海外フォトフィールドワークWeblog 「Lines of Sight ～それぞれのアジアへの視線～」| 学校法人日本写真芸術専門学校

*お断り
以下に書く内容はフィールドワークとは無関係ですが、自分にとっては大きなニュースなので書きたいと思います。ご了承ください。
*NOTE
The story below has nothing to do with our Photo Fieldwork course, but it is quite big news for me personally. So please pardon me for writing it.


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「次はYouが留守番」
“You will be the next one who to stay at home.”


と言って、妻が3日間の旅に出た。行き先は熱海。小田急線で江ノ島まで行き、そこから海岸沿いに熱海まで、何と、歩くという。距離約75km。一日約25kmで3日間。
My wife said so and left home for her 3 days journey. Her destination was Atami. According to her plan, she first took a Odakyu Line train to Enoshima Station, and then forwarded to the destination along the coast “on foot”. The total distance was about 75 kilo meters. About 25 kilo meters of walk per day times 3 days.


この暑い中、何も歩かなくてもと思うのだが、私がフィールドワークの旅で留守にしていた間、彼女はほぼ毎日、地道に練習を重ねていた。狛江の自宅から多摩川沿いに約25km、羽田空港にも歩いて行ったと言う。
Under the severe heat I was not very positive against her plan. However, she has been practicing walking almost everyday steadily. She even walked about 25 kilo meters from home in Komae to Haneda Airport along the Tama River.


そして歩き始めて3日目の今日、妻から連絡があった。
Then after 3 days from her departure, she phoned me.


「今、熱海駅に着いた！！」
“I have just arrived at Atami Station!!”


我が家にとっては久々の快挙だった。
It was such a splendid achievement for us after a long time.


彼女は探検部出身で、アフリカ最高峰のキリマンジャロ山（標高5895m）に3回（うち、2回は頂上まで）、第2位のケニア山（標高5199ｍ。ただし、普通に登れるのはPoint Lenanaの4985m地点まで）に2回（うち、1回はPoint Lenanaまで）登っている。これらの山は二つとも登り降りに合計5日から8日ほどかかり、歩行時間も長い日で約12時間に及ぶ。去る7月、FWの学生と訪れたチベットのラサ市（標高3650ｍ）も酸素が薄かったが、これらの山はもっと酸素が薄く高山病もきつい。
My wife was a former member of an expeditionary club of an university in Africa and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (5895 meters), three times (or 2 times to the summit) and Mt. Kenya, the second highest in Africa (5199 meters, but normally you can climb only upto Point Lenana at 4895 meters), twice (or once to the Point Lenana). Those mountains require about 5 to 8 days to go and back and you sometimes need to walk for about 12 hours. Lhasa city in Tibet where I visited with my student last July located at the altitude of 3650 meters above sea level has very thin oxygen, but those African mountains have thinner oxygen and severe mountain sickness.


そんな経験もあり、熱海くらい大丈夫だろうと思ってはいたが、一人で本当に熱海まで歩いて行ったというのは、実に何と言うか、「敵ながら天晴れ」な感じがし、私は赤飯の炊き方を知らぬが、ここは是非、赤飯でも炊いて妻の帰りを待ちたいくらいで、そんな訳でこの話を書いた次第。
Considering such her experience, I was not worried much, but walking 75 kilo meters to Atami by herself was for me, how do I say, “Splendid!! Great job!!” kind of feeling. Although I don’t know how to cook rice with red beans for special occasion, I’d like to cook it for her and to wait for her. And that’s why I wrote this story here.




以上、内輪話ですいません。
Well, I hope you would understand and accept my family affair.