艾瑞克在寻找黄支书的过程中，可是好好体验了一把山势的险峻。

　　Now, I’m up really high. And being all the way up here helps me to realize that Huang Dafa is not only extraordinary persistent but also extremely brave.

　　现在，我站在一个非常高耸陡峭的地方。亲身来到这里，我才明白，黄大发不仅仅有顽强的意志力，更是一个无畏的勇者。

　　光是站在修好的水渠上，艾瑞克就已经双腿发软了，他后来回忆道：

　　The rim is only several centimeters wide. The fall would be hundreds of meters. Plus, the cliff overhangs above in several parts, throwing off my balance as I tiptoed along the lip. One wrong step would be the last.

　　水渠边缘仅几厘米宽，下面就是深渊。除此之外，水渠上方还有几处凸起的岩壁，我踮着脚在水渠边行走时很难保持平衡。走错一步，游戏结束。

　　It’s an acrophobe’s nightmare. And I’m mortified by heights. Vertigo seized my soul many times while shooting. I’m maybe more than half joking when I say I was perhaps more afraid of dying from fear than from falling.

　　这无疑是恐高者的噩梦，而我就是一个恐高者。在进行拍摄时，我多次感到眩晕。与掉下悬崖的恐惧相比，我更害怕死于恐惧本身。这可不完全是玩笑话。

　　The trick was to keep moving forward. Once I stopped, gravity exerted its downward yanks on my psyche. Physically, my legs melted.