当朋友们纷纷前往欧洲度假时，乔治·格林内尔却选择了不同寻常的道路。他渴望冒险，追求那些刺激而充满挑战的经历。如果生活在今天，他可能会选择激流泛舟、徒步穿越巴塔哥尼亚冰川、攀登麦金利山或乞力马扎罗山等极限活动。
George Grinnell was looking for adventure, for what some might call an extreme (an activity that may be dangerous) vacation.
Many of his friends were going to Europe, but not George. For him, Europe was too safe, too comfortable, too ordinary.
Today, if you want an extreme vacation, you might shoot the rapids (ride a small boat in very fast water) on the Colorado River in the U.S.
You might trek (make a long difficult journey on foot) across the ice fields of Patagonia in Chile.
You might try to climb Mount McKinley in Alaska or Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.
Or you might kayak (ride a small one-person boat) the Baja Coast (where the land meets the ocean) of Mexico.
George didn’t have all those choices in 1872. But that didn’t stop him (keep him from doing what he wanted to do).
Many of his friends were going to Europe, but not George. For him, Europe was too safe, too comfortable, too ordinary.
Today, if you want an extreme vacation, you might shoot the rapids (ride a small boat in very fast water) on the Colorado River in the U.S.
You might trek (make a long difficult journey on foot) across the ice fields of Patagonia in Chile.
You might try to climb Mount McKinley in Alaska or Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.
Or you might kayak (ride a small one-person boat) the Baja Coast (where the land meets the ocean) of Mexico.
George didn’t have all those choices in 1872. But that didn’t stop him (keep him from doing what he wanted to do).
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