Evuyiswa ngamawaka ababukeli, umhambi wase-US uNik Wallenda ngolwesiHlanu ufezekise iphupha lakhe lobuntwana lokuhamba ngaphaya kweeNgxangxasi zeNiagara nakwiincwadi zembali.
Izihlwele zapakisha amacala e-US naseKhanada kumda ukuze zibukele imimoya ekhaliphileyo eneminyaka engama-33 ubudala kunye nesitshizi esinzima sokuhamba ngentambo exhonywe malunga neemitha ezingama-200 (iimitha ezingama-60) ngaphezulu kwengxangxasi enkulu yaseMntla Melika.
Emva komthandazo omfutshane nomfazi wakhe nabantwana bakhe, uWallenda wakhwela phezu kwentambo waza wasuka eNew York waya eKhanada. Ngoncedo lwepali ende yokulinganisa, uWallenda wafumana ngononophelo unyawo lwakhe kwaye wagcina ugxininiso olufana nelaser kumsebenzi wakhe wonke.
Uhambo lokunyusa iinwele luthathe malunga nemizuzu engama-25, ngaphantsi kwemizuzu engama-35 ukuya kwengama-40 ebilindelwe. Watsiba ezantsi kucingo oluphakamileyo kwicala laseKhanada ngo-10:40 pm (0240 GMT).
Lo msitho waboniswa kumabonakude yi-US network ABC kunye nokulibaziseka kwemizuzwana emihlanu.
UWallenda wayenxibe impahla engangeni manzi kunye neslippers ezinesuede-soled ezenziwe ngokukhethekileyo ngumama wakhe. Izibane zikamabonwakude ezinamandla zajolisa kuye yonke indlela, njengoko izigidi zabantu emhlabeni wonke zazilandela esi siganeko kumabonwakude.
I-acrobat yayinomsakazo weendlela ezimbini kunye ne-earpiece encinci, kwaye yakwazi ukunxibelelana noyise, ochongwe ngu-ABC njengoTerry Troffer.
“Thixo wam, iyamangalisa, iyamangalisa,” watsho uWallenda kamsinya nje emva kokuqalisa iphulo lakhe.
Kamva wachaza ukuba "umanzi kakhulu." “Oku kusemzimbeni, hayi ngokwasengqondweni kuphela kodwa ngokwasemzimbeni,” utshilo uWallenda. “Ukulwa nomoya akukho lula. Ndiziva izandla zam ziba ndindisholo.” Uyise kaWallenda wamnika amazwi okhuthazo kulo lonke elohambo.
“Wenza kakuhle. Thatha ixesha lakho,” utshilo uTroffer, owachazwa ngu-ABC njengomququzeleli wokhuseleko lomsitho.
Isihlwele sahamba kakubi xa uWallenda wafika kwicala laseKhanada leeNgxangxasi.
Eseselucingweni oluphakamileyo, uWallenda waguqa ngokufutshane kwintambo waza wawangawangisa isihlwele esasigquma.
Ngokuzingisa kuka-ABC, uWallenda wabotshelelwa kwintambo eyayinokumvumela ukuba anyuke abuyele kucingo oluphakamileyo ukuba uthe watyibilika wawa.
Kungekudala efikile eKhanada, uWallenda wafowunela umakhulu wakhe oneminyaka engama-84 ubudala ngeselfowuni. “Heyi Oma, ndiyakuthanda,” watsho kuye. UWallenda uthe wayethembise ukuba uza kufowuna nje xa egqibile ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe kuba wayengenakubakho.
Naliphi na ilinge lokuwela iingxangxasi lidla ngokungavumelekanga, kodwa uWallenda, ophuma kumgca omde wee-acrobats kunye nabadlali basekisini, wahlukile.
I-daredevils ezilishumi elinesine ziye zazama ukuphumelela kwaye ngamanye amaxesha zaphumelela kwinkulungwane ye-19 ngaphambi kokuba ezinye iinzame zivaliwe. Noko ke, babekwicandelo elizolileyo leengxangxasi. UWallenda wawela iiNgxangxasi zeNiagara kungqameko olungazange lugqitywe ngaphambili.
UWallenda owayencumile kodwa ediniwe uxelele inkomfa yeendaba ukuba wayecelw’ umngeni ngakumbi yinkungu nomoya. “Inkungu yayimbi ngakumbi kunokuba ndandicinga,” watsho. "Imimoya yayinamandla kakhulu phaya." Kwaye nangona kunjalo “ibeyixabisa yonke imzuzu nayo yonke ipeni,” utshilo uWallenda. "Ndayithanda yonke iminithi yayo." UWallenda uphinde wathi uceba ukuwela iGrand Canyon - umgama omde ngokuphindwe kathathu kuneNiagara Falls - kwisenzo sakhe esilandelayo socingo oluphezulu. Uthe sele enayo imvume, kwaye uza kwenza ibhidi “kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu ukuya kwemihlanu ukuba kungekudalanga.” Kulo lonke oluhambo abantwana bakaWallenda, abaneminyaka esithoba, eli-11 neli-14 ubudala, babebukele.
Impumelelo ye-acrobat yongeza kwi-lore kunye ne-legend yosapho lakwaWallenda, edume ngababukeli abamangalisayo kwihlabathi jikelele kunye neempawu zabo eziwisa imihlathi ezibulawa kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezidizzy.
Udumo lwabo lwaqala ngo-1978, xa benziwa umboniso bhanyabhanya odumileyo owenzelwe umabonwakude,
"IiWallendas ezinkulu." U-Nik Wallenda wahlawula isiganeko kwi-patriarch yentsapho, umkhulu wakhe uKarl Wallenda, umsunguli waseJamani owazalelwa kwi-Flying Wallendas. UKarl Wallenda wasweleka eneminyaka eyi-73 ngo-1978 ngelixa wayezama ukuhamba phakathi kwezakhiwo ezibini ezide ePuerto Rico.
IiNgxangxasi zaseNiagara, ezona zinamandla kuMntla Merika, zenziwe ngamakhenkce ahlehlayo ekupheleni kwexesha lomkhenkce lokugqibela, kunye nomyinge wezigidi ezine zeekyubhiki zeenyawo zamanzi asuka kumachibi aMkhulu aqukuqela phezu komkhenkce ngomzuzu ngamnye.
I-NIAGARA FALLS, eCanada --Agence France-Presse
