Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Mt. Everest swim

Translator: Bojan Marušič Reviewer: Matej Divjak

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

Lansko leto, ko sem bil tukaj, sem vam govoril o plavanju,

which I did across the North Pole.

ki sem ga opravil čez severni tečaj.

And while that swim took place three years ago,

Čeprav se je to plavanje zgodilo pred tremi leti,

I can remember it as if it was yesterday.

se ga spominjam, kot da je bilo včeraj.

I remember standing on the edge of the ice,

Spominjam se, kako sem stal na robu ledu,

about to dive into the water,

tik pred skokom v vodo

and thinking to myself, I have never ever

razmišljujoč, da nisem nikoli

seen any place on this earth

videl nek kraj na zemlji

which is just so frightening.

ki je tako zastrašujoč.

The water is completely black.

Voda je popolnoma temna.

The water is minus 1.7 degrees centigrade,

Voda ima minus 1,7 stopinje Celzija,

or 29 degrees Fahrenheit.

ali 29 stopinj Fahrenheita.

It's flipping freezing in that water.

V tisti vodi je prekleto mrzlo.

And then a thought came across my mind:

In potem mi je skozi glavo švignila misel:

if things go pear-shaped on this swim,

če bo šlo kaj narobe,

how long will it take for my frozen body

kako dolgo bo potrebovalo moje zmrznjeno telo,

to sink the four and a half kilometers

da se potopi štiri kilometre in pol

to the bottom of the ocean?

na dno oceana?

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

In potem sem rekel samemu sebi, da moram to misel

out of my mind as quickly as possible.

izbrisat iz moje glave kar se da hitro.

And the only way I can dive

In edini način, da se potopim

into that freezing cold water

v to ledeno vodo

and swim a kilometer

in plavam kilometer,

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

je, da poslušam moj iPod in da se napolnim do konca,

listening to everything from beautiful opera

s poslušanjem vsega, od prelepe opere

all the way across to Puff Daddy,

vse do Puff Daddy-ja,

and then committing myself a hundred percent --

in se potem sto odstotno predam --

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

nič ni močnejše od odločenega uma --

and then walking up to the edge of the ice

in grem do roba ledu

and just diving into the water.

in preprosto skočim v vodo.

And that swim took me

In za to plavanje sem porabil

18 minutes and 50 seconds,

18 minut in 50 sekund,

and it felt like 18 days.

zdelo pa se je kot 18 dni.

And I remember getting out of the water

Spominjam se, ko sem prišel ven iz vode

and my hands feeling so painful

in so me roke tako bolele

and looking down at my fingers,

in pogledam dol v moje prste,

and my fingers were literally the size of sausages

ki so bili dobesedno velikosti klobase,

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

ker -- vsi veste, da smo deloma narejeni iz vode --

when water freezes it expands,

kadar voda zmrzne, se razširi,

and so the cells in my fingers

in tako so celice v mojih prstih

had frozen and expanded

zmrznile in se razširile

and burst.

in počile.

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

In takojšnja misel, ko sem prišel iz vode,

was the following:

je bila:

I'm never, ever

Nikoli več

going to do another cold water swim

v mojem življenju ne bom plaval

in my life again.

v tako mrzli vodi.

Anyway, last year, I heard about the Himalayas

Kakorkoli, lansko leto sem slišal o Himalaji

and the melting of the -- (Laughter)

in o taljenju -- (smeh)

and the melting of the glaciers

in o taljenju ledenikov

because of climate change.

zaradi podnebnih sprememb.

I heard about this lake, Lake Imja.

Slišal sem o tem jezeru, jezero Imja.

This lake has been formed in the last couple of years

To jezero je nastalo v zadnjih nekaj letih

because of the melting of the glacier.

zaradi taljenja ledenika.

The glacier's gone all the way up the mountain

Ledenik se je umaknil vse do vrha gore,

and left in its place this big lake.

na njegovem mestu pa je pustil to veliko jezero.

And I firmly believe

In trdno verjamem,

that what we're seeing in the Himalayas

da je to, kar vidimo v Himalaji,

is the next great, big battleground

naslednje veliko bojišče

on this earth.

na tej zemlji.

Nearly two billion people --

Skoraj dve milijardi ljudi --

so one in three people on this earth --

se pravi, eden od treh ljudi na svetu --

rely on the water from the Himalayas.

uporabljajo vodo iz Himalaje.

And with a population increasing as quickly as it is,

In s tako hitrim naraščanjem prebivalstva kot zdaj

and with the water supply from these glaciers --

in z zalogami vode iz teh ledenikov,

because of climate change --

ki zaradi podnebnih sprememb

decreasing so much,

tako zelo kopnijo.

I think we have a real risk of instability.

Mislim, da resnično grozi nestabilnost.

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

Severno imaš Kitajsko; južno je Indija, Pakistan, Bangladeš,

all these countries.

vse te države.

And so I decided

In tako sem se odločil,

to walk up to Mt. Everest,

da prehodim Mount Everest,

the highest mountain on this earth,

najvišjo goro na tem svetu,

and go and do a symbolic swim

in grem in opravim simbolično plavanje

underneath the summit

pod vrhom

of Mt. Everest.

Mount Everesta.

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

Ne vem, če je kdo izmed vas imel priložnost iti na Mount Everest,

but it's quite an ordeal getting up there.

vendar je priti tja gor težek preizkus.

28 great, big, powerful yaks

28 lepih, velikih, močnih jakov

carrying all the equipment up onto this mountain --

nosi vso opremo na to goro --

I don't just have my Speedo,

nisem imel samo moje Speedo (plavalna obleka).

but there's a big film crew who then

Tam je tudi velika filmska ekipa, ki je potem

send all the images around the world.

poslala slike po vsem svetu.

The other thing which was so challenging about this swim

Naslednja stvar, ki je bila tako zahtevna pri temu plavanju,

is not just the altitude.

ni samo višina.

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

Hotel sem plavati na nadmorski višini 5.300 metrov.

So it's right up in the heavens.

To je prav gor v nebesih.

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

Je zelo, zelo težko dihat. Dobiš višinsko bolezen.

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

Imaš občutek, kot da za tabo stoji človek s kladivom

just hitting your head all the time.

in te ves čas udarja po glavi.

That's not the worst part of it.

To ni najhujši del vsega.

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

Najhuje je bilo, da so se to leto odločili

to do a big cleanup operation on Mt. Everest.

naredit veliko čistilno akcijo po Mt. Everestu.

Many, many people have died on Mt. Everest,

Veliko, veliko ljudi je umrlo na Mt. Everestu

and this was the year they decided to go

in to je bilo leto, ko so se odločili, da gredo

and recover all the bodies of the mountaineers

in poberejo vsa trupla planincev

and then bring them down the mountain.

in jih prinesejo dol po gori.

And when you're walking up the mountain

In ko se vzpenjaš po gori,

to attempt to do something

da bi poskusil,

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

kar noben človek ni nikoli poprej naredil in niti nobena riba.

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

Tam ni rib ki bi plavale na 5.300 metrih.

When you're trying to do that,

Ko poskušaš to doseči

and then the bodies are coming past you,

in potem mimo tebe prihajajo trupla,

it humbles you,

te naredi ponižnega

and you also realize very, very clearly

in se zelo, zelo jasno zavedaš,

that nature is so much more powerful

da je narava veliko močnejša

than we are.

od nas.

And we walked up this pathway,

In po tej poti smo se vzpenjali

all the way up.

vse do konca.

And to the right hand side of us

In na desni strani

was this great Khumbu Glacier.

je bil ta prelep ledenik Khumbu.

And all the way along the glacier we saw

In po vsej poti ob ledeniku smo videli

these big pools of melting ice.

te velike bazene topečega se ledu.

And then we got up to this small lake

In ko smo prišli gor do majhnega jezera

underneath the summit of Mt. Everest,

pod vrhom Mt. Everesta,

and I prepared myself

sem pripravil samega sebe,

the same way as I've always prepared myself,

tako kot se zmeraj pripravim,

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

za to plavanje, ki bo zelo težko.

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

Nadel sem si iPod, poslušal glasbo,

I got myself as aggressive as possible --

in se naredil agresivnega kar se le da --

but controlled aggression --

toda kontrolirano napadalnega --

and then I hurled myself

in potem sem se vrgel

into that water.

v to vodo.

I swam as quickly as I could

Prvih sto metrov sem plaval

for the first hundred meters,

kolikor sem lahko hitro

and then I realized very, very quickly,

in nato sem spoznal zelo zelo hitro,

I had a huge problem on my hands.

da imam velik problem.

I could barely breathe.

Komaj sem dihal.

I was gasping for air.

Hlastal sem po zraku.

I then began to choke,

Nato sem se začel dušiti

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

in takoj sem bruhal v vodi.

And it all happened so quickly:

In vse se je zgodilo tako hitro.

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

In nato -- ne vem, kako se je zgodilo -- toda šel sem pod vodo.

And luckily, the water was quite shallow,

K sreči je bila voda plitva

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

in sem se bil sposoben potisniti iz dna jezera,

and get up and then take another gasp of air.

priti na površje in še enkrat vdihnit zrak.

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

Potem sem si rekel, dajmo. Dajmo. Dajmo.

I carried on for another five or six strokes,

Naprej sem šel še kakih pet ali šest zamahov

and then I had nothing in my body,

in nato nisem čutil nič v mojemu telesu

and I went down to the bottom of the lake.

in se potopil do dna jezera.

And I don't where I got it from,

In ne vem, od kje sem dobil,

but I was able to somehow

toda nekako sem se bil sposoben

pull myself up and as quickly as possible

dvigniti in kar najhitreje

get to the side of the lake.

priti do roba jezera.

I've heard it said that drowning

Slišal sem, da je utopitev

is the most peaceful death that you can have.

najbolj mirna smrt, ki jo lahko doživiš.

I have never, ever heard

Še nikoli nisem slišal

such utter bollocks.

večje neumnosti.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

It is the most frightening and panicky feeling

To je najbolj zastrašujoč in paničen občutek,

that you can have.

ki ga lahko doživiš.

I got myself to the side of the lake.

Prišel sem do roba jezera.

My crew grabbed me,

Ekipa me je pobrala

and then we walked as quickly as we could

in smo hodili hitro kar se da

down -- over the rubble --

dol -- čez grušč --

down to our camp.

proti našemu kampu.

And there, we sat down,

Tam smo se usedli

and we did a debrief about what had gone wrong

in smo se pogovorili, kaj je šlo narobe

there on Mt. Everest.

na Mt. Everestu.

And my team just gave it to me straight.

Ekipa mi je naravnost povedala.

They said, Lewis, you need to have

Rekli so, Lewis, ti rabiš

a radical tactical shift

radikalno spremembo taktike,

if you want to do this swim.

če hočeš tole preplavati.

Every single thing which you have learned

Čisto vsako stvar, ki si se jo naučil

in the past 23 years of swimming,

v zadnjih 23-ih letih plavanja,

you must forget.

moraš pozabit.

Every single thing which you learned

Čisto vse, kar si se naučil,

when you were serving in the British army,

ko si služil v Angleški vojski,

about speed and aggression,

o hitrosti in agresiji,

you put that to one side.

postavi na stran.

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

Hočemo, da čez dva dni greš na hrib.

Take some time to rest and think about things.

Vzemi si čas za počitek in razmislek o stvareh.

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

Hočemo, da greš čez dva dni na goro

and instead of swimming fast,

in namesto da bi hitro plaval,

swim as slowly as possible.

plavaj kar se da počasi.

Instead of swimming crawl, swim breaststroke.

Namesto da plavaš kravl, plavaj žabico.

And remember, never ever swim with aggression.

In zapomni si, nikoli ne plavaj z agresijo.

This is the time to swim

To je čas

with real humility.

za ponižno plavanje.

And so we walked back up

In tako smo čez

to the mountain two days later.

dva dni šli na goro.

And I stood there

In tam sem stal

on the edge of the lake,

na robu jezera

and I looked up at Mt. Everest --

in pogledal gor proti Mt. Everestu --

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

ki je ena najlepših gora na svetu --

and I said to myself, just do this slowly.

in sem si rekel, samo počasi.

And I swam across the lake.

In sem plaval čez jezero.

And I can't begin to tell you

In ne vem, kako naj vam povem,

how good I felt

kako lepo je bilo,

when I came to the other side.

ko sem prišel na drugi konec.

But I learned two very, very

Toda naučil sem se dve zelo zelo

important lessons there on Mt. Everest,

pomembni lekciji na Mt. Everestu.

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

In zahvaljujem se moji ekipi Šerp, ki so me naučile tega.

The first one is

Prva je,

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

da samo zato, ker je neka stvar v preteklosti delovala tako dobro,

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

še ne pomeni, da bo tudi v prihodnje.

And similarly,

In podobno,

now, before I do anything,

zdaj, preden naredim karkoli,

I ask myself what type of mindset

se vprašam, kakšno mišljenje

do I require

rabim,

to successfully complete a task.

da uspešno opravim nalogo.

And taking that into the world of climate change --

In če prenesem to v svet podnebnih sprememb,

which is, frankly,

ki je odkrito rečeno

the Mt. Everest of all problems --

Mt. Everest vseh težav --

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

samo zato, ker smo tako dolgo živeli, kot živimo

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

samo zato, ker smo tako dolgo trošili, kot trošimo,

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

in poselili zemljo na način, kot smo jo,

doesn't mean that we can carry on

še ne pomeni, da lahko gremo naprej,

the way we are carrying on.

tako kot gremo danes.

The warning signs are all there.

Opozorilni znaki so že vsi tukaj.

When I was born, the world's population

Ko sem se rodil, je bilo na svetu

was 3.5 billion people.

3,5 milijarde ljudi.

We're now 6.8 billion people,

Danes imamo 6,8 milijarde ljudi,

and we're expected to be 9 billion people

in pričakujemo 9 milijard ljudi

by 2050.

do 2050.

And then the second lesson,

In potem druga lekcija,

the radical, tactical shift.

radikalen, taktičen premik.

And I've come here to ask you today:

Danes sem prišel sem, da vas vprašam:

what radical tactical shift

kakšen radikalen, taktičen premik

can you take in your relationship to the environment,

lahko narediš z odnosom do okolja,

which will ensure

ki bo zagotovil,

that our children and our grandchildren

da bodo naši otroci in vnuki

live in a safe world

živeli v zdravem

and a secure world,

in varnem svetu

and most importantly, in a sustainable world?

in še bolj pomembno, ki bo trajal?

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

In vas prosim, da greste od tukaj

and think about that one

in premislite o tem

radical tactical shift

radikalnem, taktičnem premiku,

which you could make,

ki ga lahko naredite,

which will make that big difference,

ki bo naredil veliko razliko

and then commit a hundred percent to doing it.

in se mu potem sto odstotno predate.

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

Blogajte o tem, Tweetajte, pogovarjajte se o tem

and commit a hundred percent,

in se predajte sto odstotno.

because very, very few things

Zato, ker zelo zelo malo stvari

are impossible to achieve

je nemogoče doseči,

if we really put our whole minds to it.

če res vložimo vse naše misli v to.

So thank you very, very much.

Torej, zelo zelo vam hvala.

(Applause)

Aplavz.