Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Mt. Everest swim

翻译人员: Halei Liu 校对人员: Zhu Jie

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

去年，当我站在这里的时候，我在谈论我横跨

which I did across the North Pole.

北极的游泳。

And while that swim took place three years ago,

那还是发生在3年前，

I can remember it as if it was yesterday.

对我则好像是昨天一般。

I remember standing on the edge of the ice,

我还记得我站在冰层的边缘，

about to dive into the water,

就要扎进水里，

and thinking to myself, I have never ever

然后我自己想到，我再也再也

seen any place on this earth

不要看到地球上的这个地方，

which is just so frightening.

这里是如此的让人恐惧。

The water is completely black.

那里的水是全黑色。

The water is minus 1.7 degrees centigrade,

水的温度是负1.7摄氏度，

or 29 degrees Fahrenheit.

华氏29度。

It's flipping freezing in that water.

那水里就是翻动的冰块。

And then a thought came across my mind:

然后一个念头在我脑中划过：

if things go pear-shaped on this swim,

如果这场泳出了点问题，

how long will it take for my frozen body

我这冰冻的身体要花多长时间

to sink the four and a half kilometers

才能沉到这

to the bottom of the ocean?

4500米的底部呢？

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

然后我告诫我自己，我要把这个念头尽快的

out of my mind as quickly as possible.

抛在我的脑后。

And the only way I can dive

能让我扎入

into that freezing cold water

这冰冷的水里

and swim a kilometer

然后游了4千米的唯一方法就是

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

听着我的iPod，让我自己全力运转起来，

listening to everything from beautiful opera

我听了所有的歌，从华丽的歌剧

all the way across to Puff Daddy,

到吹牛老爹，

and then committing myself a hundred percent --

然后全身心的投入

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

没有什么比下定决心还要厉害的 －－

and then walking up to the edge of the ice

然后走到冰的边缘

and just diving into the water.

扎入水里。

And that swim took me

这次游泳花了我

18 minutes and 50 seconds,

18分50秒，

and it felt like 18 days.

但好像是18天一样。

And I remember getting out of the water

我记得当我从水里出来时

and my hands feeling so painful

我的手时如此的疼痛

and looking down at my fingers,

然后我看着我的手指，

and my fingers were literally the size of sausages

我的手指真的像香肠一样粗

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

因为－－你们知道了，我们身体一部分由水组成 －－

when water freezes it expands,

当水结冰时会膨胀，

and so the cells in my fingers

这样我手指的里细胞

had frozen and expanded

就冷冻了，膨胀了

and burst.

炸裂了。

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

我从水里上岸的一瞬间的想法

was the following:

时这样的：

I'm never, ever

我一生中

going to do another cold water swim

再也再也不要去在冰冷的

in my life again.

水里游泳了。

Anyway, last year, I heard about the Himalayas

就这样，去年，我听到了喜马拉雅山

and the melting of the -- (Laughter)

以及那里融化的－－（笑）

and the melting of the glaciers

因为气候变化

because of climate change.

所融化的冰川。

I heard about this lake, Lake Imja.

我听说了这个湖泊，映佳湖。

This lake has been formed in the last couple of years

这个湖是几年前

because of the melting of the glacier.

由于冰川融化所形成的。

The glacier's gone all the way up the mountain

这些冰川顺山而下

and left in its place this big lake.

然后在这里留下了这个大湖。

And I firmly believe

由此我坚信

that what we're seeing in the Himalayas

我要去看见的喜马拉雅

is the next great, big battleground

就是我下一个在地球上的

on this earth.

战场。

Nearly two billion people --

将近20亿的人口 －－

so one in three people on this earth --

世界上三分之一的地球人口 －－

rely on the water from the Himalayas.

依靠着喜马拉雅山的水源。

And with a population increasing as quickly as it is,

而世界人口照这个速度发展下去，

and with the water supply from these glaciers --

而冰川水源的提供 －－

because of climate change --

由于气候的变化 －－

decreasing so much,

下降的如此之快，

I think we have a real risk of instability.

我像我们就有了一个十分不稳定的威胁。

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

北方，我们由中国；南方，我们有印度，巴基斯坦，孟加拉，

all these countries.

和其它所有国家。

And so I decided

这样我决定了

to walk up to Mt. Everest,

登上珠峰，

the highest mountain on this earth,

地球上的最高峰，

and go and do a symbolic swim

如何在珠峰下

underneath the summit

游一次

of Mt. Everest.

具有象征意义的泳。

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

我不知道，你们是否有机会去珠峰，

but it's quite an ordeal getting up there.

但是要去那的话，是一个考验。

28 great, big, powerful yaks

28只巨大的牦牛

carrying all the equipment up onto this mountain --

载着所有的仪器登上山峰 －－

I don't just have my Speedo,

我不仅仅带这我的泳裤。

but there's a big film crew who then

还有一个摄像团队

send all the images around the world.

这个摄像团队，会向世界各地直播。

The other thing which was so challenging about this swim

这次游泳的挑战不仅仅只有

is not just the altitude.

海拔。

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

我想做的是在5300米的海平面上游泳。

So it's right up in the heavens.

所以直达天堂。

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

这里呼吸十分，十分困难。你会有高原反应。

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

你会感到有一个人不停的那着一把锤子

just hitting your head all the time.

在敲你的后脑勺。

That's not the worst part of it.

这还不是最差的。

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

最糟糕的是，这一年他们决定

to do a big cleanup operation on Mt. Everest.

在珠峰上做一个大扫除。

Many, many people have died on Mt. Everest,

许多人死在珠峰上，

and this was the year they decided to go

然后今年，他们决定

and recover all the bodies of the mountaineers

收回珠峰上所有的尸体

and then bring them down the mountain.

然后把他们带下山。

And when you're walking up the mountain

而当你想上山

to attempt to do something

做一些事情

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

一些没有人做过的事情，事实上，鱼都没游过。

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

在5300米的海拔高度上，没有任何鱼在那里游过。

When you're trying to do that,

当你尝试着去做这些事情，

and then the bodies are coming past you,

然后你看到这些尸体和你擦肩而过，

it humbles you,

这让人不禁有些气馁，

and you also realize very, very clearly

也让你就会清晰的认识到

that nature is so much more powerful

自然比我们要

than we are.

强大多了。

And we walked up this pathway,

然后我们就沿着这条路

all the way up.

一直走上去。

And to the right hand side of us

然后在我们的右手边

was this great Khumbu Glacier.

是巨大的昆布冰川。

And all the way along the glacier we saw

然后，我们在沿路经过所看到的冰川的

these big pools of melting ice.

都是一大块融化的冰块。

And then we got up to this small lake

然后我们到达在珠峰下

underneath the summit of Mt. Everest,

的一个小湖这

and I prepared myself

然后我开始准备自己，

the same way as I've always prepared myself,

像往常一样准备自己，

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

因为这样的游泳方式会是十分艰难的。

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

我带上我的iPod, 我听听歌，

I got myself as aggressive as possible --

我让我能有多激奋就多激奋－－

but controlled aggression --

但是是可以控制的激奋 －－

and then I hurled myself

然后我把我自己扎进

into that water.

水里。

I swam as quickly as I could

我尽力的游着

for the first hundred meters,

最起码在前一百米，

and then I realized very, very quickly,

然后，我突然意识到，

I had a huge problem on my hands.

我面临一个巨大的问题。

I could barely breathe.

我几乎不能呼吸。

I was gasping for air.

我喘了一口气。

I then began to choke,

然后我开始呛水了，

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

这导致我在水里呕吐。

And it all happened so quickly:

这一切发生的如此之快

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

然后 －－ 我不知到是怎么发生的 －－ 但是我沉入水底。

And luckily, the water was quite shallow,

但幸运的是，水比较的浅，

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

我可以从湖底跳起来

and get up and then take another gasp of air.

然后喘另一口气。

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

然后我说道，坚持，坚持，坚持。

I carried on for another five or six strokes,

我继续划了五到六下水，

and then I had nothing in my body,

然后我就筋疲力尽了，

and I went down to the bottom of the lake.

我沉入湖底。

And I don't where I got it from,

但是我不知从哪来的力气，

but I was able to somehow

我可以就这样

pull myself up and as quickly as possible

把自己从湖底以最快的速度

get to the side of the lake.

弄到湖的岸边。

I've heard it said that drowning

我听说过溺水

is the most peaceful death that you can have.

是你可以死的最安详的方式。

I have never, ever heard

我从来没有听过

such utter bollocks.

这样的胡说八道。

(Laughter)

（笑）

It is the most frightening and panicky feeling

这是你们所感受过的

that you can have.

最恐惧，最惊慌的感觉。

I got myself to the side of the lake.

我把我自己拽到湖岸。

My crew grabbed me,

我的队友抓住了我，

and then we walked as quickly as we could

然后我们以最快的速度

down -- over the rubble --

下山－－在碎石中－－

down to our camp.

到达我们的营地。

And there, we sat down,

在那里，我们坐下来，

and we did a debrief about what had gone wrong

然后我们做了一下在珠峰

there on Mt. Everest.

哪里出错的报告。

And my team just gave it to me straight.

然后我的队员直接告诉我。

They said, Lewis, you need to have

他们说道，Lewis, 你要有一个

a radical tactical shift

剧烈的战术变化

if you want to do this swim.

如果你想完成这个游泳。

Every single thing which you have learned

你必须忘掉

in the past 23 years of swimming,

在23年里所学到的游泳

you must forget.

里所有的东西。

Every single thing which you learned

以及忘掉你在英国部队里

when you were serving in the British army,

所学习的，

about speed and aggression,

关于那些速度和激奋，

you put that to one side.

你要先放在一旁。

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

我们想让你花两天走上山。

Take some time to rest and think about things.

花点时间休息和思考。

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

我们想让你花两天走上山。

and instead of swimming fast,

不要游的太快，

swim as slowly as possible.

但是慢慢的游。

Instead of swimming crawl, swim breaststroke.

不用自由泳，但是用蛙泳。

And remember, never ever swim with aggression.

然后记住，不要游太激奋。

This is the time to swim

是时候谦逊地

with real humility.

去游泳了。

And so we walked back up

所以我们又走了回去

to the mountain two days later.

两天后回到山峰下。

And I stood there

我站在那

on the edge of the lake,

在湖的边缘，

and I looked up at Mt. Everest --

然后望向珠峰 －－

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

她是地球上最美丽的山峰之一 －－

and I said to myself, just do this slowly.

我就像这样慢慢的对我自己说道。

And I swam across the lake.

然后我游过了这个湖泊。

And I can't begin to tell you

我无法告诉你们

how good I felt

当我到达湖的另一边时

when I came to the other side.

我感觉有多好。

But I learned two very, very

但是我从珠峰学习到两个十分，十分

important lessons there on Mt. Everest,

重要的教训。

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

我十分感谢我队伍中的夏尔巴告诉了我这些。

The first one is

第一个就是

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

一个事情无论原来是怎样的，

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

并不代表在未来就会怎样。

And similarly,

相同的，

now, before I do anything,

现在，在我做一件事情之前，

I ask myself what type of mindset

我问到我自己，我需要

do I require

怎样的一种态度

to successfully complete a task.

才能成功的完成我的任务。

And taking that into the world of climate change --

然后这样来想一想气候变化，

which is, frankly,

那是，说实话，

the Mt. Everest of all problems --

珠峰和其他所有的问题－－

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

不能因为我们已经像这样生活了这么长时间，

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

不能因为我们已经像这样消费了那么长时间

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

不能因为我们像这样人口增长了这么长时间，

doesn't mean that we can carry on

就意味着我们可以这样像

the way we are carrying on.

以往一样坚持下去。

The warning signs are all there.

警告信号就在那。

When I was born, the world's population

当我出生时，世界的人口

was 3.5 billion people.

只有35亿。

We're now 6.8 billion people,

现在有68亿

and we're expected to be 9 billion people

然后我们预计在2050年有

by 2050.

90亿。

And then the second lesson,

这里就有第二个教训，

the radical, tactical shift.

剧烈的战术改变。

And I've come here to ask you today:

我今天来到这里问你们：

what radical tactical shift

你在你的环境里

can you take in your relationship to the environment,

能做出怎样的剧烈的战术转变

which will ensure

才能保证

that our children and our grandchildren

我们的子孙

live in a safe world

能居住在一个安全的

and a secure world,

一个保险的世界，

and most importantly, in a sustainable world?

最重要的是，一个可持续发展的世界？

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

然后我要求你，请你们，从这里出发

and think about that one

然后想象

radical tactical shift

你要做怎样的

which you could make,

激进的战术变化，

which will make that big difference,

才能做出巨大的改变，

and then commit a hundred percent to doing it.

如何下定决心去做。

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

些关于这些变化的博客，微博，谈论一下，

and commit a hundred percent,

然后全身心投入。

because very, very few things

因为如果我们

are impossible to achieve

全身心投入，只有很少事情

if we really put our whole minds to it.

是不可能的。

So thank you very, very much.

所以，十分感谢你们。

(Applause)

（掌声）