The next day, despite the best efforts of the group leader, who carried my rucksack, and the older boys and girls who told me jokes to try to cheer me up, my leaden feet and flagging spirits made me give up halfway. I didn't make it to the summit, and thus missed my chance to stand on Taiwan's second highest peak and look down on the mountains all around.
第二天，不管領隊幫我扛了所有的行李，不管學長姊講了多少笑話來鼓勵打氣，如鉛般沈重的腳和早已退縮的心，還是讓我半途而廢，沒有完成攻頂，也錯失了站在台灣第二高峰上睥睨群山的機會。