Skydiving

Skydiving, an interview with Bob Gates. Conducted by Kathy Lester.

跳伞运动：对鲍勃·盖茨的采访。 凯西·莱斯特 主持。

Introduction, Bob Gates is the owner of and instructor at Cleveland Parachute Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He is married and has two children who are both skydivers. Interviewer, how did you get started in skydiving? Bob, my dad was one of the pioneers. When he thought I was mature enough, he put me through a class. So I started jumping because I grew up around it.

简介：鲍勃·盖茨是俄亥俄州克利夫兰市克利夫兰跳伞中心的老板兼教练。 他已经结婚，有两个孩子，两人也都是跳伞员。 采访者：你是怎么开始接触跳伞的？ 鲍勃：我爸爸是跳伞运动的先驱之一。 等他觉得我足够成熟，就让我参加了培训课程。 所以我会开始跳伞，是因为我从小就在这个环境长大。

First jump. Interviewer, how old were you when you made your first jump? Bob, I was 13. It was scary and exciting at the same time. I remember wondering as I left the airplane what the heck I was doing. Interviewer, did you jump by yourself the first time? Bob, yes, it was a static line jump where the parachute is opened for you. The static line is ten feet, three meters long, and is attached to equipment in the plane. When you jump and are ten feet out, the line pulls a pin that releases the parachute. It takes about five seconds for the parachute to open fully. You steer the parachute down and land it yourself. I remembered to do the arch, which means to spread out and push your hips forward.

第一次跳伞。 采访者：你第一次跳伞的时候多大年纪？ 鲍勃：我那时候13岁。 当时既害怕又兴奋。 我还记得跳出飞机的时候我一直在想 搞什么啊 我到底在做什么。 采访者：你第一次是自己跳的吗？ 鲍勃：对呀，那是固定拉绳跳伞，降落伞会自动帮你打开。 固定拉绳长10英尺，也就是3米，连接在飞机的设备上。 你跳出飞机到10英尺远的时候，绳子会拉开插销，释放降落伞。 降落伞大约需要五秒就能完全张开。 你操控降落伞下降，自己完成着陆。 我当时记得要做拱体动作，也就是展开身体，把胯往前顶。

Bob, you can flip. If you're flipping when the chutes opening, you can get tangled in the lines. Interviewer, what did it feel like the first time you jumped? Bob, I remember the quietness. No matter where you are, even if you think it's real quiet, there's noise. But during that first ride down, there was absolute silence. Interviewer, there's no sound of wind rushing? Bob. No, it was definitely a unique experience to have no sound.

鲍勃：你可能会发生翻转。 如果开伞的时候你在翻转，就会和伞绳缠在一起。 采访者：你第一次跳伞是什么感觉呀？ 鲍勃：我记得当时特别安静。 不管你在哪里，哪怕你觉得已经很安静了，还是会有杂音。 但第一次下落的时候，周围完全一点声音都没有。 采访者：连呼啸的风声都没有吗？ 鲍勃： 对，完全没声音，真的是非常特别的体验。

scariest moment interviewer what's the scariest thing that's ever happened to you bob i had a canopy collision once which means my canopy collided with someone else's the other person fell away and i was left tangled so that my legs were tied up in the chute i was dropping to earth and the chute was opening up and collapsing then opening up and collapsing There was a moment when I didn't think I was going to make it. Luckily, it opened and stayed open just before I hit, so I lived through that one.

最可怕的时刻 采访者：你遇到过最可怕的事是什么？ 鲍勃：我有一次撞伞了，就是我的伞和另一个人的伞撞到了一起。那个人飘走了，我被缠住，腿缠在了伞里。我往地面坠，伞一会张开一会合上，一会张开一会合上。那一瞬间我觉得我肯定活不成了。 幸运的是，就在我快要撞到地面的时候，伞打开了，而且一直保持张开，所以我活了下来。

interviewer if your legs are tangled does that mean you're not able to land bob it means i couldn't get rid of the chute or do anything i had opened my reserve chute so i had both chutes out but they were still collapsing and opening my legs were still tangled in the lines when i landed instead of landing on my feet i landed on my back i survived that but It was a scary moment.

采访者：如果你的腿被缠住了， 是不是就没办法着陆了？鲍勃： 就是说我没法摆脱伞，什么都做不了。我当时打开了备用伞， 所以两个伞都开了，但它们还是一会合上一会张开。我着陆的时候腿还缠在伞绳里，我不是脚先落地，是后背先落地的，我活了下来， 但那真的是很吓人的一刻。