ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ueli Gegenschatz - Aerialist
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring.

Why you should listen

Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping -- and his utterly jawdropping flight in a wingsuit, a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired getup that let him soar as close as humanly possible to our shared dream of flight. His "addiction to speed" continues to inspire.

A member of the Swiss national paragliding team for four years, Gegenschatz co-founded the Red Bull acro team in 1995. His BASE jumping stunts are the stuff of YouTube legend: the Eiffel Tower; Petronas Towers in KL; the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks all in one day.

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Ueli Gegenschatz: Extreme wingsuit flying

Ueli Gegenschatz 的飛行裝極限跳傘

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「飛行裝跳傘」是極限運動領航的先鋒 — 是會令人振奮與幾乎令人無法置信的膽量的混合體,在這種運動中,高空跳傘者會以時速超過每小時 100 英哩(160 公里)的速度飛越峽谷。Ueli Gegenschatz 向大家解釋他是如何(集為何)這麼做,並且放映了一段會令人驚訝得合不攏嘴的影片。
- Aerialist
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring. Full bio

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I started開始 with paragliding滑翔傘.
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我是從飛行傘開始玩起的。
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Paragliding滑翔傘 is taking服用 off from mountains
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玩飛行傘是從山上跳下,
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with a paraglider滑翔傘, with the possibility可能性 to
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藉由飛行傘,有可能可以飛過國境,
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fly cross-country越野, distance距離,
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穿越很長的一段距離,
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just with the use of thermals暖流 to soar翱翔.
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而僅僅只需使用熱氣流來翱翔。
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Also different不同 aerobatic特技飛行 maneuvers演習 are possible可能
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使用飛行傘,
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with a paraglider滑翔傘.
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也可以做出許多不同的特技動作。
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From there I started開始 with skydiving跳傘.
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因此,我開始嘗試高空跳傘。
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In this picture圖片 you can see
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在這張照片裡,你們可以看到,
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there is a four-way四向 skydive跳傘,
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這是四向高空跳傘,
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four people flying飛行 together一起,
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四個人一同飛翔,
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and on the left hand side it's the camera相機 flier傳單
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在照片左方是負責攝影的跳傘者,
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with the camera相機 mounted安裝 to his helmet頭盔
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攝影機安裝在他的頭盔上,
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so he can film電影 the whole整個 jump,
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所以他可以錄下跳傘的全程經過,
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for the film電影 itself本身 and also for the judging判斷.
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一方面是為了拍攝記錄,同時也可以作為日後參考。
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From regular定期, relative相對的 skydiving跳傘
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從一般的,相對的高空跳傘,
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I went on to freeflyingfreeflying.
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我更進一步接觸高空跳傘。
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FreeflyingFreeflying is more the three-dimensional三維 skydiving跳傘.
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自由高空跳傘是更接近三度立體空間的高空跳傘。
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You can see the skydiver跳傘 with the red suit適合,
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你們可以看到那位穿著紅色傘裝的跳傘者,
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he's in a stand-up站起來 position位置.
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他正處在起立準備的姿勢。
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The one with the yellow-green黃綠色 suit適合,
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那位穿著黃綠色傘裝的先生,
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he's flying飛行 head-down低頭.
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他以頭朝下的姿勢躍出。
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And that's me in the background背景, carving雕刻 around the whole整個 formation編隊
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在背景中的是我,在自由落體狀態下
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in freefall自由落體 also, with the helmet頭盔 cam凸輪
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排列出這整個隊形,同時藉著頭盔上的
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to film電影 this jump.
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攝影機,紀錄這次跳傘的經過。
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From freeflyingfreeflying I went on to skysurfingskysurfing.
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在自由高空跳傘後,我接著進行飛行滑板運動。
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SkysurfingSkysurfing is skydiving跳傘 with a board on the feet.
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飛行滑板是腳上加了一片板狀物的高空跳傘。
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You can imagine想像 with this big surface表面
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你可以想像,有了這一大片
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of a skysurfingskysurfing board,
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空中衝浪板,
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there is a lot of force, a lot of power功率.
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會產生很大的力量,很大的一股力量。
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Of course課程 I can use this power功率
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當然我可以利用這個力量來 —
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for example for nice不錯 spinning紡織 -- we call it "helicopter直升機 moves移動."
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例如說:好好的旋轉 — 我們稱這個動作為直昇機運動。
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From there I went on to wingsuitwingsuit flying飛行.
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在那之後,我接著玩飛行裝跳傘。
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WingsuitWingsuit flying飛行 is a suit適合,
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飛行裝是一種連身套裝,
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that I can make fly, just only with my body身體.
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穿上它後,只要運用我的身體就可以在空中滑翔。
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If I put some tension張力 on my body身體, tension張力 on my suit適合,
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如果我的身體微微用力,在飛行裝上施加一些壓力,
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I can make it fly. And as you see
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我就能使之滑翔。就如同你們現在看到的
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the fall秋季 rate is much much slower比較慢
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下墜率大大的減低,
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because of the bigger surface表面.
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因為飛行裝的接觸面積更大。
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With a proper正確 body身體 position位置 I'm able能夠 to really move移動 forward前鋒
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藉由適當的身體姿勢,我能夠向前推進,
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to gain獲得 quite相當 some distance距離.
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前進一段不算短的距離。
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This is a jump I did in Rio里約熱內盧 de Janeiro里約熱內盧.
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這是我在里約熱內盧所做的一次跳傘。
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You can see the Copacabana科帕卡巴納 on the left-hand左手 side.
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在畫面左邊,你可以看到科帕卡巴納。
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From there with all the skills技能 and knowledge知識
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在那邊,利用我從飛行傘及
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from paragliding滑翔傘 and all the different不同 disciplines學科
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各種領域高空跳傘所學到的所有技巧與知識,
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in skydiving跳傘, I went on to BASE基礎 jumping跳躍.
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我做了基點跳躍。
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BASE基礎 jumping跳躍 is skydiving跳傘 from fixed固定 objects對象,
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基點跳躍是從固定物體上跳下的高空跳傘,
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like buildings房屋, antennae天線, bridges橋樑 and earth地球 --
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像是建築物、天線塔、橋樑和地球 —
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meaning含義 mountains, cliffs懸崖.
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我指的是山脈、懸崖等等。
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It's for sure -- for me -- it's the ultimate最終 feeling感覺
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這的的確確是 — 對我來說 —
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of being存在 in free自由 fall秋季,
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看到所有這些視覺上的參考物,
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with all the visual視覺 references引用.
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真的是親身體驗自由落體的終極體驗。
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So my goal目標 soon不久 was to discover發現 new places地方
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因此我的目標很快地變成發掘新的、
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that nobody沒有人 had jumped跳下 before.
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沒有人在那邊進行過跳傘的場所。
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So in summer夏季 2000 I was the first to BASE基礎 jump
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因此,在 2000 夏天,我成為第一個在
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the Eiger艾格峰 North Face面對 in Switzerland瑞士.
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瑞典艾格峰北坡進行基點跳傘的人。
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Two years年份 after this, I was the first to BASE基礎 jump from Matterhorn馬特,
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兩年後,我是第一個在馬特宏峰進行基點跳傘的人,
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a very famous著名 mountain that probably大概
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那是一座非常有名的山峰,
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everybody每個人 knows知道 in here.
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在座的各位可能都聽過。
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2005 I did a BASE基礎 jump from the Eiger艾格峰, from the Monk and from the Jungfrau少女峰,
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2005 年,我又在艾格峰、僧侶峰與少女峰進行了基點跳傘,
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three very famous著名 mountains in Switzerland瑞士.
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這些分別是瑞典非常有名的三座山峰。
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The special特別 thing on these three jumps跳躍 were,
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這三次跳躍特別的地方在於,
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I hiked上調 them all and climbed爬上 them all in only one day.
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我在一天內完成這三座山峰的健行、攀登與跳躍。
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In 2008 I jumped跳下 the Eiffel艾菲爾 Tower in Paris巴黎.
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2008 年,我從巴黎的艾菲爾鐵塔上跳下。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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So with all this knowledge知識, I also
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憑著所有這些我學到的知識,
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wanted to get into stunts特技.
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我也想要嘗試特技。
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So with some friends朋友 we started開始 to do different不同 tricks技巧,
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因此,和一些朋友一起,我們開始做各種不同的特技,
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like for example this jump here,
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例如說,像這邊這次的跳躍,
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I jumped跳下 from a paraglider滑翔傘.
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我從飛行傘上跳下。
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Or here -- everybody每個人 was freezing冷凍, pretty漂亮 much, except me,
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或是這次,幾乎每個人都要凍僵了,除了我以外,
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because it was very cold in Austria奧地利
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因為那時候奧地利非常的冷,
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where we did this filming拍戲.
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我們就是在那裡拍攝這個影片。
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Everybody每個人 sitting坐在 in a basket,
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每個人都坐在熱氣球的藍子中,
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and I was on top最佳 of the balloon氣球,
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而我在熱氣球頂端,
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ready準備 to slide滑動 down with my skysurfskysurf board.
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準備利用我的空中滑板,從氣球上滑下來。
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Or this jump, from a moving移動 truck卡車 on the highway高速公路.
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又或者像是這次跳躍,從高速公路上正在移動的卡車躍下。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Extreme極端 sports體育 on top最佳 level水平 like this
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像這種頂級難度的極限運動,
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is only possible可能 if you practice實踐 step by step,
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你必須要按部就班的練習,才有可能實現,
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if you really work hard on your skills技能
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而且你必須非常努力地加強你的技巧,
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and on your knowledge知識.
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增進你的知識。
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Of course課程 you need to be in physical物理, very good, condition條件,
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當然,體能上來說,你必須是要在非常好的狀態下,
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so I'm training訓練 a lot.
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因此我經常不斷的在訓練。
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You need to have the best最好 possible可能 equipment設備.
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你必須要盡可能的獲得最好的裝備。
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And probably大概 the most important重要 is
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也許最重要的是
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you have to work on your mental心理 skills技能, mental心理 preparation製備.
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你必須鍛鍊你的心智,讓你的心完全做好準備。
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And all this to come as close as possible可能
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然後,所有的這些都在向
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to the human人的 dream夢想 of being存在 able能夠 to fly.
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人類飛行的夢想盡可能的邁進。
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So for 2009,
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因此,2009 年,
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I'm training訓練 hard for my two new projects項目.
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我非常努力地在為我的兩個新計畫訓練。
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The first one, I want to set a world世界 record記錄
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第一個計畫是,我希望創下
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in flying飛行 from a cliff懸崖 with my wingsuitwingsuit.
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藉由飛行裝從懸崖上飛下的世界紀錄。
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And I want to set a new record記錄,
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同時,我希望創下一個新的紀錄,
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with the longest最長 distance距離 ever flown飛行.
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那就是飛行裝的最遠飛行距離紀錄。
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For my second第二 project項目,
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我的第二個計畫,
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I have a sensational轟動的 idea理念
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我有一個驚人的想法,
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of a jump that never has been doneDONE before.
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這是個從未有人做過的跳躍方式。
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So now, on the following以下 movie電影 you will see
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現在,在接下來的影片中,你們將會看見
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that I'm much better in flying飛行 a wingsuitwingsuit
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我穿著飛行裝飛行的技術,
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than speaking請講 in English英語.
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比起我的英文口說要好得多了。
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Enjoy請享用, and thank you very much.
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請大家欣賞影片,謝謝大家。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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(Applause掌聲)
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June六月 Cohen科恩: I have some questions問題.
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June Cohen: 我有一些問題。
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I think we all might威力 have some questions問題.
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我想我們可能都有一些問題。
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Question one: so does that actually其實 feel
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第一個問題,那感受真的如同
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the way the flying飛行 dream夢想 does?
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在夢中飛行一樣嗎?
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Because it looks容貌 like it might威力.
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因為看起來好像真的在夢中。
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UeliUeli GegenschatzGegenschatz: Pretty漂亮 much. I believe this is probably大概 the closest最近的
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Ueli Gegenschatz: 差不多。我相信這可能是最接近
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possibility可能性 to come to the dream夢想 of being存在 able能夠 to fly.
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實現飛行夢想的方法。
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JCJC: I know the answer回答 to this, but how do you land土地?
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JC: 我知道這個問題的答案,但是,你如何降落?
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UEUE: Parachute降落傘. We have to open打開 a parachute降落傘
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UE: 降落傘。我們必須在接受撞擊(我會這麼形容)前的
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just seconds before, I would say, impact碰撞.
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數秒鐘張開降落傘。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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It's not possible可能 to land土地 a wingsuitwingsuit yet然而.
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至今還不可能只憑著飛行裝著陸。
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JCJC: Yet然而. But people are trying. Are you among其中 those --
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JC: 還不可能。但是人們在嘗試。你在這些人 —
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you're not going to commit承諾 -- are you among其中 those trying to do it?
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我想你不會承認的 — 但是你是想要嘗試這麼做的人之一嗎?
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UEUE: It's a dream夢想. It's a dream夢想. Yeah.
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UE: 那是一個夢想。是一個夢想,是的。
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We're still working加工 on it and we're
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我們還在嘗試中,在此同時,
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developing發展 the wingsuitswingsuits to get better performance性能,
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我們也正在研發具有更好性能的飛行裝,
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to get more knowledge知識.
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以獲得更多知識。
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And I believe soon不久.
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我相信就快了。
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JCJC: All right. Well we will watch this space空間. But I have two more questions問題.
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JC: 好的。那麼我們會持續關注這個領域。但是我還有另外兩個問題。
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What is the -- there was exhaust排氣 coming未來
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那是什麼 — 看起來飛行裝的背後
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out of the back of the wingsuitwingsuit. Was that a propelled推進的 wingsuitwingsuit that you were wearing穿著?
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會排放出氣體。你穿著的飛行裝是有推進動力的嗎?
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UEUE: Nope. It's just smoke抽煙.
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UE: 不是。那只是煙霧而已。
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JCJC: Coming未來 off of you?
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JC: 從你身上冒出來?
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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UEUE: Hopefully希望 not.
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UE: 但願不是。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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JCJC: That seems似乎 dangerous危險.
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JC: 那看起來很危險。
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UEUE: No, smoke抽煙 is for two reasons原因,
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UE: 並不會,煙霧有兩個目的,
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you can see the speed速度, you can see the way
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你可以判斷速度,你可以看到我剛剛飛過
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where I was flying飛行.
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的路線。
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That's reason原因 number one. And reason原因 number two:
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這是第一個目的。第二個目的是,
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it's much easier更輕鬆 for the camera相機 guy to film電影
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對於攝影者來說,如果我使用煙霧,
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If I'm using運用 smoke抽煙.
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拍攝上的難度將會大大降低。
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JCJC: Ah, I see. So the wingsuitwingsuit is set up to deliberately故意 release發布 smoke抽煙
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JC: 喔,我懂了。因此這個飛行裝特別設計成會故意釋放出煙霧,
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so that you can be tracked追踪. One more question.
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這樣你比較容易被追蹤。最後一個問題。
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What do you do to to cover your face面對?
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你用什麼方法來遮住你的臉?
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Because I just keep thinking思維 of going that fast快速
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因為我一直不停的想著,以這麼快的速度,
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and having your whole整個 face面對 smushedsmushed backwards向後.
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然後你的整個臉一直被風向後吹著。
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Are you in a helmet頭盔? Are you in goggles風鏡?
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你有戴頭盔嗎?護目鏡呢?
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UEUE: The purest最純淨的 and the best最好 feeling感覺 would be with only goggles風鏡.
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UE: 最純淨也是最好的體驗是只戴護目鏡。
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JCJC: And is that how you usually平時 fly?
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JC: 平常你做飛行裝跳傘的時候是這麼做的嗎?
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UEUE: Usually平時 I'm wearing穿著 a helmet頭盔. In the mountains I'm always wearing穿著 a helmet頭盔
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UE: 通常我會戴頭盔。在山區中,我一定會戴頭盔,
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because of landings著陸 -- usually平時 it's difficult --
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因為著陸 — 通常是很困難的 —
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it's not like regular定期 skydiving跳傘 where you have like the big landings著陸.
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這並不像是一般的高空跳傘,你會有一個很顛簸的著陸。
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So you have to be prepared準備.
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因此你必須隨時準備好。
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JCJC: Right. Now is there anything you don't do?
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JC: 是的。那麼,有什麼事情是你不會去做的嗎?
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Do people come to you with projects項目 and say, "We want you to do this!"
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人們會不會帶著計畫來找你並且說:「我們希望你這麼做!」
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and do you ever say, "No, no I'm not going to."
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你有沒有說過,「不不,我不會去做的。」
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UEUE: Oh of course課程, of course課程. Some people have crazy ideas思路 and --
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UE: 喔,當然,當然有。某些人的想法太瘋狂了而且 —
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:55
JCJC: ...a round回合 of applause掌聲...
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JC: 再度掌聲謝謝~
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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UEUE: Thank you very much.
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UE: 非常謝謝大家。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Bill Hsiung
Reviewed by Jing Yao

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ueli Gegenschatz - Aerialist
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring.

Why you should listen

Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping -- and his utterly jawdropping flight in a wingsuit, a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired getup that let him soar as close as humanly possible to our shared dream of flight. His "addiction to speed" continues to inspire.

A member of the Swiss national paragliding team for four years, Gegenschatz co-founded the Red Bull acro team in 1995. His BASE jumping stunts are the stuff of YouTube legend: the Eiffel Tower; Petronas Towers in KL; the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks all in one day.

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