Ngabe ufuna kangaki ukukhafulela kukho konke futhi wenze okuthile okumangalisayo, yini ephupha kusukela ebuntwaneni? Le yindaba kaLarry Walters, owaba ngukuphela komuntu owathola "umklomelo weDarwin" ngesikhathi sokuphila. Wakhumula amakhilomitha amahlanu esihlalweni segadi namabhaluni kanye ne-helium.
ULarry Walters wayefuna njalo ukundiza, waze wazama nokungena e-United States Air Force, kodwa umbono wakhe walethwa. Lo mfo wawuseduze, futhi wanqunywa ku-infantry. Ngemuva kwempi eVietnam, waxazulula umshayeli weloli. Ukulethwa kuthunyelwe ezweni futhi kuphumule ukuthi ngolunye usuku ubesazondiza. Futhi ngolunye usuku, uLarry wabona amabhola amakhulu e-Meteo Floors esitolo samasosha. Lomzuzu waba yi-swivel esiphelweni sakhe. ULarry uthenge amabhola ayishumi nambili, amasilinda ane-helium futhi aqala ukwakha imikhumbi yawo. Kwisayensi yendiza, ukwakhiwa kwalo, vele, kwakungenalutho. Konke emizweni, umdlandla. Uthathe uSihlalo Garden Garden futhi wanamathela kuwo amabhola angama-42 agcwele i-helium. Ngokwecebo, isihlalo esinomshayeli wendiza sawukukhuphuka amamitha ayikhulu namanye emhlabathini futhi andize edolobheni. Walters walungiselela indiza kahle. Iboshwe esihlalweni sepulasitiki ngamabhodlela epulasitiki ngamanzi njenge-ballast, amasemishi aphekwe kanye nokudla okusendleleni. ULarry uphinde wathatha isibhamu se-pneumatic naye ukudubula amabhola futhi ngaleyo ndlela wehla. Ngokuvamile, konke kwacabanga ngakho. Umzuzu "x" kuhlelwe ngoJulayi 2, 1982. ULarry wahlala phansi e-Aerosset, ukuzimisela okugcwele ukufeza iphupho lobuntwana bakhe. Umzuzu wokudutshulwa udutshulwe eChamber Girlfriety uLarry Walters, osika izintambo zokuphepha, ihange laliqhuba isitulo eduze komhlaba. Kusukela ekuqaleni okuthile okungahambanga kahle. Ngokusobala umshayeli weloli kwenye indawo wawuphutha ekubaleni, futhi esikhundleni sokuhamba bushelelezi, isihlalo esibucayi futhi ngokungalawuleki baqala ukukhuphuka. ULarry wagcina ukuxhumana nentombi yakhe emsakazweni ophathwayo. Usuvele wabona ukuthi i-adventure yaba mnandi ngokwengeziwe, kepha akakwazanga ukucabanga ukuthi malini.
Usihlalo wasukuma wavuka kwaze kwafika amafu. Ukuphakama kwendiza kwakungamamitha angama-4800! Khumbula ukuthi ekuphakameni okunjalo kuyabanda kakhulu futhi kuncane umoya-mpilo. Kumele ngithi uLarry wadideka futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, izibuko ezilahlekile lapho zithathwa. Nge-Clarigar, le yingcindezi ehlukile. Akazange abe nesibindi sokudubula amabhola, esaba ukuthi isihlalo babezoncika, futhi wayevele awe. Ngakho-ke, shayela e-AirSpace, uLarry Walters wandizela emgodini wokufika kwesikhumulo sezindiza saseLos Angeles. Bekumangala ukuthi i-Delta Airlines Pilot, yaqala ukuqaphela ewindini lendoda esihlalweni sensimini endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu. Umshayeli wendiza wadlulisela isichazamazwi sezindiza ukuthi isihlalo somoya ongaziwa sitholakala eCorridor Yezindiza. Kubanda kakhulu, kepha kungaweli emoyeni, uLarry wanquma ukuthi kwakungekubi futhi kwaqala ukudubula amabhola. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwaqala ukudiliza olwandle. Ngenhlanhla, isihlalo sasingaphenduki, kepha isibhamu ngemuva kokudubula okumbalwa sawa ezandleni ezigcwele. Kwakunenhlanhla yokuthi indiza isekhona ekutholeni, yize kungenjalo ngokushesha kangako. Izindaba ze-Amateur Pilot zeza ukuzophula izinsizakalo ezivele zihlangane noLarry emhlabeni. Akukaziwa ukuthi kuzokudlula kanjani ukufika kanzima uma izindiza zingavaliwe ngezintambo zezintambo eziphakeme zamandla. Ukwehla kuyathambisa, kepha kwabangela umjikelezo omfushane, ngenxa yokuthi yonke indawo yeLos Angeles yahlala ngaphandle kokukhanya. Sekukonke, uLarry uchithe amahora amabili emoyeni. Ngokufika, i-novice aeronauticer yabopha amaphoyisa. Ukhulisa abathungi bezindiza, abatakuli, futhi baye bathuka. Kodwa-ke, ukuphendula umbuzo wentatheli, kungani akwenza konke, uLarry uthe: "Umuntu akakwazi ukuhlala nje kangaka." Kamuva wavuma ukuthi waphupha ngendiza enjalo iminyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, futhi ukube ubengakwenzi lokhu, bekungabahlanya nje.
Inkantolo yaseLos Angeles yakhishwa ama-walters inhlawulo yama- $ 1600. Wasolwa ngamabutho endizeni engekho emthethweni, kanye neqiniso lokuthi wadala ingozi endizeni eduze kwesikhumulo sezindiza. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uLarry Walters uthole umklomelo weDarwin ekuphakanyisweni "kokusinda". Le premium inikezwa labo abenze isenzo esiyisiphuphuphuphuna futhi lokhu kakhulu kuletha kusukela kuchungechunge lokuziphendukela kwemvelo, kuyilapho kungashiyi inzalo. Imvamisa le premium inikezwa ngobuhle. Ngemuva kwendiza, uLarry akazange abuyele empilweni yakhe yakudala. Uphosele umsebenzi ngumshayeli futhi waqala ukwenza amasemina ukuthi umuntu olula angakuguqula kanjani impilo yakhe. Ekupheleni kwalokhu okungamashumi amathathu, ama-Walters aqopha amavolontiya enkonzweni yeNational National Service yase-US futhi achithe iminyaka eminingana ethule phakathi kwamakhulu eminyaka izihlahla ezindala. Kwesinye sezingxoxo zokugcina, iphephandaba iphephandaba laseLarry lithe lithanda ukuba wedwa futhi lithola injabulo enkulu ngokuxhumana nemvelo. Ngo-1993, ama-walters avundiswayo avundiswayo futhi amaphupho uLarry Walters adubule ehlathini ngaseLos Angeles.
