Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Mt. Everest swim

譯者: Jeannie Cheng 審譯者: Zhu Jie

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

上一年我在這裡向你們講述有關

which I did across the North Pole.

我游越北極的故事

And while that swim took place three years ago,

雖然那個游泳發生在三年前

I can remember it as if it was yesterday.

但我感覺就好像是發生在昨天一樣

I remember standing on the edge of the ice,

我記得我站在冰的邊緣

about to dive into the water,

準備跳進水裡

and thinking to myself, I have never ever

而且想著，我從未曾

seen any place on this earth

在這世上見過任何地方

which is just so frightening.

如此地恐怖

The water is completely black.

水是完全地漆黑

The water is minus 1.7 degrees centigrade,

水是零下攝氏1.7度

or 29 degrees Fahrenheit.

即華氏29度

It's flipping freezing in that water.

那些水是該死地冰冷

And then a thought came across my mind:

忽然有一思想劃過腦海

if things go pear-shaped on this swim,

若果在這趟游泳有什麼搞砸了

how long will it take for my frozen body

我結冰的身體需要多久

to sink the four and a half kilometers

才能沉到四千米半

to the bottom of the ocean?

的海洋底部呢?

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

跟著我對自己說: 我得盡快讓

out of my mind as quickly as possible.

這個想法從我腦中消失

And the only way I can dive

唯一一個能讓我跳進

into that freezing cold water

冰冷的水

and swim a kilometer

而後游一千里的方法

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

是靠聽著我的 iPod 而再次真的把我重新調整

listening to everything from beautiful opera

從聽著所有美妙的歌劇

all the way across to Puff Daddy,

直至Puff Daddy

and then committing myself a hundred percent --

然後百分百全情投入 --

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

沒有任何東西比下定決心來得有威力 --

and then walking up to the edge of the ice

然後走到冰塊的邊緣

and just diving into the water.

跳進水裡去

And that swim took me

那次游泳用了我

18 minutes and 50 seconds,

十八分五十秒

and it felt like 18 days.

但它感覺好像是十八天

And I remember getting out of the water

我記得當我走出水面時

and my hands feeling so painful

我的手感覺非常痛楚

and looking down at my fingers,

我看著我的手指

and my fingers were literally the size of sausages

它簡直有香腸般大小

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

因為我們的身體是用水構造的 --

when water freezes it expands,

當水結冰時，它會膨脹

and so the cells in my fingers

所以我的手指的細胞

had frozen and expanded

全都結冰而膨脹

and burst.

破裂

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

當我走出水面的那一刻

was the following:

我的第一個想法是這樣的:

I'm never, ever

在我餘生

going to do another cold water swim

我永遠不要再次

in my life again.

游冬泳

Anyway, last year, I heard about the Himalayas

不管怎樣，上一年，我聽過有關喜馬拉雅山脈

and the melting of the -- (Laughter)

和它的 -- (笑)

and the melting of the glaciers

和它正在溶化的冰川

because of climate change.

這都是因為氣候在變化

I heard about this lake, Lake Imja.

我聽過有關 Imja 湖

This lake has been formed in the last couple of years

這個湖是在幾年前形成的

because of the melting of the glacier.

它是從溶化的冰川的水而產生

The glacier's gone all the way up the mountain

這個冰川一直伸延至山上

and left in its place this big lake.

而最後形成這個大湖

And I firmly believe

我確實相信

that what we're seeing in the Himalayas

我們現在在喜瑪拉雅山脈所看到的

is the next great, big battleground

將會是這個地球上

on this earth.

下一個最大的戰場

Nearly two billion people --

差不多有二十億人 --

so one in three people on this earth --

即是每三個人有一個 --

rely on the water from the Himalayas.

是依賴喜瑪拉雅山脈的水

And with a population increasing as quickly as it is,

而因為人口快速增長

and with the water supply from these glaciers --

那些冰川的水的供應

because of climate change --

因為氣候的轉變 --

decreasing so much,

大幅減少

I think we have a real risk of instability.

我想我們正面臨不穩定的危機

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

北有中國；南有印度，巴基斯坦，

all these countries.

孟加拉共和國等國家

And so I decided

因此我決定

to walk up to Mt. Everest,

走上埃佛勒斯峰

the highest mountain on this earth,

世界第一峰

and go and do a symbolic swim

去作一個有代表意義的游泳

underneath the summit

在埃佛勒斯峰

of Mt. Everest.

的峰頂下

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

我不知道你們是否有人曾有機會去過埃佛勒斯峍

but it's quite an ordeal getting up there.

但走上去真的有點折磨

28 great, big, powerful yaks

28 頭強大有力的犛牛

carrying all the equipment up onto this mountain --

帶著所有器材上山

I don't just have my Speedo,

我沒有我的Speedo

but there's a big film crew who then

但這裡有一大隊攝影隊

send all the images around the world.

他們把相片傳到世界各地

The other thing which was so challenging about this swim

這次游泳第二項挑戰

is not just the altitude.

不只是它的高度

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

我得在海拔五千三百米以上游泳

So it's right up in the heavens.

它像是天堂一樣高

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

呼吸是非常非常的困難。你得解決高山症

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

我感覺好像有一個人站在你的背後用鎚

just hitting your head all the time.

不停的敲打你的頭一樣

That's not the worst part of it.

這不是最糟透的

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

最糟糕的是今年他們決定

to do a big cleanup operation on Mt. Everest.

在埃佛勒斯峰來一個大清理的行動

Many, many people have died on Mt. Everest,

過去有很多很多的人死在埃佛勒斯峰

and this was the year they decided to go

這一年他們決定去

and recover all the bodies of the mountaineers

把那些爬山者的屍體挖掘出來

and then bring them down the mountain.

然後把他們帶下山

And when you're walking up the mountain

當你走上山

to attempt to do something

嘗試做一些

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

以前從未有人，甚至是魚，所做過的事情時 --

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

根本沒有魚在五千三百米高的地方游泳

When you're trying to do that,

當你嘗試這樣做的時候

and then the bodies are coming past you,

有些屍體在你的旁邊經過

it humbles you,

這讓自己感覺卑微

and you also realize very, very clearly

你會更加清楚明白

that nature is so much more powerful

大自然比我們

than we are.

更具威力

And we walked up this pathway,

而我們經過這條通道

all the way up.

向上而行

And to the right hand side of us

在我們的右邊就是

was this great Khumbu Glacier.

偉大的Khumbu冰川

And all the way along the glacier we saw

沿著冰川所見的是

these big pools of melting ice.

那些冰川溶化所形成的湖

And then we got up to this small lake

我們到達埃佛勒斯峰頂峰之下

underneath the summit of Mt. Everest,

的一個小湖

and I prepared myself

我用我慣常的方法

the same way as I've always prepared myself,

作好準備

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

這一次游泳將是無比的艱難

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

我戴上我的iPod，聽著音樂

I got myself as aggressive as possible --

我讓自己充滿無比的幹勁

but controlled aggression --

是那能受控制的幹勁

and then I hurled myself

然後猛力投進

into that water.

水裡

I swam as quickly as I could

我以最快的速度

for the first hundred meters,

游過首一百米

and then I realized very, very quickly,

然後很快發覺

I had a huge problem on my hands.

我的手有一個很嚴重的問題

I could barely breathe.

我不能呼吸

I was gasping for air.

我喘著氣

I then began to choke,

然後我開始哽噎

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

這使我不停的嘔吐

And it all happened so quickly:

這一切都來得很迅速

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

我不知道發生什麼事 -- 但我開始往下沉

And luckily, the water was quite shallow,

幸好的，湖的水很淺

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

我可以從湖底把自己推上水面

and get up and then take another gasp of air.

然後再吸一口氣

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

我對著自己說: 加油、加油、加油

I carried on for another five or six strokes,

我接著再游多五、六步

and then I had nothing in my body,

我身體裡的氣所剩無幾

and I went down to the bottom of the lake.

我沉入湖底

And I don't where I got it from,

我不知怎的

but I was able to somehow

但我能夠

pull myself up and as quickly as possible

把我的身體以最快的速度拉上來

get to the side of the lake.

游到湖邊

I've heard it said that drowning

我曾聽說遇溺

is the most peaceful death that you can have.

是最平靜的死亡方法

I have never, ever heard

這真是我有史以來聽過最

such utter bollocks.

胡說八道的事

(Laughter)

(笑)

It is the most frightening and panicky feeling

它是你所能感到

that you can have.

最可怕和驚慌的經歷

I got myself to the side of the lake.

我游到湖邊

My crew grabbed me,

我的工作人員把我抓緊

and then we walked as quickly as we could

然後以他們最快的方法

down -- over the rubble --

經過那些碎石

down to our camp.

把我運回營地

And there, we sat down,

在那裡我們坐下

and we did a debrief about what had gone wrong

我們檢討我們在埃佛勒斯峰

there on Mt. Everest.

出錯的地方

And my team just gave it to me straight.

我的隊員很坦白的對我說

They said, Lewis, you need to have

路易士，若你想完成這趟游泳

a radical tactical shift

你必須

if you want to do this swim.

有一個徹底的策略轉變

Every single thing which you have learned

你在過去23年的游泳生涯

in the past 23 years of swimming,

所學的每一件事

you must forget.

你必須忘記

Every single thing which you learned

你在英軍服役時

when you were serving in the British army,

所學過有關

about speed and aggression,

速度和激進的每一項事

you put that to one side.

你必須置在一旁

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

我們要你用兩天後才出發步行上山

Take some time to rest and think about things.

找一些時間休息和反思

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

然後我們要你在用兩天的時間來走上山頂

and instead of swimming fast,

不是以最快的速度去游

swim as slowly as possible.

反之以最慢的速度去游

Instead of swimming crawl, swim breaststroke.

不是游自由式，而是游蛙泳

And remember, never ever swim with aggression.

記著，永不激進的游

This is the time to swim

這次是以真正謙卑的心

with real humility.

去作這次游泳

And so we walked back up

因此我們在兩天後

to the mountain two days later.

開始回到山上

And I stood there

我站在

on the edge of the lake,

湖的邊緣

and I looked up at Mt. Everest --

我望向埃佛勒斯峰

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

它是世上最美麗的山峰之一

and I said to myself, just do this slowly.

我告訴我自己，我要游得很慢

And I swam across the lake.

我游過這個湖

And I can't begin to tell you

我不能告知你

how good I felt

當我游到對岸時

when I came to the other side.

我是如何的感覺良好

But I learned two very, very

我在埃佛勒斯峰這裡

important lessons there on Mt. Everest,

學了兩樣非常非常重要的課題

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

我謝謝我的團隊 Sherpas 教曉我兩件事情

The first one is

第一是

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

以往運作很好的方法

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

不等於將來也同樣可行

And similarly,

同樣地

now, before I do anything,

現在，在我做任何東西之前

I ask myself what type of mindset

我會問我自己我需要

do I require

那樣的心理狀態來

to successfully complete a task.

成功完成這項工作

And taking that into the world of climate change --

這引伸至地球的氣候變化上

which is, frankly,

即，坦白說

the Mt. Everest of all problems --

佛勒斯峰的所有問題 --

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

不要因為我們過往是如此的生活

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

或因為我們以往如此的浪費資源

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

或地球的人口是如此的密集

doesn't mean that we can carry on

我們就可理所當然的用

the way we are carrying on.

我們過往的方式繼續下去

The warning signs are all there.

到處都是警號

When I was born, the world's population

在我出生時，

was 3.5 billion people.

世界的人口只有三十五億

We're now 6.8 billion people,

現在則有六十八億人

and we're expected to be 9 billion people

我們預期在2050年

by 2050.

人口多達九十億

And then the second lesson,

第二個我學曉的事情是

the radical, tactical shift.

徹底而有策略的轉變

And I've come here to ask you today:

我今天來問你們

what radical tactical shift

在有關環境的課題上

can you take in your relationship to the environment,

你能作出什麼徹底而有策略的改變呢

which will ensure

而這個轉變將能

that our children and our grandchildren

確保我們的子女和兒孫

live in a safe world

能在安全

and a secure world,

及有保障的世界裡生存

and most importantly, in a sustainable world?

最重要的是這個世界得以延續下去

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

我敬希你們從此刻開始

and think about that one

想一下那一個

radical tactical shift

你能

which you could make,

徹底而又有策略的轉變

which will make that big difference,

那個將發揮很大的作用

and then commit a hundred percent to doing it.

而你又願意百分百付諸實行的事情

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

然後在部落格或微博上載，與人談及它

and commit a hundred percent,

和百分百的實行

because very, very few things

如果我們能全力以赴

are impossible to achieve

那麼只有很少很少的事情

if we really put our whole minds to it.

我們是無法完成

So thank you very, very much.

真的非常感謝

(Applause)

(鼓掌)