Introduction
摘要
The dulled patina on the olive-black shell of the noise-cancelling headsets suggested they had been part of the long-serving helicopter’s gear for some time. Inside the cockpit, a mobile phone panned the horizon. Radiating off the screen, the image resembled the opening scene of a 1970s blockbuster. Outside, an otherworldly boulder-ridden landscape of valleys and streams whisked by, the shadow of the chopper skimming along the surface. The roar of the turbine engine must have echoed in every nook and crevice, but the headsets guarded us from the noise, mellowing it down to a low electric purr.