How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine | TED

Translator: David J. Kreps Finnemann Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

As a magician, I try to create images that make people stop and think.

Som tryllekunstner, prøver jeg at skabe billeder der

får mennesker til at stoppe og tænke.

I also try to challenge myself

Jeg prøver også at udfordre mig selv

to do things that doctors say are not possible.

til at gøre ting som lægen siger ikke er muligt.

I was buried alive in New York City in a coffin,

Jeg blev begravet levende i New York City i en kiste,

buried alive in a coffin in April, 1999, for a week.

begravet levende i en kiste i April, 1999,

i en uge.

I lived there with nothing but water.

Jeg boede deri med intet andet end vand.

And it ended up being so much fun

Og det endte med at være så sjovt

that I decided I could pursue doing more of these things.

at jeg besluttede at jeg kunne forfølge

det at gøre flere af denne slags ting.

The next one is I froze myself in a block of ice

Det næste jeg gjorde er at jeg frøs mig selv i en blok is

for three days and three nights in New York City.

i tre dage og tre nætter i New York City.

That one was way more difficult than I had expected.

Den var meget sværere end jeg havde forventet.

The one after that, I stood on top of a hundred-foot pillar

Derefter stod jeg på toppen af en 50 meter høj pille

for 36 hours.

i 36 timer.

I began to hallucinate so hard

Jeg begyndte at hallucinere så slemt

that the buildings that were behind me started to look like big animal heads.

at bygningerne der var bagved mig begyndte at ligne store dyrehoveder.

So, next I went to London.

Så, derefter tog jeg til London.

In London I lived in a glass box for 44 days

I London boede jeg i en glaskasse i 44 dage

with nothing but water.

uden andet end vand.

It was, for me, one of the most difficult things I'd ever done,

Det var, for mig, en af de sværeste ting jeg nogensinde havde gjort,

but it was also the most beautiful.

men det var også det smukkeste.

There was so many skeptics, especially the press in London,

Der var så mange skeptikere, specielt pressen i London,

that they started flying cheeseburgers on helicopters around my box to tempt me.

de begyndte at flyve cheeseburgere

på helikoptere rundt om min kasse for at prøve at friste mig.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So, I felt very validated

Så, jeg følte mig meget valideret

when the New England Journal of Medicine actually used the research for science.

da New England Journal of Medicine faktisk

brugte forskningen til videnskab.

My next pursuit was I wanted to see how long I could go without breathing,

Min næste udfordring var at jeg ville se hvor lang tid jeg kunne holde uden at trække vejret,

like how long I could survive with nothing, not even air.

ligesom hvor længe jeg kunne overleve uden noget,

ikke engang luft.

I didn't realize that it would become the most amazing journey of my life.

Jeg var ikke klar over at det ville blive

den mest fantastiske rejse i mit liv.

As a young magician,

Som en ung tryllekunstner

I was obsessed with Houdini and his underwater challenges.

var jeg besat af Houdini og hans undervands udfordringer.

So, I began, early on, competing against the other kids,

Så, jeg begyndte, tidligt, at konkurrere mod de andre børn,

seeing how long I could stay underwater while they went up and down to breathe,

for at se hvor længe jeg kunne holde mig under vandet

mens de skulle op og ned for at trække vejret,

you know, five times, while I stayed under on one breath.

I ved, fem gange, mens jeg holdte mig nede på et åndedrag.

By the time I was a teenager,

Da jeg blev teenager

I was able to hold my breath for three minutes and 30 seconds.

var jeg i stand til at holde vejret i tre minutter og 30 sekunder.

I would later find out that was Houdini's personal record.

Jeg fandt senere ud af, at det var Houdinis personlige rekord.

In 1987 I heard of a story

I 1987 hørte jeg en histore

about a boy that fell through ice and was trapped under a river.

om en dreng der faldt gennem isen

og var fanget under en flod.

Han var under, trak ikke vejret i 45 minutter.

He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes.

When the rescue workers came,

Da redningsfolkene kom

they resuscitated him and there was no brain damage.

genoplivede de ham og der var ingen hjerneskade.

His core temperature had dropped to 77 degrees.

Hans kerne temperatur var faldet til 25 grader.

As a magician, I think everything is possible.

Som tryllekunstner, mener jeg alt er muligt.

And I think if something is done by one person,

Og jeg mener at hvis noget bliver gjort af en person,

it can be done by others.

kan det gøres af andre.

I started to think,

Jeg begyndte at tænke, at hvis drengen kunne overleve

if the boy could survive without breathing for that long,

uden at trække vejret i så lang tid,

there must be a way that I could do it.

måtte der være en måde hvorpå jeg kunne gøre det.

So, I met with a top neurosurgeon.

Så, jeg mødtes med en dygtig neurokirurg.

And I asked him, how long is it possible to go without breathing,

Og jeg spurgte ham, hvor lang tid er det muligt

at overleve uden at trække vejret, ligesom hvor lang tid kunne jeg overleve uden ilt?

like how long could I go without air?

And he said to me that anything over six minutes

Og han sagde til mig, at alt over seks minutter

you have a serious risk of hypoxic brain damage.

er der en alvorlig risiko

for hypoksisk hjerneskade.

So, I took that as a challenge, basically.

Så, det tog jeg som en udfordring, dybest set.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

My first try, I figured that I could do something similar,

Mit første forsøg, tænkte jeg at jeg kunne gøre noget lignende,

og jeg byggede en vandtank,

and I created a water tank,

and I filled it with ice and freezing cold water.

og jeg fyldte den med is og isnende koldt vand.

And I stayed inside of that water tank

Og jeg blev inde i vandtanken

hoping my core temperature would start to drop.

og håbede at min kernetemperatur ville begynde at falde.

And I was shivering.

Og jeg rystede. I mit første forsøg for at holde vejret

In my first attempt to hold my breath, I couldn't even last a minute.

jeg kunne ikke engang holde et minut.

So, I realized that was completely not going to work.

Så, jeg blev klar over at det slet ikke kom til at virke.

I went to talk to a doctor friend --

Så, jeg ville arbejde med en ven der er læge,

og jeg spurgte ham om hvordan jeg kunne gøre det?

and I asked him, "How could I do that?"

"I want to hold my breath for a really long time. How could it be done?"

"Jeg vil holde vejret i rigtig lang tid. Hvordan kan det gøres?"

And he said, "David, you're a magician,

Og han sagde, "David, du er tryllekunstner,

create the illusion of not breathing, it will be much easier."

skab illusionen at du ikke trækker vejret, det er meget nemmere."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So, he came up with this idea of creating a rebreather,

Så, han fandt på denne ide

om at bygge en rebreather,

with a CO2 scrubber,

med en CO2 skrubbe,

which was basically a tube from Home Depot,

der dybest set var et stykke rør fra Home Depot,

with a balloon duct-taped to it,

hvor der var tapet en ballon fast på,

that he thought we could put inside of me,

som han mente vi kunne sætte inden i mig,

and somehow be able to circulate the air and rebreathe

og på en måde være i stand til at cirkulere luften og genbruge

with this thing in me.

den med denne ting i mig.

This is a little hard to watch.

Dette er lidt svært at se på.

But this is that attempt.

Men dette er det forsøg.

So, that clearly wasn't going to work.

Så, det ville tydeligvis ikke virke.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Then I actually started thinking about liquid breathing.

Så begyndte jeg faktisk at tænke på

væske vejrtrækning.

There is a chemical that's called perflubron.

Der er et kemikalie der hedder perflubron.

And it's so high in oxygen levels that in theory you could breathe it.

Og der er så højt ilt niveau

at man i teorien kan trække vejret i det.

So, I got my hands on that chemical,

Så, jeg fik fat på det kemikalie,

filled the sink up with it, and stuck my face in the sink

fyldte håndvasken med det, og jeg puttede mit ansigt i håndvasken

and tried to breathe that in, which was really impossible.

og prøvede at trække vejret i det,

hvilket var helt umuligt.

It's basically like trying to breathe, as a doctor said,

Det var dybest set ligesom at prøve at trække vejret, som lægen sagde,

while having an elephant standing on your chest.

samtidig med at der står en elefant på ens brystkasse.

So, that idea disappeared.

Så, den ide forsvandt.

Then I started thinking,

Så begyndte jeg at tænke,

would it be possible to hook up a heart/lung bypass machine

ville det være muligt at hjerte/lunge bypass maskine

and have a surgery where it was a tube going into my artery,

og få en operation hvor der ville gå en tube i min pulsåre,

and then appear to not breathe while they were oxygenating my blood?

og så se ud som om jeg ikke trak vejret mens de iltede mit blod?

Which was another insane idea, obviously.

Hvilket var endnu en sindssyg ide, tydeligvis.

Then I thought about the craziest idea of all the ideas:

Så tænkte jeg på den mest sindssyge ide af dem alle:

to actually do it.

faktisk at gøre det.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

To actually try to hold my breath past the point

Rent faktisk at holde vejret forbi det punkt

that doctors would consider you brain dead.

hvor lægerne ville anse en for hjernedød.

Så, jeg begyndte at forske i

So, I started researching into pearl divers.

perledykkere.

You know, because they go down for four minutes on one breath.

I ved, fordi de dykker ned i fire minutter på en vejrtrækning.

And when I was researching pearl divers, I found the world of free-diving.

Og da jeg undersøgte perledykkere, fandt jeg verden med

free-diving.

It was the most amazing thing that I ever discovered, pretty much.

Det var den mest fantastiske ting jeg nogensinde har opdaget, mere eller mindre.

There is many different aspects to free-diving.

Der er mange forskellige aspekter i free-diving.

There is depth records, where people go as deep as they can.

Der er dybde rekorder, hvor mennesker dykker så dybt som de kan.

And then there is static apnea.

Og så er der statisk apnø.

That's holding your breath as long as you can

Det er at holde vejret så længe man kan

in one place without moving.

på et sted uden at bevæge sig.

That was the one that I studied.

Det var den jeg studerede.

The first thing that I learned is when you're holding your breath,

Den første ting jeg lærte er at når man holder vejret

you should never move at all; that wastes energy.

skal man aldrig bevæge sig overhovedet; det spilder energi.

And that depletes oxygen,

Og det bruger ilt,

and it builds up CO2 in your blood.

og det opbygger CO2 i ens blod. Så, jeg lærte aldrig at bevæge mig.

So, I learned never to move.

And I learned how to slow my heart rate down.

Og jeg lærte hvordan jeg bremser min hjerte frekvens.

I had to remain perfectly still and just relax

Jeg skulle være helt stille og bare slappe af

and think that I wasn't in my body, and just control that.

og jeg tror at jeg ikke var i min krop,

og bare kontrollere den.

And then I learned how to purge.

Og så lærte jeg at rense ud.

Purging is basically hyperventilating.

Udrensning er dybest set hyperventilering.

You blow in and out --

Man puster in og ud ...

(Breathing loudly)

You do that, you get lightheaded, you get tingling.

Det gør man, man bliver svimmel, det begynder at snurre.

And you're really ridding your body of CO2.

Og man tømmer virkelig ens krop for CO2.

So, when you hold your breath, it's infinitely easier.

Så, når man holder vejret er det uendelig meget nemmere.

Then I learned that you have to take a huge breath,

Så lærte jeg at man skal tage en dyb vejrtrækning,

and just hold and relax and never let any air out,

og bare holde det og slappe af og aldrig lade luft ud,

and just hold and relax through all the pain.

og holde vejret og slappe af gennem al smerten.

Every morning, this is for months,

Hver morgen, dette er i løbet af måneder,

I would wake up and the first thing that I would do

ville jeg vågne og det første jeg ville gøre

is I would hold my breath

var at jeg holdte vejret

for, out of 52 minutes, I would hold my breath for 44 minutes.

i, ud af 52 minutter,

holdte jeg vejret i 44 minutter.

So, basically what that means is I would purge,

Så, det det dybest set betyder er at jeg ville udrense,

I'd breathe really hard for a minute.

jeg ville trække vejret rigtig tungt i et minut.

And I would hold, immediately after, for five and a half minutes.

Og jeg ville holde vejret, straks efter, i fem og et halvt minut.

Then I would breathe again for a minute, purging as hard as I can,

Så trak jeg vejret igen i et minut,

og udrensede så godt jeg kunne,

then immediately after that I would hold again for five and a half minutes.

og med det samme derefter holdte jeg igen vejret i fem og et halvt minut.

I would repeat this process eight times in a row.

Jeg ville gentage denne proces otte gange i streg.

Out of 52 minutes, you're only breathing for eight minutes.

Ud af 52 minutter trækker man kun vejret i otte minutter.

At the end of that you're completely fried, your brain.

Til sidst er man total smadret, ens hjerne.

You feel like you're walking around in a daze.

Man føler det som om man går rundt i en døs.

And you have these awful headaches.

Og man har disse voldsomme hovedpiner.

Basically, I'm not the best person to talk to when I'm doing that stuff.

Dybest set, er jeg ikke den bedste person at snakke med når jeg gør den slags ting.

I started learning about the world-record holder.

Jeg begyndte at lære om verdensrekordindehaveren.

His name is Tom Sietas.

Han navn er Tom Sietas.

And this guy is perfectly built for holding his breath.

Og denne fyr er perfekt bygget til at holde vejret.

He's six foot four. He's 160 pounds.

Han er 193. Han vejer 72.5 kilo.

And his total lung capacity is twice the size of an average person.

Og hans totale lungekapacitet

er dobbelt så stor som den gennemsnitlige person.

I'm six foot one, and fat.

Jeg er 185, og fed.

We'll say big-boned.

Vi siger stor af bygning.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

I had to drop 50 pounds in three months.

Jeg skulle tabe mig 23 kilo på tre måneder.

So, everything that I put into my body, I considered as medicine.

Så, alt jeg puttede i min krop

så jeg som medicin.

Every bit of food was exactly what it was for its nutritional value.

Hver eneste stykke mad var præcis hvad det var for dens ernæringsværdi.

I ate really small controlled portions throughout the day.

Jeg spiste virkelig små kontrollerede portioner

i løbet af dagen.

And I started to really adapt my body.

Og jeg begyndte virkelig at tilpasse min krop.

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(Laughter)

The thinner I was, the longer I was able to hold my breath.

Jo tyndere jeg var, jo længere tid kunne jeg holde vejret.

And by eating so well and training so hard,

Og ved at spise så godt og træne så hårdt,

my resting heart-rate dropped to 38 beats per minute.

faldt min hvilepuls til 38 slag per minut.

Which is lower than most Olympic athletes.

Hvilket er lavere end de fleste olympiske atleter.

In four months of training,

I løbet af fire måneders træning var jeg i stand til at holde vejret

I was able to hold my breath for over seven minutes.

i mere end syv minutter.

I wanted to try holding my breath everywhere.

Jeg ville prøve at holde vejret over alt.

I wanted to try it in the most extreme situations

Jeg ville prøve det i de mest ekstreme situationer

to see if I could slow my heart rate down under duress.

for at se om jeg kunne sænke min puls

under stress.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

I decided that I was going to break the world record

Jeg besluttede at jeg ville slå verdensrekorden

live on prime-time television.

live i tv i den bedste sendetid.

The world record was eight minutes and 58 seconds,

Verdensrekorden var otte minutter og 58 sekunder,

held by Tom Sietas, that guy with the whale lungs I told you about.

holdt af Tom Sietas, fyren med hvallunger som jeg fortale jer om.

(Latter)

I assumed that I could put a water tank at Lincoln Center

Jeg gik ud fra at jeg kunne sætte en vandtank i Lincoln center

and if I stayed there a week not eating,

og hvis jeg boede der en uge uden at spise,

I would get comfortable in that situation and I would slow my metabolism,

ville jeg blive tryg i den situation

og jeg ville sænke mit stofskifte,

which I was sure would help me hold my breath

som jeg var sikker på ville hjælpe mig med at holde vejret

longer than I had been able to do it.

længere end jeg havde været i stand til at gøre det.

Jeg tog fuldstændig fejl.

I was completely wrong.

I entered the sphere a week before the scheduled air date.

Jeg gik ind i kuglen en uge før jeg skulle i tv.

And I thought everything seemed to be on track.

Og jeg troede alt virkede til at alt kørte som det skulle.

Two days before my big breath-hold attempt, for the record,

To dage før mit store vejrtrækningsforsøg, til rekorden,

the producers of my television special

tænkte producerne af min specialudsendelse

thought that just watching somebody holding their breath, and almost drowning,

at bare det at se på nogen

der holdte vejret, der næsten druknede,

er for kedeligt til fjernsynet.

is too boring for television.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So, I had to add handcuffs, while holding my breath, to escape from.

Så, jeg skulle tilføje håndjern,

mens jeg holdte vejret, som jeg skulle slippe ud af.

This was a critical mistake.

Dette var en kritisk fejl.

Because of the movement, I was wasting oxygen.

På grund af bevægelsen mistede jeg ilt.

And by seven minutes I had gone into these awful convulsions.

Og efter syv minutter var jeg kommet

i disse forfærdelige sammentrækninger.

By 7:08, I started to black out.

Ved 7:08 begyndte jeg at få black out.

And by seven minutes and 30 seconds,

Og ved 7 minutter og 30 sekunder

they had to pull my body out and bring me back.

skulle de trække min krop ud og få mig tilbage.

I had failed on every level.

Jeg var fejlet på alle niveauer.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So, naturally, the only way out of the slump that I could think of was,

Så, naturligvis, den eneste måde ud af hullet

som jeg kunne tænke på

var, jeg besluttede at ringe til Oprah.

I decided to call Oprah.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

I told her that I wanted to up the ante

Jeg fortalte hende at jeg ville forhøje indsatsen

and hold my breath longer than any human being ever had.

og holde vejret længere end noget menneske nogensinde havde gjort.

This was a different record.

Dette var en anden rekord. Dette var en ren O2

This was a pure O2 static apnea record

statisk apnø rekord ved Guiness

that Guinness had set the world record at 13 minutes.

havde en verdensrekord på på 13 minutter.

So, basically you breathe pure O2 first, oxygenating your body, flushing out CO2,

Så, dybest set trækker man vejret i ren O2 først,

og ilter ens krop, renser ens krop for CO2,

og så er man i stand til at holde vejret meget længere.

and you are able to hold much longer.

I realized that my real competition was the beaver.

Jeg blev klar over, at min virkelige konkurrent

var bæveren.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Laughter ends)

In January of '08,

I januar 2008

Oprah gave me four months to prepare and train.

gav Oprah mig fire måneder til at forberede og træne.

So, I would sleep in a hypoxic tent every night.

Så, jeg ville sove i et hypoxic telt hver nat.

A hypoxic tent is a tent that simulates altitude at 15,000 feet.

Et hypoxic telt er et telt der simulerer

en højde på fem kilometer.

So, it's like base camp, Everest.

Så, det er ligesom base camp på Everest.

What that does is, you start building up the red bloodcell count in your body,

Det det gør er, at man begynder at opbygge

antallet af røde blodceller i kroppen,

which helps you carry oxygen better.

hvilket hjælper en med at bære ilt bedre.

Every morning, again, after getting out of that tent,

Hver morgen, igen, efter at komme ud af det telt

your brain is completely wiped out.

er ens hjerne total udslettet.

My first attempt on pure O2, I was able to go up to 15 minutes.

Mit første forsøg på ren O2, var jeg stand til at komme op på 15 minutter.

So, it was a pretty big success.

Så, det var en ret stor succes.

The neurosurgeon pulled me out of the water

Neurokirurgen hev mig op af vandet

because in his mind, at 15 minutes your brain is done, you're brain dead.

fordi i hans sind, ved 15 minutter

er hjernen færdig, ens hjerne er død.

So, he pulled me up, and I was fine.

Så, han hev mig op, og jeg havde det fint.

There was one person there that was definitely not impressed.

Der var en person der, der absolut ikke var imponeret.

It was my ex-girlfriend.

Det var min eks-kæreste. Mens jeg slog rekorden under vandet

While I was breaking the record underwater for the first time,

for første gang, kiggede hun min Blackberry igennem

she was sifting through my Blackberry, checking all my messages.

og kiggede i alle mine sms'er.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

My brother had a picture of it. It is really --

Min bror havde et billede af det. Det er virkelig ...

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Laughter ends)

I then announced that I was going to go for Sietas' record, publicly.

Derefter annoncerede jeg at jeg ville gå efter

Sietas rekord, offentligt.

And what he did in response, is he went on Regis and Kelly,

Og det han gjorde som modsvar var,

at han tog til Regis og Kelly,

and broke his old record.

og han slog sin gamle rekord.

Then his main competitor went out and broke his record.

Så gik hans største konkurrent ud og slog hans rekord.

So, he suddenly pushed the record up to 16 minutes and 32 seconds.

Så, pludselig skubbede han rekorden op til

16 minutter og 32 sekunder.

Which was three minutes longer than I had prepared.

Hvilket var tre minutter længere end jeg havde forberedt.

It was longer than the record.

I ved, det var længere end rekorden.

I wanted to get the Science Times to document this.

Nu ville jeg have Science Time til at dokumentere dette.

I wanted to get them to do a piece on it.

Jeg ville havde dem til at lave en artikel om det.

So, I did what any person

Så jeg gjorde hvad hvilken som helst person

seriously pursuing scientific advancement would do.

der seriøst efterfulgte videnskabelig gennembrud gør.

I walked into the New York Times offices and did card tricks to everybody.

Jeg gik ind til New York Times kontor

og lavede korttrick for dem alle sammen.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So, I don't know if it was the magic or the lure of the Cayman Islands,

Så jeg ved ikke om det var tryllekunst eller Cayman islands lærdom,

but John Tierney flew down

men John Tierney fløj ned

and did a piece on the seriousness of breath-holding.

og lavede en artikel om seriøsiteten om at holde vejret.

While he was there, I tried to impress him, of course.

Mens han var der prøvede jeg at imponere ham, selvfølgelig.

And I did a dive down to 160 feet,

Og jeg dykkede ned til 50 meter,

which is basically the height of a 16 story building,

hvilket dybest set er højden på en 16 etagers bygning,

and as I was coming up, I blacked out underwater,

og jeg kom op, jeg fik blackout under vandet,

which is really dangerous; that's how you drown.

hvilket er virkelig farligt; det er sådan man drukner.

Luckily, Kirk had seen me and he swam over and pulled me up.

Heldigvis havde Kirk set mig

og han svømmede over og hev mig op.

So, I started full focus.

Så, jeg begyndte at fokusere.

I completely trained to get my breath-hold time up

Jeg trænede kun for at kunne holde vejret længere

for what I needed to do.

til det jeg havde brug for at gøre.

But there was no way to prepare for the live television aspect of it,

Men der var ingen måde at forberede mig på live fjernsynsdelen af det,

being on Oprah.

det at være på Oprah.

But in practice, I would do it face down, floating on the pool.

Men i praksis, ville jeg gøre det med ansigtet nedad, flyde i poolen.

But for TV they wanted me to be upright so they could see my face, basically.

Men til TV ville de have mig til at stå op

så de kunne se mit ansigt, dybest set.

The other problem was the suit was so buoyant

Det andet problem var,

at dragten flød så godt,

that they had to strap my feet in to keep me from floating up.

at de var nød til at binde mine fødder fast, for at holde mig fra at flyde op.

So, I had to use my legs to hold my feet into the straps that were loose,

Så, jeg skulle bruge mine ben for at holde fødderne i stropperne der var løse,

which was a real problem for me.

hvilket virkelig var et problem for mig.

That made me extremely nervous, raising the heart rate.

Det gjorde mig ekstremt nervøs,

hvilket fik pulsen op.

Then, what they also did was,

Derefter, hvad de også gjorde var,

which we never did before, is there was a heart-rate monitor.

som vi aldrig havde gjort før, er at der var en pulsmåler.

And it was right next to the sphere.

Og den var lige ved siden af kuglen.

So, every time my heart would beat, I'd hear the beep-beep-beep-beep,

Så, hver gang mit hjerte slog kunne jeg høre den beep-beep-beep-beep,

you know, the ticking, really loud.

I ved, den tikke, virkelig højt.

Which was making me more nervous.

Hvilket gjorde mig endnu mere nervøs.

And there was no way to slow my heart rate down.

Og der er ingen måde til at sænke min puls på.

Så, normalt

Normally, I would start at 38 beats per minute,

ville jeg starte med 38 slag per minuttet,

and while holding my breath, it would drop to 12 beats per minute,

og mens jeg holdte vejret ville det faldt til 12 slag per minut,

which is pretty unusual.

hvilket er temmelig usædvanligt.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

This time it started at 120 beats, and it never went down.

Denne gang startede det på 120 slag,

og faldt aldrig.

I spent the first five minutes underwater

Jeg brugte de første fem minutter under vandet

desperately trying to slow my heart rate down.

på desperat at prøve at sænke min puls.

I was just sitting there thinking,

Jeg sad bare der og tænkte, "Jeg skal sænke pulsen.

"I've got to slow this down. I'm going to fail."

Jeg dumper, jeg dumper."

And I was getting more nervous.

Og jeg blev mere nervøs.

And the heart rate just kept going up and up,

Og pulsen steg og steg bare,

all the way up to 150 beats.

helt op til 150 slag per minut.

Basically it's the same thing that created my downfall at Lincoln Center.

Dybest set den samme ting der skabte min undergang ved Lincoln Center.

It was a waste of O2.

Det var spild af O2.

When I made it to the halfway mark, at eight minutes,

Da jeg nåede halvvejs ind, ved otte minutter,

I was 100 percent certain

var jeg 100 procent sikker på

that I was not going to be able to make this.

at jeg ikke var i stand til at klare det.

There was no way for me to do it.

Der var ingen måde at gøre det på for mig.

Så, jeg tænkte, Oprah havde dedikeret en time

I figured, Oprah had dedicated an hour

to doing this breath-hold thing, if I had cracked early,

til at lave denne holde vejret ting, hvis jeg var brudt sammen tidligt

it would be a whole show about how depressed I am.

ville det være et helt show om hvor deprimeret jeg var.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So, I figured I'm better off just fighting and staying there until I black out,

Så, jeg tænkte at det er bedre for mig at kæmpe

og blive der indtil jeg fik black out,

at least then they can pull me out and take care of me and all that.

i det mindste kan de hive mig ud og tage sig af mig og alt det.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

I kept pushing to 10 minutes.

Jeg drev mig mod de 10 minutter. Ved 10 minutter

At 10 minutes you start getting all these really strong tingling sensations

begynder man at få alle disse stærke

prikkende fornemmelser i ens fingre og tæer.

in your fingers and toes.

And I knew that that was blood shunting,

Og jeg vidste at det var blodet der shuntede,

when the blood rushes away from your extremities

når blodet strømmer væk fra ens hænder og fødder

for at give ilt til ens livsvigtige organer.

to provide oxygen to your vital organs.

At 11 minutes I started feeling throbbing sensations in my legs,

Ved 11 minutter begyndte jeg at mærke

dunkende fornemmelser i mine ben,

and my lips started to feel really strange.

og mine læber begyndte at føles meget mærkeligt.

At minute 12 I started to have ringing in my ears,

Ved minut 12 begyndte jeg at have en ringen for mine ører,

and I started to feel my arm going numb.

og jeg begyndte at mærke min arm blev følelsesløs.

And I'm a hypochondriac, and I remember arm numb means heart attack.

Og jeg er hypokonder, og jeg kan huske at en følelsesløs arm betyder hjertestop.

So, I started to really get really paranoid.

Så, jeg begyndte at blive virkelig paranoid.

Så efter 13 minutter, måske fordi jeg er hypokonder.

Then at 13 minutes, maybe because of the hypochondria,

Begyndte jeg at føle smerter i hele min brystkasse.

I started feeling pains all over my chest.

It was awful.

Det var forfærdeligt.

(Laughter)

At 14 minutes, I had these awful contractions,

Ved 14 minutter,

havde jeg forfærdelige sammentrækninger,

like this urge to breathe.

ligesom denne trang til at trække vejret.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Laughter ends)

At 15 minutes I was suffering major O2 deprivation to the heart.

Ved 15 minutter begyndte jeg at lide af

kæmpe iltmangel i hjertet.

And I started having ischemia to the heart.

Og jeg begyndte at få iskæmi i hjertet.

My heartbeat would go from 120 to 50,

Min puls gik fra 120,

til 50, til 150, til 40, til 20, til 150 igen.

to 150, to 40, to 20, to 150 again.

It would skip a beat.

Det sprang et slag over.

It would start. It would stop. And I felt all this.

Det startede. Det stoppede. Og jeg følte alt dette.

And I was sure that I was going to have a heart attack.

Og jeg var sikker på at jeg ville få et hjerteanfald.

So, at 16 minutes what I did is I slid my feet out

Så, ved 16 minutter listede jeg mine fødder ud

because I knew that if I did go out, if I did have a heart attack,

fordi jeg vidste at hvis jeg besvimede,

hvis jeg fik et hjerteanfald, skulle de

they'd have to jump into the binding and take my feet out

hoppe i bindet og tage min fod ud

before pulling me up.

før de kunne hive mig op. Så, jeg var virkelig nervøs.

I was really nervous.

Så, jeg tog min fod ud, og jeg begyndte at flyde til toppen.

I let my feet out, and I started floating to the top.

And I didn't take my head out.

Og jeg tog ikke mit hoved ud.

But I was just floating there waiting for my heart to stop,

Men jeg flød bare der og ventede på at mit hjerte skulle stoppe,

ventede bare.

just waiting.

They had doctors with the "Pst," you know, sitting there waiting.

De havde læger med "Pst," I ved, så,

som bare sad og ventede.

And then suddenly I hear screaming.

Og så hørte jeg pludselig et skrig.

And I think that there is some weird thing --

Og jeg tror der er noget mærkeligt --

that I had died or something had happened.

at jeg var død eller der var sket noget.

And then I realized that I had made it to 16:32.

Og så blev jeg klar over at jeg havde klaret den til 16:32.

So, with the energy of everybody that was there,

Så, med den energi fra alle tilstedeværende

I decided to keep pushing.

besluttede jeg mig for at blive ved med at drive mig selv.

And I went to 17 minutes and four seconds.

Og jeg nåede til 17 minutter og fire sekunder.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

(Applause ends)

As though that wasn't enough, what I did immediately after

Som om det ikke var nok, det jeg gjorde straks efter

var at jeg tog til Quest Labs

is I went to Quest Labs

and had them take every blood sample that they could

og fik dem til at tage en blodprøve, som de kunne

to test for everything and to see where my levels were,

teste for alt og se hvor mine niveauer lå,

so the doctors could use it, once again.

så lægerne kunne bruge det, endnu en gang.

I also didn't want anybody to question it.

Jeg ville heller ikke have at der var nogen der stillede spørgsmålstegn ved det.

I had the world record and I wanted to make sure it was legitimate.

Jeg havde verdensrekorden og jeg ville

være sikker på at den var gældende.

So, I get to New York City the next day,

Så, jeg tog til New York City dagen efter,

I'm walking out of the Apple store,

og børnene kom op til mig -. jeg går ud af Apple forretningen --

and this kid walks up to me he's like, "Yo, D!"

et barn kommer op til mig og siger, "Yo, D!"

I'm like "Yeah?"

Jeg sagde, "Yeah?"

He said, "If you really held your breath that long,

Han sagde, "Hvis du virkelig kunne holde vejret så lang tid,

why'd you come out of the water dry?"

hvorfor var du så tør da du kom ud af vandet?"

I was like "What?"

Jeg spurgte, "Hvad?"

(Laughter)

(Latter)

And that's my life. So --

Og det er mit liv. Så ...

(Laughter)

(Latter)

As a magician, I try to show things to people

Som tryllekunstner prøver jeg at vise ting til mennesker

that seem impossible.

der virker umulige.

And I think magic,

Og jeg tror tryllekunster, hvad enten jeg holder vejret

whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a deck of cards,

eller blander et spil kort,

is pretty simple.

er det ret simpelt.

It's practice, it's training, and it's -- (Sobs)

Det er øvelse, det er træning, og det er --

It's practice, it's training and experimenting,

det er øvelse, det er træning og det er at eksperimentere,

(Sobs)

while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.

mens man hænger i gennem smerter for at være det bedste jeg kan være.

And that's what magic is to me, so, thank you.

Og det er hvad magi er for mig, så, tak.

(Applause)

(Bifald)