Ray Zahab treks to the South Pole

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A month ago today

Prije mjesec dana

I stood there:

stajao sam ondje.

90 degrees south, the top of

90 stupnjeva južno, vrh

the bottom of the world, the Geographic South Pole.

dna svijeta, zemljopisni Južni pol.

And I stood there beside two very good friends of mine,

Stajao sam tamo pored dva vrlo dobra prijatelja,

Richard Weber and Kevin Vallely.

Richarda Webera i Kevina Vallelya.

Together we had just broken the world speed record

Skupa smo bili upravo srušili svjetski brzinski rekord

for a trek to the South Pole.

u pješačenju na Južni pol.

It took us 33 days,

Trebalo nam je 33 dana,

23 hours and 55 minutes to get there.

23 sata i 55 minuta da dospijemo onamo.

We shaved five days off the previous best time.

Skinuli smo pet dana s prethodnog rekorda.

And in the process, I became the first person in history

I pritom sam postao prva osoba u povijesti

to make the entire 650-mile journey,

koja je čitav put od 1.000 kilometara,

from Hercules Inlet to South Pole,

od Hercules Inleta to Južnog pola,

solely on feet, without skis.

prevalila pješice, bez skija.

Now, many of you are probably saying, "Wait a sec,

Sad, mnogi od vas vjerojatno govore, „Čekaj malo,

is this tough to do?"

je li to teško učiniti?"

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Imagine, if you will,

Zamislite, ako hoćete,

dragging a sled, as you just saw in that video clip,

da vučete saonice kao što ste vidjeli u tom filmu,

with 170 pounds of gear,

natovarene s 85 kilograma opreme,

in it everything you need to survive on your Antarctic trek.

koja sadrži sve što vam treba da preživite pješačenje na Antarktici.

It's going to be 40 below, every single day.

Temperatura je 40 ispod nule, baš svakoga dana.

You'll be in a massive headwind.

Bit ćete na snažnom vjetru.

And at some point you're going to have to cross these cracks in the ice,

I u isto vrijeme morate prelaziti pukotine u ledu,

these crevasses.

ove brazde.

Some of them have a very precarious thin footbridge underneath them

Neke od njih pod sobom imaju vrlo opasne tanke mostove

that could give way at a moment's notice,

koji mogu popustiti u trenutku,

taking your sled, you, into the abyss, never to be seen again.

i povući saonice i vas u provaliju, da vas više nitko ne pronađe.

The punchline to your journey? Look at the horizon.

A završna finesa putovanja? Pogledajte obzor.

Yes, it's uphill the entire way,

Da, ide se uzbrdo cijelim putem.

because the South Pole is at 10,000 feet,

Jer se Južni pol nalazi na preko 3.000 metara.

and you're starting at sea level.

A krećete s razine mora.

Our journey did not, in fact, begin at Hercules Inlet,

Naše putovanje zapravo nije počelo na Hercules Inletu,

where frozen ocean meets the land of Antarctica.

gdje se smrznuti ocean sreće s kopnom Antarktike.

It began a little less than two years ago.

Počeo je prije nešto manje od dvije godine.

A couple of buddies of mine and I

Dvojica prijatelja i ja smo

had finished a 111-day run across the entire Sahara desert.

završili putovanje dugo 111 dana preko cijele saharske pustinje.

And while we were there we learned

I dok smo bili tamo, doznali smo

the seriousness of the water crisis in Northern Africa.

za ozbiljnost krize s vodom u sjevernoj Africi.

We also learned that many of the issues facing the people of Northern Africa

Naučili smo također da mnogi problemi s kojima se suočavaju ljudi sjeverne Afrike

affected young people the most.

najviše pogađaju mlade.

I came home to my wife after 111 days of running in the sand,

Vratio sam se kući supruzi nakon 111 dana trčanja po pijesku.

and I said, "You know, there's no doubt if this bozo can get across the desert,

I rekao sam, „Znaš, nema sumnje da ako ovaj tip može prijeći pustinju;

we are capable of doing anything we set our minds to."

tada smo u stanju postići bilo što na što se odvažimo."

But if I'm going to continue doing these adventures, there has to be

Ali, ako ću nastaviti s ovim pustolovinama, tada

a reason for me to do them

mora postojati razlog da ih činim,

beyond just getting there.

nešto više od samog odlaska tamo.

Around that time I met an extraordinary human being,

Nekako u to vrijeme upoznao sam izuzetnog čovjeka,

Peter Thum, who inspired me with his actions.

Petera Thuma, koji me inspirirao svojim aktivnostima.

He's trying to find and solve water issues, the crisis around the world.

On pokušava pronaći i riješiti probleme s vodom, krizu širom svijeta.

His dedication inspired me to come up with this expedition:

Njegova predanost me nadahnula da osmislim ovu ekspediciju.

a run to the South Pole

Put na Južni pol,

where, with an interactive website,

kamo ću, pomoću interaktivne Internet stranice,

I will be able to bring young people, students and teachers from around the world

moći povesti mlade, učenike i nastavnike sa svih strana svijeta

on board the expedition with me,

sa sobom na ekspediciju,

as active members.

kao aktivne članove.

So we would have a live website, that every single day of the 33 days,

Znači, imali bismo živu stranicu koja će svakodnevno tijekom 33 dana,

we would be blogging, telling stories of,

blogirati, pričati priče,

you know, depleted ozone forcing us to cover our faces,

znate, o oštećenom ozonskom sloju koji nas prisiljava da prekrijemo lica,

or we will burn.

ili ćemo izgorjeti.

Crossing miles and miles of sastrugi --

Prelazak kilometara i kilometara sastruga --

frozen ice snowdrifts that could be hip-deep.

nanosa smrznutog snijega koji mogu biti duboki i do struka.

I'm telling you, crossing these things with 170-pound sled,

Kažem vam, kada prelazite te stvari sa saonicama teškim 85 kila,

that sled may as well have weighed 1,700 pounds,

saonice bi isto tako mogle težiti i 850 kila,

because that's what it felt like.

jer je isti osjećaj.

We were blogging to this live website daily

Svakodnevno smo pisali blog na tim živim stranicama

to these students that were tracking us as well,

učenicima koji su pratili naše putovanje,

about 10-hour trekking days,

u danima u kojima se pješačilo po 10 sati,

15-hour trekking days,

15 sati,

sometimes 20 hours of trekking daily to meet our goal.

katkada i po 20 sati da bismo postigli cilj.

We'd catch cat-naps at 40 below on our sled, incidentally.

Kratko bismo odrijemali na minus 40 na saonicama.

In turn, students,

Sa svoje strane, učenici,

people from around the world, would ask us questions.

ljudi iz cijeloga svijeta postavljali su nam pitanja.

Young people would ask the most amazing questions.

Mladi su postavljali najzačudnija pitanja.

One of my favorite: It's 40 below, you've got to go to the bathroom,

Jedno od meni najdražih: „40 je ispod nule, morate na zahod,

where are you going to go and how are you going to do it?

gdje ćete ići i kako ćete to izvesti?

I'm not going to answer that. But I will answer some of the more popular questions.

Neću odgovoriti na to. Ali ću odgovoriti na neka od popularnijih pitanja.

Where do you sleep? We slept in a tent that was very low to the ground,

Gdje spavate? Spavamo u šatoru koji je vrlo nisko pri tlu.

because the winds on Antarctica were so extreme, it would blow anything else away.

Budući da su vjetrovi Antarktike tako ekstremni, sve bi drugo odnijeli.

What do you eat? One of my favorite dishes on expedition:

Što jedete? Jedno od mojih najdražih jela na ekspediciji,

butter and bacon. It's about a million calories.

maslac i slanina. Ima nekih milijun kalorija.

We were burning about 8,500 a day,

Sagorijevali smo nekih 8.500 kalorija dnevno.

so we needed it.

Pa nam je trebalo.

How many batteries do you carry for all the equipment that you have?

Koliko baterija nosite za svu opremu koju imate?

Virtually none. All of our equipment, including film equipment,

Praktički nijednu. Sva naša oprema, uključujući i filmsku,

was charged by the sun.

puni se solarno.

And do you get along? I certainly hope so,

Slažete li se? Svakako se nadam.

because at some point or another on this expedition,

Jer u ovom ili onom trenutku na ekspediciji,

one of your teammates is going to have to take a very big needle,

jedan od članova tima će morati uzeti vrlo dugu iglu,

and put it in an infected blister, and drain it for you.

staviti je u inficirani žulj i isisati ga za vas.

But seriously, seriously, we did get along,

No, ozbiljno, ozbiljno slagali smo se.

because we had a common goal of wanting to inspire these young people.

Zato što smo imali zajednički cilj želeći inspirirati sve te mlade ljude.

They were our teammates! They were inspiring us.

Oni su bili članovi tima! Oni su nadahnjivali nas.

The stories we were hearing got us to the South Pole.

Priče koje smo slušali dovele su nas do Južnog pola.

The website worked brilliantly as a two-way street of communication.

Stranica je funkcionirala sjajno kao dvosmjerna komunikacija.

Young people in northern Canada, kids in an elementary school,

Mladi u sjevernoj Kanadi, djeca u osnovnoj školi

dragging sleds across the school-yard,

koja vuku saonice preko školskog igrališta,

pretending they were Richard, Ray and Kevin. Amazing.

pretvarajući se da su Richard, Ray i Kevin. Zapanjujuće.

We arrived at the South Pole. We huddled into that tent,

Stigli smo na Južni pol. Stisnuli smo se u tom šatoru,

45 below that day, I'll never forget it.

bilo je 45 ispod nule tog dana. Nikad ga neću zaboraviti.

We looked at each other with these looks

Pogledali smo se u nevjerici

of disbelief at what we had just completed.

da smo to doista postigli.

And I remember looking at the guys thinking,

I sjećam se da sam gledao dečke misleći,

"What do I take from this journey?" You know? Seriously.

"Što ćeš ponijeti s ovog putovanja?“ Znate? Ozbiljno.

That I'm this uber-endurance guy?

Da sam ja über-izdržljivi tip?

As I stand here today talking to you guys,

Dok danas stojim ovdje i govorim vam,

I've been running for the grand sum of five years.

trčim već ukupno pet godina.

And a year before that I was a pack-a-day smoker,

A godinu prije toga, pušio sam kutiju na dan,

living a very sedentary lifestyle.

i živio životom s malo kretanja.

What I take from this journey, from my journeys,

Ono što sam ponio s ovog puta, sa svojih putovanja,

is that, in fact,

to je da znam,

within every fiber of my belief standing here,

svakim djelićem svojega uvjerenja,

I know that we can make the impossible possible.

da nemoguće možemo učiniti mogućim.

I'm learning this at 40.

Ja to učim sa svojih 40 godina.

Can you imagine? Seriously, can you imagine?

Možete li to zamisliti? Ozbiljno, možete li to zamisliti?

I'm learning this at 40 years of age.

Učim to u dobi od 40 godina.

Imagine being 13 years old,

Zamislite da imate 13 godina,

hearing those words, and believing it.

i čujete te riječi, i vjerujete u njih.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Hvala vam lijepa. Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)