１月２９日（土曜日）２０２２
スペシャルトーク、いやぁ、面白かったです！砂漠の特性を知りつくし、サハラ砂漠を３０回も走り抜け、バイクをまるで身体の一部のように状況に応じてコントロールしながら、危険で過酷なパリダカレースを楽しいと話す山田周生さんの体験談は迫力ありました。特殊な砂漠という自然の中での走行は危険極まりないのですが「命」を守るためには自分らしくいることが大事、つまり危険な状況では「危ない」にフォーカスしないこと。日常でも同様だそうです。また、先人が通った轍（わだち）を行くか、自分の信じる道を作り出すかの判断は、砂漠で車が故障しオアシスまで１５０キロを歩かなければならなくなった時の体験で語られ説得力がありました。砂漠のような地形が変化しやすいところで目的地に着くためには３つの目標物を意識しておくというのも、現代を生きる私たちのヒントになる言葉でした。
Special talk by Shusei Yamada which was held at my cafe was amazing! Knowing the desert very well, running through the Sahara desert thirty times, controlling the motorbike depending on the situation which happens in a desert which is unusual in nature, Mr. Yamada talked about his experience of the Paris-Dakar Rally which people say is the most dangerous and severe. His talk was fun and powerful. It was extremely dangerous to ride a motorbike in the Sahara desert. He said that being yourself is the most important thing to protect your life, and to not focus on the dangerous part while you still have pleasant experiences despite the dangerous situation. He says it is the same in daily life. As for making the judgment about whether you follow a wheel track or make your own way, he talked about this when he faced a situation where he had a car accident and he needed to walk by foot for about 150 km to the oasis to save his and his assistant's life. Mr. Yamada also said that he had three objectives for his goal in places like the desert where the landform easily changes. His talk offered great advice on how to live in modern society.
