Kodi mudafuna kulavulira kangati pa chilichonse ndikuchita china chodabwitsa, zomwe takhala tikulingalira kuyambira ali mwana? Iyi ndi nkhani ya Larry Walters, yemwe adakhala yekhayo yemwe adalandira "mphotho ya Darwin" nthawi ya moyo. Ananyamuka makilomita asanu pampando wamaluwa ndi ma balloon ndi helium.
Larry Walters nthawi zonse amafuna kuuluka, adayesanso kulowa nawo gulu lankhondo la United States, koma masomphenya ake adabweretsa. Mnyamatayo anali pafupi, ndipo adatsimikizika mwa ana. Nkhondo ku Vietnam, idakhazikitsa woyendetsa galimoto. Kutumiza komwe kunatumizidwa mdziko muno ndikulota kuti tsiku lina adzauluka. Ndipo tsiku lina, Larry adawona mipira yayikulu ya meteo pansi pa gulu lankhondo. Pakadali pano adasanduka Swivel m'tsogolo mwake. Larry adagula mipira yambiri, masilinda ndi helium ndipo adayamba kupanga zombo zawo. Pofika sayansi ya Andeation, ntchito yake, inalibe kalikonse. Zonse mu zomverera, chidwi. Adatenga mpando wawunda wa aluminiyamu ndikuphatikizidwa ndi mipira 42 yodzala ndi helium. Malinga ndi pulaniyi, mpando wokhala ndi woyendetsa ndegeyo anali kukwera mamita zana limodzi ndi kuwuluka mumzinda. Walters adakonzera kuthawa kwathunthu. Womangidwa pamabotolo apulasitiki apulasitiki ndi madzi ngati ballast, masangweji ophika ndi zakudya panjira. Larry adatenganso mfuti ya chibayo ndi iye kuti awombere mipira kenako ndikutsika. Mwambiri, chilichonse chimaganizira. Nthawi ya "X" idakonzedwa pa Julayi 2, 1982. Larry adakhala pansi aerosset, kutsimikiza mtima kukwaniritsa maloto a ubwana wake. Mphindi yowombera m'chipinda cha atsikana a Larry Alry Wal, omwe amadula zingwe za chitetezo, nangula unali ndi mpando pafupi ndi dziko lapansi. Kuyambira pa chiyambi china chake chinasokonekera. Zikuwoneka kuti woyendetsa galimotoyo apa kwina kunali kulakwitsa kuwerengera, ndipo m'malo mokongoletsa bwino, mpando kwambiri komanso mosavomerezeka. Larry adagwirizana ndi bwenzi lake pa wailesi yonyamula. Adazindikira kale kuti ulendowu udakhala wosangalatsa kwambiri, koma sanathe kulingalira kuchuluka.Mtsogoleriyo adanyamuka ndikuwuka mpaka mitambo ikafika. Kutalika kwa kuthawa kunali pafupifupi mamita 4800! Kumbukirani kuti kutalika koteroko ndi ozizira kwambiri komanso oxygen. Ndiyenera kunena kuti Larry adasokonezeka ndipo, kuwonjezera magalasi otayika akatengedwa. Kwa Crugar, uku ndi nkhawa. Sanayerekeze kuwombera pamipira, akuopa kuti mpando ungathe kutsamira, ndipo amangogwera. Chifukwa chake, cholowa ku Airspace, Larry Walters anawuluka m'mphepete mwa angeles wa ku Los Angeles. Kodi kudabwitsidwa kwa Delta Airlines, ndani adawona pawindo la mwamunayo mu mpando wa dimba pamtunda wa mita ija ija. Woyendetsa ndegeyo adadutsa pabwalo la ndege kuti mlengalenga wosadziwikayo umapezeka mu compler. Ndi kuzizira kwambiri, koma osagwera mu mzimu, Larry adaganiza kuti sikunaphuke ndikuyamba kuwombera mipira. Komanso, adayamba kugwedezeka kunyanja. Mwamwayi, mpando sunatembenukire, koma mfuti pambuyo poti kuwombera pang'ono zidatuluka m'manja. Inalidi mwayi kuti ndegeyo idapitabe kumbali, ngakhale osasala kudya. Nkhani ya woyendetsa ndege ya Amateur idabwera ku zopulumutsa omwe adakumana kale ndi Larry padziko lapansi. Sizikudziwika kuti kufika kovuta bwanji kudutsa ngati ndege sinatsekereze ndi zingwe za mawaya amvula kwambiri. Dontho limasinthidwa, koma adayambitsa dera lalifupi, chifukwa chomwe dera lonse la Los Angeles lidalibe kuwala. Onse, a Larry anagwiritsa ntchito maola pafupifupi awiri mlengalenga. Mwa kufika, novice aeronauticer anagwira apolisi. Akulunga anyansidwa ndi ndege, opulumutsa, ndipo iye yekha anali wamantha. Komabe, poyankha funso la mtolankhani, chifukwa chake adachita zonsezi, Larry anati: "Munthu sangangokhala." Pambuyo pake adavomereza kuti adalakalaka kuthawa kwa zaka makumi awiri zapitazi, ndipo ngati sanachite izi, kungokhala misala.Khoti la Los Angeles linatulutsidwa wodula ndi $ 1600. Ananenedwa za zombo pa ndege yosasankhidwa, komanso kuti adapanga ngozi yopita ku ndege pafupi ndi eyapoti. M'chaka chomwecho, Larry Walters adalandira mphotho ya Darwin mu "kupulumuka". Ndalamazi zimaperekedwa kwa omwe adachitapo zopusa kwambiri ndipo izi zidabwezedwa kuchokera ku chisinthiko, pomwe osasiya ana. Nthawi zambiri makinawa amaperekedwa pambuyo pake. Kuuluka, Larry sanabwerere ku moyo wake wakale. Anaponya ntchitoyo ndipo anayamba kuchititsa masemina pa momwe munthu wosavuta amasinthira moyo wake. Pamapeto pa ma makumi asanu ndi atatuwo, owlters adalemba modzipereka kupita ku bungwe la ku US Nationalo ndipo adakhala zaka zingapo mitengo yakale. Mu imodzi mwa zokambirana zomaliza, nyuzipepala ya Larry inati amakonda kukhala payekha ndipo amasangalala kwambiri ndi kulumikizana ndi chilengedwe. Mu 1993, ma alry osafunikira komanso osowa kwambiri a Larry amadziwombera m'nkhalango pafupi ndi Los Angeles.
