{"id":13379,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13379"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:12:00","slug":"thin-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/thin-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Thin Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018<\/span>Thin Air<\/span>\u2019<\/span>..<\/span>……<\/span><\/strong>by<\/span>.<\/span>.<\/span>……Michelle Paver<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

( Sc\u00e9al \u00e9 seo faoi bhu\u00edon s<\/em><\/span>h<\/em><\/span>l\u00e9<\/em><\/span>ibhteoir a thug faoi bharr shliabh Kangchunjunga a bhaint amach, sa bhliain 1935<\/em><\/span>, ach <\/em><\/span>bu\u00edon <\/em><\/span>a raibh f\u00f3rsa\u00ed<\/em><\/span> an tsa<\/em><\/span>oil mh\u00f3ir ina gcoinne<\/em><\/span>.)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/span><\/p>

Tai<\/span>bhseoireacht<\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Tosa\u00edonn an sc\u00e9<\/span>al<\/span> seo<\/span> i <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Da<\/span>rjeeling<\/span>\u2019<\/span>,<\/span> i \u2018West Bengal\u2019<\/span>,<\/span> in Aib<\/span>re<\/span>\u00e1<\/span>n na bliana 1935<\/span>, \u00e1it a b<\/span>hfuil \u00e1r bpr\u00edomhcharactar agus \u00e1<\/span>r sc\u00e9ala\u00ed<\/span>,<\/span> An Dr.<\/span> Steven<\/span> Pearce<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>i gcomhr\u00e1 le, Millicent, in\u00edon Charles Tennant, sl\u00e9<\/span>ibhteoir.<\/span><\/p>

Ach i dtosac<\/span>h b\u00e1ire, c\u00e9rbh \u00ed an t-\u00fadar, an<\/span> Michelle Paver seo? <\/span>Bhuel! fuair m\u00e9<\/span> amach<\/span>, go mba \u00fadar c\u00e1ili\u00fail \u00ed<\/span> a rugadh i Malawi<\/span>,<\/span> sa bhl<\/span>iain 1960. Ba Bheilgeach <\/span>mn\u00e1 <\/span>\u00ed a m\u00e1<\/span>thair<\/span>, agus bh\u00ed<\/span> a hathair i mbun<\/span> a<\/span>n nuacht\u00e1in, \u2018The <\/span>Nyasaland Times\u2019. N\u00edor fhan s\u00ed i Malawi \u00e1fach, n\u00f3<\/span> <\/span>thug siad Sasana orthu fh\u00e9<\/span>in<\/span> nuair a bh\u00ed s\u00ed tr\u00ed bliana d\u2019aois. Chuaigh s\u00ed le Dl\u00ed,<\/span> i dtosac<\/span>h baire, ach ar ball, chuaigh s\u00ed le Scr\u00ed<\/span>obhn\u00f3<\/span>ireacht, agus ba ghearr<\/span> go raibh a hainm in airde mar \u00fadar c\u00e1ili\u00fa<\/span>il. Ba dhraoi<\/span> \u00ed<\/span> i mbun sc\u00e9<\/span>alta don Aos <\/span>\u00d3g, ach ba ghearr gur \u00e9irigh lei dul i gcionn ar l\u00e9itheoir\u00ed<\/span> oilte<\/span>, seanchleachta,<\/span> an tsaoil mh\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span> freisin<\/span>, agus anois<\/span>, t\u00e1 cl\u00fa agus c\u00e1<\/span>il bainte amach aici<\/span>,<\/span> i bhfad agus i ngearr<\/span>, lena scil, go h\u00e1<\/span>irithe, i genre na Taibhseoireachta.<\/span><\/p>

Bu\u00edon le Kan<\/span>g<\/span>chenjunga a dhreapadh.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Ach le filleadh ar<\/span> th\u00fas an sc\u00e9i<\/span>l<\/span> seo<\/span> at\u00e1<\/span> <\/span>idir cham\u00e1<\/span>in agam<\/span>:- an <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Thin Air<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>seo… Mar ad\u00fairt m\u00e9<\/span> thuas<\/span>, bh\u00ed an Docht\u00fa<\/span>ir Steven Pearce i Darjeeling<\/span>, \u00e1<\/span>it a raibh <\/span>socruithe aige buaileadh suas l<\/span>e sl\u00e9ibhteoir\u00ed<\/span> eile<\/span>, agus \u00e9 de chusp\u00f3<\/span>ir acu Kangc<\/span>henjunga a dhreapadh. Sin an tr\u00ed\u00fa<\/span> sliabh is airde ar<\/span> domhan, agus lena chois sin, t\u00e1<\/span>id ann a cheapann<\/span>, gurb \u00e9<\/span> <\/span>an ceann is deacra agus is cont\u00fairt\u00ed amuigh<\/span> \u00e9<\/span>. N\u00edorbh iad an ch\u00e9<\/span>ad<\/span> bhu\u00edon iad a thug faoi bharr an tsl\u00e9ibhe sin a bhaint amach<\/span>, <\/span>n\u00f3 n\u00e1<\/span>r lean siad lorg an bhu\u00edon sl\u00e9ibhteoir\u00ed <\/span>\u00fad <\/span>a thug faoin \u00e9acht<\/span> sin<\/span> a dh\u00e9anamh,<\/span> sa bhliain 1907<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>faoi cheannas Charles Lyell, bu\u00ed<\/span>on ar theip orthu binn Kangchenjunga <\/span>a bhaint amach, agus leis an sc\u00e9al sin a dh\u00e9anamh n\u00edos measa, cailleadar c\u00faigear sl\u00e9<\/span>ibhteoir sa iarracht sin. Suas g<\/span>o dt\u00ed<\/span> an pointe sin<\/span>, sa bhliain 1935,<\/span> n\u00edor \u00e9irigh le dream ar bith sl\u00e9ibhteoir\u00ed barr an tsl\u00e9libhe sin a bhaint amach. Bh\u00ed dearth\u00e1ir an Docht\u00fa<\/span>ra <\/span>Pearce sa bhu\u00ed<\/span>on roghnaithe seo, agus Kits a bh\u00ed<\/span> air<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>McLeellan<\/span>, a bh\u00ed i gceannas na bu\u00edne, agus in \u00e9<\/span>ineacht leo sin<\/span>, bh\u00ed<\/span> beirt <\/span>eile, Cotterell agus Garrard.<\/span> C\u00faigear ar fad a bh\u00ed sa bhu\u00edon.<\/span><\/p>

Leis an \u2018Heavy Lifting\u2019 a dh\u00e9anamh.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

N\u00ed g\u00e1 dhom a r\u00e1, go raibh bu\u00edon <\/span>\u2018<\/span>C\u00falaithe<\/span>\u2019<\/span> (Coolies) mar ch\u00faltaca ag an mbu\u00ed<\/span>on <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Sahib<\/span>\u2019<\/span> sin, le freastal orthu ag<\/span>us leis an \u2018heavy lifting\u2019 a dh\u00e9anamh d\u00f3<\/span>ibh.<\/span><\/p>

Tar \u00e9is chuile ullmh\u00fach\u00e1n a dh\u00e9anamh, agus tar \u00e9is d\u00f3ibh iad fh\u00e9in a ghl\u00e9asadh mar ba ch\u00f3ir, bhuaileadar b\u00f3<\/span>thar<\/span>, bhuel! b\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur ch\u00f3ra a r\u00e1<\/span> gur thug siad aghaidh ar Kan<\/span>g<\/span>chenjunga<\/span>,<\/span> agus \u00e9<\/span> d\u2019aidhm acu a m<\/span>h<\/span>ullach a bhaint amach, rud a<\/span> theip ar Charles Lyell<\/span> a dh\u00e9anamh,<\/span> ocht mbliana is fiche roimhe sin.<\/span> <\/span>Bh\u00ed go maith is n\u00ed<\/span> raibh go holc<\/span>,<\/span> mar adeir<\/span>eadh lucht na sc\u00e9alta fad\u00f3<\/span>. <\/span>Le cabhair \u00f3 na d\u00fachasaigh scili\u00fa<\/span>la<\/span>, bh\u00ed ag \u00e9ir\u00ed go maith leo, ar feadh tr\u00e9<\/span>imhse, ach diaidh ar ndiaidh<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>bh\u00ed f\u00f3rsa\u00ed<\/span> eile, seach<\/span>as an aimsir, ag iarraidh lainc\u00eds a chur <\/span>ar an n-iarrachta\u00ed. Cuir leis na <\/span>f\u00f3rsa<\/span>\u00ed<\/span> sin<\/span>,<\/span> bh\u00ed ag nead\u00fa in intinn an Docht\u00fara Pearce, a<\/span>ch g<\/span>o hairithe, agus in aigne na nd\u00fa<\/span>chasach freisin<\/span>, <\/span>bh\u00ed <\/span>f\u00f3<\/span>rsa<\/span>,<\/span> a thug le tuiscint<\/span> d\u00f3ibh<\/span>, go raibh taibhs\u00ed bhu\u00edon<\/span> <\/span>Lyell in \u00e9<\/span>ad leo<\/span>,<\/span> agus <\/span>iad <\/span>ag i<\/span>arraidh<\/span>, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir, buair\u00edn an amhrais a cheangal d\u00e1 gcosa. T\u00e1 cuma ar an sc\u00e9al gur luigh na f\u00f3rsa\u00ed <\/span>seo<\/span>,<\/span> go h\u00e1irithe<\/span>,<\/span> ar ai<\/span>gne an Docht\u00fara Pearce, n\u00f3 b\u2019fh<\/span>\u00e9idir go bhfeictear sin d\u00fainn<\/span>,<\/span> toisc gurbh \u00e9 an Docht\u00fair at\u00e1 i mbun an sc\u00e9<\/span>il. <\/span>Ach, ba \u00e9<\/span> deireadh na mbeart<\/span> \u00e9, n\u00f3<\/span> gur cailleadh<\/span> Kits,<\/span> a dhearth\u00e1ir, agus gur \u00e9<\/span>irigh<\/span> an bhu\u00ed<\/span>on<\/span> ar fad<\/span> as a dturas chun na binne. B\u2019<\/span>\u00e9igean d\u00f3ibh g\u00e9illeadh do na f\u00f3rsa\u00ed a bh\u00ed<\/span> ina gcoinne, an aimsir, an sioc, an sneachta, caoile an aeir,<\/span> (an \u2018Thin Air\u2019) ach,<\/span> thar aon rud eile, a bhfait<\/span>\u00ed<\/span>os roimh chumhacht an tsaoil dofheicthe.<\/span><\/p>

Sc\u00e9al at\u00e1 inchreidte, Ach…..<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Sc\u00e9al \u00e9 seo a imr\u00edonn a d<\/span>h<\/span>rao\u00edcht fh\u00e9in ar an l\u00e9itheoir, agus mo chuidse de, ba dhe<\/span>acair dom an leabhar seo a chur uaim, go dt\u00ed go raibh<\/span> an deoi<\/span>r deiridh den sc\u00e9al di\u00fagtha agam<\/span>. <\/span>Ach, <\/span>i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la<\/span>, <\/span>n\u00e1r<\/span> d<\/span>h<\/span>e<\/span>acair a chreidi\u00faint, nach raibh<\/span> ann, i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, ach cumad\u00f3ireacht! <\/span><\/p>

B\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur mhaith leat fh\u00e9in tabhairt faoi? T\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag ceapadh nach mbeidh a chath\u00fa ort.<\/span>    <\/span><\/p>

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\u2018Thin Air\u2019..……by..……Michelle Paver ( Sc\u00e9al \u00e9 seo faoi bhu\u00edon shl\u00e9ibhteoir a thug faoi bharr shliabh Kangchunjunga a bhaint amach, sa bhliain 1935, ach bu\u00edon a raibh f\u00f3rsa\u00ed an tsaoil mh\u00f3ir ina gcoinne.) Peadar Bair\u00e9ad Taibhseoireacht? Tosa\u00edonn an sc\u00e9al seo i \u2018Darjeeling\u2019, i \u2018West Bengal\u2019, in Aibre\u00e1n na bliana 1935, \u00e1it a bhfuil \u00e1r bpr\u00edomhcharactar agus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13380,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13379\/revisions\/13380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}