Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Mt. Everest swim

Prevodilac: Ivana Korom Lektor: Sandra Gojic

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

Kada sam bio ovde prošle godine, pričao sam vam

which I did across the North Pole.

o tome kako sam preplivao Severni pol.

And while that swim took place three years ago,

Iako je to bilo pre tri godine,

I can remember it as if it was yesterday.

pamtim kao da je bilo juče.

I remember standing on the edge of the ice,

Sećam se stajanja na ivici leda,

about to dive into the water,

samo što nisam zaronio u vodu,

and thinking to myself, I have never ever

i razmišljanja kako nikada

seen any place on this earth

nisam video mesto na Zemlji

which is just so frightening.

koje je tako zastrašujuće.

The water is completely black.

Voda je potpuno crna.

The water is minus 1.7 degrees centigrade,

Temperatura je bila minus 1.7 stepen Celzijusa,

or 29 degrees Fahrenheit.

ili 29 stepeni Farenhajta.

It's flipping freezing in that water.

Užasno je hladno u toj vodi.

And then a thought came across my mind:

A onda mi je jedna misao prošla kroz glavu:

if things go pear-shaped on this swim,

ako stvari pođu naopako prilikom ovog plivanja,

how long will it take for my frozen body

koliko će biti potrebno mom zamrznutom telu

to sink the four and a half kilometers

da potone četiri ipo kilometra

to the bottom of the ocean?

na dno okeana?

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

I onda sam rekao sebi, moram da ovu misao

out of my mind as quickly as possible.

pod hitno izbacim iz glave.

And the only way I can dive

I jedini način da skočim

into that freezing cold water

u tu ledenu vodu

and swim a kilometer

i da preplivam kilometar

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

je da slušam svoj iPod i da se ubrzam,

listening to everything from beautiful opera

slušajući sve od prelepe opere,

all the way across to Puff Daddy,

do Paf Dedija

and then committing myself a hundred percent --

i onda da se sto posto posvetim -

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

ništa nije moćnije od donete odluke -

and then walking up to the edge of the ice

i da došetam do ivice leda

and just diving into the water.

i samo uskočim u vodu.

And that swim took me

Plivanje je trajalo

18 minutes and 50 seconds,

18 minuta i 50 sekundi,

and it felt like 18 days.

a izgledalo je kao 18 dana.

And I remember getting out of the water

Sećam se da sam izašao iz vode

and my hands feeling so painful

a ruke su me tako bolele

and looking down at my fingers,

i gledao sam u svoje prste

and my fingers were literally the size of sausages

a oni su bukvalno bili veličine kobasice

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

jer - znate, mi smo delimično sačinjeni od vode -

when water freezes it expands,

kada se voda zamrzne ona se širi,

and so the cells in my fingers

i tako su se ćelije u mojim prstima

had frozen and expanded

zamrzle i raširile

and burst.

i pukle.

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

I prva misao koju sam imao kada sam izašao iz te vode

was the following:

je sledeća:

I'm never, ever

nikada više

going to do another cold water swim

u svom životu neću

in my life again.

plivati u ledenoj vodi.

Anyway, last year, I heard about the Himalayas

U svakom slučaju, prošle godine sam čuo

and the melting of the -- (Laughter)

za Himalaje i topljenje - (smeh)

and the melting of the glaciers

topljenje glečera

because of climate change.

zbog klimatskih promena.

I heard about this lake, Lake Imja.

Čuo sam za to jezero, Imdža.

This lake has been formed in the last couple of years

Jezero je nastalo u poslednje dve godine

because of the melting of the glacier.

zbog otapanja glečera.

The glacier's gone all the way up the mountain

Glečer je nestao sa vrha planine

and left in its place this big lake.

i na svom mestu ostavio ovo veliko jezero.

And I firmly believe

Čvrsto verujem

that what we're seeing in the Himalayas

da je ono što vidimo na Himalajima

is the next great, big battleground

sledeće veliko bojno polje

on this earth.

na ovoj planeti.

Nearly two billion people --

Skoro dve milijarde ljudi -

so one in three people on this earth --

znači jedna od tri osobe na Zemlji -

rely on the water from the Himalayas.

oslanjaju se na vodu sa Himalaja.

And with a population increasing as quickly as it is,

I kako populacija sve više raste,

and with the water supply from these glaciers --

a snabdevanje vodom sa ovih glečera -

because of climate change --

zbog klimatskih promena -

decreasing so much,

se toliko smanjuje,

I think we have a real risk of instability.

mislim da imamo veliki rizik nestabilnosti.

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

Na severu je Kina; na jugu Indija, Pakistan, Bangladeš,

all these countries.

sve te zemlje.

And so I decided

Tako sam odlučio

to walk up to Mt. Everest,

da se popnem na Everest,

the highest mountain on this earth,

najvišu planinu na Zemlji,

and go and do a symbolic swim

i da simbolično preplivam

underneath the summit

pod samim vrhom

of Mt. Everest.

Mont Everesta.

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

Ne znam da li je neko od vas imao priliku da ode na Everest,

but it's quite an ordeal getting up there.

ali prilično je naporno stići tamo.

28 great, big, powerful yaks

28 velikih, snažnih jakova

carrying all the equipment up onto this mountain --

koji nose svu opremu uz planinu -

I don't just have my Speedo,

ne nosim samo kupaće gaće.

but there's a big film crew who then

Ali tu je i velika filmska ekipa koja potom

send all the images around the world.

šalje sve snimke širom sveta.

The other thing which was so challenging about this swim

Druga stvar koja je bila toliko izazovna u vezi sa ovim plivanjem

is not just the altitude.

nije samo nadmorska visina.

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

Želeo sam da plivam na 5.300 metara iznad nivoa mora.

So it's right up in the heavens.

Dakle nebu pod oblake.

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

Veoma, veoma je teško disati. Dobijate visinsku bolest.

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

Osećaj je kao da neki čovek stoji iza vas sa čekićem

just hitting your head all the time.

i udara vas u glavu svo vreme.

That's not the worst part of it.

To nije najgori deo toga.

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

Najgori deo je to što su ove godine odlučili

to do a big cleanup operation on Mt. Everest.

da urade veliko čišćenje Mont Everesta.

Many, many people have died on Mt. Everest,

Mnogo, mnogo ljudi je tamo umrlo

and this was the year they decided to go

i ove godine su odlučili

and recover all the bodies of the mountaineers

da pronađu sva tela tih planinara

and then bring them down the mountain.

i spuste ih sa planine.

And when you're walking up the mountain

I hodate planinom

to attempt to do something

u pokušaju da uradite nešto

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

što nijedan čovek nije uradio pre, ali i nijedna riba.

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

Ne postoje ribe koje plivaju na visini od 5.300 metara.

When you're trying to do that,

Kada pokušavate to da uradite,

and then the bodies are coming past you,

i onda tela prolaze pored vas,

it humbles you,

to utiče na vas

and you also realize very, very clearly

i takođe veoma, veoma jasno shvatite

that nature is so much more powerful

da je priroda mnogo moćnija

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

Sa naše desne strane

was this great Khumbu Glacier.

bio je veliki Kumbu glečer.

And all the way along the glacier we saw

I celom dužinom tog glečera videli smo

these big pools of melting ice.

velike bare leda koji se topi.

And then we got up to this small lake

I onda smo stigli do jednog malog jezera

underneath the summit of Mt. Everest,

pod vrhom Everesta,

and I prepared myself

pripremio sam se,

the same way as I've always prepared myself,

na isti način na koji se uvek pripremam,

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

za ovo veoma teško plivanje.

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

Uključio sam iPod, slušao malo muzike,

I got myself as aggressive as possible --

postao agresivan koliko je moguće -

but controlled aggression --

ali kontrolisano agresivan -

and then I hurled myself

i onda sam uskočio

into that water.

u tu vodu.

I swam as quickly as I could

Plivao sam brzo koliko sam mogao

for the first hundred meters,

prvih sto metara,

and then I realized very, very quickly,

a onda sam veoma, veoma brzo shvatio

I had a huge problem on my hands.

da imam ogroman problem.

I could barely breathe.

Jedva sam disao.

I was gasping for air.

Borio sam se za dah.

I then began to choke,

Onda sam počeo da se gušim,

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

a to je brzo dovelo do toga da povraćam u vodi.

And it all happened so quickly:

Sve se to desilo toliko brzo

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

- ne znam kako se dogodilo - ali potonuo sam.

And luckily, the water was quite shallow,

I srećom, voda je bila prilično plitka,

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

i uspeo sam da se odgurnem od dna jezera

and get up and then take another gasp of air.

i izronim i ponovo udahnem vazduh.

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

Onda sam rekao, nastavi. Nastavi. Nastavi.

I carried on for another five or six strokes,

Nastavio sam još nekih pet, šest zamaha,

and then I had nothing in my body,

i onda nisam imao ništa u telu

and I went down to the bottom of the lake.

i potonuo sam na dno jezera.

And I don't where I got it from,

I ne znam odakle,

but I was able to somehow

ali nekako sam uspeo

pull myself up and as quickly as possible

da se što brže izvučem

get to the side of the lake.

i dođem na obalu.

I've heard it said that drowning

Čuo sam kako kažu da je davljenje

is the most peaceful death that you can have.

najmirniji način da se umre.

I have never, ever heard

Nikada nisam čuo

such utter bollocks.

veće sranje.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

It is the most frightening and panicky feeling

To je najstrašniji i najpaničniji osećaj

that you can have.

koji možete doživeti.

I got myself to the side of the lake.

Stigao sam do obale.

My crew grabbed me,

Moja ekipa me je ugrabila

and then we walked as quickly as we could

i onda smo hodali koliko smo brzo mogli

down -- over the rubble --

dole - preko kamenja -

down to our camp.

dole do kampa.

And there, we sat down,

Tamo smo seli

and we did a debrief about what had gone wrong

i raspravili o tome šta je pošlo naopako

there on Mt. Everest.

na Mont Everestu.

And my team just gave it to me straight.

Moj tim mi je iskreno rekao.

They said, Lewis, you need to have

Rekli su, Luis, moraš

a radical tactical shift

radikalno da promeniš taktiku

if you want to do this swim.

ako želiš da ovo preplivaš.

Every single thing which you have learned

Sve što si naučio

in the past 23 years of swimming,

u poslednje 23 godine plivanja,

you must forget.

moraćeš da zaboraviš.

Every single thing which you learned

Svaku sitnicu koju si naučio

when you were serving in the British army,

dok si služio u britanskoj vojsci,

about speed and aggression,

o brzini i agresiji,

you put that to one side.

ostavi sa strane.

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

Želimo da se ponovo popneš za dva dana.

Take some time to rest and think about things.

Odmori malo i razmisli.

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

Želimo da se za dva dana popneš na planinu

and instead of swimming fast,

i umesto da plivaš brzo,

swim as slowly as possible.

plivaj što je sporije moguće.

Instead of swimming crawl, swim breaststroke.

Umesto kraul, plivaj prsno.

And remember, never ever swim with aggression.

I zapamti, nikada nemoj plivati agresivno.

This is the time to swim

Ovo je vreme da se pliva

with real humility.

sa poniznošću.

And so we walked back up

Tako smo se za dva dana

to the mountain two days later.

ponovo popeli na planinu.

And I stood there

Stajao sam tamo

on the edge of the lake,

na ivici jezera,

and I looked up at Mt. Everest --

pogledao u Mont Everest -

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

to je jedna od najlepših planina na Zemlji -

and I said to myself, just do this slowly.

i rekao sam sebi, samo uradi ovo polako.

And I swam across the lake.

I plivao sam preko jezera.

And I can't begin to tell you

Ne mogu vam ni opisati

how good I felt

kako je bio dobar osećaj

when I came to the other side.

kada sam stigao na drugu stranu.

But I learned two very, very

Ali naučio sam dve veoma, veoma

important lessons there on Mt. Everest,

važne lekcije tamo na Everestu.

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

Zahvaljujem svom timu Šerpasa koji su me tome naučili.

The first one is

Prva je ta da,

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

samo zato što je nešto bilo dobro u prošlosti,

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

ne znači da će biti dobro u budućnosti.

And similarly,

I slično,

now, before I do anything,

sada, pre nego što nešto uradim,

I ask myself what type of mindset

zapitam se kakav mentalni sklop

do I require

mi je potreban

to successfully complete a task.

da uspešno završim taj zadatak.

And taking that into the world of climate change --

I uneti to u svet klimatskih promena,

which is, frankly,

koji je, iskreno,

the Mt. Everest of all problems --

Mont Everest svih problema -

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

samo zato što tako dugo živimo kako živimo,

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

samo zato što trošimo na isti način već dugo

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

i naseljavamo Zemlju na isti način već dugo,

doesn't mean that we can carry on

ne znači da možemo da nastavimo

the way we are carrying on.

na način na koji nastavljamo.

The warning signs are all there.

Svi upozoravajući znaci su tu.

When I was born, the world's population

Kada sam ja rođen, svetska populacija

was 3.5 billion people.

iznosila je 3,5 milijarde ljudi.

We're now 6.8 billion people,

Sada nas je 6,8 milijardi,

and we're expected to be 9 billion people

a očekuje se da nas bude 9 milijardi

by 2050.

do 2050.

And then the second lesson,

I druga lekcija,

the radical, tactical shift.

radikalna promena taktike.

And I've come here to ask you today:

Došao sam danas da vas pitam:

what radical tactical shift

kakvu radikalnu promenu taktike

can you take in your relationship to the environment,

možete napraviti u svom odnosu prema okolini,

which will ensure

a koja će osigurati

that our children and our grandchildren

da naša deca i unuci

live in a safe world

žive u bezbednom svetu,

and a secure world,

u sigurnom svetu,

and most importantly, in a sustainable world?

i najvažnije, u održivom svetu?

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

I molim vas da odete odavde

and think about that one

i razmislite o toj jednoj

radical tactical shift

radikalnoj promeni taktike

which you could make,

koju možete napraviti,

which will make that big difference,

koja će biti veoma značajna,

and then commit a hundred percent to doing it.

i onda se 100% posvetite tome.

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

Pišite blog, tvitujte, razgovarajte o tome,

and commit a hundred percent,

posvetite se sto posto.

because very, very few things

Jer veoma, veoma malo stvari

are impossible to achieve

je nemoguće postići

if we really put our whole minds to it.

ako im se zaista u potpunosti posvetimo.

So thank you very, very much.

Hvala vam, veoma, veoma mnogo.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)