成功挑戰最高點壽卡

　　A-Team的環島行程來到第六天，由屏東六福莊飯店到台東知本老爺酒店，長102km，也終於要進入山區，並挑戰本次環島活動中的最高點壽卡。

　　雖然幾天下來，A-Team環島車隊成員都表現了極佳的體能與默契，不過畢竟這些企業經營者平時騎車的經驗較少，且大多數年紀都不小，面對楓港到壽卡間約20公里的上坡路段，仍然有一定的難度和危險性；所以會長羅祥安在出發前不斷耳提面命，只要身體覺得不舒服，千萬不要勉強，只要一半以上的成員完成即可算是挑戰成功。

　　除了安大董事長朱政恭因心臟曾手術，無法負荷激烈運動而放棄本段路程外，其餘的A-Team成員們都抱著挑戰自己的想法放手一博；沒想到大家的體能出乎意料的好，帶頭的領先集團還比預計的時間更早騎抵壽卡。當首先完成挑戰的隊員們都興高采烈的在拍照之際，落後的隊員也一一抵達，像是同樣接受過心臟手術的六哥董事長陳正忠雖然速度較其他人慢，但仍順利完成；當他騎抵壽卡時，所有成員都興奮地為他喝采。他說，在爬坡時他咬緊牙關，不把自己當病人看，也因為A-Team一起騎，眾人的凝聚力讓他感到更有信心能完成挑戰。

　　不過這一天的考驗可不只是這樣，壽卡之後的路段，仍是不斷高低起伏的地形，加上艷陽高照，對車隊成員的體力是一大考驗，但大家越騎越順，漸漸的也不再害怕陡坡，最後騎抵原訂的終點三和海濱公園時，比預期的時間還早了一小時，也為了讓環島的里程數能增加到1,000公里以上，於是臨時決定繼續騎到下榻的知本老爺酒店，也讓當天的里程數由原訂的80公里，增加到102公里。

　　會長羅祥安開心的表示，當天的路程真的相當不容易，還好幾個月來大家都認真的訓練，加上這幾天的適應與磨合，才能幾乎全員完成挑戰壽卡，圓滿達成這個不可能的任務，這也是對每個A-Team成員在身、心、靈上的一次嚴格考驗； 正如同企業一般，必須長時間辛苦的用心經營，也得經過許多試煉，才能夠享受到甜美果實。而在成功挑戰最高點後，接下來的目標就是要圓滿、平安的完成環島1,000公里的旅程。



To Achieve The Summit, Shouka, Successfully.

On the sixth day of the tour, it was planned to ride the mountain area and meet the challenge of reaching the highest point, Shouka. A 102-kilometer ride from Pingtung Leafoo Resort to Taitong Royal Chihpen Spa.
　　
A-Team members put in a great performance and rode in sync over the past few days. The riders formed by the owners and managers of the companies, had rarely been cycling before and were not such young people anymore. So the 20-kilometer mountain-crossing ride from Fong Harbor to the summit, Shouka, consisted of a certain degree of difficulties and hazards. Before the start Chairman Tony Lo kept reminding every rider, “If you don’t feel well, you must not do the ride reluctantly”. He said, “If half the number of the members rode to the highest point successfully, it meant the tour challenge was achieved”.
　　
The A-Team riders decided to challenge the 20-kilometer mountain-crossing ride to Shouka. Moderne Tech President was unable to attempt the fierce cycling so he gave up this ride; due to the fact that he had had a heart operation before. The leading team arrived at the summit ahead of schedule. While the leading team was happily taking photos, the slower riders gradually arrived one by one. When the slowest rider Liow Ko President Cheng Chung Chen, who had also had a heart operation, reached the top, every member yelled and cheered for him. Chen said that he did not regard himself as the patient and rode seriously on the climb. The cohesion of the A-Team and the group riding also made him much more confident in successfully accomplishing this challenge.
　　
The route after Shouka was still a glut of up-and-down roads on a sunny day. It was a tough task for every rider; however, they were not afraid of the uphill climbs and gradually the ride went more smoothly. They were an hour ahead of schedule at today’s finishing point, Sanhe Seashore Park. In order to make it in total a 1000-kilometer trip, a last minute decision was made to add 22 kilometers to the original 80-kilometer ride, riding to today’s accommodation, Hotel Royal Chihpen Spa.
　　
Chairman Tony Lo said happily, “A-Team members accomplished today’s tough ride because of the several-month training courses and great improvements in the past few days. It was a severe test on the body, mind and spirit of A-Team members. It’s just like running companies: you should take a long time working hard on running companies and undergoing many tasks, and finally you will enjoy success”. After achieving the highest point, A-Team riders moved forward to achieve the goal of the 1000-kilometer round-island trip safely and without problems.