英语翻译Deancouldhearthevoicesfromaround40feetbelowhim.“Don’tgiveup,Dean!”UncleJimshoutedencouragingly.“Youcandoit!”“You’realmostthere,”Kurtcalledashepulledonthe36thatensuredhiscousin’ssafety
英语翻译
Deancouldhearthevoicesfromaround40feetbelowhim.“Don’tgiveup,Dean!”UncleJimshoutedencouragingly.“Youcandoit!”“You’realmostthere,”Kurtcalledashepulledonthe36thatensuredhiscousin’ssafety.
KurtandDeanhadjustfinishedhelpingUncleJim37aclimbingwallatacommunitygyminCanterville,Texas.Thewall,madeofconcreteandcrushedgranite(碎石),lookedjustlikeasandstonecliff.Despitehis38ofheights,Deanhadvolunteeredtobethe39toclimbthenewwall.
Deanheardhiscousinanduncle40himonfrombelow,buthedidn’treply.Hewas41thelastsectionoftheartificialrockwalltodetermineanapproachforscalingit.He42hewasonlyafewfeetfromthetop,43ifhefailedtoconcentrateonwhathewasdoing,hecouldfall.
Dean44Kurttoserveashisbelayer,whichisthepersonwhocontrolsaclimber’ssafetyrope.WhileDean45,Kurttooktheslack(partofaropethatisnottight)outofthesafetyropethatwasattachedtothe46ofthewall.Inthatcase,ifDeanstartedtoslip,hewouldfallonlyafewfeet47theropecaughthim.However,Deandidn’twanttofallevenafewfeet;hewastooclosetohis48.
AsDeanheldontotherockface,calculatingeachmovewithgreat49,UncleJimandKurtwatchedintently.50,withaburstofenergy,Deanclimbedoverthelastoutcroppingandshouted,“Ididit!”
UncleJimandKurt51wildly.Deansmiledbroad,andthengrew52again.Fallingtothegroundwasthe53partforhim,andhisuncleandcousinknewit.ThelasttimeDeanhadscaledaclimbingwall,ithadtaken15minutesforhimtogetthe54tocomedown.Astheotherswatchedinexpectation,Dean55histensemuscles,tookadeepbreath,andbackedovertheedge.Insecondshehaddivedmorethan40feettothegymfloor.