陳上師無畏軼聞
Anecdote about Yogi Chen's fearlessness
20050724
簡繁轉換 - 繁體
Today's anecdote about Yogi Chen's fearlessness brought back memory
of another one from Juan Bulnes. So I share it with all of you.
今天有關陳上師無畏的軼聞令百肋也回想起另一事件，所以我和大家分享。
Yutang,
鈺堂，
Tthat same year I experienced an even more close call with
Yogi Chen at Timber Cove! I am pretty sure the date must have been during
the Spring of 1978. In the boat, there was Dave and Yogi Chen and I and
my girl friend, who some months later became my first wife. Just the
four of us, no Bill, so the incident must have been a different one.
I believe that Dave remembers the event quite well.
同年我與陳上師在建材小灣也經歷了一個更千鈞一髮的事件。我很確定時間是在一九七八年的春天。當時船上有大衛、陳上師、我及我的女友（幾個月後，她成為我的第一任妻子）。只有我們四個人，沒有比爾，所以這事件和比爾的是不同的事件。我相信大衛對此事也記憶猶新。
The sea was somewhat rough. When we were coming back not far from the
shore, the engine quit for some reason I don't know. The surf and wind
were pushing us against those big rocks on our left (those you see on
your right when you stand on the beach looking out to see). I grabbed
one oar, and I don't remember whether Dave grabbed the other oar or was
trying to restart the engine. If the later was the case, may be I tried
to use both oars. But the hinge for the oar broke, so I had to row canoe-style
(which is less effective than rowing with a hinge, and then you have
to use one oar). The surf had us relatively close to the rocks, I really
did not know whether we would be able to evade the crash (and that could
be a fatal event of course, even if we did get hurt by the rocks we might
have drowned in the cold rough water).
海洋有些波濤洶湧。當我們回來離岸不遠時，我不知什麼原因，引擎突然停止了。海浪及風將我們推向左側（當你站在海灘向海看去則是在你的右邊）的那些大岩石。我抓著一根槳，而我已不記得大衛是否是抓著另一根槳或者是在試著要啟動引擎。如果是後面的情況，那我可能就是試著使用兩根槳。然而划槳的安架壞了，因此我必須用划獨木舟的方式來划（這是比安槳式較沒效率的，而且你必需使用一個槳划行）。海浪使我們相當的接近那些岩石，我真不知道我們是否可以避免撞擊（當然那是可能致命的事，即使我們沒有被岩石傷害，我們也可能被寒冷的浪水淹死）。
Needless to say I was scared but doing my part as best I could; my girl
friend was scared too, but she did not allow fear to take over; Yogi
Chen did not seem scared in the least, and I can only guess that he must
have been silently praying. David was doing what he could too, and I
don't remember for certain how we came out of it: whether it was the
case that Dave managed to restart the engine after several tries or whether
the two of us managed to row to safety, as we were not far from the shore. What
has remained in my memory is the fact of that close call! I don't
think Yogi Chen made any comments about it, then or after it was over. May
be you can ask Dave about this story when you see him.
無庸置疑的，我很恐懼，然而我在崗位上盡我的最大努力；我的女友也很害怕，但她不讓恐懼懾服。陳上師看起來一點也不恐慌，而我只能臆測他一定是在默默祈禱。大衛也是盡他的所能，而我並不確定記得我們是如何得脫的：是大衛在幾次嘗試後重新啟動引擎呢？還是我們倆終于將船划到安全區，因為我們離岸不遠。我只記得那千鈞一髮的景象。在當時或事後陳上師都沒有對此事有何評論。當你見到大衛時，或許你可以問他這件故事。
Regards,
法安，
Juan
百肋
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