Yintoni i Skyrunning?
Skyrunning ngumdlalo ozalelwe endle, apho ingqiqo yayiza kufikelela kweyona ncopho iphakamileyo ngexeshana elifutshane ukusuka edolophini okanye kwilali.
Skyrunning luhlobo lwentaba olubalekayo lwenzeka kwindawo ephantsi, ephakathi kunye nephezulu, kumhlaba weentaba. Ibonakala ngeminqantsa kunye neendlela ezicela umngeni ezihlala zifuna ukuba iimbaleki zisebenzise izandla zazo ukukrazula phezu kwamatye kunye neminye imiqobo. Abaqhubi be-Skyrunners kufuneka babe ngokomzimba kwaye baqine ngokwengqondo, njengoko umdlalo ufuna inqanaba eliphezulu lokunyamezela kunye nokukwazi ukuhamba kwindawo enzima.
Skyrunning yavela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 kwi-Italian Dolomites, xa iqela leembaleki zeentaba lagqiba ekubeni lithathe ezona ncopho ziphakamileyo kulo mmandla. Umdlalo ngokukhawuleza wafumana ukuthandwa kwaye wasasazeka kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi, nge skyrunning ngoku eziqhutyelwa kumazwe anjengeUnited States, iKhanada, iFransi, iSpeyin neMexico.
Enye yeempawu eziphambili ze skyrunning yinzuzo ephezulu kunye nelahleko ebandakanyekayo kugqatso. Abagijimi besibhakabhaka kufuneka balungele ukunyuka kwaye behle amawaka eenyawo ngexesha logqatso, ngamanye amaxesha kwiindawo eziphakamileyo apho umoya uncinci. Oku kufuna inkqubo eyomeleleyo ye-cardiovascular system kunye nokukwazi ukugcina isantya esizinzileyo.
Ukongeza kwimpilo yomzimba, skyrunning ikwafuna umdlalo wengqondo owomeleleyo. Umhlaba ocelomngeni kunye nokuphakama okuphezulu kunokoyikisa, kwaye iimbaleki kufuneka zikwazi ukutyhala ngokungahambi kakuhle kwaye ziqhubeke.
Skyrunning iziganeko ziyahluka ngokomgama nobunzima, ezinye iintlanga zithabatha nje iikhilomitha ezimbalwa kanti ezinye zithabatha intaphane yeekhilomitha. Izizwe ngezizwe Skyrunning I-Federation (ISF) iququzelela uthotho lwe skyrunning iminyhadala kwihlabathi jikelele, kuquka iSkyrunner World Series kunye neSkyrunner World Championships. Le misitho itsala iimbaleki eziphuma phambili kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye zikhuphisana kakhulu.
Ukuthatha inxaxheba kuyo skyrunning, iimbaleki zimele zibe sempilweni yaye zibe namava okubaleka kumhlaba osezintabeni. Kukwacetyiswa ukuba uqeqeshe ngokukodwa skyrunning, ukubandakanya ukusebenza kweenduli, ukuqeqeshwa kwamandla kunye nomzila uqhubela kuqeqesho lokwakha amandla kunye nokunyamezela.
Skyrunning ngumdlalo ochulumancisayo nocela umngeni ofuna ukomelela ngokwasemzimbeni nasengqondweni. Luvavanyo lokwenene lobuchule bembaleki yaye asilulo olwabatyhafileyo iintliziyo. Kodwa kwabo bajongene nomngeni, skyrunning inikeza ngamava awodwa kunye nawomvuzo angenakufunyanwa kulo naluphi na olunye uhlobo lokuqhuba.
I-Skyrace eqhelekileyo inokufana ne-30 km, 2 500 D+ okanye ubude obufana ne-55 km, 4 000 D+.
Ukuze ufumane iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe malunga nomdlalo we Skyrunning, imithetho, iinkcazelo kunye discplines ezahlukeneyo, ungafunda ngakumbi ngayo yezizwe ngezizwe Skyrunning Umanyano.
Ukuba uthanda ukufunda ngakumbi malunga noqeqesho olufunekayo, nceda ufunde ngakumbi ngokulandelayo iposi yebhlog Uqeqeshelwa njani Skyrunning?
/Katinka Nyberg, Arduua Umseki, katinka.nyberg@arduua.com