马特洪峰攀登者
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Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded. In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all. The early climbers were looking for the easiest way to the top, because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it had never been attained before. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. They had a single aim, a solitary goal—the top!
现代登山运动员总想找一条能够给他们带来运动乐趣的攀登路线。道路愈艰险，他们愈珍视。然而，在登山运动的初期，则大相径庭。早期登山者所寻找的是最便捷的登顶路线，因为山的顶峰——特别是人类尚未涉足的——才是他们所追求的目标。确实，靠着简陋到让现代攀登者闻之却步的装备，早期攀登者在探险中常常遇到最危险的自然环境所带来的艰难险阻。 但是，他们的本意并非追逐艰难险阻的刺激。 他们有且只有一个目标——登顶！
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It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers. Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine villages tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains. Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine. Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could—sometimes with the local priest who was usually as poor as his parishioners, sometimes with shepherds or cheese-makers. Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable. For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have been very hard indeed.
时至今日，当年先驱们攀登的艰辛，已很难想像。除了采尔马特和沙莫尼等一两个很快流行起来的地方外，阿尔卑斯山的小村庄因高山环绕而大多是贫穷的聚落，被高山阻隔，与外界隔绝。那里的小旅馆普遍肮脏不堪，跳蚤丛生。食物是当地的芝士搭配着面包，而面包通常放了一年之久。人们就着劣酒吞下这种食物。山谷里常常压根就没有小旅馆，登山者只好随遇而安——有时同当地牧师 （牧师通常与信徒一样贫穷）住在一起，有时则跟牧羊人或者制造芝士的人凑合过夜。 住在哪儿情况都一样：肮脏、贫穷，极其不舒适。对于习惯一餐吃7道菜，睡在家里亚麻细布床单的人来说，转而过上阿尔卑斯山区的生活，想必确实很难适应。
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