Ngqamaniso
26 Septemba 2023

Ukoyisa iTor des Géants

Qalisa kuhambo olothusayo kunye no-Alessandro Rostagno njengoko etyhila umoya ongagungqiyo wokuzimisela kwihlabathi le-ultra-trail ebalekayo ehambelana neTor des Geants.

Le bhlog ityhila usukelo olumangalisayo lwamaphupha kunye nokufuna ukugqwesa komntu ngokuchasene nemvelaphi emangalisayo yeAlps. Ibali lika-Alessandro lenzeka eTorre Pellice, e-Italiya, apho lithe gqolo ukutyhubela iminyaka yokuvela kwezemidlalo. Ukusuka ekuphumeleleni ugqatso olucelomngeni lwe-MTB ukuya ekoyiseni iTor des Géants enzima, uhambo lwakhe aluyonto imfutshane yenkuthazo.

Ngena kwindalo yonke yokubaleka kwe-ultra-trail, fumana ulwazi malunga neendima eziphambili ezidlalwa Arduua kunye nomqeqeshi uFernando, kwaye ufunde kwizifundo ezinzulu zobomi azifumeneyo uAlessandro. Njengoko ixesha leTor des Géants lifikelela esiphelweni, mjoyine ekucamngceni ngamaphupha azalisekileyo kwaye ufumane iingcebiso ezisuka entliziyweni kwabo banqwenela ukubaleka.

Le ngxelo ingaphezulu kunobungqina bokunyamezela komntu; libali elingaqhelekanga lendoda yemihla ngemihla ephumeza okumangalisayo.

Utshintsho ukusuka kuKhuphiswano lweBhayikhi ye-MTB ukuya kwiMbaleki ekwiNqanaba eliPhezulu kakhulu

Uhambo luka-Alessandro lwezemidlalo lwabaleka xa wayeneminyaka eyi-21 ubudala, waqalwa kwihlabathi lemidlalo yokhuphiswano nguyise kunye noogxa bakhe abaqaphela amandla akhe. Ukuqala njengomkhweli webhayisekile okwinqanaba eliphezulu lentaba, uye wangena kumdyarho ocelomngeni we-MTB kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ukusuka kumazwe ngamazwe ukuya kumdyarho onyamezeleyo njengeSellaronda Hero Dolomites, MB Race, Grand Raid Verbier, kunye neUltra Raid la Meije, uAlessandro watyhala imida yonyamezelo. Wagqwesa kwimidyarho yeqonga, kubandakanywa iintlelo ezintlanu ze-Iron Bike enzima, ehlala efumana indawo ephezulu kwabahlanu. Nangona kunjalo, njengokuba ubomi bavela ngokufika kwentombi yakhe u-Bianca ngo-2018, u-Alessandro wafumanisa ukuba kunzima ukunikela ixesha elide elifunekayo kuqeqesho lwe-MTB.

Ukuphonononga iHlabathi le-Ultra Trail Running

Uthando luka-Alessandro kwiihambo zangaphandle aluzange luphele. Ngo-2018, wafumana inkanuko entsha - i-ultra trail ibaleka. Lo mdlalo wawumtsala umdla njengoko wawuvumela ukuntywiliselwa ngokunzulu ngakumbi entliziyweni yeentaba kunye nonxibelelwano olusondeleyo nendalo. Yeyona ndlela intle yokuphelisa uxinzelelo kwaye ufumane kwakhona uxolo lwangaphakathi phakathi kokuphefumla, kuhlala kungakhange kuchukunyiswe umhlaba.

Ukuzalwa kwephupha: Tor des Géants

Njengoko uAlessandro wayengena nzulu ekubalekeni kwendlela, wakhubeka kugqatso olufana ne-UTMB kunye neTor des Géants kwiYouTube. Olu gqatso lwalungaphezu kocelomngeni lomzimba nje; zaziquka iimvakalelo kunye namava awayelangazelela ukuqubisana nawo ngokobuqu. Ukutshintsha ukusuka kumgama omde we-MTB ukuya kwi-ultra trail ebalekayo kubonakala ngathi linyathelo elilandelayo lendalo. Nangona kunjalo, ayizange ibe nayo imicelimngeni yayo, xa kujongwa umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwale midlalo mibini. Ngo-2022, u-Alessandro waqala wathatha inxaxheba kuguqulelo olufutshane lweTor des Géants, i-“Tot Dret,” ethatha i-140 yeekhilomitha zokugqibela zendlela. Wagqiba indawo yesi-8, kodwa ngelo xesha, ingcamango yokukhuphisana kwisiphaluka esipheleleyo yayibonakala inzima. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko iinyanga zazihamba kwaye iinkumbulo zamava anzima ziye zancipha kwaye zathandeka ngakumbi, isigqibo sika-Alessandro sokuthatha inxaxheba kwiTor des Géants epheleleyo yomelela.

Ukuzivelela koMzila wokubaleka

Uhambo luka-Alessandro kwindlela ebalekayo lwalungenamiqobo. Umzimba wakhe, nangona unesiseko esomeleleyo ukusuka kwiminyaka yokuhamba ngebhayisikile, kwafuneka ulungelelanise nempembelelo ephezulu yokubaleka. Isigaba sokuqala sazaliswa ngokulimala - iingxaki zamadolo, i-plantar fasciitis, i-pubalgia, i-ankle sprains, ukubiza ezimbalwa. U-Alessandro akakwazanga ukubaleka ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezili-10 ngaphandle kokuva iintlungu ezibuhlungu zedolo. Ngokuthe ngcembe, umzimba wakhe waqhelana. Ngo-2019, ukwazile ubuninzi beekhilomitha ezingama-23 ukubaleka. Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 wacothisa imisebenzi yakhe, kodwa awuzange uwuthintele umoya wakhe. Ngehlobo lika-2020, wazama umdyarho weekhilomitha ezingama-80 eFransi. Kwi-2021, wagqiba umdyarho wakhe wokuqala weekhilomitha ezili-100, i-Adamello Ultra Trail, efumana indawo ephezulu ye-10. Ngo-2022, u-Alessandro womeleza ngakumbi ukusebenza kwakhe ngeziphumo ezibalaseleyo kwi-Abbots Way, iLavaredo UltraTrail, kunye neTot Dret.

Iinyanga ezili-12 zokuLungiselela: Tor des Géants naNgaphaya

Ukulungiselela iTor des Géants sisenzo esiethe-ethe sokulungelelanisa. Ifuna ukufika ngoSeptemba kunye nomthamo omkhulu woqeqesho, iqinisekisa imfezeko ngokwasemzimbeni nasengqondweni. Ugqatso lunzima, kwaye umntu akufunekanga abe nesicaphucaphu sokudinwa nokudinwa yintaba kuselithuba. Amalungiselelo ka-Alessandro aquka uqeqesho kwiindawo ezisemazantsi, ukutenxa kumhlaba ochulumancisayo weentaba, ukuze alawule ukuthanda kwakhe iintaba.

Ukusebenza kunye Arduua Umqeqeshi uFernando, u-Alessandro uqale ngemithamo esezantsi yoqeqesho xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo ukuqinisekisa ukuba akazibaxi kwangethuba. Uhambo lwakhe luquka ukuthatha inxaxheba kwimidyarho emithathu engundoqo: i-Abbots Way ngo-Epreli (i-120km ene-5,300m yokunyuka), i-Trail Verbier St.Bernard yi-UTMB ngoJulayi (i-140km kunye ne-9,000m yokunyuka), kunye ne-Royal Ultra Skymarathon (57km kunye 4,200m yokunyuka) ekupheleni kukaJulayi. Emva kogqatso lweVerbier, ukudumba kwe-tibial kunyanzelise ixesha lokuphumla leeveki ezimbini, nto leyo uAlessandro akholelwa ukuba yayiluncedo ekumvuseleleni ngokwasengqondweni nasemzimbeni kwisigaba sokugqibela samalungiselelo. Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, bafake i-tapering ukuze bafike kumgca wokuqala beziva bentsha. Uqeqesho olunqamlezileyo kwibhayisekile ludlale indima ebalulekileyo ekwandiseni umthamo woqeqesho ngaphandle koxinzelelo olugqithisileyo lwamalungu.

Ukuqhuba iTor des Géants: Uhambo olungalibalekiyo

Ugqatso lweTor des Géants ngokwalo lwalungamava amangalisayo. Kwi-Aosta Valley, umoya oyingqayizivele ugubungela ummandla iveki yonke. Intlambo yonke ifika ime, iingxoxo zijikeleze ugqatso, kwaye ukufudumala kwabaphulaphuli, ukuxhaswa kwamavolontiya, kunye nabasebenzi bendawo yokubalekela benza indawo engenakulibaleka. Usuku lokuqala lomdyarho lwazaliswa kugxininiswa kumdlalo weembaleki, ukubetha kwentliziyo, ukungatyhali kakhulu umqansa, ukugcina isantya sokuhla siphumle. Kodwa ingqondo ka-Alessandro yayisatyiwa lukhuphiswano, isenza kube nzima ukulonwabela uhambo; waziva ekude noko kuhambo. Isantya esilinganiselweyo kumanqanaba okuqala samnceda ukuba abethwe yimpepho kwiikhilomitha zokuqala ezili-100.

Nangona kunjalo, ukususela kusuku lwesibini ukuya phambili, waqala ukuzintywilisela kundoqo weTor des Géants. Njengoko kuqhele ukwenzeka kumdyarho we-ultra-trail, ukudinwa kuyikhulula ingqondo kwiingcamango ezingafanelekanga. Umdyarho ubuyela ngasemva, kwaye uqala ukunandipha amava kunye nobudlelwane nabanye iimbaleki. Ubusuku besibini babufuna, kodwa i-caffeine yandisa izihlunu kunye nengqondo.

Ngosuku lwesithathu, u-Alessandro wangena kwisingqi sogqatso. Umzimba uqhubela phambili ngokungayeki, hayi ngokukhawuleza kodwa hayi kancinci kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, ukulahlwa kokulala kuye kwaba nzima kakhulu ukusingatha emva kobusuku besithathu. Kufuneka utsale kuwo onke amandla akho omzimba kunye nengqondo ukunqanda ukuwa kunye nokwenzakala. Ukulala, xa kunokwenzeka, kuye kube yimfuneko, kodwa kwaba lucelomngeni ku-Alessandro, owayenamadyungudyungu abuhlungu ezinyaweni zakhe, yaye wakwazi ukulala imizuzu engama-45 kuphela kwiintsuku ezine. Ngobusuku besithathu, wayesele eve abo bakhuphisana nabo bethetha bodwa ebusuku, bekhwaza bekhuthaza ukuba baqhubeke behamba. Kungekudala, wazibona esenza okufanayo. Imibono yokungalali yaba yinto eqhelekileyo, ipeyinta iintaba ngezilwanyana ezicingelwayo kunye nabalinganiswa abamangalisayo. Usuku lwesine lwabonakala lunzima kakhulu, ndinesicaphucaphu, ukungatyi ukutya okuncinane, kwanokugabha. Ukanti, wafumana oovimba bamandla afihlakeleyo kuye.

Ekunyukeni kokugqibela, ukungabikho kokulala kwabangela umonakalo omkhulu. U-Alessandro uchithe inxalenye ebalulekileyo yeli candelo ukuya eRifugio Frassati ngokoqobo elala. Ngethamsanqa, ibhinqa elingumFrentshi awayedibene nalo kugqatso lweTot Dret lamjoyina. Wayengumthombo wenkuthazo, enceda uAlessandro ukuba ahlale egxile njengoko babehamba kunye ukuya kumgca wokugqibela. Yaba ngumzuzu owoyikekayo bafika bobabini. U-Alessandro uchaze ugqatso njengomngeni omkhulu engqondweni nasemzimbeni. Kwafuneka egrumbe nzulu ngaphakathi kwakhe ukuze agqibezele olu hambo lumangalisayo. Yamfundisa ukuba kwanaxa kubonakala kungenakwenzeka, ukuncama akufanele nakanye. Kukho ugcino olumangalisayo lwamandla ngaphakathi kwethu olulindele ukuvulwa.

Indima ye Arduua kunye nomqeqeshi uFernando

Arduua kunye nomqeqeshi uFernando wadlala indima ebalulekileyo kuhambo luka-Alessandro. Banikela ulwalathiso kumalungiselelo oqeqesho, ucwangciso nenkxaso. Ukuqonda kwabo kunye nempendulo, emva kogqatso kunye noqeqesho lwasemva koqeqesho, lube luncedo ekuphuculeni ukusebenza kuka-Alessandro. Emva kweminyaka yentsebenziswano, ukuqondana okunzulu kuye kwaphuhliswa, okubavumela ukuba bagxininise kwiinkalo apho kwakunokuphuculwa ngakumbi.

Ukucinga Ngephupha Elizalisekileyo

Njengoko ixesha lonyaka liphela kwaye u-Alessandro ebhiyozela ukufikelela kwiinjongo zakhe, uziva ezolile kunye nokuphumla. Ukhangela emva kumsebenzi onzima nokuzincama okwenziwa ebudeni belo xesha aze abone ukuba kuye kwavelisa isiqhamo. Ngoku, ujonge phambili kwiiveki ezinikezelwe kusapho, abahlobo, ezinye izinto zokuzonwabisa, kunye nokuchacha.

Amaphupha kunye neenjongo ezingaphambili

Kwixesha elizayo, izinto ezibonwa ngu-Alessandro zisetwe kwi-UTMB. Unethemba lokuba ithamsanqa lotsalo liya kuba lithandeka kuye, liqokelele amatye ayi-8 kwilotho. Unqwenela ukuva ubuhle kunye nomngeni wekhosi ye-UTMB.

Ingcebiso kubabaleki beTrail abanomdla

Icebiso lika-Alessandro kwabo bacinga ngocelomngeni olufanayo kukuba bafike belungisiwe, ngakumbi ngokwasengqondweni. I-Tor des Géants ifikeleleka kuphela xa iqalwa ngokuthembeka ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo. Uqeqesho olugxininise kwintabalala yokuzuza umphakamo ngesantya esicothayo nesizinzileyo kunye nokunyuka umnqantsa (ngoqeqesho olubandakanya ubuncinci be-100,000 yeemitha zokufumana umphakamo) kuyacetyiswa. Uqeqesho olunqamlezayo lukwadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekulungiseleleni. U-Alessandro ukwagxininisa ukubaluleka kokucwangciswa okucokisekileyo, njengokulungelelanisa izixhobo kwiingxowa ezisekelwe kwiintlobo zempahla, kungekhona iintsuku okanye izigaba. Ucebisa ukuba ubhale iilebhile ezicacileyo kwibhegi nganye, njengoko ukucaca akunakusoloko kuhamba nawe. Okubaluleke kakhulu, ucebisa ukuba angahlali kuphela kugqatso. Endaweni yoko, lonwabele uhambo kunye nabanye okhuphisana nabo, njengoko yonke into iya kulunga.

Amazwi okugqibela kunye neziphumo eziphawulekayo

Umyalezo ka-Alessandro kubo bonke ucacile: I-Tor des Géants ingumceli mngeni wengqondo njengoko ingumdlalo weembaleki. Akunakwenzeka; ngaphezu kwe-50% yabathathi-nxaxheba abagqibayo, ukuphupha kusimahla, kwaye ukodlula imida yomntu kuhlala kusenzeka.

Kwaye ngoku, masibhiyozele i emangalisayo Iziphumo zohambo luka-Alessandro lweTor des Géants:

🏃♂️ I-TOR330 – iTor des Géants®
.️ Umgama: 330km
⛰️ Ukuphakama: 24,000 D+
⏱️ Ixesha lokuGqibela: iiyure 92
🏆 Ubeko lulonke: 29th

Yiba kunye nathi ekubhiyozeleni oku engavamile yoyisa kwaye ungene nzulu kuhambo olukhuthazayo luka-Alessandro.

/Udliwano-ndlebe nguKatinka Nyberg kunye no-Alessandro Rostagno, Iqela Arduua Unozakuzaku wembaleki…

Enkosi!

Enkosi kakhulu, Alessandro, ngokwabelana nathi ngebali lakho elimangalisayo! Ukuzinikezela kwakho, ukuzimisela, kunye noloyiso kuyinkuthazo kuthi sonke. Uhambo lwakho olumangalisayo ukusuka kwinqanaba eliphezulu lebhayisekile ye-MTB ukuya kwimbaleki ephezulu kakhulu ye-ultra-trail bubungqina bokuba yintoni inkanuko, umsebenzi onzima, kunye nenkxaso efanelekileyo.

Awuphumelelanga kuphela elugqatsweni kodwa nasekuzinikeleni kwakho okungagungqiyo ekulungiseleleni nasekuzaziseni. Njengoko ixesha lomzila liphela, sijonge phambili kumngeni wakho olandelayo onomdla, kwaye sinethemba lokuba amaphupha akho okuthatha inxaxheba kwi-UTMB aya kuzaliseka kungekudala.

Ndikunqwenelela ithamsanqa kugqatso lwakho oluzayo kunye nemizamo yexesha elizayo!

Ozithobileyo,

UKatinka Nyberg, i-CEO / uMseki Arduua

Funda nzulu…

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