It takes determination to make it there, and it requires perseverance to finish.

要做到這一點，需要有決心，需要有毅力去完成。

Those who accomplish it are rewarded with some of the best views in Japan,

完成這一任務的人將獲得日本最美的風景。

but watch your step because it's a long ways down.

但注意你的腳步，因為它是一個很長的路要走。

It's time for our biggest Life in Japan adventure to date:

現在是我們迄今為止最大的日本生活冒險的時候了。

we're hiking Kurobe Gorge.

我們要去黑部峽谷徒步。

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

[日本生活主題曲]

Well, I am off!

好了，我走了！

Does it look like I'm going for a big expedition, because it sure feels like I am.

我看起來像是要去遠征嗎，因為感覺上確實是這樣。

From here we're going to go to Shinjuku and catch an overnight bus to our destination.

從這裡出發，我們要去新宿，然後乘夜班車前往目的地。

What is Kurobe most famous for?

黑部最出名的是什麼？

Right now the fall foliage.

現在是秋天的葉子。

It's the deepest gorge.

是最深的峽谷。

It's the deepest gorge in Japan.

這是日本最深的峽谷。

A few months ago my friend Kazu told me about a trip he was planning to do

幾個月前，我的朋友Kazu告訴我，他計劃去旅行。

a hike through Japan's deepest gorge at the height of fall.

在日本最深的峽谷中，在秋天的高峰期徒步旅行。

I immediately knew I wanted to go along.

我立刻知道我想跟去。

Little did I know the true scope of the adventure to come.

我不知道真正的冒險範圍即將到來。

OK, we're ready for this thing here.

好了，我們準備好了，這個東西在這裡。

Looking good. We've got a nice comfy seat here.

看起來不錯。我們這裡有一個舒適的座位。

Uh huh. A nice privacy curtain.

嗯哼。一個漂亮的隱私窗簾。

Kurobe Gorge is located in Toyama Prefecture, a 6 hour overnight drive to the northwest of Tokyo to the other side of Japan.

黑部峽谷位於富山縣，從東京西北方向到日本的另一邊，需要6個小時的夜間車程。

Oooo going there!

哦，要去那裡！

And we are on our 2 hour train ride.

而我們正在坐2小時的火車。

Is this to the trail head or do we still have one more after this?

這是到了小路頭，還是這之後我們還有一個？

One more after this.

這之後還有一個。

There's a scenic train. A scenic train.

有一列觀光火車。一輛觀光火車。

Oh common, alright.

哦，普通的，好吧。

And now we power hike to the next train!

現在我們要趕往下一班火車！

We are just going to make this.

我們只是要做這個。

It's like a miniature train.

這就像一列微型火車。

Alright!

好吧！

It takes several hours on trains just to get to the trail head,

光是到小路頭就得坐幾個小時的火車。

but the last train you ride is one especially built to service the interior part of the gorge.

但你乘坐的最後一列火車是專門為服務峽谷內部而建造的。

You see some incredible sights along the way,

一路上你會看到一些不可思議的景象。

and the drop offs are enough to take your breath away.

和落差足以讓你歎為觀止。

It makes you wonder what else is ahead.

讓人不禁感嘆，前面還有什麼。

That's a bridge for monkeys.

那是猴子的橋。

I don't know how the monkeys made it, but...

我不知道猴子是怎麼做到的，但是... ...

It's trying to clear off, John.

它正試圖清除，約翰。

Yeah, it's trying. Look, there's a hole!

是的，它正在努力。看，有一個洞！

There's a hole! We can see some blue sky. Common!

有一個洞！我們可以看到一些藍色的天空。普通的！

We are finally at the end of the line here. We're going to start our hike.

我們終於到了這裡的終點。我們要開始我們的徒步旅行了。

OK, here we go. This is it, right?

好了，我們開始吧。就是這樣，對嗎？

It goes up fast! Holy cow.

它上升得很快！我的天啊

Last year 5 people died.

去年有5人死亡。

Last year 5 people died on this? Thanks for bringing me here, Kazu.

去年有5個人死在這裡？謝謝你帶我來這裡，阿一。

This year only one person.

今年只有一個人。

OK, we're going to keep it that way.

好吧，我們要保持這種方式。

It starts off quite interesting, doesn't it?

開始的時候挺有意思的，不是嗎？

I was going to say, boy this starts off with a bang, doesn't it?

我想說的是，孩子們，這是個開場白，不是嗎？

It's like a 200 or 300 meter climb straight up.

就像直接爬了200或300米。

And then it will be flat. Like 40 minutes of climbing.

然後就會很平坦。就像40分鐘的爬山。

So this first part of our train just goes up, up, up and then it will level out

所以，我們火車的第一部分只是上升，上升，上升，然後它將平坦的。

We're getting up there. Look at that.

我們要上去了你看那。

Lots and lots of stairs. More and more and more.

很多很多的樓梯。越來越多，越來越多，越來越多。

Oh, there's some color coming out.

哦，有一些顏色出來。

That's a cool sign.

這是一個很酷的標誌。

Whew, downhill.

呼，下坡。

When is the most treacherous part of this trail?

這條小路最險峻的時候是什麼時候？

Tomorrow.

明天吧

I'm wearing the official cap today as we are trekking, trekking, trekking.

今天我戴上了官帽，因為我們要跋山涉水，跋山涉水，跋山涉水。

Hopefully we're going to see some really cool fall colors.

希望我們能看到一些真正涼爽的秋色。

The big part of the climb is done. Now we get to start traversing.

攀登的大半部分已經完成。現在我們要開始穿越了。

We're going to get over to the gorge.

我們要去峽谷那邊。

Hello! Look this amazing view!

你好！你看這迷人的景色！

And there's Nate.

還有Nate

Alright! We're going to do this thing.

好吧！我們要去做這件事。

We're starting to get a look at the gorge we're going to be hiking.

我們開始看到我們要徒步的峽谷了。

There's the trail. It just winds along the side of the gorge.

那是小路。它只是沿著峽谷的一側蜿蜒。

And goes up up away.

並向上走去。

It's just beautiful up here, my goodness.

這裡真是太美了，我的天啊。

This is where it becomes dangerous now.

這就是現在變得危險的地方。

So as if it's not dangerous enough, if the fall won't get you, the power lines right next to you can.

所以，如果還不夠危險，如果摔不死你，旁邊的電線就可以。

So...

所以...

Awesome!

厲害！

We go around a corner

我們去一個角落

Awesome!

厲害！

Every corner

每個角落

This is incredible that they even could build this here.

這真是不可思議，他們竟然能在這裡建造這個。

If whoever build this is watching, thank you very much.

如果建造這個的人在看，非常感謝你。

Please comment and let me know.

請評論並告訴我。

But this is incredible. Look!

但這是不可思議的。看！

It just goes down, my goodness!

它就這樣倒下了，我的天啊!

It's great!

很好！

Thank you

謝謝你了

Be careful

小心點

Ah! My wire's back, yeah!

我的竊聽器回來了，耶！

Wow, we got some thick grass here.

哇，我們這裡有一些厚厚的草。

Hello!

你好！

Everything good? It's good.

一切都好嗎？很好啊

It almost looks like a trail there, but it wouldn't be a trail, huh? No.

它幾乎看起來像一條小路， 但它不會是一個線索，是吧？不是

Slide. Yeah, slide.

幻燈片。是的，滑動。

A monkey slide. Leave slide.

一個猴子滑梯。離開滑梯。

We've been going for how long now? An hour and half maybe?

我們已經走了多久了？一個半小時吧？

An hour and forty minutes.

一個小時四十分鐘。

And it just keeps getting more and more beautiful.

而且還越來越美。

We'll probably take a breather here in just a little bit.

我們可能會在這裡稍作休息。

If Kazu lets us!

如果阿一讓我們去的話！

I've never ever been on something quite like this.

我從來沒有參加過這樣的活動。

Look at the colors here, oh my goodness!

看看這裡的顏色，我的天啊!

We're getting into some good good stuff.

我們正在進入一些好的好東西。

Uncle Tim's going to capture this memory.

添叔要抓住這段記憶。

Looks like we've got a little cave here.

看來我們這裡有一個小山洞。

Lower bridge.

下橋。

Because me and my backpack aren't getting through otherwise.

因為我和我的揹包是過不去的，否則。

I think I just crushed my lunch.

我想我剛剛把我的午餐壓碎了。

So we're going to camp out on the trail tonight.

所以我們今晚要在小路上露營。

Cook our own food. Setup our tents that we brought. Our sleeping bags.

自己做飯。設置我們的帳篷，我們帶來了。我們的睡袋。

And hopefully there's some nice soft earth, or at least flat earth, that we can put our tents down on.

希望能有一些柔軟的土地，或者至少是平坦的土地，我們可以把帳篷放在上面。

Well we should be getting close to our marker.

好了，我們應該是越來越接近我們的標誌。

Oooo, getting close to the lunch marker.

嗚嗚，快到午飯的標誌了。

Whoa yeah!

哇耶！

Hand rail!

手扶欄！

There's probably no way to tell from the video just how far down it goes right there.

從視頻中可能無法判斷到底有多深，就在那裡。

Hey everyone, what do you think?

嘿，大家覺得怎麼樣？

Tomorrow is Japanese only day?

明天是日本人的專屬日？

And today too?

今天也是？

English only for Kazu.

只給和的英語。

Opposite Day.

對面日。

There's the river way down there.

那裡有條河，就在下面

You can see how the path just cuts, literally, right through the mountain. Look at that.

你可以看到這條路是如何切開的，從字面上看，就在山裡。你看那。

I have to bend down here because otherwise my pack gets stuck.

我必須在這裡彎腰，否則我的包會被卡住。

Oh, before it looks like the path went around.

哦，之前看起來像是繞道而行。

Wha?! That's right, they did have it going around.

什麼？沒錯，他們的確是到處亂跑。

Lower bridge.

下橋。

We hear a stream, that's a good sign.

我們聽到了流聲，這是個好兆頭。

That means our rest/lunch area is nearby.

也就是說，我們的休息/午餐區就在附近。

I got some of my food out. Today I'm having some beef jerky, nuts and a peanut butter and jelly that John inspired me to make.

我把我的一些食物拿出來了。今天我吃了一些牛肉乾，堅果和花生醬和果凍，約翰啟發我做的。

How much time we looking at to get to the campsite?

我們要花多少時間才能到營地？

Oh man, well we're about 3 hours to go if we can keep a decent pace.

哦，我們還有3個小時就到了，如果我們能保持一個不錯的速度。

There's the trail we're about to follow.

這就是我們要走的路。

We can do it.

我們可以做到這一點。

Here we go.

我們走吧

Light on.

燈亮了。

So here's where a tunnel goes in.

所以這裡有一條隧道進去。

We gotta turn on our lights and go in this tunnel.

我們得打開我們的燈，進入這個隧道。

And it's going to go through this whole ridge of the mountain.

而且要穿過這整條山脊。

And come out the other side there.

然後從那裡的另一邊出來。

Alright. Here we go.

好吧，我們開始吧。在這裡，我們去。

How did they dig this thing in here? Did they start curving and hope they made it right?

他們是怎麼把這東西挖進來的？難道他們開始彎曲，希望他們做對了？

Wait a second. Let me take a picture of you guys.

等一下，讓我給你們拍張照片讓我給你們拍張照片。

It looks to be a little steamy in here or foggy.

這裡好像有點蒸氣，或者是霧氣。

This is certainly just an absolutely wild trail.

這當然只是一條絕對的野路子。

Amazing.

驚人的。

I'm glad I had waterproof shoes though

不過還好我有防水鞋

Because my feet were in the stream, there was no way around it.

因為我的腳在溪水裡，沒有辦法。

You had to duck so low to get through that tunnel so the backpack could pass

你要躲得這麼低才能通過那個隧道 這樣揹包才能通過。

And then walk through water at the same time.

然後同時在水中行走。

It's clearing up over there.

那邊的情況好轉了

And this right here just drops off like nobody's business.

而這個就在這裡，就像沒有人的業務下降。

What a feeling!

什麼感覺？

Good feeling!

感覺很好!

That is quite the place! Holy moly!

這地方真不錯！我的天啊！

Holy moly!

我的天啊！

What in the world?!

這到底是怎麼回事？

Hold on tight. Yea hold on tight with both hands.

抓緊了。是的，用雙手抓緊。

Oh my goodness. That one moves, that's even freakier!

哦，我的天啊。那個會動，那就更奇怪了!

This is really amazing!

這真是太神奇了!

Be careful!

小心點！

That's the understatement of the day.

這是今天的輕描淡寫。

Dude, it's true. You shouldn't look down and try to walk at the same time.

夥計，這是真的。你不應該一邊往下看，一邊試著走路。

Oh man!

哦，夥計！

That was I guess where the station was. Yea.

那是我猜測的車站所在的地方。是的

From our vantage point here right now you can see where we started this morning.

從我們現在的有利位置，你可以看到我們今天早上開始的地方。

Way down at — what's the name of the station?

下面的路，車站叫什麼名字？

Keyakidaira

Keyakidaira

It just doesn't let up, it's just awesome all the time.

它就是不放過，它就是一直在厲害。

It's the nature paparazzi team here.

這裡是大自然狗仔隊。

Approaching a waterfall here.

走近這裡的瀑布。

Aw, look at that!

哦，看那個！

We have deemed this place a place worthy of a break.

我們認為這裡是一個值得休息的地方。

Break time!

休息時間！

This trail is amazing, but I'm really glad my family is not here.

這條小路很神奇，但我真的很高興我的家人不在這裡。

Because this is not the type of trail to bring the family on.

因為這不是那種帶著家人來的小路。

Unless they're grown and able to handle it.

除非他們長大了，能夠承受。

Going under the waterfall.

去瀑布下。

Our break is over. We're going to try to make it to the campsite by 4:30. That's our goal.

我們的休息時間結束了。我們要儘量在4: 30前到達營地。這是我們的目標。

And we've got about 2 hours of hiking left.

而我們還有2個小時的徒步旅行時間。

Whoa!

哇！

What a gorge! What a waterfall!

多麼壯觀的峽谷！多麼壯觀的瀑布啊!

Holy cow!

天哪！

You get a little bit of everything on this!

這上面什麼都有!

Ahhhhhh!

啊啊啊！

Yea, it's definitely not that waterproof.

是的，它絕對沒有那麼防水。

Let me take a picture of where we're going to be tonight.

讓我拍一張我們今晚要去的地方的照片。

And now we can finally see the campsite.

現在我們終於可以看到營地了。

There's a couple tents. Plenty of space for ours.

有幾個帳篷。足夠我們的空間。

An onsen down there!

下面有溫泉！

That was just the motivation I needed right there.

這正是我需要的動力。

Campsite in sight.

營地在眼前。

Get some hot food. Get a tent setup.

找些熱食。搭個帳篷

In my sleeping bag by 6:00 PM.

下午6點前在我的睡袋裡。

You think all is good. "I can see the campsite!"

你認為一切都很好。"我可以看到營地了！"

And then they hit you with a huge stair.

然後他們用一個巨大的樓梯打你。

Which only makes me assume there's going to be an even bigger one going down.

這隻能讓我假設會有更大的一個下去。

Is there an escalator up here?

這裡有自動扶梯嗎？

It was like "Yea, we could see it!"

它就像 "是的，我們可以看到它！"

OK, now just go up this huge cliff face and then go back down it.

好了，現在只要上到這個巨大的懸崖峭壁上，然後再下去。

Oh, there it is. Across the valley there.

哦，它在那裡。穿過山谷就到了

(Singing) "Down the valley where the green grass grows"

(唱) "沿著山谷，青草長在那裡"

Whew! Yea!

呼！呀！

Ah! We made it!

啊，我們成功了！

John, you have quite the tent there, bro.

約翰，你有相當的帳篷在那裡，兄弟。

You like it?

你喜歡嗎？

This is a tent.

這是一個帳篷。

Wow! Tiny.

哇，好小啊

Here's our tent for the night. Uncle Tim and I are going to be very friendly.

這是我們今晚的帳篷。蒂姆叔叔和我將會非常友好。

Well, we're heading down the onsen now.

好了，我們現在要去溫泉了。

I don't know how much I'll be able to show because, well, you get in naked!

我不知道自己能露多少，因為，你是光著身子進去的!

Girls and guys take turns, so that they're not in at the same time.

女生和男生輪番上陣，這樣就不會同時進入。

But tonight there are no girls here.

但今晚這裡沒有女孩。

So it should be cool to have some onsen time.

所以，有一些溫泉時間應該是很酷的。

We got back from the onsen, and now we're going to have a bite to eat.

我們從溫泉回來了，現在我們要去吃點東西。

And we're going to get to bed early tonight — like 6 or 7

我們今晚要早點睡覺，大概6、7點吧。

Because we plan on waking up at 3 AM so we can get all ready to go by 4? Is that right?

因為我們計劃在凌晨3點起床 這樣我們就能在4點前做好所有準備？是這樣嗎？

That gives us 12 hours to do a 9 hour hike so we can make the last cable car out of the gorge.

這樣一來，我們就有12個小時的時間來做9個小時的徒步旅行，這樣我們就可以乘坐最後一輛纜車離開峽谷。

We've got some pepperochini.

我們有一些胡椒粉。

Oh yea, looking good here.

哦，是的，在這裡看起來不錯。

And Kazu?

那和呢？

Tomato and Cheese Risotto

番茄芝士燴飯

Good!

很好！

3 Minutes to gourmet dinner! Gourmet, heh?

3分鐘搞定美食大餐!美食，是吧？

It's so dark now you can barely see the sky.

現在天太黑了，幾乎看不到天。

We're going to sleep.

我們要睡覺了。

And then get up early at 3:00.

然後3點早起。

Well, good morning.

嗯，早上好。

It's a little after 3 in the morning.

現在是凌晨三點多鐘。

It was kind of a rough night's sleep. It was pretty cold.

這一夜睡得很難受。很冷

Had to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom. That was really cold.