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?
跟別人說起我們要去北極騎山地自行車時,很多人的反應都是,那你們帶防冰輪胎嗎?
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,因為大家都覺得,北極,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.
他們不知道,北極還有一片沙漠。
My name is Darren Berrecloth.
我叫達倫·拜瑞克勞斯。
I'm from Banker Island, British Columbia, and I'm a professional mountain bike freerider.
我來自不列顛哥倫比亞省的班克島,是一名專業的山地自行車自由騎行車手。
Freeriding is all about picking your own line, and being free to interpret the mountains in any way that you see fit.
自由騎行就是自己選擇路線,喜歡怎么詮釋一座山就怎么詮釋的一種騎行運動。
Thinking about starting on the horizon right there; it'll be like a drop up onto a rock slab.
我們從那兒的那個山邊上騎下來怎么樣;那樣的話下來我們可能會落到一塊大石板上。
The reason that we chose Axel Heiberg Island was because the lines were massive.
我們選擇阿克塞爾海伯格島是因為這里的山線條非常大。
It trumped anything that we ever ridden before, in terms of height and just sheer scale.
無論是海拔還是規模的龐大性,這里都是我們以前騎過的所有地方都無法比擬的。
Alright, boys. Alright. Yeah, boys. Epic time.
準備好了嗎,兄弟們。準備好了,兄弟們加油,接下里就看咱們的了。
One of the hardest parts about that whole trip, was just it's remoteness and how far it was from civilization.
整個旅程中最困難的地方就是那里距離人類社會無比偏遠。

If something goes wrong, we were about 12 hours away, in best case scenario, from any hospital or serious help.
如果出現問題,最理想的情況下,到達最近的醫院或最近能提供切實幫助的地方都需要12個小時。
The landscape up in the high arctic, it was just, it was breathtaking.
北極高地的風光的確驚艷。
Standing at the top of the line just soaking it all in. It's a pretty rad feeling.
站在山脊的最高處,整個曠野的風景一覽無遺,那種感覺簡直爽翻了。
One thing that's amazing about mountain biking is the fact that you can take it anywhere.
山地自行車最好的一點就是你想把它帶到哪兒就能帶到哪兒。
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.
你可以用它跨過很遠的路;也可以打包帶著它飛往世界各地。
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.
去到距離北極僅僅400英里(約650公里)的北極高地騎自行車是一件非常神奇的事情。
Check that off the bucket list, for sure.
這件事是一定要從人生清單里劃掉的。