爱丁堡公爵奖银奖之旅：进击天目湖
Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Silver Award
Trip to Tianmuhu
Mon 21st – Wed 23rd Nov 2022
2022年11月21日 周一 ~ 11月23日 周三
在这个乱花渐欲迷人眼的复杂世界中成长起来的年轻一代总面临着诸多困难与挑战。在这样激烈竞争的社会中，能把握住的个人机会往往是有限的。爱丁堡公爵奖旨在通过意义深远的志愿服务、体育锻炼、技能学习和户外探索来鼓励年轻人挑战自我，并关心自身福祉。
Young people growing up in this modern, complicated world have many difficulties to face, and opportunities for personal achievement are often limited. The Award is intended to help both the young as well as those who are concerned for their welfare. [It] provides an introduction to worthwhile leisure activities and voluntary service, as a challenge to the satisfaction of achievement and encourages the development of young citizens.
DAY 1 第一天
周一清晨的9:15，学生们迈着轻快的步伐登上了大巴，向着天目湖进发。他们将在那里徒步旅行，进行野外拓展，冲击今年度的爱丁堡公爵奖银奖。
The students boarded their buses at WAS Changzhou with a spring in their step around 9.15am on Monday morning to take them to this year’s DofE experience in Tianmuhu.
11点左右，学生们到达营地，在卸下厚重的行囊后便轻装上路，开始了第一天的徒步任务。11月的风温暖和煦，又加之这片竹林里地势陡峭，所以整支队伍在出发没几分钟后，心率都提升上来了。学生们纷纷脱掉夹克继续赶路。
They arrived at the camp site around 11am and dropped off their packs, taking just their day bags for the start of Day 1. The weather was warm as the groups were setting off and it was only a matter of minutes before everyone had removed their jackets and increased their heart rate due to the steep incline for the first part of the trek, which took them through the first of many bamboo forests.
“会当凌绝顶，一览众山小”，每个小组都选择在山顶上一边享用午餐，一边观赏美丽的景色，美食美景搭配起来别有一番风味。
Each group had lunch when they reached the summit whilst enjoying spectacular views over Tianmuhu.
沿着山顶小径，穿过茂密的灌木丛，学生们进入了一片美丽的竹林。这里地势也十分陡峭。比较有意思的是，这里居然放置了一个奇怪的滑梯，学生们在这里玩得不亦乐乎。
After a short stretch along the top of the mountain through quite dense bush the students made their descent through some beautiful bamboo and natural forest sections. This was quite steep too and there was the odd slide for the students to enjoy too.
大约下午5:30 的时候，学生们回到了营地，领取了各自的帐篷和烹饪设备。搭建好帐篷后，学生们开始着手准备晚餐。首日徒步结束后，来上一份搭配着蔬菜的茄汁意大利面，再好不过了。
It was around 5.30pm when the students returned to camp and were greeted by Indier staff and given their tents for the evening. Once their tents were erected the students were given cooking equipment so they could prepare their own dinner. This consisted of spaghetti with vegetables and a tomato sauce which tasted great after their first day hiking.
收拾、洗漱完毕后，学生们于10点准时熄灯休息，为第二天储备精力。
After cleaning up and putting away the cooking equipment, the students were treated to a couple of hours of restbefore lights out at 10pm.
DAY 2 第二天
前一夜晚上，山间突然下起了狂风暴雨。学生们7点醒来后发现整个营地又潮又湿。拆卸帐篷、吃过早饭后，学生们动手制作了简易午餐，以便路上补充能量。为了周三晚上能顺利返校，学生们当日的第一站便是进行核酸检测。
After a stormy night with lots of rain, the students awoke to a very wet and soggy camp site. Wake up was 7am and after taking down the tents the students proceeded to have breakfast and make their packed lunches before walking a kilometer to the nearest covid testing station. This was necessary to allow the students back on campus on Wednesday evening.
第二天天气昏沉，山间一直笼罩着蒙蒙的烟雨。雨后的陡峭地势增加了学生们行进的难度。山林连绵起伏，伴随着成片的竹林，蔚为壮观。
The weather was overcast and most of the day yielded a light misty rain as the groups set off on Day 2 of their DofE experience with another steep incline which was made more difficult due to the overnight rain. The top part of the mountain was more undulating going through some spectacular bamboo sections.
但所谓“上山容易下山难”，学生们必须精诚合作，拧成一股绳，才能安全下山。
Problems arose on the descent as the surface was very slippery and the students had to band together and work as a team to get everyone down safely.
这是第二天徒步结束后一组学生的合影。能看得出，他们的鞋子和裤脚都泥泞不堪，每个人看起来虽然疲惫但却是开心的。返回营地的大巴上异常安静，因为学生们都很享受这来之不易的睡眠。
Here’s one of the groups at the finish of Day 2, a little bit muddy and exhausted but all glad to be down. The bus ride back to the campsite was very quiet as most of the students were enjoying some well-deserved ‘shut-eye’!
返回营地，又到了生火做饭的时间，今晚的料理是咖喱饭。用餐、洗漱，短暂休憩后，不到10点学生们就纷纷进入了梦乡。这是非常充实的一天!
In the evening the students again cooked for themselves, this time enjoying a very enjoyable curry and rice dish. After the clean-up and a couple of hours rest, the campsite was deathly quite well before the 10pm lights out….proof of an action-packed day!
DAY 3 第三天
第三天依然是7点起床，学生们拆卸帐篷、吃早饭、准备午饭，动作越发熟练，一气呵成。由于是最后一天了，他们还需要打包好所有的行李。
The final day started with a 7am wake up and the students having breakfast and collecting their packed lunch before dismantling their tents and packing up all their gear.
临出发前，学生们花了15-20分钟和带队向导沟通交流，学习如何以时间推断步程，来判断在山间什么时候应该转变方向。在向导的指导下，每个学生都轮流带领小队规划路线、定位方向。上午9:40，学生们全副武装，带着一张标记了详细路线的地图出发了。
Once all the equipment and bags were packed, the groups spent 15-20 mins with the Guides explaining how to use time to approximately know when to change directions between legs (sections of a trek). By this stage everyone had taken a turn in navigating the route with the Indier guide monitoring plus the added skill of using time to help them as they were following a bearing. The students set off for their final day hike around 9.40am with full backpacks and a detailed route map.
第三天的路线非常受学生欢迎。学生们享受着轮流带队的时刻。向导们全程陪同，以防路线出现偏差。尽管背着满满的背包，但因为与前两天相比，这里地形平坦，所以学生们边赏景边畅聊，好不惬意。
Everyone seemed to enjoy the responsibility of leading the group and the Guides was on hand if they made any errors. Everyone enjoyed this route even though they had full backpacks as the terrain was mainly flat with only a handful of elevations as opposed to the previous two days.
穿过田野、蜿蜒的小径和茂密的竹林，学生们满载着成就感和解脱感抵达了终点，在回程的大巴上，带队老师鼓励学生们为自己喝彩，因为他们完成了为期三天的户外探险，这是常州威雅迄今为止最艰难的徒步旅行之一。
After walking through fields, on roads and winding through a bamboo forest, the students ended up at the finish point with a huge sense of achievement and relief. The students were told on the bus to congratulate themselves on completing this three-day hiking experience as it was one of the toughest to date that any student from WAS has completed.
作为老师，我认为，这三天确实很艰难。学生们在冲击爱丁堡公爵奖的过程中展现了非凡的决心与韧性，他们应该为他们的努力感到骄傲。
From a teacher’s perspective, this was indeed a tough few days hiking and the students should be very proud of their efforts, as they showed great determination and resilience in participating in this DofE experience.
常州威雅体育老师&Elgar学院院长
Mr Neil Harmon
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