作为假释的一个保证，达里尔被说服，或者说是被威胁，去参加了一次拓展训练。起初他把这个当成是一次当英雄的机会，而不是通往更美好生活的一个保证。如果他必须要参加，那么他就要像个巨人般大摇大摆地在顶尖冲浪、越野滑雪、丛林徒步穿越和冲绳下滑中都拔得头筹。但是，他不由自主地被这项活动吸引了。这是他从未触及过的一个全新的世界，至少，这里提供了真实而可信的选择。当他双膝跪在布岗山皑皑白雪中时，他能感觉到自己是和大家一起在解决问题，作出决定。不是去思考如何躲避警察，试图逃脱毒品检验，而是去思考积极的目标——解读“生存”——为自己，也为团队。在那座深山里，达里尔经历了一次发掘自身的旅程，他发现了很多长久以来都被掩盖的东西：尊重、意志、自我实现的满足感。世界是那么美好。

    And here's the key to Outward Bound's effectiveness: these are things you bring home with you, qualities discovered within yourself and therefore not dependent on place or time. Whatever chains we drag, from bad relationships to corporate anaemia, they are most likely the result of learned limits that can be unlearned. Daryl became an apostle of positive change and set out to convert others. Most surprising of all were his passionate appeals to the correctional services department when, in a classic example of bureaucratic foot shooting, it pulled the funds from Outward Bound.

    这就是拓展训练效力的关键：在拓展中发掘的自身品质是你能随身带回家的 ......