You'll have to ask a whole lot nicer than that I'm afraid.
恐怕你应该要问得有礼貌一点吧。
Certainly. Ask whatever you like.
当然,你什么都可以问。
It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner with would make a modern climber shudder at the thought,