美9岁男孩成功登顶南美最高峰

2013-12-30 16:06:52来源：沪江英语网

A 9-year-old boy from Southern California has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina's Aconcagua mountain, which at 22,841 feet (6,962 meters) is the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres.

　　一名来自美国南加州的九岁男孩成为了历史上最年轻的登上阿根廷阿空加瓜山顶峰的人。该山峰是西南半球的最高峰，高达22841英尺(6962米)。

　　Tyler Armstrong of Yorba Linda reached the summit on Christmas Eve with his father Kevin and a Tibetan sherpa, Lhawang Dhondup, who has climbed Mt. Everest multiple times. They were in fine spirits Friday as they left Aconcagua, whose sheer precipices and bitter cold have claimed more than 100 climbers' lives.

　　圣诞节前夕，来自约巴林市的泰勒-阿姆斯特朗和父亲凯文，以及曾多次攀爬珠穆朗玛峰的西藏夏尔巴人拉旺顿珠成功到达了阿空加瓜山顶峰。他们周五离开阿空加瓜山时，精神状态良好。据悉，该山峰的悬崖断壁和严寒已经造成100多人死亡。

　　"You can really see the world's atmosphere up there. All the clouds are under you, and it's really cold," Tyler said, describing the summit to The Associated Press. "It doesn't look anything like a kid's drawing of a mountain. It's probably as big as a house at the summit, and then it's a sheer drop."

　　“你真的能在那儿看到大气层。所有的云都在你周围，不过真的很冷，”泰勒这样描述，“这看起来一点也不像我们画的山。山顶像房子那样大，四周是陡峭的山崖。”

　　Only 30 percent of the 7,000 people who obtain permits to climb Aconcagua each year make the summit, said Nicolas Garcia, who handled their logistics from down below. No one under 14 is usually allowed, so the family had to persuade an Argentine judge that Tyler could safely accomplish the feat.

　　在每年申请登山的7000人中只有30%的人能获得许可攀爬阿空加瓜山，后勤负责人尼古拉斯-加西亚说。通常14岁以下是不准上去的，所以阿姆斯特朗家族的人不得不向阿根廷法官保证，泰勒可以安全地完成此次冒险。

　　"Any kid can really do this, all they have to do is try. And set their mind to the goal," said Tyler, who worked out twice a day for a year and a half to prepare for the climb. He also held fundraisers, not only to defray the cost but to raise money for CureDuchenne, which funds muscular dystrophy research.

　　“任何孩子都可以做到，他们需要尝试，并且下定决心。”泰勒说，他一天锻炼两次，花了一年半时间准备攀爬。他还举行了筹款活动，这不仅是为了筹集出行的资金，也是为了资助肌肉萎缩症的研究。

　　"Most people think we as parents are pushing Tyler to do this, when it's completely the opposite. I wouldn't climb it if I didn't have to, but my wife makes me do it to keep watch on him," his father said.

　　父亲凯文-阿姆斯特朗说，“大多数人认为我们作为父母是在逼迫孩子这样做，其实完全相反。如果不是我妻子让我照看着泰勒，我自己是不会想要去登顶的。”

　　Aconcagua's previous record-holder was Matthew Moniz of Boulder, Colorado, who was 10 when he reached the summit in 2008.

　　在泰勒之前，创下阿空加瓜山最年轻攻顶纪录的是美国男孩孟尼兹，他在2008年以10岁年龄挑战成功。

　　Tyler had already climbed the 19,341-foot (5,895-meter) Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 8, and with Aconcagua conquered, is determined to reach all "seven summits," the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.

　　泰勒在8岁时已经成功征服了位于坦桑尼亚的非洲最高峰——海拔5895米的乞力马扎罗山。现在他又成功登顶阿空加瓜山顶峰，因此他下定决心要征服七大洲的最高峰。

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