Preface
Looking at the giant K2 poster hanging on the wall in my office, I still can’t believe that I am back from the mixture of rocks, ice and snow to this pan demoniac civilization. I can’t deny that during the 28 field days, several times the thought “I want to go home†crossed my mind; however, in spite of unpleasant conditions we have encountered, living in the wilderness is easier – it is simple and it is intuitive. Now, I want to go back.
Old friends and family members are shocked that I have become an outdooraholic. Before I came to the States, I had never backpacked, neither had I exercised regularly. I didn’t do any sports, and I couldn’t run 3 miles. But I have always admired mountains, I touch and talk to flowers, and I love adventures.
I moved to the States for graduate study at age 23 in 1998, but not until 5 years later did I do my first backpacking trip, and it was miserable. In the same year, I also discovered a shocking truth that my little fantasy of being satisfied not dreaming about climbing the highest peak but the second highest peak is so naïve. K2 is way more unreachable than Everest, but at least – I thought – I could work on getting closer, and K2 is a more cadent slogan to encourage myself to carry on when I feel out-of-breath during an endurance workout.
I thought that was my main reason to climb, but after this trip, I realized that the reason to climb is in fact more simple. This course is the longest length I’ve been living in the wilderness so that I had abundant field days to collect and concrete the wonders floating in my mind. Why am I here? What did I get myself into? Where will I be? I’ll be among mountains and wild things because that makes me feel good, oh, I should have said “that makes me feel REALLY good.â€
Living in the wilderness and climbing mountains requires physical strength and mental training and that is why I took this course. I still have much to learn but this course certainly opened up the window for me. I hope people find my experience interesting and if you want to climb, don’t just think about it.
Acknowledgement
Without the support from Jeremy, my husband, I would never imagine that one day I could set my foot on any peak in Alaska. His impregnable belief in me makes me believe in myself and gives me indispensable strengths for wilderness living.
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一直以為那就是我爬山的主è¦é©…動力,從這次的課程返家後,æ‰ç™¼ç¾äº‹æƒ…é 比我以為的還è¦å–®ç´”。這次是我在野外生活最長的一次,所以我有相當充分的時間去感å—ã€åŽ»æ€ç´¢ã€åŽ»æ•´ç†è…¦è¢‹è£¡æµ®æ¸¸çš„紛亂æ€ç·’。我為什麼在這裡?我把自己帶到什麼環境來?以後åˆè¦åˆ°å“ªè£¡åŽ»ï¼Ÿæˆ‘知é“我喜愛æ¥å‘å±±æž—ï¼Œåœ¨ç¾¤å±±ç¶ æ°´ç’°ç¹žä¹‹ä¸‹ç”Ÿæ´»ï¼Œå› ç‚ºé‚£æ„Ÿè¦ºç¾Žå¦™ï¼Œå–”ï¼Œæˆ‘è©²èªªï¼Œå¦™ä¸å¯è¨€ã€‚
在野外生活以åŠæ”€ç™»é«˜å±±éœ€è¦è‰¯å¥½çš„é«”é„,以åŠå¥åº·çš„心ç†ï¼Œé€™ä¹Ÿæ˜¯æˆ‘åƒèˆ‡æ¤èª²ç¨‹çš„ç†ç”±ã€‚還有很多æ±è¥¿æ˜¯æˆ‘需è¦å¸ç¿’的,ä¸éŽé€™å€‹èª²ç¨‹ç‚ºæˆ‘打開了第一é“門窗。在這裡我把我的å¸ç¿’ç¶“é©—åˆ†äº«çµ¦å¤§å®¶ï¼Œä¹Ÿé¼“å‹µå¤§å®¶ï¼Œå¦‚æžœä½ æƒ³è¦çˆ¬å±±ï¼Œå°±åŽ»å§ï¼Œåˆ¥åƒæˆ‘一樣ç‰äº†é‚£éº¼ä¹…。
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如果沒有我è€å…¬Jeremy,我大概沒辦法想åƒæœ‰ä¸€å¤©æˆ‘å¯ä»¥ç™»ä¸Šé˜¿æ‹‰æ–¯åŠ 的任何一座山é 。他å°æˆ‘å …å®šä¸ç§»çš„信心,是我相信自己真有能力登山的最大ç†ç”±ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ˜¯è³¦äºˆæˆ‘在野外生活必è¦çš„韌性的泉æºã€‚
嗯,妙ä¸å¯è¨€çš„山林生活,總是讓人充滿期待與嚮往。
終於開始第一篇了,期待期待… 🙂
真是令人期待
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This is a very honest and sweet preface. I think Jeremy also went through certain kind of “mental training” too in order not to too worry about you and just support and believe in you. That’s quite nice.
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K2, 真是é 大的目標~
“野外生活還是比文明生活容易許多—它簡單,而且質樸”
-我想這應該是許多真æ£å–œæ¡å±±æž—的人共åŒå¿ƒè²
嗯,喜æ¡ä¸€ä»¶äº‹å’ŒçœŸæ£åŽ»åšä¹‹é–“還是有那麼一點點è·é›¢ã€‚
而這個è·é›¢å¦‚果有個伴侶在æ—邊推一把,就立刻克æœäº†å“¦ã€‚真好。
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Kathy
joe2012,
是啊,這個目標是太é 大了些,有å¯èƒ½é€™è¼©å都到ä¸äº†ï¼Œæˆ‘比較將之當作激勵自己的座å³éŠ˜å°±æ˜¯äº†ã€‚
kathy,
有人支æŒçœŸçš„很é‡è¦ï¼Œå°¤å…¶æ˜¯åœ¨å¶çˆ¾ä½Žæ½®ï¼Œè‡ªå·±ä¹Ÿå¾ˆè¿·æƒ‘的時候。
ä¸éŽçœ‹èµ·ä¾†kathy也很幸ç¦ï¼Œè‡ªå¾·[å¾—]其樂喔 🙂 æ喜新書出版啊 ~~
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