今天早上徒手攀岩好手，亚历克斯·霍诺德 - This morning, Free Solo's Alex Honnold,
攀登位于亚马逊丛林独深处，由岩石组成的平顶山 climbing in an unexplored rock formation deep in the Amazon known as "tepui."
我跟这个团队合作 And... and I worked with the team on this,
跟随他们的行程，他们有科学家布鲁斯明斯随行 and have followed their journey. They brought along scientist Bruce Means,
他相信这些平顶山有丰富多元的生物 who believes these tepuis are teeming with biodiversity.
他把这个地方视为加拉巴戈群岛，还有许多尚未被发现的物种 He likened it to a hidden Galapagos, full of undiscovered species,
同时希望看到牠们受到保护 and wants to see them protected.
这里每座平顶山几乎都高达一千英呎 - All these tepuis, almost every one, has sometimes up to 1000-foot-tall
都是悬崖峭壁，没有人来这里探索过新的物种 fringing summit cliffs. And none of those have been explored for new species.
我想大多数人都没想到 - I think most people are pretty surprised when they find out
丛林里会有这些疯狂的高山 that there are crazy towers out in the jungle.
像是个神秘的地方 It's like this mythical place, you know,
这里有些东西比你虚构想象得更原始 where there's stuff that's wilder than anything that you could make up,
而且真的存在 and it really exists.
进行首度攀登真的是现代探险 - Doing first ascents, I mean, it really is modern exploration,
因为就这个例子来说你要攀登的是… because you are going onto, you know,
一大块人类还没碰过的石头 in this case, a piece of rock that no human has ever touched.
而且你真的不知道会发现什么 And so, you really don't know what you're gonna find.
你要驾驭你的恐惧 驾驭不确定性 You have to rein in the fear, rein in the uncertainty,
然后保持冷静进入未知 and then just remain calm as you literally step into the unknown.
国家地理探险家
攀登特普伊山脉
圭亚那
我们的探险队，要进入南美洲美丽的心脏平顶山 - We're on an expedition
布鲁斯明斯博士 生物学家 into the glorious heart of South America, the tepuis.
我之前跟布鲁斯来过这里 - I've been here with Bruce before.
上一次是 2006年 所以已经过了15年 The last time I was here was... was 2006. So, it's been 15 years,
我一直想重返旧地 and I've been trying to get back ever since.
当布鲁斯和我第一次到这里探险时 - When Bruce and I did our first expedition here,
我看到他对科学的热情 I witnessed this passion that he had for science.
我知道其中一次探险，他发现九种新的物种 I know on one of the trips, I think he found nine new species.
我当时的反应是“我的天”，他所做的 And I was like, "Oh. Holy..." Like this... this... what he's doing,
基本上是靠一己之力拯救整个地区 he's basically on a one-man mission to save this entire area...
藉由发现与登录新的物种，向全世界证明 by finding and cataloging enough new species to prove to the world
这个无以伦比的多元生物热点，一定要受到保护 that it's this unrivaled biodiversity hotspot that must be protected.
但是他现在快八十岁了 But he's nearly 80 years old now.
还有最后一个地方他无法去 And there's one final place he has never been able to get to
好完成他的工作 to complete his work.
就是这些高耸的峭壁 High on the cliff walls themselves.
所以我找亚历克斯·霍诺德 -So, I called Alex Honnold.
徒手攀岩
亚历克斯是世界上 - Alex is one of the boldest,
最大胆的攀岩者之一，如果还不算最大胆的 if not the single boldest climber in the world.
我跟他说我们打算怎么做，亚历克斯很喜欢这个想法 I told him what we were gonna try to do. And Alex loved the idea
就是带布鲁斯到峭壁上，而亚历克斯就是“我可以”那种人 of getting Bruce up the cliff, and Alex is a can-do kind of guy.
他也希望能做到 And he wants to make it happen.
这样的探险，有一个知名的生物学家随行 - A trip like this with a renowned biologist,
还有很棒的团队 很酷的目标 with a great team, with a cool objective.
这种机会不常有 I mean, it's not the kind of thing that comes along all the time.
是我这辈子一直想做的事 It's something that I've always wanted to do in my life.
这次探险我的角色就是成功攀登峭壁 My role on the trip is to make sure that we successfully climb the wall.
尤其是带着一个80岁的老人 And I think that, you know, particularly with an 80-year-old man,
我们要非常小心 I mean... ...we're gonna be pretty careful about it.
但我想会蛮可怕的 But I think it'll be really scary.
四千英呎， -- Four thousand feet,
我们在3750英呎的地方偏离 -是最靠近峭壁还是… I had us veering off down at 3,750, which is the closest to the wall, or...
-但那是垂直两千英呎？ - But that's, like, 2,000 feet of vertical, huh?
-布鲁斯 这样可以吗？ -哦 对 -Bruce, is that adequate for you? -- Oh, yeah. Yeah.
应该能采集到样本 I should be able to get specimens.
要放到博物馆 标示是你发现的 They have to be in museums to document that you found them,
而且我需要收集到一点DNA and I need to get a little DNA from them.
你不觉得他们也要找一个小区域吗？ And then don't you think, they have to deal also with a small area?
-对 -小 -- Yeah. -- Small.
-如果我们能让你到山顶… -对 我们就会知道 -If we can just get you to the top... -- Yeah. Then we'll know.
然后你可以展开全面调查 ...and, uh, you can do the full survey.
最好的情况就是峭壁够陡峭 The very best-case scenario would be that the wall is steep enough
绳索可以直接往下垂降 that the rope basically hangs freely down in a plumb line.
我们基本上就把他拉上去，就像拉一个袋子 And then we basically haul him the way that you would haul a bag, like...
基本上他只要坐在一张小椅子上 he would basically just be sitting on a little chair,
慢慢沿着峭壁往上，享受风景 寻找物种 just slowly levitating up the wall, enjoying the view, looking for species.
好 但如果岩面没有突起的地方呢？ Okay, but what if... what if it's not overhanging?
那我们就要随机应变 Then we'll have to do some improvising.
还好你带了一个攀岩好手一起来，我们会想办法解决 Thankfully, you brought a climber with you, and we'll sort it out,
好吗？ 好 我有霍诺德 但问题是霍诺德 -you know? -Yeah, well, I have Honnold to take.
就算他充满热诚，他一个人拉不动布鲁斯 But the problem is that Honnold, even though he's all gung ho, he can't haul Bruce himself.
不 所以我们才有一个团队，-他需要协助 -No, no, but that's why we have a team. -He's gonna need some help.
-对 可能是 -Yeah, that's probably true.
我们攀登的目标在亚马逊丛林深处 - Our climbing objective is deep in the Amazon jungle.
前面的景观大概就是这样，要穿越35英哩的丛林 This is what the view looks like ahead. Thirty-five miles of jungle trekking.
很好 布鲁斯 走得很顺 Well done, Bruce, cruising.
跟布鲁斯走在丛林就会非常能珍惜 Being with Bruce in the jungle is an incredible way to appreciate
身边物种的多样性 the diversity of life around.
他知道每件事的背景 I mean, he just knows the backstory of everything.
看！就在那里 是不是很酷？ Oh. Look! Right there. Isn't that cool?
就像跟一个人去参加派对，他认识派对上每个人 It's like going to a party with someone who knows everyone.
他会说那个家伙以前跟那个女的约会，然后他们聊天 He's like, "That guy used to date that girl, and then they hung out,
还有那个人…就像他知道所有人的关系 "and then that person..." You know, he knows all the relationships.
我觉得当你更你珍惜丛林生态的 And I think that as you appreciate the complex web of relationships
复杂脉络 就会更想深入了解 in the jungle more, it makes it much more engaging.
大伙儿 看到好东西了 - Oh! Oh! Oh! Something good, y'all.
蜘蛛属于掠夺性动物，牠们通常残食彼此 Spiders are predacious, and they usually eat each other,
所以都会独居 so they're usually solitary.
但是有些蜘蛛会群居，这就是其中一种 But there are some that are colonial. And this is one of them.
很酷 哇 That is cool. Wow.
他对大自然的热情带给我很大的启发 His passion for nature is so inspiring to me.
不光是他是一个生物学家，还有他这个人 Inspiring... not only as a biologist,
能跟他一起探险是我的荣幸 but as a person. And I'm honored to be in an expedition with him.
这次探险算是，我在南美洲所有努力的巅峰 - This expedition is, uh, sort of the culmination of all my work in South America.
我从小就珍惜大自然 This all started, you know, as a child when I began to appreciate nature
想知道每件事背后的意义 and wonder about the meaning of everything.
大概九或十岁时 我开始对进化着迷 And I soon became fascinated by nine or ten years old with evolution.
所以我抓蜥蜴跟蛇 狼蛛和蝎子 So, I caught lizards, and snakes, and tarantulas, and scorpions.
把牠们放在罐子里 Kept them in jars.
这个很酷 看到这个黄色小尾巴的尖端吗？ Oh. This is cool. You see the little yellow tail tip?
牠上来了 He's coming up.
最终带我来到这个很美丽的地区 And ultimately, it led me to this wonderful region...
-不 不要跳 -然后我爱上平顶山 -No, no, don't jump. -...and then fell in love with tepuis.
不要跳下去 很好 Don't jump off. There we go.
平顶山有点像天空的岛屿 - Tepuis are sort of islands in the sky.
它们可能是几百万年前 They were probably eroded into the sandstone from Africa
当南美洲还与非洲相连时 when South America and Africa were connected
非洲风化而成的沙岩 millions and millions of years ago.
这次探险是首度有人，企图登上平顶山峭壁 This expedition's the first expedition to attempt to look at the walls of tepuis
看看这些峭壁是否有独特的动植物 to see whether there are unique flora and fauna growing on those walls.
希望藉由评估这个特定区域 Hopefully, by assessing the species' richness
物种的丰富性 能敦促政府领导者 of this particular area, may compel government leaders
还有圭亚那的人民 and the people of Guyana
想要保护这个不凡又美丽的地方 to want to conserve this fabulous, beautiful place.
这样他的梦想就成真 - This is his dream come true.
这次旅行可能是他最重要的成就 This... this trip, you know, could be kind of his magnum opus.
好酷 哇 - That is cool. Wow.
他已经到平顶山探险过33次，从来没有上过峭壁 - He's been on, uh, 33 tepui expeditions. He's never been on the cliff.
所以那就是我们的任务 带布鲁斯 And so, that's what we're here to do, is to take Bruce on a journey
登上平顶山顶端寻找新的物种 up to the top of the tepui itself to look for new species,
登录这些物种，看看到底有哪些东西 and to catalog, you know, what exists in this really, you know,
存在于这个科学家，还没探索过的独特的地方 unique place in the world that scientists haven't really explored.
第六天
特洛伊 今天天气怎么样？ - Hey, Troy, how's the weather today?
天气不太好也不太糟
天气还好
-是…我们照计划进行？ -对 对 -- It's uh, we... -Yeah. Yeah.
-没问题？ -没问题 -Yeah. -- No problem?
穿越丛林前往平顶山 - Hiking through the jungle to approach the tepuis
是个有趣的体验 因为从雨林开始 is sort of an interesting experience, 'cause you start in the rainforest,
就像爬山 走过树根 跨越溪流 which is technical hiking, you know, stepping over roots, crossing streams.
然后一天比一天难走 And then each day gets progressively harder and harder
当你越靠近平顶山，越靠近那些大石壁 as you get closer to the tepuis, closer to the, uh, actual big walls,
因为地形越来越陡 丛林越来越茂密 because the terrain gets steeper and more vegetating.
难度越来越高 You know, it just steadily builds on you the whole way.
你心里想“只会越来越难走，只会越来越难走！” You're like, Oh. It just keeps getting worse. It keeps getting worse!
当你在这样的丛林 面对的就是一场 - It's a war of attrition against the mud and saturation
对抗泥泞与茂密丛林的耗损战 对 很困难 when you're in these forests. So, it's hard.
有点累了 Getting a little tiring now.
我想我今天大概走了 I think I've been doing this today...
快六个小时 ...almost six hours.
我有点担心布鲁斯 - I'm a little concerned about Bruce.
因为地形越来越陡 越来越复杂 Because the terrain is getting steeper and more complicated.
布鲁斯比我们预期走更慢 Bruce is, you know, just moving more slowly than we all anticipated.
行动也越困难 我想连他都没想到 With more difficulty. I think even he's, like, surprised
他会走得这么辛苦 at how hard he's getting his butt kicked.
布鲁斯 你还可以吧？ -Okay there, Bruce?
-我还好 -你可以？ -I'm all right. -You okay?
-对 -好 -Yeah. -Okay.
路很难走 别担心我们是否能成功 It's hard, you know, not to worry whether we're gonna be able to pull this off.
继续走就是了 Keep on trucking!
-再走四天就到双落 -对 -Only four more days to Double Drop. -- Yeah.
然后我们来到充满挑战性的地方 - Then we get to the gnarly part.
第十天
小心 慢慢来 Careful, take it slow.
这一段路对布鲁斯会很危险 Oh. This is gonna be so treacherous for Bruce.
他来到最陡峭的部分，所以要穿上护具 He just got to the steepest part. So he's putting on a harness,
马克也许会给他绳索 and Mark is gonna maybe put him on belay.
一方面看起来好像简单 It's like, in a way, it's kind of easy,
但是换个角度是，如果摔下去可能会死 所以… but in a way, it's... if you fell, you would possibly die, so...
阿卡瓦尤人架了这个不稳固的梯子 - The Akawaios built this rickety ladder.
一次只能走一个人 - Going one at a time.
-对 每一阶距离都很大 -对 我看到了 - Yeah, they're big steps. - Yeah, I see that.
对我很困难 要屈膝 That's a problem for me, is, uh... is bending my knees.
对 我看得到要踩哪里 Yes, I can see what I'm doing.
看看这里 Let's see here.
太棒了 布鲁斯 快到了 你真厉害 - Awesome, Bruce. We're almost there. You're a trooper.
嘿 - Hey.
真的很厉害 Dude, that was an... that was an incredible effort.
现在大概还要再走十分钟泥泞的山路 -Now, you just gotta slip and slide -We made it. through the mud for about ten more minutes.
泥泞我可以应付 Oh, mud I can do.
碰到些困难 吃了一些苦 - There's a bit of misery and there's some suffering,
但是收获 真的让人叹为观止 but the payout, it's stuff that completely blows your mind.
大本营，双落瀑布
我喜欢！我等不及要下水 -Oh. I love it! I can't wait to get in that water.
-欢迎光临双落！ -看我的 -- Welcome to Double Drop! -Hot dog.
那一刻布鲁斯真的好开心 - That was a... a really big moment for Bruce.
我知道这里是地表上，他最喜欢的地方之一 I know it's one of his favorite places on Earth.
而且我知道光是走到这里，他的梦想就有一部份成真了 And I know it was part of his dream just to get there.
这里就是我的香格里拉 - This is my Shangri-la!
这是我见过 It's...
最有野性 最原始 人迹最稀少，又最美丽的地方 the most wild, pristine... remote, beautiful place I've been on the planet.
我不敢相信我还能再来一次 I can't believe I was able to return... one last time.
那一刻真的很棒 但同时 - It was an awesome moment, but at the same time,
我们也更深入蛮荒 we were getting deeper and deeper into the middle of nowhere,
到有点吓人的程度 and getting, you know, committed to a scary degree.
我看着要去的地方 心里想 I was looking at the approach and thinking,
“我们要怎么让布鲁斯，穿越这样的地形？” "How in the world are we gonna get Bruce through this terrain?"
哦 老天 Oh, my God.
马克 你看到什么？ - Mark, what have we got?
那是维阿西普 - There's Wei-Assipu.
看起来好危险 - That looks... gnarly.
要爬上去不容易 -Like, climbing that is not gonna be easy.
尤其是要带一个八十岁的老人上去 Especially not bringing an 80-year-old up it.
第十一天
所有的挑夫都在帮布鲁斯 All the porters are helping Bruce
抓青蛙 蜥蜴 蛇 蜘蛛 to get all the frogs, lizards, snakes, spiders.
营地很疯狂 -Uh. It's madness in camp.
你有一只很大的狼蛛 - Oh. You got a big tarantula.
巨人食鸟蛛 世界上最大的蜘蛛 The goliath spider, the largest spider in the world.
特别是这一个地区 In this particular part of the world,
动植物的种类归纳还没有完成 the original inventory of the animals and plants here has not been completed.
这条蛇吃蜗牛 -This snake eats snails.
就在我们发现更多物种时，我们开始了解 And now, we're starting to find that as we discover more and more species,
这个生物多元性热区变得越来越重要 it's becoming a more and more important biodiversity hotspot.
拼图的最后一块 The final piece of the puzzle
就是发掘住在平顶山峭壁上的生物 is discovering what lives up on the tepui walls.
这是一个很极端的地方 It's such an extreme place to get to.
科学家还无法来探索 Scientists have simply not been able to explore it.
所以我答应布鲁斯他能登上峭壁 - So, I've been promising Bruce that he's gonna get up the wall,
但我不知道怎么带他上去 but I don't really know how it's going to happen yet.
可能需要 I mean, it's probably gonna involve
结合技巧与策略 但此刻 some hybrid combination of techniques and strategies. But at this point,
所面对的挑战，是让一个八十岁的老人穿越丛林 the challenge is trekking through the jungle as an 80-year-old.
在我们看到布鲁斯累成那样之后，亚历克斯 福科 和我 After we saw how bad Bruce got beaten up, Alex, Fuco, and I
都觉得“哇” were already like, "Wow."
然后情况变得明朗 -- And it became apparent
他需要的时间比我们预期多很多 that it was going to take him a lot longer than we had anticipated
才能抵达峭壁下面 to get to the base of the wall.
我想我们要把 What we're going to do, I think is we're going to halve the distance
每天的脚程减半 that we were going to be covering each day.
也就是说前往平顶山这段路，要花两倍时间 So, that does mean that the approach is gonna take twice as long.
不 那表示布鲁斯的部分可以减半 But, no, it means that Bruce can do half the distance,
但也许我们依旧能走全程 but maybe we still do full distance for some of it
确保峭壁… to make sure that the weight of the wall...
我是说我们可以分批走 有所进展 I mean, we can divide and conquer a little bit.
对 我们要… Yeah, we have to... we have to...
这件事我们晚餐时应该讨论 That's what we should talk about at dinner.
-对 好 我想是 -因为我们绝对可以 -Yes, I guess. Yeah. -'Cause there's definitely a world
让装备和攀岩团队照进度 in which the gear and the climbing team sticks to the same schedule.
布鲁斯可以照他的脚程 不会有问题 Bruce takes whatever pace he needs, and it all works out fine.
我最担心的是我的年纪和体能状况，可能让探险队气馁 My biggest fear would be that my age and my physical ability might deter
或放慢探险队的脚程 这点我很担心 or might somehow slow up the expedition. That bothers me, worries me a lot.
我们可以做的就是 The one thing that we could do is, we move forward
让挑夫和开路的人先走 with the porters, you know, with the line cutters.
我们把路开到峭壁底下 And we blaze the trail to the base of the cliff while Bruce stays and does his stuff
然后布鲁斯待在双落忙他的事 -at Double Drop. -- Hmm.
路开好了我们可以折返 Then the trail is in, and then either we double back,
也许花点时间跟他在一起 maybe to spend some time with him,
-或者我们开始准备攀登 -好 -or we just start working on the climb. -- But...
-然后牠可以赶上来 -这样有道理 -And he's catching up. -- It makes sense.
我想兵分两路行得通，至少对团队大多数人来说 I think half-camps make sense, at least for, you know, the majority of the team.
因为我想安全是首要考虑 布莱恩艾文，团队医生 Um, you know, 'cause safety I think is the...
确实， 优先事项 -- For sure. -...really has to be a priority.
你们想怎么做我都支持，我不会坚持什么 - I'm for whatever you guys wanna do. I'm not pushing for anything.
我可以找事情做 I mean, I'm okay with doing a little, single thing,
因为我喜欢一个人在丛林里 'cause I like to be out a little, out in the woods all alone,
我过去很多年都这样，但我八十岁了 快八十了 and I've done that for years and years. But I'm 80, almost 80, you know?
昨天我跌倒那几次都可能摔断骨头 Yesterday, I had several potential bone-breaking falls.
-还有… -我们要把跌倒的次数减到零 -And... -We need to reduce that down to nil.
-对 -那… -- Yeah. Yeah. -And that's...
看来我们都同意要兵分两路 It seems like we all agree that we're gonna split legs,
你照你们的脚程 没问题 you're gonna pace yourself. It's gonna be great.
就这样 -- That's it. -- So, we have a plan
好 接下来两天我们打算好了 for the next couple of days.
-当然 -酷 我们休息吧 -- Cool. Let's go to bed. -- Sure.
-好 -你要休息了 -Yep. -You gotta get to sleep.
明天很漫长 We have another big day tomorrow.
-好 -就这样吧 -Okay. -Let's wrap it up.
我进行的研究，可以说是显著水平的科学 - The kind of research I do, you could call it alpha level science.
我到野外看看能找到什么 I'm going out in nature, and I'm looking to see what I can find there.
如果我们能在峭壁上 It'll be a real delightful surprise
找到科学上的新物种那就太好了 if we were to find something new to science on a cliff.
我找不到比马克和亚历克斯·霍诺德，更好的人选 I mean, I couldn't ask for better than Mark and Alex Honnold
试着带我上峭壁 to try to get me up that wall.
第十二天
再见 兄弟们 -See you, boys.
-好 我们上头见 -好 -- All right. -All right, we'll see you up there.
-好 走吧 -今天 -- Oh, yeah. Here we go. -- Today's the day
希望我们终于能抵达山壁 when we are hopefully getting to the wall, at long last.
完全是未知 没有人上去过 Total unknown. No one has ever been up there.
对这次探险来说 今天非常重要 Today's a really big, important day for the expedition.
美洲原住民是丛林里的专家 The Amerindians are specialists of the jungle.
他们很擅长穿越这样的地形 - They're just good at moving through the terrain.
跟他们相反的是我们的团队 And then at the other end of the spectrum, you have our whole team,
我们不知道怎么穿越丛林 and we don't even know how to hike through the jungle.
我在丛林里会失去方向，不知道要往哪里走 I can't orienteer in the jungle at all. I don't know where we're going.
他们知道该怎么走，就让他们带头吧 They've got a plan and let's just let them, uh, execute their vision.
看到那边橘色峭壁了吗？ You guys see that orange wall right there?
看到了 Yeah.
-左边 -左边 -On the left. -On the left.
-对， -那就是我们要去的地方 -Yeah. -- That's where we're trying to get.
好 富兰克林·乔治，阿卡瓦尤向导 - Okay.
你们想看山脊吗？ -You guys wanna see the ridge?
-看看那玩意好能飞！ -再见 无人机 -- Look at that thing go! -- Goodbye, drone.
我们从山径上看到山壁 - We saw the wall from the trail,
开始计划要从哪里攀爬 and we started planning where we could climb.
我可以拍低一点 Think I can go lower, too.
对 这里…山脊的树木绕过去 Yeah, this is... this is the ridge wood turning around.
在这边 右边这边 -- Mm-hmm. -And it's over this side,
直接往下到另一边 to the right side, it's straight down and over the side.
最好往下切 多切到布鲁斯前面 - Better to cut down and cut more in front of Bruce.
看看有多高 - It's fricking tall, dude.
看看沿着右边橘色峭壁上的植被 Well, look at all the veg along to the right of the orange face.
-看到太阳照在上面了吗？ -看 那个就是 -You see that with the sun now? -- Well, see... that's the shelf
我们说的横架，也许那里有条水平路径 that we were talking about. Maybe there's a traverse.
-可以看得出来 -对 -You could just sort of see it. -- Yeah.
当我们试着认出峭壁的特色时 - When we saw the features that we were trying to recognize,
我们大概就知道该从哪里开始 we pretty much knew where to go.
成功 -Success!
从远处看 平顶山像座小岛 - You look out to the distance and it's like a whole little island,
但是要抵达那里的路径其实很复杂 but getting to the wall is actually incredibly complicated.
想象很厚 又很深 - It's like if you imagine just the thickest, like, deep, deep,
就像泥炭苔藓之类的 like, peat moss or something.
小心那些洞 - Watch out for holes.
要在很窄的小圆木上保持平衡 You're balancing on this skinny little log,
如果滑倒就会掉入很深的裂缝 and if you slip on this, you're falling down into this deep crevasse.
我不知道造怎么让布鲁斯走过来 I don't know how we're gonna get Bruce up through this.
真的很疯狂 - It's pretty crazy right there.
这我走过最危险的山路 -- Just simply the most treacherous...stuff that I've ever had to move through.
因此，要求更多 -- So, this will require more...
如果要让布鲁斯轻松穿越丛林，光靠电锯还不够 more than a chainsaw for making it easy for Bruce.
-可能要用直升机 -对 -Or a helicopter. -- Yeah.
忽然间眼前的丛林开阔了，然后峭壁就在眼前 - All of a sudden, the jungle opens up, and this wall of rock appears.
老天 Holy...
-真是够了 -太疯狂了 -Dude, this is so sick! -- This is insane.
真的很疯狂 - It was crazy. It was crazy,
我们就在丛林深处，我猜 but, uh, here we are, deep in the jungle, so, I guess,
我们真的要攀登那个峭壁 at this point, I guess, we're actually gonna climb the wall.
走过今天这段路 我有点无法… After what we just went through today, it's kind of impossible for me to...
想象布鲁斯要怎么走过来 to picture Bruce coming up that.
我从没走过那么难走的山路 That was beyond anything that I've ever done.
所以对 那是个问题 So, yeah. So, that's a problem.
丛林营地
哦 老天 Oh, my gosh!
今天绝对是… Well, this definitely, today... was, uh...
最难走的一天 因为一整天都是上坡 ...right up there with the most strenuous day because I was going uphill all day.
对 我担心布鲁斯 我的直觉是 Yeah. I'm worried, Bruce. It's my gut feeling that...
如果我们继续走 可能危及你的性命 if we push on, we're risking your life.
哦 老天 Oh, boy.
可以先看马克怎么说好吗？ Can we wait to see what Mark says?
当然 我想这件事应该由团队决定 Absolutely, you know, I think this will need to be a team decision.
-但我的看法是… -你的… -But my opinion is that... -Well, yours is...
-这种事… -…你是医生 -That this is... -...you're the medical one.
不值得你冒生命危险 我们真的 ...not worth risking your life for. -And that we're really...
进入一个 ...going into a territory that...
我们无法克服危险的领域 has hazards that we can't mitigate.
-马克 -马克 - Mark, Mark.
布鲁斯 很高兴听到你的声音，你怎么样？听起来有点累 Hey, Bruce, great to hear your voice, man. How you doing? You sound a little beat.
我要听听你的说法 但是 - I need to hear from you, but,
就是你对于我到上面的看法 结束 let's see what your point of view is about me coming up there. Over.
好 我们和你之间这段山路的地形 Yeah, so, the terrain, um, in between us and you
真的太险峻 而且 is... is just way too, too serious, and, um...
太危险 ...too dangerous really, I think...
我们不放心让你过来 for... for us to feel good about you moving up through it.
我们担心你会受伤 那样… We're just worried, you know, that... that... that you get hurt.
我们无法营救你 结束 There'd be no real way for us to evacuate you. Over.
我了解 我并不开心， - I understand. I'm not happy about it,
但这次探险成功与否 but the, uh, success of the expedition
取决于我和团队的人不会严重受伤 depends on me and everybody else not getting terribly injured.
你们继续沿路采样 You guys can continue the elevational transect.
任何你们能找到的 特别是福科 So, anything you guys obtain, and Fuco especially,
他蛮了解爬行类动物 who knows the herpetofauna pretty well, if you can grab it and bag it for me.
只要能抓得到就用袋子帮我装起来
等你们回到这里时， And when you get back down here,
我们就有完整的采样 we will have completed the entire transect.
我会把史塔方尼亚属的，一种动物绘图送过去给你们 I will send a drawing of a species of Stefania up there
那是新的动物 你们很可能会发现 that is new to science, and you're very likely to get.
你们在峭壁还有 So, anything and everything that you guys do
山顶上，所做的一切 while you're on the wall and on the summit
对于我们的探险队都是一大贡献，即使我不在那里 will benefit our expedition greatly, even if I'm not up there myself.
好 布鲁斯 我会尽力试着帮你，找到这只幸运的史坦方尼亚 Okay, Bruce. I'm gonna do my best to try to find the... the lucky Stefania.
太好了 福科 我知道，如果有人办得到 那个人就是你 - Fantastic, Fuco. I know if anybody can do it, it'll be you.
通话结束 Over and out.
我在平顶山的山脚下已经发现过几种 I've already found several new species of frogs in the genus Stefania
史塔方尼亚属的青蛙 at the base of the tepui.
我的理论是我们在平顶山的山顶，应该能发现 My theory is that we should discover a new species of Stefania
史塔方尼亚属的新物种 that evolved on the top of the tepui.
我觉得我让团队失望了 I... ...felt like I was letting the team down.
因为我想自己去，但我尊重他们的建议 Because I wanted to do it myself, but I respected their...their advice.
希望我能活着回家 Hopefully, to the likelihood of me getting home alive.
峭壁营地
哦 老天 Oh, my God. Holy...
云层终于首度散去 The clouds just lifted out for the first time in forever.
彩虹 Rainbow! Rainbow!
老天 辛苦都值得了 God, this kinda makes it all worthwhile.
-看到蓝天很开心 -目前为止看到最棒的 -- You pumped to see some blue? -Best view so far.
彩虹 - Rainbows!
美得让人屏息 This is absolutely breathtaking.
这是我在山上见过最戏剧化的风景 The most dramatic scene I... I think I've ever witnessed in the mountains.
准备攀岩的东西 我们终于要出发了 Packing for the wall. We're finally launching.
-福科 挑夫刚送来的 -我看看 -Fuco, that just came up with the porters. -Let me take a look.
那个素描就是我们要找的青蛙？ Is that... Oh, that's the sketch for the frog we're looking for?
对 Yep.
-哇 -哇 好酷 -Oh, wow. -- Wow, that's so cool.
这就是布鲁斯，希望我们在峭壁上找的青蛙 This is the frog that Bruce wants us to look for up on the wall.
史塔方尼亚的新物种 -- Mm-hmm. -- New species of Stefania...
-听起来像… -来自维阿西普山顶 -Sounds like a... ...from the summit of Wei-Assipu.
我对于生物有某种程度的专业 I do have some degree of expertise in... in the field of biology.
所以我身负重任，要当布鲁斯在峭壁上的眼睛 So, I feel the responsibility... to be an eye for Bruce on the wall.
我们要开始攀登 We're gonna start the route.
该戴上安全帽 Time to don the helmet.
戴上护具 一切准备好 真棒 Harness on. Get racked up. Yeah, it's awesome.
好 攀岩吧 - Okay. Climbing.
上去了 - On the way.
从来没有人爬过这个峭壁 - This cliff has never been climbed.
所以我们打算边爬攀爬边找路线 So, the plan is to work our way up the rock, and find the route as we go.
峭壁营地
在八百英呎有个断层，我们希望能在那里扎营 After about 800 feet, there's a ledge where we can hopefully set up camp.
从那里我们横向沿着断层，一路攻顶到平台 From there, we'll traverse the ledge all the way to the summit plateau,
断层营区
然后沿路寻找青蛙和其它生物 searching for frogs and other creatures all along the way.
山顶 平台
再上去一点有个水平的缝 - A little bit higher up, there's a nice horizontal crack
你可以打根钉子进去 where you might just get a bomber pin.
如果有什么不太稳的地方跟我说 Let me know if you've come across anything sketchy.
好 这里有点不太稳 - Yep. This is actually a little sketchy.
好 -- Okay.
-这里石块很松动 -对 看起来是 -This is all loose here. -- Yeah. It seems like it.
对 真是疯狂 石头 - Yeah. It's crazy, like, how the rock is both, like,
同时有不好跟很好的一面 so bad and so good in some ways.
你要小心 - You have to be careful.
第一次攀岩有很多松动的石块 - On a... on a first ascent, there's going to be loose rocks.
很多那样的情况 你知道？ - A lot of stuff like that going on, you know?
那可能是开辟新路径时 - That's probably the biggest hazard that you face when you're, you know,
碰到最危险的事， pioneering a new route.
我们说的石块可能很大 I mean, we're talking things that can be huge,
像校车那么大 你知道 like pieces of rock the size of a school bus.
You know, something like that comes off
攀岩时如果有那样的石块掉下来，绝对会让你没命 when you're climbing could definitely kill you.
不知道能相信什么 Just don't know what you can trust.
-福科 仔细看我 -好 我知道 -Watch me good, Fuco. -- Yep, got you.
很多松动的…
好 - Okay!
对 - Yeah.
耶 -Yeah!
-刚刚那一段很难 -没错 -That's hard. -- It was.
-完成第一段， -好冷 First patch. ...So cold. Whoo!
好耶 Nice job!
哇 他们有说要从哪里爬吗？ - Wow. So, did they say where they're going up?
我猜是中间那里 Right... right up the middle there, I guess.
我从空中的卫星照片看过这个地方 I've seen this scene from the air in satellite photos.
但是真正来到这个地方 But to actually be here
比空拍的照片更叫人赞叹 is more breathtaking than any aerial shot could ever be.
我真的很高兴峭壁有突起的断层 It's really exciting to me that the cliff itself has ledges,
还有裂缝和深沟 and other places, cracks, and fissures
植物可以在那样的地方生长，我感兴趣的动物 where vegetation grows. And those are very likely spots
很可能就会住在那些地方 where some of the animals I'm interested in could live.
如果福科 马克 和亚历克斯，能在峭壁上找到任何动物 And if Fuco, and Mark, and Alex are able to find any animals on the cliff,
像是青蛙或蜥蜴，真的会是很棒的发现 like frogs or lizards, it'll be a really great discovery.
没有人研究过那个峭壁，你现在知道为什么了 Nobody's ever... ever done any work on the cliff, as you can see why.
虽然我很失望， - As disappointed as I am
自己无法一路到维阿西普山顶 that I won't be able to personally continue the transect
沿线采集样本 但我很高兴 to the summit of Wei-Assipu, I'm very happy
同事们正在帮我 that colleagues are doing that for me.
我能自已一个人在这个人间天堂 And, uh, I'm going to be able to spend a week in this paradise
待上一星期 right here by myself,
看着这里这么多令人惊奇的生物 looking at all those amazing organisms that occur in this site.
我大概能在这里一个星期，我可以晚上出去四处看 And here I am situated for maybe a week to be able to go out at night and look at,
去寻找我热爱的生物然后拍照 and study, and photograph, uh, creatures I love.
我们的搜寻区从我的丛林营地， Our search zone extends from my jungle camp
一路到平顶山的山顶 to the top of the tepui.
整个区域都有很多尚未被发掘的物种 This entire area is full of undiscovered species.
这只小青蛙是我从没见过的 And that little frog, right there, I've never seen anything like it.
所以我们又找到一种新的动物 So, here we got another new species.
-好酷 恭喜 -对 - It's so cool. -- Yeah. -- Congrats.
这个能列入我们对这一区， - This will help add
所做的生物多样性统计 to the biodiversity inventory we're making of the area,
最终也能帮助保育 and, uh, could aid in its conservation ultimately.
很酷 一个田野生物学家的梦想 Pretty cool. A field biologist's dream.
-看起来怎么样？ -蛮疯狂的 -- How does it look? -- Pretty wild!
攀岩其中一个最困难的挑战 - One of the most challenging things in climbing, in general,
就是对未知的恐惧 is fear of the unknown.
基本上碰到危险时 And basically, keeping your mind under control
要控制你的心智 as you encounter difficulties.
第一次基本上会放大未知的恐惧 And first ascents are basically an amplified version of that experience,
因为这是第一次，真的不知道会碰上什么 because when you're doing a first ascent, you really don't know what's there,
你头上可能什么都有，谁知道会怎么样 could be anything above you. It's like, who knows what's gonna happen?
我们在这里 给马克绳索 这可能是 We are up here, belaying Mark on what might wind up
这个路径最困难的部分之一，他带头爬上这个大水平岩壁 being one of the cruxes of this route. He uh... he's leading this big roof.
水平岩壁
水平岩壁就是峭壁表面突起来的地方 - A roof is an overhang that juts out from the cliff face.
两百英呎 这个大概在两百英呎高的地方，真的不简单 This one is about 200 feet up the route, and there's really no easy way around it.
看我 正在看 -Watch me. -- Watching you.
这个水平岩壁看起来真的不太好 - The roof is really, uh, not looking good.
有点极端 It's... it's... it's kind of extreme.
我试着想如果换成是你会怎么做， I'm trying to think what you would do if you were here.
但我不太确定 But I'm not really sure.
好 认为怎么样最好就去做 但是… Okay, well, you gotta do what you think is best, but...
重点是你觉得，我们从哪里可以穿过那个水平岩层？ Well, the main thing is where you think you can penetrate the roof, you know?
水平岩层上有个裂缝 但非常小 - There's a crack going out the roof, but it's wicked thin,
几乎不存在 我们就是要到那里 kind of like barely there, and that's where we want to be,
也许你应该上来看看 is over there. You should probably come up and have a look.
好 可以 我上去 - Okay. I mean, yeah, that's fine with me.
亚历克斯沿着绳索往上 - Alex took the rope.
接下来，他就挂在那里 And then the next thing we know, he's, like, just hanging...
像树懒一样 ...like a sloth.
他就…我们心想他打算挑战 And he just... We're like, "Oh! I guess, he's going for it."
好 马克 来吧 这里难度最高 - All right, Mark. Here we go. This is the crux.
好 我罩你 - Okay, I got ya!
-好耶 亚历克斯 -耶 -- Nice, Alex! -- Yeah!
他刚才的表现 - He just totally
是我见过最厉害的攀岩 did one of the most impressive pieces of climbing
就在当场 第一次攀登 that I've ever seen actually just on-site, first ascent,
以非常高的难度挂在水平岩层上 dangling out a roof at a really high degree of difficulty.
结果 And it ended up being
克服这个水平大岩层，给我们一个绝佳的位置 really, the key to the whole route, getting out this giant roof,
继续攀登，就是整个路径最困难的部分 and, um, put us in the perfect position, you know, to continue on from there.
老兄 很棒 Yeah, dude. Nice work!
现在要往哪里去？ Now, where the... do I go?
虽然你有绳子和器材，并不代表你就安全 - Just because you have a rope and equipment
你知道你在很高的地方 doesn't mean that you're actually safe. You know, you are way out there,
就盖亚内陆最偏僻的峭壁上 you are on a remote wall in the far corners of Guyana.
如果受伤了 If you injure yourself, you know,
没有人有办法来救你或帮你 there's no real way that you're going to be rescued or helped.
下面怎么样 福科？ How is it down there, Fuco?
- ...Whoa!
有东西掉了吗？ -- Did something rip?
你拉掉器材还是你掉下去？ - Did you pull gear out or you just fall off?
-掉下去了 -哦 好 酷 -- Just fell off. -- Oh, yeah. Cool.
有点滑 - Feels slippery. Whoo!
要确保一切都很安全 - You have to make sure that things are totally safe.
用这个姿势攀岩很危险 This is a, you know, a scary position to be climbing in.
你觉得像是《巅峰战士》里的场景 And you feel like it's a scene from Cliffhanger or something.
好 福科 -- Yeah, Fuco! -- Whoo!
冠军 -- Campeador.
哇 看看亚历克斯做的 -- Wow, look at what Alex did.
不敢相信这个岩面的角度 - Can't believe how overhanging this... is.
-你就像… -角度很大 -- You're like... -Quite overhanging.
离山壁30到40英呎 ...30 to 40 feet out from the wall.
从这里还要攀爬六百英呎的岩石 - From here, it's still another 600 feet of sheer rock
才能到达我们今晚可以扎营的断层 to reach a ledge where we can set up camp for the night.
六百英呎
这次探险很可惜，可能是我的最后一次 This expedition, unfortunately... this is probably my last...
进入丛林 trip involving...you know, jungle hiking.
我喜欢四处走 I like to walk along...
看着苔藓 slowly... uh, looking at the moss,
我会找到昆虫，会看到我没看过的动物 looking... I'll find an insect, I'll see an animal I wouldn't have seen
如果我走得够快的话 真的，就在一分钟前 if I was cruising along fast.
这个小家伙跳上来 And sure enough, just a minute ago, this little guy hopped up.
是只蟾蜍，蟾蜍是青蛙，但不是所有的青蛙都是蟾蜍 It's a toad. Toads are frogs, not all frogs are toads.
怎么会不爱上牠们呢？ What's not to love?
这里再原始不过了 This is as pristine as it gets.
就我所知只有我们来过这里，这里原始又偏僻 Uh, only our feet have been here that I'm aware of. It's wild, and remote,
而且再美不过了 and beautiful can... as can be.
我只想安静 享受这个地方 I just wanna be quiet and love it.
充分感受这一切 Let it sink in.
我有一天会离开这个世界 I'll be leaving the planet...
我会想念这一切 ...sometime. And I'll miss it.
我即将前往未知的地方 我们在云里 I'm about to head into the unknown here. We're a bit in a cloud,
所以一切都有点湿 这样不太好 so everything's a little wet, which is unfortunate,
会增加攀岩的难度， and makes it obviously a little harder for climbing,
因为手握的地方都是湿的 because all the holds are wet.
但是我们要继续看看会碰到什么状况 But, um, we're just gonna keep going, and see how things play out.
刚才那里是今天难度最高的把手点 That was, like, the hardest crimp today.
好耶 亚历克斯 - Nice, Alex!
对 想确保接下来能一路顺畅 - Yep. Wanna make sure that it feels like a pleasure cruise up here.
福科和我在这里给绳索 -Fuco and I at the belay here.
福科给马克绳索，看得到他在下面吗？ Fuco's belaying Mark, who... let's see. Can we see him below here?
对 他在那里 Oh, yeah, there he is.
他正在往上爬出这片疯狂的云层 He's still climbing up out of the crazy clouds.
我猜就是因为这样，这里才叫云森林 I guess, this is why they call it a cloud forest.
上头的峭壁看起来… The wall above us looks...
我们等一下就知道 看起来很有意思 Well, we'll just see. It looks very interesting.
老天 真的是层层迭迭 - Oh, my God. It's full-on, literally Jenga.
岩石 Rock!
-福科 有点可怕 -对 我知道 -It's a little scary, Fuco. -- Yeah, I know.
只有一个小突起能让我爬上那个断层 There was this lip that I had to turn to get up to the ledge,
几乎每个手抓的地方都要清除石块 and almost every single hold was removable.
我觉得非常挑战又害怕的地方 And the thing that was so challenging and scary for me
就是清除石块时不会摔下去 was that I had to remove it all without falling off.
好 福科 我要继续了 Okay, Fuco, I'm questing on.
耶 Whoo! ...Yeah!
我的绳距就到这里 This is the exit to my pitch.
-怎么样？ -刚才很可怕 -- What's up? -- That was scary.
好 我们办到了 我们在断层上 All right. We... did it. We're on the ledge.
1 2 3 拉 One, two, three! Pull.
好 在那个下面 - Okay, underneath that.
3 Three!
天色渐渐暗了，我们还在拉超大的袋子 - It's getting dark on us, and we're still hauling giant bags.
-好多东西 -1 2 3 -It's so much stuff. -One, two, three!
从生物学的角度来看很有趣 Now, it's going to get interesting from the biology perspective
因为我要找青蛙 because I'm be... I'm gonna be looking for frogs.
我们要在峭壁上扎营 - We're erecting our wall camp.
基本上我们要试着，在这个新家安顿下来 Basically, we're just trying to settle into our new home,
然后从这里攻顶 up toward the top of the cliff.
所以明天的计划，就是我们要从这里横向攀登 So, the plan for tomorrow, we're gonna quest off in this traverse,
然后试着攻顶 across this thing, and try to get to the summit,
我保证会是一段疯狂的冒险 and it's... I guarantee that it's gonna be a... a wild adventure.
明天就是探险 Ex... exploration, that's what it's gonna be tomorrow.
以布鲁斯明斯博士的科学之名探险 Exploration in the name of science. On behalf of Dr. Bruce Means,
我们要试着找到那只青蛙，不是件容易的事 we've gotta try to find the frog. It's not gonna be easy.
断层营地
我们这次探险都跟，《早安美国》的主持人 - We've been checking in from the expedition with Michael Strahan
麦克史塔拉汉联机 from Good Morning America.
第十四天 Giving updates via satphone
用卫星电话把这次探险的进度 还有我们做什么告诉他 of the progress of the expedition and what we're doing.
这次经验很酷 It's pretty cool to be able to share this experience
能跟全世界实时分享 with the world as it happens.
亚历克斯 你怎么样？那里的情况如何？ - Hey, Alex. How you doing, man? How is it going out there?
很棒 我们成功克服，这个巨大平顶山的一部份 Hey, it's going great. We've successfully climbed a portion of this giant tepui.
我们利用这个大断层系统链接到山顶 We've made this large ledge system which will connect to the actual summit.
所以一切都很顺利 And so, things are going great.
我听说布鲁斯的事 - I heard the unfortunate news about Bruce.
怎么回事？最重要的是他还好吗？ So, what happened? And most of all, is he okay?
在前往平顶山的路上，他得留在中途的营地 He has remained in one of the mid camps on the approach to the wall.
我们用无线电，跟他所在的营地保持联系 We do have radio communications with the camp that he's in.
收到 我在这里 - Roger. I'm here.
我再好不过了 I'm as good as can... good can be.
我们发现各种美妙又奇特的新物种 We're finding all kinds of wonderful, exciting, and exotic new species...
能列入世界生物多样性统计调查，也让大家注意到这一区 ...that adds to the world's biodiversity but also brings attention to this area
是生物多样性非常重要的热区 as being a significant biodiversity hotspot.
所以这是团队的努力 还没结束 So, it's a team effort. Uh, it's not over yet.
这个研究还在继续， 我真的很高兴 结束 The search continues, and I am ecstatic. Over.
一切听起来都很棒 All of this sounds absolutely incredible.
但是你们最后攻顶要小心好吗？ But, you guys, you stay safe on the final push to the top, okay?
我们替各位加油 We are... we're rooting for you guys.
攻顶时来到植被的地方 - At the elevations where the vegetation occurs,
这里非常湿 it's very wet,
是青蛙和其它动物的原生地 and prime habitat for all kinds of frogs and other animals.
找到栖息在这些峭壁的脊椎动物 To find a vertebrate animal that's endemic to the cliffs themselves
一定会很棒 会是很棒的发现 would be outstanding, would be a wonderful find.
这看起来很危险 - This looks dangerous.
我要穿过这个小通道上去 沿着那里 ...I'm gonna go up through this little tunnel here. Get along.
我想关键是贴着峭壁走 I think the key is gonna be to stay near the base of the cliff.
要命 好多狼蛛 Holy creepy crawly. Tarantula city.
有些地方是无法穿越的浓密灌木丛 There was spots where it was just impenetrable thickets like this,
你用手拨开 where you're just, like, tearing your way through.
然后我们终于来到维阿西普的山顶平台 山顶平台 Then eventually, we popped out onto the Wei-Assipu summit plateau.
哦 老天 - Oh, my God.
这里看起来太疯狂了 - This is freaking crazy-looking.
看看那边那棵树，好像苏西博士绘本里头的 Look at that tree right there, that's like full-on Dr. Seuss.
因为布鲁斯无法上来，我们在山顶上的任务 Because Bruce couldn't make it up, it was our job on the summit
就是协助他搜寻新的青蛙，好完成他这一生的志业 to help him complete his life's work by searching for new species of frogs.
我们在平台上 不在最高点 We're up on the plateau. We're not on the highest point,
但我们基本上已经来到山顶 but we've basically made it to the top.
仔细看 Keep your eyes out.
这里是青蛙会出没的地方 We're definitely, like, in froggy terrain.
现在我们真的需要天气好起来 This is where now we really need the weather to be good,
因为我们没有可以遮蔽的地方 because now we have no shelter,
当然 and we're out in the open, and, of course...
云刚从平顶山另一头飘过来 the clouds just come up over the side of the tepui.
然后我们继续寻找青蛙 And then we're back into the fog.
我们什么都看不到 然后开始下雨 We can't see anything, and it starts raining.
不 - No.
你会冷吗？过来坐这里 福科 - Are you cold? Come sit right here, Fuco.
我差点失温，我得跟马克爬进岩石下面 - I was almost hypothermic. I had to crawl with Mark
躲在遮雨的斗篷下 inside a poncho, beneath the rock.
两个家伙在遮雨的斗篷下面 - Got two guys under one poncho in this space.
试着在山顶上取暖 Wanna get... trying to stay warm on the summit here.
对 这不是我们希望的登顶荣耀 - Yeah, this isn't exactly the summit glory we were hoping for.
我们还没找到青蛙 我又湿又冷 And we haven't been able to find the frog, and I'm soaked to the bone.
找青蛙 -Looking for frogs.
有点像海底捞针 Sort of like finding a needle in a haystack.
布鲁斯似乎很容易就找到，但其实没那么简单 Bruce seems to find them, no problem, but... ...it's not that easy.
就算你听到青蛙叫声也很难找到
听起来就在树这边 Sounds like it's in the trees up here.
-也许 -对 -Maybe. -- Yeah.
我想到我们应该把焦点，放在有菠萝科植物的地方 I had an idea that we... we should look mostly on the bromeliads,
那里很适合青蛙躲藏 which is the perfect environment for a frog to... to hide.
但我找不到 But I couldn't find it.
-我 要命 -怎么了？ -- Oh! I... Holy... -- What's that?
生物 - Creatures!
-哪种生物？ -蝌蚪 -- What kind? -- Tadpoles!
-抓到一只了 -我抓到一只了 -- Oh, you got one. -- I got one.
哦 老天 我找到一只蝌蚪 Oh, my God. I found a tadpole.
很显然附近一定有青蛙 I mean, obviously, that's a sure sign that there's frogs around here.
嘿 布鲁斯 我是马克 听到请回答 -- Hey, Bruce. It's Mark. Do you copy?
嘿 马克 你们在哪？ 你们到山顶了吗？ Hey, Mark. Where art thou? Have you made it? Over.
我们就在山顶 我们在平台上 - We are indeed up on the top. We're on the plateau.
我们找到一个里面都是蝌蚪的水池 We found a puddle that was just absolutely filled with tadpoles.
太棒了 我太高兴了 - Fantastic.
我很想看看你们找到什么 I could not be more excited. It'll be interesting to see what you got.
如果可以替我用袋子装起来，然后拿回这里 If you can grab it and bag it for me and when you get back down here,
我们就能完成这次沿线采集 we will have completed the entire transect.
小心 结束 Be safe. Over and out.
好 就这样， - Okay, sounds good.
我们很快再跟你联络好吗？结束 We'll check back in with you soon. Okay? Over and out.
原本的目标是带布鲁斯上峭壁顶端 The goal was to get Bruce up to the top of the cliff.
但并却没有完全照计划 It didn't go, you know, perfectly according to plan.
但我们攻顶了 Um. But we did the climb.
第一次登上没有人攀登过的平顶山 A first ascent up a tepui that has never been climbed before.
我们来到山顶 完成沿线采样 - We got to the top, we completed the elevational transect,
而且还找到蝌蚪要带下去给布鲁斯，这可能是新的物种 and we found the tadpoles to bring down to Bruce which might be a new species.
这就是我们来这里的目的， That's what we came here for.
对我真的很重要 And that's really important to me,
因为我见过这附近其它地方 because I have seen what happens in other places out here,
有伐木跟采矿 the logging and the mining.
我想如果大家知道，知道这里有多神秘 And I think if people know about this place and how magical it is,
就会保护它 they'll protect it.
-嘿…嘿 -嘿 -Hey, guys. Hey. -- Hey!
-嘿 -嘿 -Hey. -Hey!
很高兴见到你 -击掌 -你好吗？ -Good to see you. High five. -How you doing, bud?
不要搞太脏 我全身都是湿的 -Oh. Don't get too dirty. I'm so wet.
嘿 - Hey, dude.
-你在这里 -你好吗？ -There you are. -How are you, bud?
-哦 老天 -我好饿 -- Oh, my God. -- I'm pretty famished, so...
你看起来像瘦了20磅 You look like you've lost about 20 pounds.
-嘿 布鲁斯 -福科 -Hey, Bruce! -Fuco!
我想我们抓到了 -I think we captured it.
-哇 我看看你们找到什么 -很高兴见到你 -Wow. Let's see what you got. -So good to see you, man.
我也是 - Likewise.
这次沿线采样的探险非常成功 This expedition's elevational transect has been hugely successful.
我们现在有完整沿线采集的样本，从山顶 We have the entire transect now, and this part of it that, from the summit,
一路到双落就是我们需要建立的区域 all the way down to Double Drop, is the part we needed to establish.
我们的表现实在太好了，但愿我能跟你们在山上 And, boy, did we do that in spades. So, I wish I'd been up there with you.
那是我内心的渴望， That was something I had deep in my heart.
但你们办到了 为了我们办到了 However, you did it, and you did it for us.
布鲁斯对生物充满热情 - Bruce has an infectious passion for biology.
我觉得我们做的事情很重要，收集新的物种 I feel like we did something that matters.
进行研究 采集DNA To collect new species, to study them, to take DNA samples,
看到从来没有人看过的东西 and to basically see something that no one has ever seen before.
科学带我们走了很长一段路 但是 You know, I mean, science has brought us a long ways, but, I mean,
我们对这个世界的了解还是非常浅薄 we're still barely scratching the surface of what we understand in this world.
平顶山是地表上很特别的地方 - The tepuis are special places on the planet.
那里是我的人生 我的爱，我职业生涯的一部份 And they're part of my life, my love, my career.
所以这次探险，对我来说是最好的礼物之一 And so, this trip is one of the great gifts to me.
希望还有更多机会 And I'd love to do more.
但如果没有 这会是我人生的亮点 But if I don't get to do it, this will be a highlight of my life.
根据布鲁斯采集样本的DNA分析
这次探险他发现五种新的物种
还有许多尚未被发现的动植物
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