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Ukufika kwethu eVentura, ndandineminyaka eli-10 kuphela ubudala.Ukusukela ngoko, iCalifornia ibisoloko ilikhaya lam.Uyise wayebuthanda kakhulu ubomi ubomi bakhe bonke, kwaye kwiminyaka elandelayo wayenenzondelelo.Kwiminyaka emithandathu ezayo, siya kuqhubeka siphila kwi-Agio.Nangona ngamnye wethu enendlu yakhe, igumbi elilapha lisemxinwa kakhulu, yaye ndikhangela onke amathuba okuba ndibaleke.Izihlandlo eziliqela ndizama ukuqhwesha kwidolophu yasekhaya.
Ubomi baseCalifornia bujikeleza emanzini.Bonke abahlobo bam abatsha babesefa, yaye kungekudala ndabathelela.Ndaphinda ndangena engxakini.Umama wayesebenza kwiqonga leoli elingaphesheya eCarlifonia iminyaka eliqela, kodwa wayengazi ukuba uya kukwazi nini ukugoduka.Wathi akundifumana kunye nabahlobo bakhe abambalwa, wasebenzisa umpu wakhe wasekhaya ukukhangela oonomatse.Kwakhona, wabona imasti yenqanawa ihexa njengoko isondela.Waqhekeza kwindlela encinane, yaye xa efika enqanaweni, wandibona nabahlobo bam sitshintshisana sisihla enqanaweni, sijinga imasti ephakamileyo kwisilingi esikwirekhi yam.
Ebudeni beli xesha, kusenokwenzeka ukuba mna notata besihlala kwizijikelezi-langa ezahlukahlukeneyo.Usebenza nzima.Uya kuhamba kwakusasa aze abuye ngokufutshane ukuze adle isidlo sangokuhlwa ngentsimbi yesihlanu.Umama uyakuvuyela ukusivumela ukuba singene kwisidlo sangokuhlwa sentsapho, kodwa xa sityhala isitya, siya kwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukwenza izinto zethu.
Apho, xa ndandikwibanga lesibhozo, utata wenza umgudu ongakumbi wokundifaka kwihoki yomkhenkce.Irenki ekufutshane yokutyibiliza emkhenkceni ikuThousand Oaks, umgama weyure kuphela ukusuka ehotele.Ngexesha lehoki yomkhenkce, uya kuvuka ngo-5:30 kusasa rhoqo ngoMgqibelo aze andise eThousand Oaks ukuze ndiqhelisele.Wade wancedisa ukukhokela iqela lethu.Ngalo lonke ixesha lehoki, sobabini sinethuba lokulungelelanisa kwakhona, njengaxa sasibuyela eKimberley.Kodwa kungekudala, umsebenzi wam wezemidlalo waphela ngesiquphe.
Ndaqaphela ukuba amadolo am aqala ukuba buhlungu, kwaye ekupheleni kwesizini, yaba yingozi kakhulu.Ndingadlala, kodwa emva kokuzilolonga, kuya kubakho amaqhuma amabini edolweni lam.Ukuba ubacofa kwindawo eyiyo, kuba ngathi kukho umntu otyhala ngezembe lomkhenkce edolweni lam.
“Inkwenkwe yakho ine-Osgood-Schlatter syndrome.Ubesoloko eyithanda imidlalo, ngoko ke ixesha elide amadolo akhe awazange abenalo ithuba lokuphuhlisa ngokufanelekileyo.”
Wasixelela ukuba kwiimeko ezinqabileyo, kufuneka utyando.Ucinga ukuba akuyimfuneko kum, kodwa kufuneka ndibophe okwethutyana.
Umama uphantse wakhamisa."Uthetha ukuthini, ukunciphisa umthambo?"Wayesoyika: Ngaphandle kokwenza umthambo, wayesazi ukuba ndandingena engxakini enkulu ngakumbi, yaye lalingekho kwaphela ixesha.
Bazama ukufaka imilenze yam kwi-braces, kodwa emva kokuba i-braces ifakwe, ndayeka ukutyibilika kwi-skateboard.Ekugqibeleni, babona ukuba akukho nto banokuyenza ngaphandle kokundiyeka ndidlale.Nangona ndibacaphukela, aba badlali banokuthi basindise ubomi bam, okanye basindise amadolo am.Ilinganiselwe kwimodeli ye-plaster, amalunga am ekugqibeleni angakhula ngokuqhelekileyo.Andizange ndibe neengxaki zedolo ukususela ngoko.
Ngelo xesha, oku kwakukwayintlekele.Ndingumntu omtsha kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye ndifuna ngokwenene ukulwa nokudlala ibaseball.Akukho idayisi.Xa ndandikwibanga lesithoba, ndandisamente emlenzeni.Bathe bemka nje, nam ndemka-ndingena engxakini kwakhona.
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Kwiminyaka embalwa elandelayo, ndasebenza "Uxolo" lonke ihlobo (rhoqo ehlobo).Yonke into malunga nesikhephe sokuntywila kunye namathuba anomtsalane ohambo ngaphandle kwezibuko nasentshona ukuya kwiZiqithi zeChannel yandichulumancisa.Asikokubaxa izinto ukuthi ukusebenzela uxolo kubuguqule ubomi bam.
UBill Magee ngomnye wabona bantu babalaseleyo endibaziyo.Yena kunye noKapteni uMichael Roach bafana nootata kum.Bandinyamekela yaye bandinika iimbopheleleko ezininzi.Andinawo amava okwenene ngaphambili.Bandibonisa inkangeleko entsha ngokupheleleyo yentlonipho.Bandenza ndikholelwe ukuba ndinokuba ngumntu kwaye ndenze into ekhethekileyo ebomini bam.
UBill wenza imali yokwakha.Ekugqibeleni, wathengisa ngempumelelo inkampani yokufulela eBay Area, nto leyo eyamenza waqonda iphupha endandilindele ukuba azingise okwethutyana.Ukuntywila kwezemidlalo yeyona nto ayithandayo, kwaye utyale inxalenye yemali efunyenwe kwintengiso yenkampani kwishishini “loxolo”-eyikheshishele kwiitshiphusi zakhe zebargaining wayizisa elwandle.
UKapteni Roach ngoyena mphelelisi ogqibeleleyo we-Irish classic Aral Sea Captain Bill.Undifundise ukuxhawula izandla ndijonge ngqo endodeni xa uthetha nayo.
UBill Magee ukwasendle-uHugh Hefner kulwandle oluphakamileyo.UBill unentombi entsha veki nganye, ngokuqhelekileyo malunga nesiqingatha sobudala bakhe, kwaye uhlala ehambela amatheko e-tub ashushu apho abafazi abaninzi, izinxila (ndikholelwa ukuba "Uxolo" yinqanawa yokuqala ene-tub eshushu), Kwaye uThixo uyazi enye into.Ukuthetha ngokuthe ngqo, uMir sisikhephe sokuntywila, okuthetha ukuba abantu kufuneka bahlawulele ukuntywila kwi-scuba diving.Ngokungekho semthethweni, oku kukwasisihogo sesikhephe sepati.Siza kuthatha abahambi bethu ukutyelela iVentura Channel Islands.Kufuneka sikhuphe iqela labatshuzi ngexesha, abane kwiqela ngalinye-phakathi kwee-dives, xa sibambekile ngobusuku, siya kumatheko.UBill uza kundinika amakhulu ambalwa eedola ukuze ndikwazi ukuhlala phantsi kwaye ndithathe inxaxheba kwimidlalo yepoker engapheliyo.Ndandisela iScotch apha ndineminyaka eyi-13 kwaye ndidlala i-poker nabanye.
Kwangaxeshanye, ukuntywila akuyonto idlalayo.Xa ungekho kumlindo we-ankile, unokuwuvuyisa kakhulu kwaye ujoyine iqela, kodwa xa ufika kwinqwelomoya, kufuneka ukhwele isikhephe.Kufuneka uyazi imida kunye nobuchule bakho.Andizange ndiyazi ngelo xesha, kodwa kwavela ukuba oku yayilulungiselelo oluhle lwee-SEALs.
Njengomntu odelekileyo kwi-totem pole, ndihlala ndifumana i-trivia malunga "noXolo", ekungekho mntu ufuna ukuyenza.Enye yazo kukutsibela phantsi nanini na xa i-ankile ixinga, ngena apho kwaye uyikhulule.Oku kudla ngokwenzeka ebusuku kakhulu.Amaxesha amaninzi ndandibanjiswa bubuthongo obunzulu ndize ndive “Vuka, Brandon!Kufuneka sihambe, i-ankile ibambekile.Nxiba i-wetsuit, kufuneka uyinxibe.
Ndatsho ndintywila apho ngetotshi ndisoyika ukufa.Hlukana nokoyika ookrebe, hayi ukoyika ubumnyama, sisihogo ngokwenene esi.
Ngamanye amaxesha ndiye ndingene nzulu, ndifumanise ukuba iiankile ijijelwe yitoni enye, ethi itsalwe elwandle ngenxa yobunzima benqanawa namaza aphezu komhlaba.Ngokugqabhuka kwempefumlo, ndiza kutsala umfo ukuba atsale i-ankile ukuba akhulule ukudodobala kwekhonkco.Emva koko, ndaya emsebenzini ukuze ndisombulule le meko yesiphithiphithi.Ukuvuthela phezu komhlaba kwakhona kuya kubonisa ukuba umsebenzi wam ugqityiwe.Ngelo xesha, xa ndihlala phantsi komhlaba, abasebenzi baya kutsala i-ankile, benyamekela ukuqinisekisa ukuba i-ankile iphelile ngokupheleleyo ezantsi.Ngesiqhelo iyabambeka kwakhona kwaye kufuneka ndiphinde yonke le routine.Xa ekugqibeleni icacile, ndiya kukhupha umoya wokugqibela kwaye ndithumele umqondiso kum ukuze ndibakhumbuze ngendawo yabo kunye nokunyuka.Emva kokubuyela enqanaweni, ndiza kuhlamba ngokukhawuleza okushushu kwaye ndizame ukuvala amehlo am ngokukhawuleza ngaphambi kokuphumla kosuku.Imbi kakhulu le, ndiyayithanda.
UBrandon yi-Navy SEAL sniper ehonjiswe ngokusebenzayo, usomashishini kunye nombhali.Njengenkosi yoMkhosi waManzi wase-US, wayengumhlohli oyintloko weSikolo seNavy SEAL Sniper, esavelisa abona badubuli baziwayo eUnited States.U-Weber ngumbhali othengisa kakhulu weNew York Times, umqhubi wenqwelomoya okhutheleyo kunye nomthandi wewhiskey, kunye nomseki weSOFREP.
Siyaqonda ukuba intengiso ayinakuba sisizathu sokuba ulapha, kodwa ingeniso yethu yentengiso yindlela yethu yokugcina izibane kwaye sihlawulele ababhali abaphezulu.Yile ndlela esinokuqhubeka ngayo sikubonelela ngeengxelo ezikumgangatho ophezulu kwiimfazwe kunye nemiba yehlabathi.
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