Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Mt. Everest swim

Prevoditelj: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG Recezent: Nenad Maljković

Last year when I was here, I was speaking to you about a swim

Ovdje sam prošle godine govorio o tome

which I did across the North Pole.

kako sam preplivao Sjeverni pol.

And while that swim took place three years ago,

Iako sam plivao prije tri godine,

I can remember it as if it was yesterday.

sjećam se kao da je bilo jučer.

I remember standing on the edge of the ice,

Sjećam se kako sam stajao na rubu leda,

about to dive into the water,

neposredno pred skok u vodu,

and thinking to myself, I have never ever

i u sebi razmišljao kako još nikad

seen any place on this earth

nisam vidio mjesto na Zemlji

which is just so frightening.

koje je toliko zastrašujuće.

The water is completely black.

Voda je sasvim crna.

The water is minus 1.7 degrees centigrade,

Voda ima minus 1,7 stupnja Celzijusa,

or 29 degrees Fahrenheit.

ili 29 stupnjeva Fahrenheita.

It's flipping freezing in that water.

Užasno je hladno u toj vodi.

And then a thought came across my mind:

I onda sam pomislio:

if things go pear-shaped on this swim,

ako stvari pođu po zlu kad zaplivam,

how long will it take for my frozen body

koliko će trebati mome smrznutom tijelu

to sink the four and a half kilometers

da potone četiri i pol kilometra

to the bottom of the ocean?

do dna oceana?

And then I said to myself, I've just got to get this thought

A onda sam si rekao, tu misao jednostavno moram

out of my mind as quickly as possible.

izbaciti iz glave čim je prije moguće.

And the only way I can dive

Jedini način na koji mogu skočiti

into that freezing cold water

u tu ledenu vodu

and swim a kilometer

i plivati kilometar

is by listening to my iPod and really revving myself up,

jest slušajući moj iPod i stvarno se ubrzati,

listening to everything from beautiful opera

tako što ću slušati sve od prelijepe opere

all the way across to Puff Daddy,

do Puff Daddya,

and then committing myself a hundred percent --

a zatim se 100% posvetiti -

there is nothing more powerful than the made-up mind --

ništa nije toliko moćno kao odlučan um -

and then walking up to the edge of the ice

i otići na rub leda

and just diving into the water.

i jednostavno skočiti u vodu.

And that swim took me

To je plivanje trajalo

18 minutes and 50 seconds,

18 minuta i 50 sekundi,

and it felt like 18 days.

a meni je izgledalo kao 18 dana.

And I remember getting out of the water

Sjećam se kako sam izlazio iz vode,

and my hands feeling so painful

ruke su me jako boljele,

and looking down at my fingers,

pogledao sam prste,

and my fingers were literally the size of sausages

a prsti su mi doslovno bili poput kobasica

because -- you know, we're made partially of water --

jer - znate, napravljeni smo djelomično od vode -

when water freezes it expands,

kad se voda zamrzava ona se širi,

and so the cells in my fingers

i tako su se stanice u mojim pristima

had frozen and expanded

smrznule, raširile

and burst.

i prsnule.

And the most immediate thought when I came out of that water

Prvo što mi je palo na pamet po izlasku iz vode

was the following:

bilo je:

I'm never, ever

ja nikada više

going to do another cold water swim

neću plivati u hladnoj vodi

in my life again.

u svome životu.

Anyway, last year, I heard about the Himalayas

Ipak, prošle godine sam čuo za Himalaje

and the melting of the -- (Laughter)

i topljenje... (smijeh)

and the melting of the glaciers

i topljenje ledenjaka

because of climate change.

zbog klimatskih promjena.

I heard about this lake, Lake Imja.

Čuo sam za jedno jezero, Imja.

This lake has been formed in the last couple of years

To jezero nastalo je u posljednjih nekoliko godina

because of the melting of the glacier.

zbog topljenja ledenjaka.

The glacier's gone all the way up the mountain

Ledenjaci su se povukli visoko u planine

and left in its place this big lake.

i umjesto sebe ostavili to veliko jezero.

And I firmly believe

Ja čvrsto vjerujem

that what we're seeing in the Himalayas

da je to što pratimo u Himalajima

is the next great, big battleground

naredna velika bojišnica

on this earth.

na Zemlji.

Nearly two billion people --

Skoro 2 milijarde ljudi -

so one in three people on this earth --

dakle svaki treći čovjek na Zemlji -

rely on the water from the Himalayas.

ovisi o vodi s Himalaja.

And with a population increasing as quickly as it is,

S ovako brzim porastom stanovništva,

and with the water supply from these glaciers --

i sa zalihama vode iz tih ledenjaka

because of climate change --

koje se zbog klimatskih promjena

decreasing so much,

smanjuju toliko brzo,

I think we have a real risk of instability.

stvarno mislim da riskiramo nestabilnost.

North, you've got China; south, you've India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,

Sjeverno je Kina, južno je Indija, Pakistan, Bangladeš,

all these countries.

sve te zemlje.

And so I decided

Stoga sam odlučio

to walk up to Mt. Everest,

popeti se na Mt. Everest,

the highest mountain on this earth,

najvišu planinu na Zemlji,

and go and do a symbolic swim

i simbolično zaplivati

underneath the summit

ispod vrha

of Mt. Everest.

Mt. Everesta.

Now, I don't know if any of you have had the opportunity to go to Mt. Everest,

Ja ne znam je li tko od vas imao priliku otići na Mt. Everest,

but it's quite an ordeal getting up there.

no prilično je naporno uspeti se tamo.

28 great, big, powerful yaks

28 sjajnih, velikih, snažnih jakova

carrying all the equipment up onto this mountain --

nosilo je svu opremu uz planinu -

I don't just have my Speedo,

nemam samo svoje kupaće gaćice.

but there's a big film crew who then

Tamo je bila i velika filmska ekipa koja

send all the images around the world.

je slala snimke širom svijeta.

The other thing which was so challenging about this swim

Još nešto bilo je veliki izazov tog plivanja,

is not just the altitude.

ne sama visina.

I wanted to do the swim at 5,300 meters above sea level.

Želio sam plivati na visini 5.300 metara iznad mora.

So it's right up in the heavens.

Pod samim nebesima.

It's very, very difficult to breath. You get altitude sickness.

Jako je, jako teško disati. Dobijete visinsku bolest.

I feels like you've got a man standing behind you with a hammer

Osjećate se kao da netko stoji iza vas s čekićem

just hitting your head all the time.

i stalno vas udara po glavi.

That's not the worst part of it.

I to nije najgore.

The worst part was this year was the year where they decided

Najgore je bilo što su ove godine su odlučili

to do a big cleanup operation on Mt. Everest.

napraviti veliko čišćenje na Mt. Everestu.

Many, many people have died on Mt. Everest,

Jako je puno ljudi poginulo na Mt. Everestu,

and this was the year they decided to go

a ove su godine odlučili

and recover all the bodies of the mountaineers

pronaći tijela svih tih planinara

and then bring them down the mountain.

i spustiti ih s planine.

And when you're walking up the mountain

I dok se penjete na planinu

to attempt to do something

nastojeći napraviti nešto što

which no human has ever done before, and, in fact, no fish --

do tada nitko nije napravio, čak ni riba...

there are no fish up there swimming at 5,300 meters --

Na 5.300 metara visine nema riba.

When you're trying to do that,

Dok pokušavate to napraviti,

and then the bodies are coming past you,

a tijela poginulih nose kraj vas,

it humbles you,

to vas učini poniznim,

and you also realize very, very clearly

jer vrlo jasno vidite

that nature is so much more powerful

koliko je priroda snažnija

than we are.

od nas.

And we walked up this pathway,

Penjali smo se tom stazom

all the way up.

skroz gore.

And to the right hand side of us

S naše desne strane

was this great Khumbu Glacier.

bio je veliki ledenjak Khumbu.

And all the way along the glacier we saw

Uzduž cijelog ledenjaka vidjeli smo

these big pools of melting ice.

velike lokve leda koji se otapa.

And then we got up to this small lake

I onda smo se popeli do malog jezera

underneath the summit of Mt. Everest,

pod vrhom Mt. Everesta

and I prepared myself

i pripremio sam se,

the same way as I've always prepared myself,

onako kako sam se uvijek do tada pripremao,

for this swim which was going to be so very difficult.

za plivanje koje će biti stvarno jako teško.

I put on my iPod, I listened to some music,

Stavio sam svoj iPod, slušao sam muziku,

I got myself as aggressive as possible --

postao sam agresivan koliko je moguće -

but controlled aggression --

ali kontrolirano agresivan -

and then I hurled myself

i onda sam se bacio

into that water.

u tu vodu.

I swam as quickly as I could

Plivao sam što sam brže mogao

for the first hundred meters,

prvih nekoliko stotina metara,

and then I realized very, very quickly,

i onda sam iznenada shvatio

I had a huge problem on my hands.

da imam jako veliki problem.

I could barely breathe.

Jedva sam disao.

I was gasping for air.

Hvatao sam zrak.

I then began to choke,

Počeo sam se gušiti,

and then it quickly led to me vomiting in the water.

i to je izazvalo povraćanje u vodi.

And it all happened so quickly:

Sve se to dogodilo toliko brzo

I then -- I don't know how it happened -- but I went underwater.

da sam - ne znam kako se to dogodilo - ali potonuo sam.

And luckily, the water was quite shallow,

Srećom, voda je bila prilično plitka,

and I was able to push myself off the bottom of the lake

tako da sam se mogao odgurnuti od dna

and get up and then take another gasp of air.

i doći do površine da bi udahnuo još jednom.

And then I said, carry on. Carry on. Carry on.

I onda sam si rekao: nastavi. Nastavi. Nastavi.

I carried on for another five or six strokes,

Nastavio sam još 5 ili 6 zamaha,

and then I had nothing in my body,

a onda potpuno ostao bez snage,

and I went down to the bottom of the lake.

i potonuo na dno jezera.

And I don't where I got it from,

I ne znam kako,

but I was able to somehow

ali nekako sam skupio snagu

pull myself up and as quickly as possible

da što prije otplivam

get to the side of the lake.

do obale jezera.

I've heard it said that drowning

Čuo sam da kažu kako je utapljanje

is the most peaceful death that you can have.

najmirnija smrt koju možete imati.

I have never, ever heard

Nikada nisam čuo

such utter bollocks.

veću glupost.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

It is the most frightening and panicky feeling

To je najstrašniji i najpaničniji osjećaj

that you can have.

koji možete imati.

I got myself to the side of the lake.

Dospio sam nekako na obalu jezera.

My crew grabbed me,

Moja ekipa me zgrabila,

and then we walked as quickly as we could

i onda smo brzo otrčali

down -- over the rubble --

dolje - preko kamenja -

down to our camp.

dolje do logora.

And there, we sat down,

Tamo smo sjeli

and we did a debrief about what had gone wrong

i raspravili što je pošlo po zlu

there on Mt. Everest.

tu na Mt. Everestu.

And my team just gave it to me straight.

Moji suradnici rekli su mi otvoreno.

They said, Lewis, you need to have

Rekli su, Lewis, moraš

a radical tactical shift

radikalno promijeniti taktiku

if you want to do this swim.

ako želiš preplivati to jezero.

Every single thing which you have learned

Sve što si naučio

in the past 23 years of swimming,

u protekle 23 godine plivanja

you must forget.

sad moraš zaboraviti.

Every single thing which you learned

Sve što si naučio

when you were serving in the British army,

dok si služio u britanskoj vojsci,

about speed and aggression,

o brzini i agresivnosti

you put that to one side.

moraš maknuti u stranu.

We want you to walk up the hill in another two days' time.

Želimo da ponovno pokušaš za dva dana.

Take some time to rest and think about things.

Malo se odmori i razmisli.

We want you to walk up the mountain in two days' time,

Želimo da se za dva dana popneš na tu planinu,

and instead of swimming fast,

i umjesto da plivaš brzo,

swim as slowly as possible.

plivaj čim sporije možeš.

Instead of swimming crawl, swim breaststroke.

Umjesto da plivaš kraul, plivaj prsno.

And remember, never ever swim with aggression.

I upamti, niti ne pokušavaj plivati agresivno.

This is the time to swim

Ovoga puta trebaš plivati

with real humility.

sa stvarnom poniznošću.

And so we walked back up

I tako smo ponovno otišli gore

to the mountain two days later.

uz planinu, dva dana kasnije.

And I stood there

Stao sam ondje

on the edge of the lake,

na rub jezera

and I looked up at Mt. Everest --

i pogledao gore prema Mt. Everestu -

and she is one of the most beautiful mountains on the earth --

to je jedna od najljepših planina na Zemlji -

and I said to myself, just do this slowly.

i rekao sam si, ovoga puta polako.

And I swam across the lake.

I preplivao sam jezero.

And I can't begin to tell you

Ne mogu vam opisati

how good I felt

kako dobro sam se osjećao

when I came to the other side.

kada sam došao na drugu stranu.

But I learned two very, very

Ali naučio sam dvije jako, jako

important lessons there on Mt. Everest,

važne lekcije tamo na Mt. Everestu.

and I thank my team of Sherpas who taught me this.

Zahvaljujem svojoj ekipi Šerpa koji su me to naučili.

The first one is

Prva je

that just because something has worked in the past so well,

ako je nešto dobro funkcioniralo u prošlosti,

doesn't mean it's going to work in the future.

ne znači da će funkcionirati i u budućnosti.

And similarly,

I slično tome,

now, before I do anything,

sada, prije nego što bilo što pokušam,

I ask myself what type of mindset

zapitam se kakvu vrstu mentalnog stanja

do I require

trebam

to successfully complete a task.

kako bih uspješno obavio zadatak.

And taking that into the world of climate change --

I razmišljajući na taj način o klimatskim promjenama,

which is, frankly,

koje su, iskreno,

the Mt. Everest of all problems --

Mt. Everest svih problema -

just because we've lived the way we have lived for so long,

samo zato što smo na ovaj način živjeli toliko dugo,

just because we have consumed the way we have for so long

samo zato što smo toliko trošli tako dugo

and populated the earth the way we have for so long,

i naseljavali Zemlju tako dugo,

doesn't mean that we can carry on

ne znači da možemo nastaviti

the way we are carrying on.

tako kako smo to do sada radili.

The warning signs are all there.

Svi znakovi opasnosti su tu.

When I was born, the world's population

Kada sam ja rođen, na svijetu

was 3.5 billion people.

je bilo 3,5 milijardi ljudi.

We're now 6.8 billion people,

Danas nas ima 6,8 milijardi,

and we're expected to be 9 billion people

i očekuje se da će nas biti preko 9 milijardi

by 2050.

do 2050.

And then the second lesson,

I druga lekcija,

the radical, tactical shift.

radikalna, taktička promjena.

And I've come here to ask you today:

Danas sam ovdje kako bih vas upitao:

what radical tactical shift

koju radikalnu taktičku promjenu

can you take in your relationship to the environment,

možete vi napraviti u svojem odnosu s okolišem,

which will ensure

koja će osigurati

that our children and our grandchildren

da naša djeca i unuci

live in a safe world

žive u sigurnom svijetu

and a secure world,

i zaštićenom svijetu,

and most importantly, in a sustainable world?

i najvažnije, u održivom svijetu?

And I ask you, please, to go away from here

Tražim od vas, molim vas, da odlazeći odavde

and think about that one

razmislite o toj jednoj

radical tactical shift

radikalnoj taktičkoj promjeni

which you could make,

koju vi možete napraviti,

which will make that big difference,

koja će prouzročiti veliki pomak,

and then commit a hundred percent to doing it.

i onda joj se posvetite 100%.

Blog about it, tweet about it, talk about it,

Blogajte, tweetajte, pričajte o tome,

and commit a hundred percent,

i posvetite se tome 100%.

because very, very few things

Jer skoro ništa nije

are impossible to achieve

nemoguće ostvariti

if we really put our whole minds to it.

ako se zbilja za to odlučimo.

So thank you very, very much.

Zato vam puno, puno hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)