URainer Zietlow usethe irekhodi lakhe lesihlanu lokushayela emhlabeni ngokuxhuma idolobha laseMagadan (Russia) neLisbon ngezinsuku eziyisithupha nje kuphela. Ayengaphezu kuka-16,000 km.
Ngesonto eledlule sibe nengxoxo noRainer Zietlow, umJalimane onobungani onikele impilo yakhe ekuphuleni amarekhodi okushayela. “Impilo yami iphula amarekhodi!”, yindlela ezethula ngayo kubabukeli ababemlindile kwenye yezindawo ezidayisa kwaVolkswagen eLisbon. Futhi-ke, akusona isiqalisi sengxoxo esibi…Irekhodi lakamuva likaZietlow lixhumanise idolobha laseMadagan (Russia) neLisbon
U-Rainer Zietlow nethimba lakhe le-Challenge4 baqophe irekhodi labo lomhlaba lesi-5 lokushayela ngokuhamba cishe amakhilomitha angu-16,000 ngezinsuku eziyisithupha. Inselele iqale ngoJulayi 1 edolobheni laseMagadan, eRussia, yaze yaphela ngoJulayi 7 eLisbon. URainer Zietlow kanye nethimba le-Challenge4 bashayele iTouareg emazweni ayisikhombisa: iRussia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France, Spain nePortugal.
Phakathi nokuhleka okuthile, uZietlow wavuma ukuthi ingxenye eyayinzima kakhulu yohambo yayisendaweni yaseRussia: “Ukushayela eRussia kuyindaba yokholo. Kufanele ukholelwe ukuthi akukho okubi okuzokwenzeka futhi, ngokuxakile, ngokuvamile akwenzeki. Izimoto zibukeka zishwabana (ehleka)”. Enye inselele yayiwukuba “sinde” emigwaqweni emagebhugebhu engxenyeni esempumalanga yeRussia, “ngamakhilomitha angaphansi kuka-50 sabhomba izikhathi eziyisithupha. Kwadingeka sikhethe amathayi eKevlar. Inzima kodwa yibo kuphela abakwazi ukumelana nalezo zimo”.
16,000 km njalo
Uhambo lwe-“Touareg Eurasia” luphinde lwaveza neVolkswagen Touareg. I-SUV yaseJalimane cishe ayizange ishintshe, njengoba ithole kuphela umqulu wokuphepha, izihlalo ezintsha kanye nethangi likaphethiloli elikhudlwana. Kuzo zonke izinselele, enkulu kunazo zonke kwakungoomakhenikha “eRussia uphethiloli usezingeni elibi kakhulu! Kodwa ngenxa yezithako esizisebenzisile, iTouareg idlale kahle,” kusho uZietlow.
Njengenjwayelo, leli rekhodi lalibuye libe nesici somphakathi. U-Rainer Zietlow uphinde wasekela inhlangano ye-SOS Children's Villages, ngamasenti angu-10 ngekhilomitha ngalinye elihanjwayo. Irekhodi elilandelayo? Ngisho naye uqobo akazi. Kodwa ngeke kugcine lapha...
Amarekhodi aphulwa nguRainer:
- 2011: Argentina - Alaska: 23,000 km ngezinsuku eziyi-11 namahora ayi-17
- 2012: Melbourne – St. Petersburg: 23,000 km ngezinsuku ezingu-17 namahora angu-18
- 2014: Cabo Norte - Cabo Agulhas: 17,000 km ngezinsuku ezingama-21 namahora ayi-16
- 2015: Cabo Agulhas - Cabo Norte: 17,000 km ngezinsuku eziyi-9 namahora ama-4
- 2016: Magadan – Lisbon: 16,000 km ngezinsuku eziyisi-6
