kyla Boivin adafika ku Dawson City akufunitsitsa kuti agalu ake apume pamsasawo atavala bulangeti laudzu lokonzedwa ndi womugwira. Anali wofunitsitsa kusintha masokosi ake, koma mwinamwake wokonzeka kwambiri kumwa moŵa. Sindinachitire mwina koma kuona kuti misomali yake yofiyira yapaphwando yatha. Malo oyimilira a Dawson City ndiye poyang'ana pa mpikisano wokhawo pomwe agalu ndi magulu awo amaloledwa kulumikizana komanso kulandira thandizo kuchokera kwa abale ndi abwenzi. Msewu wopita kumisasayo unali malo otanganidwa kwambiri kumene, mpaka usiku kwambiri, moto unayaka ndipo akatswiri a zamankhwala ankachititsa kuti kuzungulira kwawo kuoneke ngati anthu ogwira ntchito m’migodi usiku atawamanga tochi m’mutu.

Kucheza ku kampu ya Dawson City
Pa nthawi yopuma ya Dawson City, ndinazungulira msasawo ndipo kwa kanthaŵi ndinakhala wothandizana ndi ogwira ntchito. Ndinkapita ndi agaluwo n’kukapala nkhuni pamoto. Panali makolo a Kyla, Roch ndi Katheryn Boivin. Chisangalalocho chinaphatikizapo abwenzi ake aubwana Sylvia Frish ndi mwana wake wamng'ono, Madeline Derepentigny, kapena Mado monga momwe amamutchulira. Zachidziwikire, panali wogwirizira gulu lokhazikika, Kristie Falkevitch.

Dawson City inali kwawo kwa Kyla. Bambo ake, Roch Boivin, adachokera kudera la Lac St. Jean ku Quebec ndipo adapita ku Dawson City ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu ndi maloto oti akhale m'tchire. Analimbikitsidwa ndi nkhani za agogo ake aamuna amene anabwera kuno kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana lapitalo.

"Anandiuza nkhani za a Klondike, za magulu a agalu, akavalo, ogwira ntchito m'migodi ndi atsikana," Boivin anandiuza kuti, "Adzabwera kuchokera ku Dawson zaka zisanu pambuyo pake ndi golide wokwanira kuphimba pamwamba pa denga. mabedi awiri, ndipo ndi amene adagula malo athu ku Lac St. Jean.”

Nthano za Dawson City za kutembenuka kwazaka zana zapitazi zimadziwika bwino. Alendo ochokera kutali ndi kutali anabwera kuno kudzatchuka komanso kupeza chuma chambiri. Mzinda womwewo mpaka lero waimitsa nthawi. Zomangamanga ndi momwe zinalili, tauniyi ndi gulu laling'ono. Bambo ake a Kyla atafika kuno, anapeza kuti malowa n’ngodziwikiratu ngati mmene ankachitira nkhani komanso anthu amene anawamva ali mwana.

"Zinali zopenga monga momwe adanenera. Panalibe nyumba zonse zokhotakhota, ma mushers, ndi magulu a agalu ndi otchera. Sindinabwererenso,” adatero Boivin.

Roch ndi Katheryn Boivin analera ana awo, Kyla ndi Eli, kunja kwa mudzi wapakati wa Yukon First Nation wa Mayo kumene anakhala miyezi ingapo kutchire, kutali ndi dziko lakunja. Banjali linkathera nyengo yachisanu panjira zotsekera msampha ndiponso m’nyengo yachilimwe likumanga malo ogona, mabwalo a ndege, kapena kugwira ntchito ndi akavalo. Kuweta agalu sikunali masewera kwa iwo, koma kunali kofunika. Anali mayendedwe okhawo omwe anali nawo.

Bambo ake a Kyla anavomereza kwa ine kuti: “Iye ndi wovuta kucheza naye, chifukwa cha zaka za kumadera akutali a kumpoto, “Koma akakhala m’gulu la agalu, n’kumene amafuna kukhala. Akakhala yekha, amasangalala. Monga ngati ine. "

Kyla sanamalizepo Yukon Quest chaka chatha. Chigamulo cha mzere umodzi mu lipoti la CBC chati mpikisano udatha kwa iye pa kukwera kokwera kwa Eagle Summit ku Alaska. Iye anayesa kukwera pamwambapo koma anabwerera mmbuyo pamene agalu ake analephera kukwera.

Sanali ku Yukon Quest chaka chino. Ndemanga yomaliza yomwe ndinapeza kuchokera kwa iye idawerenga mophweka, "Palibe racin [sic] m'nyengo yozizira ino, ingogwira ntchito [sic]. Zikomo chifukwa chondithandiza chaka chatha ku Dawson. " Ndikukhulupirira kuti abweranso. Adzabweranso kudzayang’ana agalu akuthamanga.

Andrew Princz, woyendetsa zachikhalidwe ku Montreal, ndi mkonzi wa portal yoyendera www.ontheglobe.com. Iye ndi wolemba komanso woulutsa mawu ndipo amatenga nawo mbali pantchito zodziwitsa anthu za dziko komanso zolimbikitsa zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi. Adapita kumayiko pafupifupi makumi asanu ndi limodzi padziko lonse lapansi.