A Funny Sign

     I found a funny sign in the castle. It says "Don't climb up this stone wall!" Everyone thinks who would try to climb up such an overhanging wall.
     To tell the truth, when I was about ten I tried. I just wanted to play cool in front of my girlfriends. I think it was foolishly reckless. As I went up to about 5 meters high, I became frozen to that level. In the end two police officers and some firefighters brought a long ladder and rescued me.
     I wondered if this sign was put there because of me. It could never happen, because my reckless behaviour was 40 years ago. I asked the guide if there are such reckless guys who climb up this wall now. To my surprise, the guide replied that a young man successfully climbed up without any climbing gear. His name is Saneyuki Akiyama. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiyama_Saneyuki
     He is a hero from the Russo-Japanese War along with his brother, Yoshifuru Akiyama. If these two heros hadn't shown up at that time, Japan would have lost the war. As a result of the defeat in the war, the northeastern district of China and the Korean Peninsula would be occupied by Russia and also Japan. I'm really grateful to them and felt a little happy to know about his feat, because it was just like my feat.

(Vocabulary)
play cool  落ち着いて振る舞う、格好をつける、いい格好をする
feat  〔勇気ある〕手柄、功績

(KW: 秋山眞之 秋山真之 秋山好古 松山城　秋山兄弟　日露戦争　英語　石垣)

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