For those of you who have never done outdoors rock climbing, each route has a level assigned to it. There are different systems of grading, in Australia we use the Ewbanks system, which was developed by John Ewbank in the 1960s. The levels are represented by single number. At Kaganroo Point (well known climbing spot in Brisbane), the easiest climb is level 3 and the hardest climb is level 27. It has taken me 2 years to reach level 13.
不熟悉攀岩的人，可能不知道每個路線都有不同的等級。各個國家使用的等級系統也不一樣。在澳洲我們用的是一個叫做Ewbanks 的系統，是一位知名的攀岩者在1960年代發明的。每一個等級都用一個數字代表。布里斯班有名的袋鼠角悬崖 (Kangaroo Point Cliffs), 最簡單的路線是等級3, 最難的是27. 我爬了兩年終於爬到了13級的山頂。
Here is a picture of me getting to the top of a level 13 climb called Nightfell, which sounds quite scary and looks scary too. For those of you who are wondering, getting to the top means touching the carabiner at the top (where my right hand is). Once you touch the carabiner, you can say you have reached the top.
這是我爬到13級頂的照片。這條路線的名字叫做Nightfell (夜落)，聽起來就很恐怖，看起來也很陡。爬到頂的意思就是摸到將繩子套住的的鐵索，大家可以看到我的手就在鐵索上。
Some pictures of me on the way to the top 一些快爬到頂的照片
The first time I tried this climb was two years ago. Unfortunately it was too hard for me at the time. I guess you can say it took me two years to get on top of this climb. The feeling once I got to the top was unbelievable. It felt like one of my proudest achievements of my life, since I conquered something that I found very difficult for me.
我第一次試著爬這個路線是兩年前。當時覺得這個太難。也可以說我花了兩年的時間才爬到頂。因為我完成了一個對我來說很困難的任務，所以我非常有成就感。
Persistence is the key to success. Even though I have “failed” many times before, I did not think of them as failures. I knew I was getting stronger each time and I was getting closer and closer to my goal. The most important part is I didn’t give up, I kept on going. It’s hard to fail if you keep trying at something.
毅力是成功的關鍵。雖然我之前很多次都沒爬到頂，但我從不氣餒。我知道每次我的力量都有增強，而且每次都越爬越高。最重要的是我沒有放棄。當你不放棄而繼續做一件事情，想要不進步都難。
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