Name: 【TED】班·桑德斯（Ben Saunders）: 何必要離家探險？ (Why bother leaving the house? | Ben Saunders)
Uploaded: 2013-03-05T13:22:36.000Z
Duration: 10 min 38 s

情態副詞

so it doesn't take an awful lot to flummox me intellectually,

"Philosophically, does the constant supply of information

「從哲學角度看，源源不絕的資訊

After all, if it is being done somewhere by someone,

畢竟，如果有人已完成對某處的探險

I'm usually introduced as a polar explorer.

I'm not sure that's the most progressive or 21st-century

我不知道這算不算是最先進、最符合21世紀的

of job titles, but I've spent more than two percent now

工作職稱，但我的確已花了超過

of my entire life living in a tent inside the Arctic Circle,

百分之二的人生住在北極圈的帳篷裡

And in my nature, I guess, I am a doer of things

而我猜我的本性是比較偏向做事的人

more than I am a spectator or a contemplator of things,

and it's that dichotomy, the gulf between ideas and action

that I'm going to try and explore briefly.

就是這個把想法與行動分開的隔閡這個二分法

The pithiest answer to the question "why?"

過去12年，「為什麼要離家探險」這個問題

that's been dogging me for the last 12 years

一直不斷困擾著我而我能得到的最精闢解答

was credited certainly to this chap, the rakish-looking gentleman

絕對要歸功於這個傢伙這個看起來流裡流氣的紳士

standing at the back, second from the left,

George Lee Mallory. Many of you will know his name.

喬治·馬洛里（George Mallory）各位馬上就會知道他是誰

In 1924 he was last seen disappearing into the clouds

靠近聖母峰（珠穆朗瑪峰）峰頂的雲裡

He may or may not have been the first person to climb Everest,

很難說他是不是第一個登上聖母峰的人

more than 30 years before Edmund Hillary.

比愛德蒙·希拉瑞（史上記錄第一人）攻頂還早30年

No one knows if he got to the top. It's still a mystery.

沒有人知道他是否登上山頂。這仍是個謎

But he was credited with coining the phrase, "Because it's there."

但他的確是說出「因為山就在那裡」這句名言的人

Now I'm not actually sure that he did say that.

我現在也不確定他是否真的說了那句話

There's very little evidence to suggest it, but what he did say

幾乎沒有什麼證據能證明，但他確實說過的話

and again, I've printed this. I'm going to read it out.

所以又來了，我把它印下來了，所以我要把它念出來

而我一定要試著回答的，是這個：

And my answer must at once be, it is no use.

而我當下的回答則是，沒有任何好處

There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.

這件事沒有任何一點得到好處的展望

Oh, we may learn a little about the behavior

噢，我們可能會對人體在那樣的高度

and possibly medical men may turn our observation

也有可能醫療人員會把我們的觀察

to some account for the purposes of aviation,

We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver,

我們不會帶一丁點兒的金或銀回來

也不會帶回任何寶石、煤礦或鐵礦

We shall not find a single foot of earth that can be planted

with crops to raise food. So it is no use.

能種作物以增加糧食。所以這沒有任何好處

If you cannot understand that there is something in man

如果你不能明白人的內心有某種東西

which responds to the challenge of this mountain

and goes out to meet it, that the struggle

並且走出去面對它，而這種奮鬥

is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward,

是促使生命永遠不斷向上的奮鬥

那麼你不會明白為什麼我們要去

What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy,

我們從這個冒險所能得到的僅是純粹的喜悅

We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life.

我們吃喝及賺錢是為了享受生命

That is what life means, and that is what life is for."

那是生命的意義，也是生命的目的。」

Mallory's argument that leaving the house,

embarking on these grand adventures is joyful and fun,

從事這些偉大的冒險既喜悅又有趣

however, doesn't tally that neatly with my own experience.

但是，這並不完全符合我自己的經驗

The furthest I've ever got away from my front door

was in the spring of 2004. I still don't know exactly

發生在2004年春天。我仍然不明瞭

what came over me, but my plan was to make

是什麼原因讓我這麼做，但我的計劃是要

a solo and unsupported crossing of the Arctic Ocean.

I planned essentially to walk from the north coast of Russia

基本上我計劃要徒步從俄羅斯的北海岸

to the North Pole, and then to carry on to the north coast of Canada.

走到北極，然後繼續往加拿大北海岸過去

No one had ever done this. I was 26 at the time.

從來沒人做過這個。我那時26歲

A lot of experts were saying it was impossible,

and my mum certainly wasn't very keen on the idea.

我媽媽當然對這個想法一點也不熱衷

The journey from a small weather station on the north coast

這段從西伯利亞北海岸小氣象站

of Siberia up to my final starting point,

the edge of the pack ice, the coast of the Arctic Ocean,

也就是浮冰的邊緣，北冰洋的海岸

took about five hours, and if anyone watched fearless

花了我大約五小時。如果有人看過不怕死的

Felix Baumgartner going up, rather than just coming down,

菲利克斯·保加拿（高空跳傘專家）向高空飛升而不是向下跳

you'll appreciate the sense of apprehension,

你就能領悟當我坐在直升機上，向北呼嘯而去時

as I sat in a helicopter thundering north,

and the sense, I think if anything, of impending doom.

如果我還能想出什麼好形容，那就是末日臨頭的感覺

I sat there wondering what on Earth I had gotten myself into.

我坐在那想著，我到底在搞什麼

的確是有一點好玩，是有一點快樂

looking down at my sledge. I had my skis ready to go,

低頭看著我的雪橇。我已經準備好了滑雪板

I had a satellite phone, a pump-action shotgun

我有一只衛星電話，一把滑桿式散彈槍

I remember looking out of the window and seeing the second helicopter.

我還記得從窗戶往外看著第二架直升機

We were both thundering through this incredible Siberian dawn,

我們兩架轟隆隆地飛過這奇妙無比的西伯利亞黎明

and part of me felt a bit like a cross between Jason Bourne

我覺得自己有個部分好像神鬼認證的傑森·包恩

及英國探險家威福瑞·塞西格的合體

felt quite proud of myself, but mostly I was just utterly terrified.

是有一點覺得自傲，但其實我是怕得不得了

And that journey lasted 10 weeks, 72 days.

I didn't see anyone else. We took this photo next to the helicopter.

之間我沒有看過任何人。我們在直升機旁照了這張相片

Beyond that, I didn't see anyone for 10 weeks.

除此之外，這10週我沒看到任何人

The North Pole is slap bang in the middle of the sea,

so I'm traveling over the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean.

所以我走在表層冰凍的北冰洋上

NASA described conditions that year as the worst since records began.

美國國家航空暨太空總署形容那年的天候是有史以來最糟

I was dragging 180 kilos of food and fuel and supplies,

我拖著180公斤的食物、燃油及補給品

about 400 pounds. The average temperature for the 10 weeks

大約是400磅。那十週的平均溫度

是零下35度，最冷的時候是零下50度

So again, there wasn't an awful lot of joy or fun to be had.

所以再說一次，這真的沒甚麼喜悅，也不怎麼好玩

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