Cathy O'Dowd

Cathy O'Dowd
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1968 (55/56 shekaru)
ƙasa	Afirka ta kudu
Karatu
Makaranta	Rhodes University (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	motivational speaker (en)

Cathy O'Dowd (an haife ta a shekara ta 1968) 'yar Afirka ta Kudu ce mai hawan dutse, mai hawan duwatsu, marubuci kuma mai magana mai motsawa. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta kai saman Dutsen Everest daga bangarorin kudu da arewa a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1996 da 29 ga Mayu 1999, bi da bi.

O'Dowd ta girma a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu, kuma ta halarci makarantar St. Andrew's School for Girls . Ta fara hawa yayin da take jami'a. Lokacin da take da shekaru 21, ta shiga cikin tafiyarta ta farko ta dutse, zuwa Ruwenzori a Afirka ta Tsakiya.

Tafiye-tafiye na Everest

Hanyar kudu maso gabas

Zuwa ƙarshen 1995, O'Dowd tana kammala digiri na biyu a Nazarin Media a Jami'ar Rhodes lokacin da ta nemi kuma ta sami matsayi a Farko na Afirka ta Kudu Everest Expedition . A ranar 11 ga Mayu 1996, masu hawan dutse takwas sun mutu a cikin mummunar guguwa a kan saukowarsu daga taron a gefen kudu. Wannan ya haɗa da jagorar hawa da shugabannin tafiye-tafiye biyu, Ba'amurke Scott Fischer da New Zealander Rob Hall . O'Dowd tana cikin babban sansanin da ke ƙasa da tudun kudu maso gabas tana shirin yin taro tare da tafiyarta lokacin da guguwar ta buge, ta tilasta wa tawagar ta jinkirta yunkurin taron. Daga karshe ta kai taron a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1996. Ɗaya daga cikin mambobin jam'iyyar Afirka ta Kudu, Bruce Herrod mai shekaru 37, ya mutu a kan zuriya. An gano jikinsa a shekara mai zuwa ta wata ƙungiya ta balaguron Indonesiya da Anatoli Boukreev ke jagoranta.

Hanyar arewacin

A shekara ta 1998 ta yi ƙoƙari ta je arewacin Everest, inda George Mallory ya ɓace a 1924. Kokarinta ya ƙare sa'o'i daga taron lokacin da ta haɗu da Francys Arsentiev, wani dan Amurka mai hawan dutse wanda ya fadi. Sun yi ƙoƙari su taimaka mata sama da awa ɗaya amma an tilasta musu su juya su sauka, suna barin Arsentiev a baya. Biyu daga cikin Sherpas sun ci gaba da zuwa taron. Ta bayyana wannan shawarar ga Michael Buerk a shirin BBC Radio 4 'The Choice' da aka watsa a watan Nuwamba 2009.A shekara ta 1999 ta dawo, kuma a wannan lokacin ta yi nasara, ta zama mace ta farko da ta hau Everest daga bangarorin arewa da kudu. A shekara ta 2000, ta zama mace ta huɗu da ta hau Lhotse, dutse na huɗu mafi girma a duniya.

Hanyar fuskar gabas

A shekara ta 2003, ta yi ƙoƙari mara nasara a sabuwar hanya zuwa gabashin Everest.

Sauran tafiye-tafiye

A cikin bazara na shekara ta 2004 ta haɗu da matar Burtaniya Rona Cant da Norwegian Per-Thore-Hansen a kan balaguron kare na kilomita 650 ta hanyar Arctic na Norway, daga Styggedalen zuwa Nordkapp, mafi arewacin Turai. 

Cathy O'Dowd ta hau duwatsu a kudanci da tsakiyar Afirka, a Kudancin Amurka, a cikin Alps da Himalaya. Ta kasance mai hawan dutse mai aiki, mai hawan duwatsu da kuma mai tsere.

Ta auri shugaban farko na Afirka ta Kudu na Everest Expedition Ian Woodall a shekara ta 2001 kuma tana zaune a Andorra a cikin Pyrenees .

Littattafai

• Everest: Free To Decide - Cathy O'Dowd & Ian Woodall (Struik Publishers 1998) 08033994793.ABA
• Just for the love of it - Cathy O'Dowd (Free To Decide Publishers 2001) 08033994793.ABA