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寻找死亡谷的德国人
The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans
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这是一篇关于死亡谷失踪德国游客一家的长篇调查纪实。作者结合地图、地形分析和搜救经验，追查他们当年如何进入偏远荒漠、车辆被发现后发生了什么，以及多年后遗骸如何被找到。文章既是案件复盘，也是对荒野风险和搜救工作的细致记录。
为什么经久不衰：它把严谨的实地调查、地图推理和荒野生存教训写成一篇引人入胜的侦探故事，也让人直观理解死亡谷为何致命。
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儿童在高温荒漠中比成人更易迅速过热，带孩子的风险显著更高。
那些争论那片地形有多危险的人应注意一个关键点：幼儿在这种环境里会极快过热。在这种情况下，即使有饮水储备，成年人起初也会比孩子撑得更久。死亡谷有很多这类故事。所以带着孩子，风险要高整整一个等级。
julianpye查看英文原文
Those who argue about the level of danger of that terrain should note one really important aspect: young children overheat really quickly in thelse environments. In these scenarios even if given water reserves, adults will outlive children (initially). There are plenty of tales in Death Valley about this. So with kids the risk is an entire level higher.
搜救规模大且持续多年，体现搜救人员的投入。
令人惊叹的是搜救范围之大，无论是当初发现德国人汽车时，还是数年后找到人骨时。知道搜救队里有人愿意花时间寻找（或常常是找回）遇险者，令人欣慰。
sizzzzlerz查看英文原文
What is amazing is the scope of the search that took place, both when the Germen's car was found and, several years later, when the human bones were located. It is gratifying to know there are people in the S&R teams who will devote their time trying to find (or, very often, recover) people who have gotten into trouble.
当地极其偏远崎岖，救援耗时长，毫无准备进入会有致命风险。
因工作关系（与中国湖海军武器站的活动有关），我在科索一个试验靶场工作过，那里在文章所述区域西北约45英里。我也去过特罗纳和西尔斯湖。我无法想象在没有经验和训练的情况下离开铺装路面进入那一带。更能说明其偏远的是靶场安全简报的两点：1）如果受伤但不危及生命，送医需要3-4小时；必须有人开车把你送出靶场，在科索交界以东与救护车会合，因为救护车根本进不来，地形太崎岖。科索交界距里奇克雷斯特/中国湖还要向北约一小时。2）如果重伤，唯一出路是直升机，直升机飞到靶场约需25分钟。那片地区荒凉而美丽，有很多有趣的东西可看可做，但绝对致命。不能毫无准备地进去。
ubertakter查看英文原文
As part of my job, related to activities at China Lake Naval Weapon Station, I've worked on a test range in Coso, about 45 miles northwest of the area mentioned in the article. I've also been down to Trona and Searle Lake. I can't imagine going off pavement in that area without experience and training. As a further illustration of how remote this area is, the safety briefing for the range mentions two important points: 1) if you are injured and it's not life threatening, it will take 3-4 hours to get you to a hospital. Someone has to drive you off the range to meet the ambulance just east of Coso Junction since there's no way an ambulance can get into the range. The terrain is to rugged. Coso Junction is also about an hour north of Ridgrecrest/China Lake. 2) if you are seriously injured, the only way out is on a helicopter. It takes about 25 minutes to get a helicopter up to the range. This area is starkly beautiful and there's a lot of interesting things to see and do, but it is absolutely deadly. You can't go in unprepared.
这家人来自山地攀岩传统深厚的地方，但真正致命的是他们不熟悉的沙漠环境。
我住在他们来自的那个小镇。这里当然有山，甚至比死亡谷的山更吓人。萨克森小瑞士的攀岩者甚至定义了现代攀岩的规则。他们的问题在于沙漠；他们更怕岩石，而不是沙漠。
rurban查看英文原文
I live in the town where they came from. There are definitely mountains here, even more frightening ones than in the Death Valley. The Saxon Switzerland mountain climbers even defined the rules of modern rock climbing. Their problem was the desert, they were more afraid of the rocks than the desert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Switzerland_climbing_region
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