Ray Zahab treks to the South Pole

Prevodilac: Jelena Nedjic Lektor: Marija Stepanovic

A month ago today

Pre tačno mesec dana

I stood there:

stajao sam tamo:

90 degrees south, the top of

90 stepeni južno, na vrhu

the bottom of the world, the Geographic South Pole.

kraja sveta, na geografskom Južnom polu.

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

Stajao sam tamo sa dvojicom mojih dobrih prijatelja,

Richard Weber and Kevin Vallely.

Ričardom Veberom i Kevinom Valelijem.

Together we had just broken the world speed record

U tom momentu smo zajedno oborili svetski rekord

for a trek to the South Pole.

u brzini pešačenja do Južnog pola.

It took us 33 days,

Trebalo nam je 33 dana,

23 hours and 55 minutes to get there.

23 sata i 55 minuta da stignemo tamo.

We shaved five days off the previous best time.

Bili smo brži za 5 dana u odnosu na prethodno najbolje vreme.

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

Za to vreme, ja sam postao prva osoba u istoriji koja je

to make the entire 650-mile journey,

prešla čitav put od 1046 km,

from Hercules Inlet to South Pole,

od Herkulovog prolaza do Južnog pola,

solely on feet, without skis.

na nogama, bez skija.

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

Mnogi od vas se verovatno pitaju: „Čekaj, čekaj,

is this tough to do?"

da li je ovo teško uraditi?“

(Laughter)

(smeh)

Imagine, if you will,

Zamislite recimo,

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

kako vučete sanke, kao što ste upravo videli na ovom snimku,

with 170 pounds of gear,

sa 77 kg opreme,

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

sa svime što vam treba da preživite ekspediciju na Antartik.

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

Svakog dana je 40 stepeni ispod nule.

You'll be in a massive headwind.

Snažan vetar duva dirketno u vas.

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

U nekom momentu morate da pređete preko pukotina u ledu,

these crevasses.

ovakvih rupa u ledu.

Some of them have a very precarious thin footbridge underneath them

Ispod nekih se nalazi veoma tanak i nesiguran most za pešake,

that could give way at a moment's notice,

koji bi mogao da propadne u ma kom trenutku,

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

i povuče i sanke i vas u ambis, gde vas nikad više ne bi našli.

The punchline to your journey? Look at the horizon.

Glavni trik u vašem putovanju? Osmotrite horizont.

Yes, it's uphill the entire way,

Da, da, sve vreme se krećete uz nagib,

because the South Pole is at 10,000 feet,

jer Južni pol se nalazi na oko 3000 m nadmorske visine,

and you're starting at sea level.

a put počinje na nivou mora.

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

Naše putovanje zapravo nije počelo kod Herukolovog prolaza,

where frozen ocean meets the land of Antarctica.

mesto gde se dodiruju zamrznuti okean i Antartik.

It began a little less than two years ago.

Počelo je pre nešto manje od dve godine.

A couple of buddies of mine and I

Zajedno sa nekoliko svojih drugara sam bio

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

završio trku od 111 dana kroz čitavu pustinju Saharu.

And while we were there we learned

Dok smo bili tamo shvatili smo

the seriousness of the water crisis in Northern Africa.

koliko je ozbiljna kriza nedostatka vode u severnoj Africi.

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

Takođe smo shvatili da mnogi problemi sa kojima se ljudi u severnoj Africi nose

affected young people the most.

najviše ugrožavaju mlade ljude.

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

Vratio sam se kući svojoj ženi nakon 111 dana trčanja po pesku

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

i rekao: „Znaš, ako ovaj ludak može da pređe pustinju, onda nema sumnje

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

da smo sposobni da uradimo šta god pomislimo.“

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

Ali ako ću da nastavim sa ovim avanturama,

a reason for me to do them

potreban mi je razlog za to,

beyond just getting there.

viši od same činjenice da sam to uradio.

Around that time I met an extraordinary human being,

Tada sam upoznao jednog neverovatnog čoveka,

Peter Thum, who inspired me with his actions.

Pitera Tuma, čija dela su me inspirisala.

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

On pokušava da pronađe i reši probleme nedostatka vode u svetu.

His dedication inspired me to come up with this expedition:

Njegova posvećenost me je podstakla da krenem na ovu ekspediciju:

a run to the South Pole

trka do Južnog pola,

where, with an interactive website,

pri čemu bih uz pomoć interaktivnog vebsajta

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

mogao da povedem mlade ljude, studente i nastavnike sa svih strana sveta,

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,

Tako da smo imali taj sajt gde smo svakog od 33 dana

we would be blogging, telling stories of,

pisali blogove, pričali o tome kako

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

zbog istanjenog ozonskog omotača moramo da pokrivamo lice

or we will burn.

da ne bismo izgoreli.

Crossing miles and miles of sastrugi --

Prelazili smo kilometre i kilometre zastruga –

frozen ice snowdrifts that could be hip-deep.

zamrznutih snežnih nanosa koji mogu biti duboki do kukova.

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

Verujte mi, prelaženje ovih prepreka sa sankama od 77 kg

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

deluje kao da sanke zapravo teže 770 kg,

because that's what it felt like.

takav sam utisak imao.

We were blogging to this live website daily

Svakog dana smo pisali na svom blogu

to these students that were tracking us as well,

studentima koji su nas pratili

about 10-hour trekking days,

o desetočasovnim pešačenjima,

15-hour trekking days,

petnaestočasovnim pešačenjima,

sometimes 20 hours of trekking daily to meet our goal.

a ponekad smo hodali i po 20 časova dnevno kako bismo ispunili svoj cilj.

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

Ponekad bismo zadremali slučajno na sankama na -40.

In turn, students,

S druge strane, studenti,

people from around the world, would ask us questions.

ljudi širom sveta postavljali su nam pitanja.

Young people would ask the most amazing questions.

Mladi su nam postavljali najfantastičnija pitanja.

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

Jedno od mojih omiljenih: napolju je -40 stepeni, morate do toaleta,

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

gde idete i kako to radite?

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

Neću odgovoriti na ovo. Ali ću odgovoriti na neka popularnija pitanja.

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

Gde spavate? Spavali smo u šatoru koji je bio priljubljen uz zemlju,

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

jer su vetrovi na Antartiku toliko jaki da bi u suprotnom oduvali šator.

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

Šta jedete? Jedno od mojih omiljenih jela sa ekspedicije:

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

puter i slaninu. Imaju oko milion kalorija.

We were burning about 8,500 a day,

Mi smo trošili oko 8.500 dnevno,

so we needed it.

tako da nam je bilo potrebno.

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

Koliko baterija nosite za svu opremu koja vam je potrebna?

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

Skoro nijednu. Sva naša oprema, uključujući i opremu za snimanje,

was charged by the sun.

sa napajala Sunčevom energijom.

And do you get along? I certainly hope so,

Da li se dobro slažete? Morali smo da se slažemo,

because at some point or another on this expedition,

jer će pre ili kasnije u toku ekspedicije,

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

jedan od članova posade morati uz pomoć velike igle

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

da vam izbuši inficirani žulj i drenira ranu.

But seriously, seriously, we did get along,

Ali ozbiljno, zaista smo se dobro slagali,

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

jer smo se vodili istim ciljem da insipirišemo te mlade ljude.

They were our teammates! They were inspiring us.

Oni su bili deo našeg tima! Oni su inspirisali nas.

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

Priče koje smo slušali odvele su nas do Južnog pola.

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

Pomoću vebsajta uspostavili smo sjajnu obostranu komunikaciju.

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

Mladi u severnoj Kanadi, deca u osnovnoj školi

dragging sleds across the school-yard,

su vukla sanke po školskom dvorištu

pretending they were Richard, Ray and Kevin. Amazing.

praveći se da su Ričard, Rej i Kevin. Neverovatno.

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

Stigli smo na Južni pol. Nagurali smo se pod šator,

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

bilo je -45 tog dana, nikada to neću zaboraviti.

We looked at each other with these looks

Pogledali smo jedan drugog pogledima

of disbelief at what we had just completed.

punim neverice da smo upravo završili putovanje.

And I remember looking at the guys thinking,

Sećam se da sam posmatrao momke i mislio:

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

„Šta ću poneti sa ovog putovanja?“ Znate. Ozbiljno.

That I'm this uber-endurance guy?

Da sam ja neki super-izdržljiv tip?

As I stand here today talking to you guys,

Do danas kada stojim ovde i pričam sa vama

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

ima pet godina kako se bavim trčanjem.

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

Godinu dana pre toga sam pušio kutiju cigareta dnevno,

living a very sedentary lifestyle.

živeći prilično pasivnim životom.

What I take from this journey, from my journeys,

Ono što sam naučio iz ovog putovanja,

is that, in fact,

iz svih svojih putovanja, je da

within every fiber of my belief standing here,

svakim atomom svog uverenja

I know that we can make the impossible possible.

znam da se može ostvariti nemoguće.

I'm learning this at 40.

Ovo sam shvatio tek sa 40 godina.

Can you imagine? Seriously, can you imagine?

Možete li da zamislite? Ozbiljno, da li možete da zamislite?

I'm learning this at 40 years of age.

Ja sam to shvatio tek u 40. godini života.

Imagine being 13 years old,

Zamislite da imate 13 godina,

hearing those words, and believing it.

da čujete ove reči i da poverujete.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Mnogo vam hvala. Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(aplauz)