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Patakasvika kuVentura, ndaingova nemakore gumi.Kubva ipapo, California yagara iri imba yangu.Baba vake vaive nechido nehupenyu muhupenyu hwake hwese, uye aive akazara nechido mumakore akatevera.Kwemakore matanhatu anotevera, ticharamba tichirarama paAgio.Kunyange zvazvo mumwe nomumwe wedu ane kabhini kake, kamuri pano richiri nhete zvikuru, uye ndiri kutsvaka mikana yose yokutiza.Kanoverengeka ndakaedza kutiza mutaundi rokumusha kwangu.
Hupenyu muCalifornia hunotenderera mumvura.Shamwari dzangu dzose itsva dzakanga dzichisevha, uye nokukurumidza ndakajoinawo.Ndakatangazve kupinda munyatwa.Amai vangu vakashanda papuratifomu yeoiri yepamhenderekedzo yegungwa muCalifornia kwemakore akati wandei, asi vaisaziva kuti vaizokwanisa kuenda kumba rinhi.Paakangondiwana neshamwari shoma, akashandisa pfuti yake yekumba kutsvaga tsindi.Akaonazve chikepe chechikepe chichizununguka sezvayaiswedera pedyo.Akapinda mumugwagwa muduku, uye paakasvika muigwa, akandiona neshamwari dzangu tichiita majana ekuburuka muigwa, tichitenderedza danda rakakwirira pachipfuramabwe changu.
Kwenguva yakawanda iyi, baba vangu neni tingave tave tichigara panyika dzakasiyana.Ari kushanda nesimba.Iye achaenda mangwanani-ngwanani ozodzoka kwenguva pfupi nokuda kwezvokudya pa5:00.Amai vangu vakafara kutibvumira kuti tidye semhuri, asi kana tangosundira ndiro kure, tinoita zvatinokwanisa kuita zvinhu zvedu toga.
Ikoko, pandakanga ndiri mugiredhi rechisere, baba vangu vakawedzera nhamburiko yokundipinza muice hockey.Iri pedyo re ice skating rink iri muThousand Oaks, chinhambwe cheawa imwe chete kubva pahotera.Mukati memwaka weice hockey, achamuka na5:30 mumangwanani Mugovera woga woga ndokundiendesa kuThousand Oaks kundodzidzira.Akatobatsira kutungamira timu yedu.Mumwaka wese wehoki, tese tine mukana wekuenderana zvakare, sezvakangoita patadzokera kuKimberley.Asi pasina nguva, basa rangu remitambo rakangoerekana rapera.
Ndakaona kuti mabvi angu akatanga kurwadza, uye pakazopera mwaka wacho, zvakanga zvanyanya.Ndinogona kutamba, asi mushure mekudzidzira, pachava nemapundu maviri pamabvi angu.Kana ukadzibaya panzvimbo chaiyo, zvinoita sekunge munhu ari kupinza demo mubvi rangu.
“Mukomana wako ane Osgood-Schlatter syndrome.Agara achifarira zvemitambo, saka kwenguva yakareba, mabvi ake haana kuwana mukana wekusimudzira zvakanaka.
Akatiudza kuti muzviitiko zvisingawanzoitiki, kuvhiyiwa kunodiwa.Anofunga kuti hazvidikanwi kwandiri, asi ndinofanira kusunga simbi kwechinguvana.
Mai vangu vakamboda kutura befu."Unorevei, kuderedza kuwanda kwekurovedza muviri?"Aitya: Pasina maekisesaizi, aiziva kuti ndakanga ndava kupinda muzvinetso zvakakomba zvikuru, uye pakanga pasina nguva zvachose.
Vakaedza kuisa makumbo angu mumakumbo, asi apo mabheti akanga aiswa, ndakamira skateboarding kumativi echiteshi.Vakazoona kuti hapana zvavaigona kuita kunze kwekundisiya ndichitamba.Kunyange ndichivavenga, vatambi ava vanogona kunge vakaponesa hupenyu hwangu, kana kuti vakaponesa mabvi angu.Yakaganhurirwa kune iyo plaster modhi, majoini angu anogona kupedzisira akura zvakajairika.Kubva ipapo handina kuzova nedambudziko remabvi.
Panguva iyoyo, iyi yaivewo njodzi.Ini ndiri mutsva muchikoro chesekondari uye ndinoda chaizvo kuita mutsimba nekutamba baseball.Hapana dhayi.Pandakanga ndava mugiredhi rechipfumbamwe, gumbo rangu rakanga rakakandwa.Pavakangobuda, ndakabvawo-ndichipinda mumatambudziko zvakare.
Pasina mitambo yekumhanyisa uye yemumunda kutora nguva yangu nesimba, amai vangu vakavhura nzira nyowani: Ndipei basa.Nguva pfupi yekuzvarwa kwangu kwegumi nematatu, akandisuma kumurume anonzi Bill Magee muridzi wePeace charter muVentura Harbour.Bill akakumbira kuti ndishande mungarava yake.
Mumakore mashomanana akatevera, ndakashanda "Rugare" muzhizha rose (chirimo chega chega).Zvese nezve igwa redhive uye zvinokwezva zvingaitika zvekufamba kunze kwechiteshi uye kumadokero kuChannel Islands zvakandinakidza.Hakusi kuwedzeredza kutaura kuti kushandira rugare kwakachinja upenyu hwangu.
Bill Magee mumwe wevanhu vakanakisa vandinoziva.Iye naCaptain Michael Roach vakaita semadzibaba kwandiri.Vanonditarisira uye vanondipa mabasa akawanda.Handina ruzivo rwechokwadi kare.Vakandiratidza chimiro chitsva chekuremekedza.Vakaita kuti ndidavire kuti ndaigona kuva mumwe munhu uye kuita chimwe chinhu chinokosha muupenyu hwangu.
Bill akaita mari pakuvaka.Pakupedzisira, akabudirira kutengesa kambani yakabudirira yekuisa matenga muBay Area, izvo zvakamugonesa kuti azadzise hope dzandaitarisira kuti arambe aripo kwechinguva.Kunyura mumitambo ndicho chaanofarira, uye akaisa chikamu chemari kubva mukutengeswa kwekambani mu "peace" oparesheni-yakawana mari mumachipisi ake ekutengesa ndokuunza kugungwa.
Kapteni Roach ndiye anonyatso zadzisa kuIrish classic Aral Sea Captain Bill.Akandidzidzisa kubata maoko uye kutarisa murume kana uchitaura naye.
Bill Magee zvakare ari musango-Hugh Hefner pamakungwa makuru.Bill ane musikana mutsva vhiki imwe neimwe, kazhinji inenge hafu yezera rake, uye anogara achipinda mapati anopisa matabhu apo vakadzi vakawanda, zvidhakwa (ndinotenda kuti "Rugare" ndiyo chikepe chekutanga chine tabhu inopisa), Uye Mwari anoziva zvimwe.Kunyatsotaura, Mir ichikepe chekunyura, zvinoreva kuti vanhu vanofanirwa kubhadhara scuba diving.Zvisizvo, iyi zvakare igehena yebhoti repati.Tichatora vafambi vedu kuti vashanyire Ventura Channel Islands.Isu tinofanirwa kuburitsa boka revanhu vakasiyana-siyana panguva, vana muboka rimwe nerimwe-pakati pedhivha, patinenge takasungirirwa usiku hwose, tichaenda kumapati.Bill achandipa mazana mashoma emadhora kuti ndigone kugara pasi uye kutora chikamu mumitambo yepoker isingaperi.Ndakanwa Scotch pano pandaiva nemakore 13 uye ndaitamba poker nevamwe.
Panguva imwecheteyo, diving haisi jee.Paunenge usiri pawachi yeanchor, unogona kuifarira nenzwi guru uye kujoina bato, asi kana wapinda mundege, unofanirwa kukwira chikepe.Iwe unofanirwa kuziva miganhu yako uye kugona kwako.Ini ndakanga ndisingazvizive panguva iyoyo, asi zvakazoitika kuti uku kwaive kugadzirira kwakanaka kweSEALs.
Semunhu anosemesa pane totem pole, ini ndinowanzo tora trivia nezve "Rugare", izvo pasina mumwe munhu anoda kuita.Imwe yacho ndeyekusvetukira pasi pese panonamira chibatiso, pinda imomo woisunungura.Izvi zvinowanzoitika pakati pehusiku.Nguva zhinji, ndaibatwa nehope huru ndokunzwa “Muka, Brandon!Tinofanira kufambisa, anchor yanamira.Pfeka wetsuit, unofanira kuipfeka."
Ndaiti ndikanyura imomo netochi ndaitya kufa.Bvisa kutya shark, rega kutya kwerima, iri igehena chairo.
Dzimwe nguva ndinoenda pakadzika, ndozoona kuti chibatiso chakakomberedzwa netambo yetani imwe, inodhonzwa kubva pasi pegungwa nekuda kwekuremera kwechikepe uye masaisai ari pamusoro.Nekufemereka, ndichanyengerera mukomana kuti adhonze anchor kuti asunungure kumwe kuderera mucheni.Ipapo, ndakaenda kubasa kuti ndigadzirise mamiriro ezvinhu akashata.Kufuridzira pamusoro zvakare kucharatidza kuti basa rangu rapera.Panguva iyoyo, pandinenge ndichigara pasi pevhu, vashandi vanokweva chibatiso, vachitarisira kuona kuti simbi yabva zvachose pasi.Kazhinji inomira zvakare uye ndinofanira kudzokorora maitiro ese.Kana zvazonyatsojeka, ndichafuridza mhepo yekupedzisira ndotumira chiratidzo kwandiri kuti ndivayeuchidze nezvechinzvimbo chavo nekukwira.Mushure mokudzokera kuchikepe, ndichageza nokukurumidza inopisa uye ndoedza kukurumidza kuvhara maziso angu zuva rose risati rapera.Izvi zvakaipa, ndinozvifarira.
Brandon inyanzvi yakashongedzwa yeNavy SEAL sniper, muzvinabhizimusi uye munyori.Semukuru weUS Navy, aive murairidzi mukuru weNavy SEAL Sniper Chikoro, icho chakaburitsa mamwe evatambi vane mukurumbira muUnited States.Weber munyori akatengesa zvakanyanya weThe New York Times, mutyairi wendege uye anoda whisky, uye muvambi weSOFREP.
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Nguva yekutumira: Jan-05-2021