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It may be easy to believe

一般人普遍相信

That anywhere in the world

只要搭乘飛機

can be reached with a simple plane flight

就可以到達世界上任何一個地方

and maybe an uber with some added walking in between

或搭乘UBER在加多走幾步路

it's 2017 after all

畢竟現在已經是2017年

So, surely if you want to go somewhere, you can get there in a reasonable amount of time

所以可想而知，只要你想到某個地方，在一小段時間內一定可以抵達

Right? The truth is, there are still some shockingly difficult and remote places to get to

真的是這樣嗎? 事實上，世界上仍然有許多難以置信的偏遠地區

in the world, and there are still some places that nobody in all of human history has ever been to yet!

甚至有許多地區是沒有人任何人去過

The question is, where is the most difficult place that you can possibly get to in the world?

問題來了， 世界上有可能前往但又最難到達的地方在哪?

and how can you get there if you stop watching this video now, and set off on your journey?

如果現在停止觀看這個影片立即出門展開旅程的話，要如何到達那些地區?

Let's start with how far we've come. This is a map from 1914 that details travel times around the world

我們先來看看歷史的進展。 這是1914年從倫敦到世界各地旅遊時間地圖

if you started in London. Back then, most of Europe could be reached in under 5 days travel time

在那時，大約5天內就可以抵達歐洲大部分區域

while more remote parts of Scandinavia and Russia would take 5-10 days. Getting to

而某些較偏遠的斯堪地那維亞地區及俄羅斯要花上5~10天

San Francisco could have taken 10-20 days, Sydney would have taken upto 40 days,

到舊金山需要10~20天，雪梨則需要40天以上

and there were parts on every continent except for Europe, that would have still taken

除了歐洲之外，在每個大陸上都還是有地方需要花超過一個月才能抵達的區域

months to actually get to. Today, however the travel times are absurdly lower where all of Europe can

時至今日，旅程時間大幅縮短 大部分歐洲區域可以在半天之內抵達

be reached in under half a days journey, as well as large parts of North America, Africa

包含部分北美、非洲及亞洲地區

and Asia. The journey to San Francisco that would have taken 20 days, 100 years ago, now

100年前到舊金山的旅程要花上20天，如今只需要半天

takes only half a day. The journey to Sydney, that would have taken 40 days, now takes just

到雪梨的旅程本來要花40天，現在只需要大約一天

about 1 day. Much of the world has been open to rapid transportation thanks to modern

由於現代科技的進步，世界上大部分地區都因為頻繁的空中交通運輸而變得很開放

air travel. But, there are still a few places that haven't kept up with the rest of the world.

但這世界上仍然有些地方並未跟上現代的腳步

Take Pitcairn island for example,

舉皮特肯島為例

A UK overseas island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is home to a mere 49 people

這個英屬在太平洋的小島有49人居住

that is hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest other inhabited island.

距離最接近有人定居的島嶼有數百公里遠

If you want to move here they'll actually give you a free plot of land to build your house on,

如果你想搬家到那，當地還會免費贈送土地讓你建立家園

And temperatures remain tropical year around.

並且氣候全年溫暖

But there's no airport on the island, so transportation with the outside world is done only by boats,

但島上沒有機場，因此與外界通聯僅能靠船隻

and they rarely visit.

但非常少出航。

So the best way that, I found to get there. From London,

因此我找到從倫敦出發抵達當地的最佳方法如下：

is as followed. You would first have to get a flight from London to Los Angeles.

你要先搭機從倫敦到洛杉磯

And then take a connecting from there to

之後再從洛杉磯

Tahiti that journey would take

轉往大溪地

about 24 hours. But

這樣大概會花費你24小時

then you would need to take a flight from Tahiti to

之後你需要從大溪地搭飛機

another island Monica Raiva. Which

到另一個島叫芒阿雷瓦群島

only happens once ever week. And it would

而這班機每個禮拜只有一班航班

take another

這樣又會花掉你

five hours, and 30 minutes and It's the closest airport to Pitcairn.

5小時30分鐘 然而這是最接近皮特肯島的機場

and it's still 531 kilometers away.

但仍然有531公里的距離

The only boat that travels to Pitcairn

唯一擁有定期補給且會到彼特肯島的船

regularly with supplies is

是從這邊出發的

located here, but

但三個月才出航一次

it only leaves once every three months to visit.

如果你夠幸運搭上那趟船

If you're lucky enough and managed to get on the boat

又要花上32小時的航程

it's another 32 hours of

之後你就可以抵達皮特肯島

sailing before you finally arrive at Pitcairn.

從倫敦到皮特肯島整體時間是大約2.5天

or a total trip time of about 2 and

且是最壓縮的時間

a Half days Total, from London.

還蠻難到達的嘛

At the bare minimum that's difficult.

但還有更困難的小島名為凱爾蓋朗群島

But the there's these islands named,

也有個不詳的別名

the Kurguelen Islands, also known by their ominious name

"隔離島"

of "The Desolation

它位於印度洋中央

Islands". Located in the remote

距離最接近有人群居的地方馬達加斯加島

Indian Ocean, they're Three-Thousand,

有3,300公里遠

Three hundred, Kilometers away.

島上大約有50~100名的法國科學家常駐

From the closest other population center in Madagascar.

就像皮特肯島一樣，這裡也沒有機場

There are around

與外界運輸也只能依賴海運

50 to 100

這邊只有

french scientists on at all times,

運送補給物資的船隻

Like Pitcairn, there is no airport

每三個月前來一次

So Transportation is done only by ships

從馬達加斯加外圍的留尼旺島出發

They are visited by

所以你必須先抵達留尼旺島

only one supply and transport ship

之後再花六天的航程，才能抵達這個"隔離島"

every three months. The least from

這趟旅程

Reunion Island near Madagascar.

將會花上你整整一周時間從倫敦到那裡

So first you need to arrive on that island somehow.

但是一但你抵達島上，還可以有更大的挑戰。

and then get on the six day boat journey to "The Desolation Islands"

島上最高的山有1,850公尺

It would take a minimum of about one

第一個登上山頂的人是1960年某位路人甲搭直升機上去!

one full week to get to the Island,

除此之外幾乎沒人去過

from London

因為它是世界上最偏遠的山峰，所以可以稱得上是

but there's an even greater challenge to do once you're there. The tallest mountain on the island is 1850 meters high and

地球上最難抵達的地方

the first guy who flew on top of it is some guy who flew up in a helicopter in 1960.

但比起這座山頂，依然有些地方

Hardly anybody has ever been there, since.

更加的難以抵達

It's one of the most remote mountain summits in the world, which means that it's likely

例如西德利火山

one of the most difficult places to get to on

是南極大陸最高的火山

earth, But there are some other which are significantly more

南極大陸已經很難到了，

more difficult to reach than this

世界各地都沒有定期的航班。

Take Mount Sidley, for example

西德利火山甚至是在大陸上最偏遠的馬里伯地

Which is the tallest volcano in Antartica.

偏遠荒蕪到

Antartica is already difficult enough to get to with no regularly

世界上沒有國家願意分屬

scheduled flights from anywhere in the world of the

基本上就跟在月亮上沒兩樣

volcano is located in the most remote part of Antartica known as Mary Birdland a place so vast

西德利火山高428公尺

and remote that no sovereign nation

1934年被發現以來都沒人踏上這座山過，直到1990年才有人登頂

in the world current claims it.

有史以來也只有兩隻遠征隊曾經成功登頂

It's basically like being on the Moon here.

最近的一次在2010年

and the volcano is 428 meters high. It wasn't even discovered until

因此西德利火山頂是世界上少數僅有幾個人去過的地方

until 1934 and nobody had ever climbed it to the top of it until 1990.

位於中國及尼泊爾交界的聖母峰是地球上最高的山峰

and ever since then only two expeditions have ever successfully made it to the top.

顯而易見的難以抵達

Most recently in twenty-ten.

8,848公尺的高峰，有史以來僅有約4,000人成功登頂，甚至比葛萊美獎得主還少

Which makes the summit of Mount Sidley a elusive place that very few people have or will ever be to.

然而卻有223人在攻頂過程不幸喪生，這也表示說每20名攻頂者中有1人喪生

The summit of Mount Everest in the Nepal-China border is the highest summit on earth.

聽起來相當危險和困難

And is obviously very difficult to get to.

但是讓我們來看看世界第二高峰的K2峰，甚至更加危險

It's 8,848m tall and has been successfully reached by only around 4,000 people through history.

歷年來僅有300人成功登頂，但有77名攻頂者卻因此喪生。

Which is fewer people than have ever won a Grammy, but 223 have died while attempting to climb as well which means out of everybody who has ever tried climbing to the top.

也就是說每5名攻頂登山者中就有1位在過程不幸生亡

About 1 out of every 20 of them has died trying that sounds very dangerous and difficult of course.

從來沒有人曾經在冬季成功登頂，因此K2被暱稱為"殺人峰"

But then we move on to another mountain named K2 which is the second tallest mountain the world that is far more difficult to climb only around 300 people have ever successfully made it to the top. While

因為它非常的難登頂。

While seventy-seven have died trying.

這裡的峰會是在最困難的去地方一個很好的競爭對手

Which means about one in ever five people who has ever tried getting there has died while trying.

但山喜馬拉雅山和安納布爾納峰中的另一座山

Nobody has ever successfully gotten there in the winter and K2 is nicknamed "the Savage Mountian".

是更加危險的

because of it's extreme difficulty.

在世界第十最高的山峰。

contender for it's difficulty in climbing. the summit here is a good

但只有191人成功攀升。

for the most difficult place to get to but another

而其他61人在途中死亡

mountain in the Himalayas and Annapurna

這意味著大約有四分之一的人在嘗試到達山頂過程中死亡。

is even more dangerous it's the tenth highest mountain in the world.

以生存機率來到達某地

but has only ever been successfully climbed by 191 people.

這個山峰會是地球上最難到的地方。

While 61 other people have died while trying which mean about one out of every four people who was

但仍有其它山中的山峰

four people who have ever tried reaching the summit has died while trying to do so.

仍然沒有被任何人攻陷。

In terms of your odds for survival doing so getting somewhere this mountain may truely be the

這是岡嘎本孫峰，世界上最高的未登山峰，高度是7570公尺高。

most difficult place on earth for you to get to

在歷史上，沒有半個人來過這裡也不會有任何人來這。

but there are still other summits on other mountains

這座山位於不丹，而不丹已經禁止任和山脈的攀登基於宗教因素，這樣不僅讓它行動上具有挑戰性，

that have still never been reached by anybody.

法律上也不可行。

This is the Gangkhar Puensum the tallest unclimbed mountain in the world at seven thousand five hundred and seventy meters tall nobody

那麼，有沒有那種山是合法攀爬卻從未有人攻頂?

in history has even been at this point right here and nobody probably will be for a very long time.

這類型的山就要留給在巴基斯坦的木珠基什山峰。

The mountain is locatd in Bhutan has banned any climbing of it for religous reasons so not only is getting to the top physically challenging.

7450公尺高

But it's also legally impossible.

一個無比費時費力的高度，歷史記載以來只被兩個人嘗試爬過。

So what about a mountain that is legally ok to climb that had never been reached.

如果您正在找世界上最難到的地方且是合法嘗試的

The tallest

答案很可能會是這裡這個山峰，一個沒有人踏過的地方。

summit in this category would be Mucha Chhih at seven thousand four hundred and fifty-three meters tall.

也許會是你在看完這影片後自己去嘗試

meters high and incredibly demanding mountain, that has only ever been attempted to be climbed twice. And

我們偉大的人類已經到了月球與海底最深處，確有數百個山峰我們沒有任何人踏過

If you are looking for the most difficult place on earth to get to that is legal for you

使他們成為整個地球上上最難到的地方

to try the answer is probably this summit right here that no human has ever set foot on.

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