translation.en: For years, I'd been writing glib lines in sponsorship proposals about pushing the limits of human endurance, but in reality, that was a very frightening place to be indeed.
translation.zh: 数年来，我一直以资助顾问的身份撰写 关于推动人类极限的油腔滑调的文章。 实际上，它确实是个令人畏惧的领域。