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A lot of people's reactions when we told them that we were going to go basically to the North Pole to ride mountain bikes were, are you bringing ice tires?

跟别人说起我们要去北极骑山地自行车时,很多人的反应都是,那你们带防冰轮胎吗?
you know, 'Cause most people think, in the North Pole, they're like, it's going to be cold and full of snow.
你知道嘛,因为大家都觉得,北极,就一定很冷,一定是冰天雪地的。
They don't really realize that there's an arctic desert up there.
他们不知道,北极还有一片沙漠。
My name is Darren Berrecloth.
我叫达伦·拜瑞克劳斯。
I'm from Banker Island, British Columbia, and I'm a professional mountain bike freerider.
我来自不列颠哥伦比亚省的班克岛,是一名专业的山地自行车自由骑行车手。
Freeriding is all about picking your own line, and being free to interpret the mountains in any way that you see fit.
自由骑行就是自己选择路线,喜欢怎么诠释一座山就怎么诠释的一种骑行运动。
Thinking about starting on the horizon right there; it'll be like a drop up onto a rock slab.
我们从那儿的那个山边上骑下来怎么样;那样的话下来我们可能会落到一块大石板上。
The reason that we chose Axel Heiberg Island was because the lines were massive.
我们选择阿克塞尔海伯格岛是因为这里的山线条非常大。
It trumped anything that we ever ridden before, in terms of height and just sheer scale.
无论是海拔还是规模的庞大性,这里都是我们以前骑过的所有地方都无法比拟的。
Alright, boys. Alright. Yeah, boys. Epic time.
准备好了吗,兄弟们。准备好了,兄弟们加油,接下里就看咱们的了。
One of the hardest parts about that whole trip, was just it's remoteness and how far it was from civilization.
整个旅程中最困难的地方就是那里距离人类社会无比偏远。
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If something goes wrong, we were about 12 hours away, in best case scenario, from any hospital or serious help.

如果出现问题,最理想的情况下,到达最近的医院或最近能提供切实帮助的地方都需要12个小时。
The landscape up in the high arctic, it was just, it was breathtaking.
北极高地的风光的确惊艳。
Standing at the top of the line just soaking it all in. It's a pretty rad feeling.
站在山脊的最高处,整个旷野的风景一览无遗,那种感觉简直爽翻了。
One thing that's amazing about mountain biking is the fact that you can take it anywhere.
山地自行车最好的一点就是你想把它带到哪儿就能带到哪儿。
You can climb mountains with it; you can descend mountains with it;
你可以用它登山;也可以用它下山;
you can travel long distances with it;and you can stuff it in a box and fly it around the world.
你可以用它跨过很远的路;也可以打包带着它飞往世界各地。
To go up to the high arctic, 400 miles south of the North Pole and ride my bikes, it's a pretty amazing thing to do.
去到距离北极仅仅400英里(约650公里)的北极高地骑自行车是一件非常神奇的事情。
Check that off the bucket list, for sure.
这件事是一定要从人生清单里划掉的。

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landscape ['lændskeip]

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n. 风景,山水,风景画
v. 美化景观

 
descend [di'send]

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v. 降,传,降临

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pole [pəul]

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n. 杆,柱,极点
v. (用杆)支撑

 
massive ['mæsiv]

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adj. 巨大的,大规模的,大量的,大范围的

 
epic ['epik]

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n. 史诗,叙事诗 adj. 史诗的,叙事诗的,宏大的,

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slab [slæb]

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n. 平板,厚的切片 v. 切成厚板,以平板盖上

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scale [skeil]

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n. 鳞,刻度,衡量,数值范围
v. 依比例决

 
remoteness [ri'məutnis]

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n. 远离,远隔,细微,偏僻

 
sheer [ʃiə]

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adj. 纯粹的,全然的,陡峭的
adv. 完

 
check [tʃek]

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n. 检查,支票,账单,制止,阻止物,检验标准,方格图案

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