TEDMED 2009
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes
David Blaine: Ako som zadržal dych na 17 minút
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V tejto vysoko osobnej reči z TEDMED-u kúzelník a kaskadér David Blaine opisuje, čo bolo treba na to, aby zadržal dych pod vodou na 17 minút -- svetový rekord (iba o jednu minútu kratší, ako celá táto reč!) -- a čo jeho smrťou pohŕdajúca práca preňho znamená. Upozornenie: NESKÚŠAJTE to doma.
David Blaine - Illusionist, endurance artist
With a deck of cards and authoritative cool, David Blaine brings the wonderment of magic off the stage and onto the sidewalk. Full bio
With a deck of cards and authoritative cool, David Blaine brings the wonderment of magic off the stage and onto the sidewalk. Full bio
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As a magician, I try to create images that
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Ako kúzelník sa snažím vytvárať obrazy,
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make people stop and think.
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ktoré prinútia ľudí sa zastaviť a rozmýšľať.
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I also try to challenge myself
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Tiež sa snažím dávať si výzvy,
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to do things that doctors say are not possible.
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na ktoré lekári hovoria, že sú nemožné.
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I was buried alive in New York City in a coffin,
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Bol som pochovaný zaživa v New York City v rakve,
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buried alive in a coffin in April, 1999,
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pochovaný zaživa v rakve v apríli 1999
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for a week.
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na týždeň.
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I lived there with nothing but water.
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Žil som tam iba z vody.
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And it ended up being so much fun
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A nakoniec to bola taká zábava,
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that I decided I could pursue
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že som sa rozhodol, že by som mohol
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doing more of these things.
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robiť viac týchto vecí.
00:48
The next one is I froze myself in a block of ice
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Ďalej som mrzol v kryhe ľadu
00:51
for three days and three nights in New York City.
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tri dni a tri noci v New York City.
00:54
That one was way more difficult than I had expected.
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To bolo oveľa zložitejšie ako som čakal.
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The one after that, I stood on top of a hundred foot pillar
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Potom som stál na vrchu 30-metrového stĺpa
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for 36 hours.
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36 hodín.
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I began to hallucinate so hard
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Začal som mať také silné halucinácie,
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that the buildings that were behind me started to look like big animal heads.
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že budovy, čo boli za mnou, začali vyzerať ako veľké zvieracie hlavy.
01:11
So, next I went to London.
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Takže potom som šiel do Londýna.
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In London I lived in a glass box for 44 days
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V Londýne som žil v sklenenej kazete 44 dní
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with nothing but water.
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iba z vody.
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It was, for me, one of the most difficult things I'd ever done,
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Pre mňa to bola jedna z najťažších vecí aké som kedy urobil,
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but it was also the most beautiful.
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ale tiež jedna z najkrajších.
01:26
There was so many skeptics, especially the press in London,
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Bolo tam toľko skeptikov, hlavne v londýnskej tlači,
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that they started flying cheeseburgers
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že začali prevážať cheeseburgery
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on helicopters around my box to tempt me.
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na vrtuľníkoch okolo mojej kazety, aby ma pokúšali.
01:35
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
01:36
So, I felt very validated
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Takže som cítil zadosťučinenie,
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when the New England Journal of Medicine actually
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keď Lekársky žurnál Nového Anglicka
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used the research for science.
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použil tento výskum na vedu.
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My next pursuit was I wanted to see how long I could go without breathing,
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Mojou ďalšou snahou bolo vidieť, ako dlho by som mohol byť bez dýchania,
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like how long I could survive with nothing,
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ako dlho by som mohol prežiť bez ničoho,
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not even air.
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dokonca aj bez vzduchu.
01:53
I didn't realize that it would become
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Neuvedomil som si, že sa to stane
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the most amazing journey of my life.
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najúžasnejšou jazdou môjho života.
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As a young magician
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Ako mladý kúzelník
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I was obsessed with Houdini and his underwater challenges.
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som bol posadnutý Houdinim a jeho výzvami pod vodou.
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So, I began, early on, competing against the other kids,
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Na začiatku som začal súťažiť proti iným deťom,
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seeing how long I could stay underwater
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aby som videl, ako dlho by som vedel vydržať pod vodou,
02:11
while they went up and down to breathe,
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kým oni šli hore a dole, aby dýchali,
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you know, five times, while I stayed under on one breath.
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5-krát, ja som zostal dole na jeden nádych.
02:16
By the time I was a teenager
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V čase, keď som bol tínedžer,
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I was able to hold my breath for three minutes and 30 seconds.
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som bol schopný zadržať dych na 3 minúty a 30 sekúnd..
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I would later find out that was Houdini's personal record.
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Neskôr som zistil, že to bol Houdiniho osobný rekord.
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In 1987 I heard of a story
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V roku 1987 som počul príbeh
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about a boy that fell through ice
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o chlapcovi, ktorý sa prepadol cez ľad
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and was trapped under a river.
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a bol uväznený pod riekou.
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He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes.
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Bol dole a nedýchal 45 minút.
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When the rescue workers came
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Keď prišli záchranári,
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they resuscitated him and there was no brain damage.
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oživovali ho a nemal žiadne poškodenie mozgu.
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His core temperature had dropped to 77 degrees.
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Jeho telesná teplota klesla na 25°C.
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As a magician, I think everything is possible.
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Ako kúzelník si myslím, že čokoľvek je možné.
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And I think if something is done by one person
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A myslím, že ak niečo dokáže jedna osoba,
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it can be done by others.
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dokážu to aj iní.
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I started to think, if the boy could survive
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Začal som si myslieť, že ak ten chlapec mohol prežiť
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without breathing for that long,
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bez dýchania tak dlho,
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there must be a way that I could do it.
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musí byť spôsob, ako by som to dokázal aj ja.
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So, I met with a top neurosurgeon.
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Takže som sa stretol so špičkovým neurochirurgom.
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And I asked him, how long is it possible
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Spýtal som sa ho, ako dlho je možné
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to go without breathing, like how long could I go without air?
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fungovať bez dýchania, ako dlho by som mohol byť bez vzduchu.
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And he said to me that anything over six minutes
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A on mi povedal, že čokoľvek nad 6 minút
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you have a serious risk
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je vážny risk
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of hypoxic brain damage.
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poškodenia mozgu kvôli hypoxii.
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So, I took that as a challenge, basically.
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Takže v podstate som to zobral ako výzvu.
03:26
(Laughter)
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03:27
My first try, I figured that I could do something similar,
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Pri mojom prvom pokuse som prišiel na to, že by som mohol urobiť niečo podobné
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and I created a water tank,
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a vytvoril som vodnú nádrž
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and I filled it with ice and freezing cold water.
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a naplnil som ju ľadom a ľadovo studenou vodou.
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And I stayed inside of that water tank
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A zostal som vnútri tej nádrže
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hoping my core temperature would start to drop.
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dúfajúc, že moja telesná teplota začne klesať.
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And I was shivering. In my first attempt to hold my breath
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A triasol som sa. Pri mojom prvom pokuse zadržať dych
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I couldn't even last a minute.
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som nemohol vydržať ani minútu.
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So, I realized that was completely not going to work.
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Takže som si uvedomil, že toto vôbec nebude fungovať.
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So, I went to talk to a doctor friend,
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Takže som sa šiel porozprávať s priateľom doktorom
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and I asked him how could I do that?
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a spýtal som sa ho, ako by som to mohol urobiť.
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"I want to hold my breath for a really long time. How could it be done?"
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"Chcem zadržať dych na skutočne dlhý čas. Ako by sa to dalo?"
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And he said, "David, you're a magician,
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A on povedal: "David, si kúzelník,
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create the illusion of not breathing, it will be much easier."
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vytvor ilúziu nedýchania, bude to oveľa jednoduchšie."
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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So, he came up with this idea
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Takže prišiel s nápadom
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of creating a rebreather,
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vytvoriť "predýchavač",
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with a CO2 scrubber,
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s filtrom CO2,
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which was basically a tube from Home Depot,
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čo bola v podstate rúrka z domácich potrieb,
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with a balloon duct-taped to it,
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s balónom, ktorý bol k tomu pripevnený páskou,
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that he thought we could put inside of me,
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a celé by sme to mohli do mňa vložiť
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and somehow be able to circulate the air and rebreathe
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a nejako by sme boli schopní cirkulovať vzduch a predýchavať
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with this thing in me.
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s touto vecou vo mne.
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This is a little hard to watch.
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Na toto sa pozerá trochu ťažko.
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But this is that attempt.
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Ale toto je ten pokus.
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So, that clearly wasn't going to work.
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Takže toto by zjavne nefungovalo.
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
04:58
Then I actually started thinking about
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Potom som začal rozmýšľať
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liquid breathing.
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o tekutom dýchaní.
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There is a chemical that's called perflubron.
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Existuje chemikália, ktorá sa nazýva perflubron.
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And it's so high in oxygen levels
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A je tak vysoko v hodnotách kyslíka,
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that in theory you could breathe it.
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že teoreticky by ste ju mohli dýchať.
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So, I got my hands on that chemical,
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Takže som si zohnal tú chemikáliu,
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filled the sink up with it, and stuck my face in the sink
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naplnil ňou umývadlo a strčil dnu tvár
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and tried to breathe that in,
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a pokúsil sa dýchať to,
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which was really impossible.
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čo bolo skutočne nemožné.
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It's basically like trying to breathe, as a doctor said,
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Bolo to v základe ako pokúšať sa dýchať, ako povedal doktor,
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while having an elephant standing on your chest.
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so slonom stojacim na vašej hrudi.
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So, that idea disappeared.
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Takže ten nápad zmizol.
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Then I started thinking,
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Potom som začal rozmýšľať:
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would it be possible to hook up a heart/lung bypass machine
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bolo by možné zapojiť stroj na bajpas srdca/pľúc
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and have a surgery where it was a tube going into my artery,
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a ísť na operáciu, kde by mi zaviedli do tepny rúrku
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and then appear to not breathe while they were oxygenating my blood?
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a zdalo by sa, že nedýcham, kým oni by mi okysličovali krv?
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Which was another insane idea, obviously.
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Čo bol zjavne ďalší šialený nápad.
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Then I thought about the craziest idea of all the ideas:
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Potom som rozmýšľal o najbláznivejšom nápade zo všetkých:
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to actually do it.
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skutočne to dokázať.
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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To actually try to hold my breath past the point
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Skutočne sa pokúsiť zadržať dych za hranicu,
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that doctors would consider you brain dead.
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kde by vás doktori považovali za mozgovo mŕtveho.
06:00
So, I started researching
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Takže som začal skúmať
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into pearl divers.
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lovcov perál.
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You know, because they go down for four minutes on one breath.
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Lebo oni idú dole na 4 minúty na jeden nádych.
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And when I was researching pearl divers, I found the world
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A keď som skúmal lovcov perál, našiel som svet
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of free-diving.
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nádychového potápania.
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It was the most amazing thing that I ever discovered, pretty much.
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Bola to snáď tá najúžasnejšia vec, akú som kedy objavil.
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There is many different aspects to free-diving.
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Je veľa rôznych aspektov nádychového potápania.
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There is depth records, where people go as deep as they can.
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Sú hĺbkové rekordy, kde ľudia idú tak hlboko ako môžu.
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And then there is static apnea.
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A potom existuje statické apnoe.
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That's holding your breath as long as you can
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To je zadržanie dychu tak dlho ako dokážete
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in one place without moving.
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na jednom mieste bez hýbania.
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That was the one that I studied.
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To som študoval.
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The first thing that I learned is when you're holding your breath
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Prvá vec, ktorú som sa naučil bola, že keď zadržiavate dych,
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you should never move at all; that wastes energy.
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nemali by ste sa vôbec hýbať; to míňa energiu.
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And that depletes oxygen,
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A to odčerpáva kyslík
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and it builds up CO2 in your blood. So, I learned never to move.
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a vytvára CO2 v krvi. Takže som sa naučil, že sa nemám nikdy hýbať.
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And I learned how to slow my heart rate down.
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A naučil som sa, ako znížiť tepovú frekvenciu.
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I had to remain perfectly still and just relax
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Musel som ostať úplne bez pohybu a iba sa uvoľniť
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and think that I wasn't in my body,
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a myslieť si, že nie som vo svojom tele
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and just control that.
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a iba to kontrolovať.
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And then I learned how to purge.
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A potom som sa naučil, ako sa očistiť.
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Purging is basically hyperventilating.
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Očista je v zásade hyperventilácia.
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You blow in and out ...
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Dýchate dnu a von...
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You do that, you get lightheaded, you get tingling.
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Keď to spravíte, pocítite závrat, šteklenie.
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And you're really ridding your body of CO2.
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A skutočne zbavujete telo CO2.
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So, when you hold your breath it's infinitely easier.
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Takže keď zadržíte dych, je to nekonečne jednoduchšie.
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Then I learned that you have to take a huge breath,
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Potom som sa naučil, že sa musíte riadne nadýchnuť
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and just hold and relax and never let any air out,
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a iba zadržať a uvoľniť sa a nevypustiť žiadny vzduch
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and just hold and relax through all the pain.
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a iba držať a byť uvoľnený skrz celú tú bolesť.
07:23
Every morning, this is for months,
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Každé ráno, a to boli mesiace,
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I would wake up and the first thing that I would do
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som sa zobudil a prvá vec, čo som robil bolo,
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is I would hold my breath
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že som zadržal dych na
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for, out of 52 minutes,
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-- z 52 minút
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I would hold my breath for 44 minutes.
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som zadržiaval dych 44 minút.
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So, basically what that means is I would purge,
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V podstate to znamená, že som sa očistil,
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I'd breath really hard for a minute.
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dýchal som minútu ozaj silno.
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And I would hold, immediately after, for five and half minutes.
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A hneď za tým som zadržal dych na 5 a pol minúty.
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Then I would breath again for a minute,
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Potom som znova dýchal minútu,
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purging as hard as I can,
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očisťoval sa, ako som len mohol,
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then immediately after that I would hold again for five and half minutes.
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potom hneď nato som zadržal dych znova na 5 a pol minúty.
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I would repeat this process eight times in a row.
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Tento proces som opakoval 8-krát za sebou.
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Out of 52 minutes you're only breathing for eight minutes.
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Z 52 minút dýchate iba 8 minút.
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At the end of that you're completely fried, your brain.
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Na konci ste úplne zapečení, váš mozog.
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You feel like you're walking around in a daze.
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Cítite sa, akoby ste kráčali omráčení.
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And you have these awful headaches.
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A máte hrozné bolesti hlavy.
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Basically, I'm not the best person to talk to when I'm doing that stuff.
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Vlastne, neporozprávajte sa so mnou, keď to robím.
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I started learning about the world-record holder.
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Začal som sa dozvedať niečo o držiteľovi svetového rekordu.
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His name is Tom Sietas.
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Volá sa Tom Sietas.
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And this guy is perfectly built for holding his breath.
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A tento chlapík je perfektne stavaný na zadržiavanie dychu.
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He's six foot four. He's 160 pounds.
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Má 190cm, 80kg.
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And his total lung capacity
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A jeho celková kapacita pľúc
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is twice the size of an average person.
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je dvojnásobná voči priemernému človeku.
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I'm six foot one, and fat.
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Ja mám 182cm a som tučný.
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We'll say big-boned.
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No, poviem, že mám veľké kosti.
08:30
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
08:32
I had to drop 50 pounds in three months.
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Musel som zhodiť 25 kíl za tri mesiace.
08:36
So, everything that I put into my body
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Takže všetko, čo som dal do svojho tela,
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I considered as medicine.
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som považoval za liek.
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Every bit of food was exactly what it was for its nutritional value.
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Každý kúsok jedla bol presne tým, čím bol pre svoju nutričnú hodnotu.
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I ate really small controlled portions
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Jedol som skutočne malé, kontrolované porcie
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throughout the day.
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počas dňa.
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And I started to really adapt my body.
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A skutočne som začal svoje telo prispôsobovať.
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(Laughter)
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*Výsledky sa môžu líšiť.*
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The thinner I was, the longer I was able to hold my breath.
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Čím som bol štíhlejší, tým dlhšie som bol schopný zadržať dych.
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And by eating so well and training so hard,
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A tým, že som tak dobre jedol a tak tvrdo trénoval,
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my resting heart-rate dropped to 38 beats per minute.
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môj odpočinkový tep klesol na 38 úderov za minútu.
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Which is lower than most Olympic athletes.
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Čo je menej ako u väčšiny olympijských športovcov.
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In four months of training I was able to hold my breath
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Za 4 mesiace tréningu som bol schopný zadržať dych
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for over seven minutes.
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na viac ako 7 minút.
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I wanted to try holding my breath everywhere.
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Chcel som skúšať zadržiavať dych všade.
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I wanted to try it in the most extreme situations
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Chcel som to skúšať v najextrémnejších situáciách,
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to see if I could slow my heart rate down
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aby som videl, či dokážem spomaliť tep
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under duress.
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pod nátlakom.
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(Laughter)
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I decided that I was going to break the world record
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Rozhodol som sa, že prekonám svetový rekord
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live on prime-time television.
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naživo v hlavnom vysielacom čase v televízii.
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The world record was eight minutes and 58 seconds,
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Svetový rekord bol 8 minút a 58 sekúnd,
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held by Tom Sietas, that guy with the whale lungs I told you about.
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držal ho Tom Sietas, ten chlapík s pľúcami veľryby, o ktorom som hovoril.
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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I assumed that I could put a water tank at Lincoln center
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Myslel som, že by som mohol dať vodnú nádrž na Lincoln center
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and if I stayed there a week not eating,
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a ak by som tam ostal týždeň bez jedla,
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I would get comfortable in that situation
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začal by som sa cítiť v takejto situácií sebaisto
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and I would slow my metabolism,
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a spomalil by som metabolizmus,
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which I was sure would help me hold my breath
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čo som si bol istý, že by mi pomohlo zadržať dych
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longer than I had been able to do it.
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na dlhšie, ako som bol schopný.
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I was completely wrong.
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Úplne som sa zmýlil.
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I entered the sphere a week before the scheduled air date.
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Vstúpil som do gule týždeň pred naplánovaným dátumom vysielania.
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And I thought everything seemed to be on track.
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A myslel som, že všetko sa zdá byť v poriadku.
10:10
Two days before my big breath hold attempt, for the record,
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Dva dni pred mojim veľkým pokusom o rekord
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the producers of my television special
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producenti môjho televízneho špeciálu
10:16
thought that just watching somebody
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si zmysleli, že pozerať na niekoho,
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holding their breath, and almost drowning,
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ako zadržiava dych a takmer sa utopí,
10:21
is too boring for television.
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je príliš nudné na televíziu.
10:24
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
10:26
So, I had to add handcuffs,
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Takže som musel pridať putá,
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while holding my breath, to escape from.
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z ktorých som mal ujsť, kým som zadržiaval dych.
10:31
This was a critical mistake.
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To bola rozhodujúca chyba.
10:34
Because of the movement I was wasting oxygen.
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Kvôli pohybu som míňal kyslík.
10:38
And by seven minutes I had gone
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A po siedmych minútach som dostal
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into these awful convulsions.
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hrozné kŕče.
10:44
By 7:08 I started to black out.
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V čase 7:08 som začal strácať vedomie.
10:49
And by seven minutes and 30 seconds
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A v čase 7 minút, 30 sekúnd
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they had to pull my body out and bring me back.
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museli vytiahnuť moje telo von a oživiť ma.
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I had failed on every level.
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Zlyhal som na plnej čiare.
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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So, naturally, the only way out of the slump
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Takže prirodzene, jediný spôsob, ako sa dostať z krízy,
11:07
that I could think of
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na ktorý som prišiel,
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was, I decided to call Oprah.
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bolo, že som sa rozhodol zavolať Oprah.
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(Laughter)
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11:16
I told her that I wanted to up the ante
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Povedal som jej, že chcem zvýšiť stávku
11:18
and hold my breath longer than any human being ever had.
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a zadržať dych dlhšie, ako kedy dokázala nejaká ľudská bytosť.
11:22
This was a different record. This was a pure O2
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To bol iný rekord. Toto bolo
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static apnea record that Guinness
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statické apnoe s predošlým vdychovaním O2, ktoré Guinness
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had set the world record at 13 minutes.
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zaznamenal ako svetový rekord - 13 minút.
11:31
So, basically you breath pure O2 first,
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Takže v podstate sa najprv nadýchnete čistého kyslíka,
11:34
oxygenating your body, flushing out CO2,
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prekysličíte si telo, vyplavíte CO2
11:36
and you are able to hold much longer.
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a ste schopní zadržať dych oveľa dlhšie.
11:40
I realized that my real competition
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Uvedomil som si, že mojím skutočným súperom
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was the beaver.
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bol bobor.
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(Laughter)
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11:52
In January of '08
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V januári 2008
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Oprah gave me four months to prepare and train.
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mi Oprah dala 4 mesiace, aby som sa pripravil a trénoval.
11:57
So, I would sleep in a hypoxic tent every night.
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Takže som spával každú noc v hypoxickom stane.
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A hypoxic tent is a tent that simulates
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Hypoxický stan simuluje
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altitude at 15,000 feet.
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nadmorskú výšku 4500m.
12:05
So, it's like base camp Everest.
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Takže je to ako základný tábor Everestu.
12:07
What that does is, you start building up
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Funguje tak, že začnete zvyšovať
12:10
the red blood cell count in your body,
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počet červených krviniek v tele,
12:13
which helps you carry oxygen better.
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čo vám pomáha lepšie dopravovať kyslík.
12:16
Every morning, again, after getting out of that tent
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Znova, každé ráno, potom, čo vyjdete zo stanu,
12:20
your brain is completely wiped out.
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je váš mozog úplne vygumovaný.
12:23
My first attempt on pure O2, I was able to go up to 15 minutes.
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Pri mojom prvom pokuse s čistým kyslíkom som bol schopný ísť na 15 minút.
12:27
So, it was a pretty big success.
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Takže bol to celkom veľký úspech.
12:30
The neurosurgeon pulled me out of the water
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Neurochirurg ma vytiahol z vody,
12:32
because in his mind, at 15 minutes
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lebo podľa neho pri 15 minútach
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your brain is done, you're brain dead.
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váš mozog skončil, máte mŕtvy mozog.
12:37
So, he pulled me up, and I was fine.
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Takže ma vytiahol a ja som bol v poriadku.
12:40
There was one person there that was definitely not impressed.
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Jednu osobu to tam rozhodne nezaujímalo.
12:45
It was my ex-girlfriend. While I was breaking the record underwater
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Bola to moja bývalá. Kým som prekonával pod vodou rekord
12:49
for the first time, she was sifting through my Blackberry,
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po prvýkrát, vŕtala sa mi v Blackberry,
12:51
checking all my messages.
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kontrolujúc všetky moje sms-ky.
12:53
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
12:56
My brother had a picture of it. It is really ...
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Môj brat to odfotil. Je to ozaj...
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(Laughter)
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13:03
I then announced that I was going to go for
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Potom som ohlásil, že idem prekonať
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Sietas' record, publicly.
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Sietasov rekord, verejne.
13:08
And what he did in response,
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A on ako odpoveď
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is he went on Regis and Kelly,
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šiel za Regisom a Kelly
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and broke his old record.
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a prekonal svoj starý rekord.
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Then his main competitor went out and broke his record.
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Potom jeho hlavný konkurent prekonal jeho rekord.
13:19
So, he suddenly pushed the record up to
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Takže zrazu vytlačil rekord
13:21
16 minutes and 32 seconds.
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na 16 minút a 32 sekúnd.
13:24
Which was three minutes longer than I had prepared.
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Čo bolo o tri minúty dlhšie, ako som sa pripravoval.
13:27
You know, it was longer than the record.
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Viete, bolo to dlhšie ako ten rekord.
13:30
Now, I wanted to get the Science Times to document this.
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Takže som chcel, aby to rubrika Science Times zdokumentovala.
13:34
I wanted to get them to do a piece on it.
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Chcel som, aby o tom napísali článok.
13:36
So, I did what any person
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Takže som spravil to, čo by hocikto
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seriously pursuing scientific advancement would do.
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seriózne snažiaci sa o vedecký pokrok urobil.
13:43
I walked into the New York Times offices
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Vošiel som do kancelárii New York Times
13:46
and did card tricks to everybody.
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a všetkým som predviedol nejaké triky s kartami.
13:48
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
13:52
So, I don't know if it was the magic or the lore of the Cayman islands,
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Neviem, či to bola mágia alebo umenie Kajmanských ostrovov,
13:55
but John Tierney flew down
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ale priletel John Tierney
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and did a piece on the seriousness of breath-holding.
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a napísal článok o vážnosti zadržiavania dychu.
14:00
While he was there I tried to impress him, of course.
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Kým som tam bol, snažil som sa naňho urobiť dojem, samozrejme.
14:02
And I did a dive down to 160 feet,
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Potopil som sa do hĺbky 48 metrov,
14:05
which is basically the height of a 16 story building,
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čo je v podstate výška 16-poschodovej budovy,
14:09
and as I was coming up, I blacked out underwater,
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a ako som vychádzal hore, omdlel som pod vodou,
14:12
which is really dangerous; that's how you drown.
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čo je skutočne nebezpečné; tak sa utopíte.
14:14
Luckily Kirk had seen me
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Našťastie Kirk ma videl
14:16
and he swam over and pulled me up.
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a priplával a vytiahol ma.
14:18
So, I started full focus.
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Takže začal som sa plne sústreďovať.
14:21
I completely trained to get my breath hold time up
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Plne som trénoval, aby som zvýšil svoj čas,
14:24
for what I needed to do.
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aby som to dokázal.
14:26
But there was no way to prepare for the live television aspect of it,
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Ale niet spôsobu, ako sa pripraviť na aspekt živého prenosu
14:29
being on Oprah.
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u Oprah.
14:31
But in practice, I would do it face down, floating on the pool.
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V tréningu som to robil tvárou dole, vznášajúc sa v bazéne.
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But for TV they wanted me to be upright
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Ale v TV chceli, aby som to robil vzpriamený,
14:39
so they could see my face, basically.
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aby mohli vidieť moju tvár, v zásade.
14:42
The other problem was
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Iným problémom bolo,
14:44
the suit was so buoyant
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že oblek ma veľmi vynášal hore,
14:46
that they had to strap my feet in to keep me from floating up.
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že mi museli priviazať nohy, aby som sa nevznášal.
14:49
So, I had to use my legs to hold my feet into the straps that were loose,
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Takže som musel používať nohy, aby som udržal chodidlá v remienkoch, ktoré boli voľné,
14:53
which was a real problem for me.
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čo bol pre mňa skutočný problém.
14:56
That made me extremely nervous,
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Z toho som bol extrémne nervózny,
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raising the heart rate.
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čo mi zvýšilo tep.
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Then, what they also did was,
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Potom tiež spravili to,
15:02
which we never did before, is there was a heart-rate monitor.
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čo sme predtým nerobili, že tam bol monitor srdcovej frekvencie.
15:05
And it was right next to the sphere.
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A bol hneď vedľa gule.
15:08
So, every time my heart would beat I'd hear the beep-beep-beep-beep,
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Takže zakaždým, keď moje srdce udrelo, počul som píp-píp-píp-píp,
15:11
you know, the ticking, really loud.
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viete, tikanie, ozaj nahlas.
15:13
Which was making me more nervous.
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Z čoho som bol ešte viacej nervózny.
15:15
And there is no way to slow my heart rate down.
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A nemohol som spomaliť tep.
15:18
So, normally
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Takže normálne
15:21
I would start at 38 beats per minute,
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by som začal na 38 úderoch za minútu
15:24
and while holding my breath it would drop to 12 beats per minute,
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a zadržiavajúc dych by to kleslo na 12 úderov za minútu,
15:27
which is pretty unusual.
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čo je dosť nezvyčajné.
15:29
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
15:35
This time it started at 120 beats,
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Tentoraz to začalo na 120 úderoch
15:39
and it never went down.
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a dole to nezišlo.
15:41
I spent the first five minutes underwater
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Prvých päť minút pod vodou som strávil
15:44
desperately trying to slow my heart rate down.
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zúfalou snahou spomaliť svoj tep.
15:47
I was just sitting there thinking, "I've got to slow this down.
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Iba som tam sedel rozmýšľajúc "Musím to spomaliť.
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I'm going to fail, I'm going to fail."
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Zlyhám, zlyhám."
15:51
And I was getting more nervous.
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A bol som čoraz nervóznejší.
15:53
And the heart rate just kept going up and up,
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A tep sa stále zvyšoval a zvyšoval,
15:55
all the way up to 150 beats.
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až na 150 úderov.
16:00
Basically it's the same thing that created my downfall at Lincoln Center.
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V podstate to bola rovnaká vec, aká spôsobila moje zlyhanie na Lincoln center.
16:03
It was a waste of O2.
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Bolo to mrhanie kyslíkom.
16:06
When I made it to the halfway mark, at eight minutes,
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Keď som prišiel do polčasu, na ôsmych minútach,
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I was 100 percent certain
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bol som si na 100% istý,
16:11
that I was not going to be able to make this.
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že to nedokážem.
16:13
There was no way for me to do it.
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Nebolo možné, aby som to dokázal.
16:15
So, I figured, Oprah had dedicated an hour
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Takže som si uvedomil, že Oprah venovala hodinu
16:19
to doing this breath hold thing, if I had cracked early
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tejto veci so zadržiavaním dychu, ak by som sa zlomil skoro,
16:22
it would be a whole show about how depressed I am.
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celá šou by bola o tom, aký som deprimovaný.
16:25
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
16:27
So, I figured I'm better off just fighting
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Takže som si uvedomil, že lepšie bude, ak budem bojovať
16:29
and staying there until I black out,
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a ostanem tam, kým neomdliem,
16:31
at least then they can pull me out and take care of me and all that.
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aspoň ma potom vytiahnu a postarajú sa o mňa a všetko.
16:34
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
16:38
I kept pushing to 10 minutes. At 10 minutes
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Potlačil som to na 10 minút. Pri 10 minútach
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you start getting all these really strong
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dostanete ozaj silný
16:43
tingling sensations in your fingers and toes.
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pocit štípania v prstoch na rukách a nohách.
16:45
And I knew that that was blood shunting,
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A vedel som, že to je odsuv krvi,
16:47
when the blood rushes away from your extremities
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keď sa krv ženie preč z končatín,
16:49
to provide oxygen to your vital organs.
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aby zabezpečila kyslík životne dôležitým orgánom.
16:55
At 11 minutes I started feeling
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Pri 11 minútach som začal pociťovať
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throbbing sensations in my legs,
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búšivé pocity v nohách
16:59
and my lips started to feel really strange.
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a začal som pociťovať čudný pocit na perách.
17:03
At minute 12 I started to have ringing in my ears,
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V 12. minúte mi začalo zvoniť v ušiach
17:07
and I started to feel my arm going numb.
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a začal som cítiť, že mi meravie ruka.
17:10
And I'm a hypochondriac, and I remember arm numb means heart attack.
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A ja som hypochonder a pamätám si, že meravá ruka znamená infarkt.
17:13
So, I started to really get really paranoid.
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Takže som ozaj začal byť paranoidný.
17:16
Then at 13 minutes, maybe because of the hypochondria.
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Potom v 13. minúte, možno kvôli hypochondrii,
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I started feeling pains all over my chest.
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som začal cítiť bolesti po celej hrudi.
17:24
It was awful.
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Bolo to hrozné.
17:26
At 14 minutes,
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Pri 14. minúte
17:28
I had these awful contractions,
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som začal mať hrozné kŕče,
17:30
like this urge to breathe.
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ako v snahe o dýchanie.
17:32
(Laughter)
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17:40
At 15 minutes I was suffering
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V 15. minúte som trpel
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major O2 deprivation to the heart.
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väčším nedostatkom kyslíka pre srdce.
17:45
And I started having ischemia to the heart.
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A začal som mať nedokrvené srdce.
17:48
My heartbeat would go from 120,
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Môj tep išiel zo 120
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to 50, to 150, to 40, to 20, to 150 again.
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na 50, na 150, na 40, na 20, znova na 150.
17:56
It would skip a beat.
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Občas vynechal.
17:58
It would start. It would stop. And I felt all this.
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Rozbehol sa. Zastavil sa. A toto všetko som cítil.
18:00
And I was sure that I was going to have a heart attack.
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A bol som si istý, že idem dostať infarkt.
18:03
So, at 16 minutes what I did is I slid my feet out
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Takže na 16. minúte som nechal vykĺznuť chodidlá,
18:06
because I knew that if I did go out,
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lebo som vedel, že ak odpadnem,
18:09
if I did have a heart attack, they'd have to
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ak mám infarkt, budú musieť
18:11
jump into the binding and take my feet out
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skočiť do väzby a vybrať mi nohy,
18:13
before pulling me up. So, I was really nervous.
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než ma vytiahnu. Takže som bol ozaj nervózny.
18:15
So, I let my feet out, and I started floating to the top.
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Takže som uvoľnil chodidlá a začal sa vznášať hore.
18:18
And I didn't take my head out.
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A nevynoril som hlavu.
18:20
But I was just floating there waiting for my heart to stop,
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Ale vznášal som sa tam čakajúc, kedy mi zastane srdce,
18:22
just waiting.
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jednoducho som čakal.
18:24
They had doctors with the "Pst," you know, so,
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Mali tam doktorov s tým "pst", viete,
18:26
sitting there waiting.
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sedeli tam a čakali.
18:28
And then suddenly I hear screaming.
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A potom zrazu počujem krik.
18:30
And I think that there is some weird thing --
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A myslel som, že to je nejaká čudná vec --
18:32
that I had died or something had happened.
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že som zomrel alebo niečo sa stalo.
18:35
And then I realized that I had made it to 16:32.
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A potom som si uvedomil, že som sa dostal na 16:32.
18:39
So, with the energy of everybody that was there
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Takže s energiou všetkých, čo tam boli,
18:42
I decided to keep pushing.
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som sa rozhodol tlačiť ďalej.
18:44
And I went to 17 minutes and four seconds.
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A šiel som na 17 minút a 4 sekundy.
18:46
(Applause)
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18:56
As though that wasn't enough, what I did immediately after
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A akoby to nebolo dosť, hneď potom
18:58
is I went to Quest Labs
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som šiel do Quest Labs
19:00
and had them take every blood sample that they could
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a nechal som, nech mi zoberú všetky vzorky krvi, aké len mohli,
19:02
to test for everything and to see where my levels were,
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aby ich otestovali na všetko a aby videli, kde sa nachádzajú moje hodnoty,
19:05
so the doctors could use it, once again.
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aby to lekári mohli znova použiť.
19:07
I also didn't want anybody to question it.
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A tiež som nechcel, aby to ktokoľvek napadol.
19:09
I had the world record and I wanted to
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Mal som svetový rekord a chcel som
19:11
make sure it was legitimate.
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zaistiť, že bude legitímny.
19:13
So, I get to New York City the next day,
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Takže nasledujúci deň som šiel do New York City
19:16
and this kid walks up to me -- I'm walking out of the Apple store --
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a príde ku mne jedno decko -- práve vychádzam z Apple store --
19:19
this kid walks up to me he's like, "Yo, D!"
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decko príde ku mne a hovorí: "Hej, D!"
19:21
I'm like "Yeah?"
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A ja: "No?"
19:23
He said, "If you really held your breath that long,
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Hovorí: "Ak si ozaj zadržal dych na tak dlho,
19:26
why'd you come out of the water dry?"
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prečo si vyšiel von z vody suchý?"
19:28
I was like "What?"
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A ja že: "Čo?"
19:30
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
19:32
And that's my life. So ...
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A to je môj život. Takže...
19:34
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
19:39
As a magician I try to show things to people
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Ako kúzelník sa snažím ľuďom ukázať veci,
19:41
that seem impossible.
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ktoré sa zdajú byť nemožné.
19:43
And I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath
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A myslím, že mágia, či už keď zadržiavam dych
19:46
or shuffling a deck of cards,
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alebo miešam balíček kariet,
19:48
is pretty simple.
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je vcelku jednoduchá.
19:50
It's practice, it's training, and it's --
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Je to cvičenie, tréning a je to --
19:54
It's practice, it's training and experimenting,
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Je to cvičenie, je to tréning a experimentovanie,
19:58
while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.
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snažiac sa cez bolesť, aby som bol najlepší, aký môžem byť.
20:01
And that's what magic is to me, so, thank you.
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A tým je mágia pre mňa, takže, ďakujem vám.
20:05
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Blaine - Illusionist, endurance artistWith a deck of cards and authoritative cool, David Blaine brings the wonderment of magic off the stage and onto the sidewalk.
Why you should listen
Called a "modern-day Houdini" by The New York Times, David Blaine made himself a household name with TV special David Blaine: Street Magic -- shedding the sweeping glitz and drama of other TV magic programs in favor of a simple premise: illusions done right on the street, in front of handheld cameras and speechless passersby.
With Buried Alive, Blaine was entombed underground for seven days in a transparent plastic coffin, visible to gawking pedestrians above, setting off a new trend in his performance career: the endurance stunt. The pursuit led to other spectacles featuring cramped spaces and extreme conditions: Frozen in Time, which saw him encased in a block of ice for almost three days, and Vertigo, where he stood atop a 100-foot pillar for 35 hours.
Blaine's stunts continue to draw immense crowds and Nielsen ratings to match, but his appearance on Oprah was perhaps most stunning, when he broke the Guinness world record for breath-holding, staying underwater for 17 minutes and 4.5 seconds.
David Blaine | Speaker | TED.com