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Lewis Pugh - Coldwater swimmer
Pushing his body through epic cold-water swims, Lewis Gordon Pugh wants to draw attention to our global climate. He's just back from swimming in a meltwater lake on the slopes of Mount Everest.

Why you should listen

Lewis Gordon Pugh loves to pioneer new swimming routes around or between landmarks once thought unswimmable. In 2006, he swam the drought-stricken Thames; also that year he became the first swimmer to do a long-distance swim in all five oceans of the world. The following year, he made the first long-distance swim across the North Pole -- where climate change made the ice temporarily disappear. Heading into the second decade of his swimming career, he's regarded as the greatest cold-water swimmer in history.

His swims have given him a sea-level view of our planet, and inspired him to do his bit to help preserve it. He left a career in maritime law to become a public speaker on environmental issues with his group, Polar Defence Project -- and of course to plan more astonishing swims and treks. In September 2008, Pugh and Robbie Hedgus kayaked across the Arctic Ocean into the polar ice pack, to raise awareness of the thinning sea ice and the dangers of climate change in the Arctic and across the world. And at the end of May 2010 he swam 1 kilometer across Pumori, a meltwater lake situated next to the Khumbu Glacier on Mount Everest, at an altitude of 5300 meters, to draw attention to the melting of the Asian glaciers. He completed the swim -- the highest any person has undertaken -- in less than 23 minutes. "Glaciers are not just ice: they are a lifeline, they provide water to 2 billion people, and we need to protect them," he says.

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Lewis Pugh: My mind-shifting Everest swim

Plivanje na Mont Everestu koje je promenilo Luisa Pua

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Pošto je preplivao Severni pol, Luis Pu (Lewis Pugh) se zakleo da nikada više neće ući u ledenu vodu. Onda je saznao za jezero Imdža na Mont Everestu - jezero na visini od 5,300 metara, u potpunosti stvoreno otapanjem glečera - i započeo put koji će ga naučiti radikalnom načinu pristupanja plivanju i globalnom zagrevanju.
- Coldwater swimmer
Pushing his body through epic cold-water swims, Lewis Gordon Pugh wants to draw attention to our global climate. He's just back from swimming in a meltwater lake on the slopes of Mount Everest. Full bio

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Last yearгодине when I was here, I was speakingговорећи to you about a swimпливај
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Kada sam bio ovde prošle godine, pričao sam vam
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whichкоја I did acrossпреко the NorthSever PolePol.
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o tome kako sam preplivao Severni pol.
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And while that swimпливај tookузела placeместо threeтри yearsгодине agoпре,
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Iako je to bilo pre tri godine,
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I can rememberзапамтити it as if it was yesterdayјуче.
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pamtim kao da je bilo juče.
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I rememberзапамтити standingстојећи on the edgeИвица of the iceлед,
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Sećam se stajanja na ivici leda,
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about to diveроњење into the waterвода,
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samo što nisam zaronio u vodu,
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and thinkingразмишљање to myselfЈа сам, I have never ever
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i razmišljanja kako nikada
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seenвиђено any placeместо on this earthземља
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nisam video mesto na Zemlji
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whichкоја is just so frighteningзастрашујуће.
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koje je tako zastrašujuće.
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The waterвода is completelyу потпуности blackцрн.
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Voda je potpuno crna.
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The waterвода is minusминус 1.7 degreesстепени centigradeцентиграде,
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Temperatura je bila minus 1.7 stepen Celzijusa,
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or 29 degreesстепени FahrenheitFarenhajta.
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ili 29 stepeni Farenhajta.
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It's flippingokretanje freezingzamrzavanje in that waterвода.
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Užasno je hladno u toj vodi.
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And then a thought cameДошао acrossпреко my mindум:
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A onda mi je jedna misao prošla kroz glavu:
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if things go pear-shapedzlu on this swimпливај,
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ako stvari pođu naopako prilikom ovog plivanja,
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how long will it take for my frozenсмрзнуто bodyтело
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koliko će biti potrebno mom zamrznutom telu
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to sinkлавабо the fourчетири and a halfпола kilometersкилометара
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da potone četiri ipo kilometra
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to the bottomдно of the oceanокеан?
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na dno okeana?
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And then I said to myselfЈа сам, I've just got to get this thought
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I onda sam rekao sebi, moram da ovu misao
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out of my mindум as quicklyбрзо as possibleмогуће.
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pod hitno izbacim iz glave.
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And the only way I can diveроњење
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I jedini način da skočim
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into that freezingzamrzavanje coldхладно waterвода
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u tu ledenu vodu
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and swimпливај a kilometerкилометар
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i da preplivam kilometar
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is by listeningслушање to my iPodiPod and really revvingbroj obrtaja myselfЈа сам up,
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je da slušam svoj iPod i da se ubrzam,
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listeningслушање to everything from beautifulЛепа operaопера
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slušajući sve od prelepe opere,
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all the way acrossпреко to PuffDim DaddyTata,
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do Paf Dedija
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and then committingпочиње myselfЈа сам a hundredсто percentпроценат --
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i onda da se sto posto posvetim -
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there is nothing more powerfulмоћан than the made-upizmišljeno mindум --
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ništa nije moćnije od donete odluke -
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and then walkingХодање up to the edgeИвица of the iceлед
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i da došetam do ivice leda
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and just divingronjenje into the waterвода.
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i samo uskočim u vodu.
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And that swimпливај tookузела me
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Plivanje je trajalo
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18 minutesминута and 50 secondsсекунде,
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18 minuta i 50 sekundi,
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and it feltосетио like 18 daysдана.
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a izgledalo je kao 18 dana.
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And I rememberзапамтити gettingдобијања out of the waterвода
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Sećam se da sam izašao iz vode
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and my handsруке feelingОсећај so painfulболан
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a ruke su me tako bolele
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and looking down at my fingersпрстима,
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i gledao sam u svoje prste
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and my fingersпрстима were literallyбуквално the sizeвеличине of sausageskobasice
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a oni su bukvalno bili veličine kobasice
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because -- you know, we're madeмаде partiallyделимично of waterвода --
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jer - znate, mi smo delimično sačinjeni od vode -
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when waterвода freezeszamrzavanja it expandsпроширује,
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kada se voda zamrzne ona se širi,
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and so the cellsћелије in my fingersпрстима
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i tako su se ćelije u mojim prstima
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had frozenсмрзнуто and expandedпроширен
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zamrzle i raširile
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and burstбурст.
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i pukle.
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And the mostнајвише immediateнепосредан thought when I cameДошао out of that waterвода
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I prva misao koju sam imao kada sam izašao iz te vode
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was the followingследећи:
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je sledeća:
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I'm never, ever
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nikada više
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going to do anotherдруги coldхладно waterвода swimпливај
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u svom životu neću
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in my life again.
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plivati u ledenoj vodi.
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AnywayIonako, last yearгодине, I heardслушао about the HimalayasHimalaji
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U svakom slučaju, prošle godine sam čuo
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and the meltingтопљење of the -- (LaughterSmeh)
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za Himalaje i topljenje - (smeh)
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and the meltingтопљење of the glaciersглечери
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topljenje glečera
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because of climateклима changeпромена.
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zbog klimatskih promena.
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I heardслушао about this lakeјезеро, LakeJezero ImjaImja.
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Čuo sam za to jezero, Imdža.
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This lakeјезеро has been formedформирана in the last coupleпар of yearsгодине
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Jezero je nastalo u poslednje dve godine
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because of the meltingтопљење of the glacierглечер.
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zbog otapanja glečera.
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The glacier'sglecer je goneотишла all the way up the mountainпланина
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Glečer je nestao sa vrha planine
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and left in its placeместо this bigвелики lakeјезеро.
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i na svom mestu ostavio ovo veliko jezero.
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And I firmlyčvrsto believe
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Čvrsto verujem
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that what we're seeingвиди in the HimalayasHimalaji
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da je ono što vidimo na Himalajima
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is the nextследећи great, bigвелики battlegroundbojno polje
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sledeće veliko bojno polje
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on this earthземља.
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na ovoj planeti.
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NearlySkoro two billionмилијарде people --
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Skoro dve milijarde ljudi -
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so one in threeтри people on this earthземља --
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znači jedna od tri osobe na Zemlji -
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relyослонити on the waterвода from the HimalayasHimalaji.
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oslanjaju se na vodu sa Himalaja.
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And with a populationпопулација increasingповећање as quicklyбрзо as it is,
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I kako populacija sve više raste,
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and with the waterвода supplyснабдевање from these glaciersглечери --
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a snabdevanje vodom sa ovih glečera -
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because of climateклима changeпромена --
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zbog klimatskih promena -
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decreasingсмањује се so much,
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se toliko smanjuje,
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I think we have a realправи riskризик of instabilityнестабилност.
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mislim da imamo veliki rizik nestabilnosti.
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NorthSever, you've got ChinaKina; southјуг, you've IndiaIndija, PakistanPakistan, BangladeshBangladeš,
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Na severu je Kina; na jugu Indija, Pakistan, Bangladeš,
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all these countriesземље.
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sve te zemlje.
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And so I decidedодлучио
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Tako sam odlučio
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to walkходати up to MtMt. EverestEverest,
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da se popnem na Everest,
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the highestнајвише mountainпланина on this earthземља,
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najvišu planinu na Zemlji,
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and go and do a symbolicsimboličan swimпливај
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i da simbolično preplivam
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underneathиспод the summitсамит
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pod samim vrhom
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of MtMt. EverestEverest.
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Mont Everesta.
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Now, I don't know if any of you have had the opportunityприлика to go to MtMt. EverestEverest,
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Ne znam da li je neko od vas imao priliku da ode na Everest,
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but it's quiteприлично an ordealiskušenje gettingдобијања up there.
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ali prilično je naporno stići tamo.
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28 great, bigвелики, powerfulмоћан yaksJakove
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28 velikih, snažnih jakova
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carryingношење all the equipmentопрема up ontoна this mountainпланина --
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koji nose svu opremu uz planinu -
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I don't just have my SpeedoBrzinomer,
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ne nosim samo kupaće gaće.
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but there's a bigвелики filmфилм crewпосада who then
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Ali tu je i velika filmska ekipa koja potom
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sendпошаљи all the imagesслике around the worldсвет.
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šalje sve snimke širom sveta.
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The other thing whichкоја was so challengingизазован about this swimпливај
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Druga stvar koja je bila toliko izazovna u vezi sa ovim plivanjem
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is not just the altitudeVisina.
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nije samo nadmorska visina.
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I wanted to do the swimпливај at 5,300 metersметара aboveгоре seaморе levelниво.
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Želeo sam da plivam na 5.300 metara iznad nivoa mora.
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So it's right up in the heavensнебеса.
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Dakle nebu pod oblake.
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It's very, very difficultтешко to breathдах. You get altitudeVisina sicknessболест.
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Veoma, veoma je teško disati. Dobijate visinsku bolest.
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I feelsосећа like you've got a man standingстојећи behindиза you with a hammerчекић
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Osećaj je kao da neki čovek stoji iza vas sa čekićem
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just hittingударање your headглава all the time.
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i udara vas u glavu svo vreme.
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That's not the worstнајгоре partдео of it.
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To nije najgori deo toga.
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The worstнајгоре partдео was this yearгодине was the yearгодине where they decidedодлучио
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Najgori deo je to što su ove godine odlučili
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to do a bigвелики cleanupza čišćenje operationоперација on MtMt. EverestEverest.
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da urade veliko čišćenje Mont Everesta.
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ManyMnogi, manyмноги people have diedумро on MtMt. EverestEverest,
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Mnogo, mnogo ljudi je tamo umrlo
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and this was the yearгодине they decidedодлучио to go
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i ove godine su odlučili
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and recoverопоравити се all the bodiesтела of the mountaineersplaninari
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da pronađu sva tela tih planinara
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and then bringдовести them down the mountainпланина.
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i spuste ih sa planine.
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And when you're walkingХодање up the mountainпланина
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I hodate planinom
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to attemptпокушај to do something
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u pokušaju da uradite nešto
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whichкоја no humanљудско has ever doneГотово before, and, in factчињеница, no fishриба --
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što nijedan čovek nije uradio pre, ali i nijedna riba.
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there are no fishриба up there swimmingпливање at 5,300 metersметара --
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Ne postoje ribe koje plivaju na visini od 5.300 metara.
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When you're tryingпокушавајући to do that,
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Kada pokušavate to da uradite,
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and then the bodiesтела are comingдолазе pastпрошлост you,
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i onda tela prolaze pored vas,
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it humblesponiћava you,
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to utiče na vas
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and you alsoтакође realizeсхватите very, very clearlyјасно
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i takođe veoma, veoma jasno shvatite
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that natureприрода is so much more powerfulмоћан
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da je priroda mnogo moćnija
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than we are.
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od nas.
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And we walkedходао up this pathwayстаза,
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Penjali smo se tom stazom,
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all the way up.
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skroz gore.
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And to the right handруку sideстрана of us
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Sa naše desne strane
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was this great KhumbuKhumbu GlacierLedenjak.
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bio je veliki Kumbu glečer.
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And all the way alongзаједно the glacierглечер we saw
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I celom dužinom tog glečera videli smo
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these bigвелики poolsbazeni of meltingтопљење iceлед.
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velike bare leda koji se topi.
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And then we got up to this smallмали lakeјезеро
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I onda smo stigli do jednog malog jezera
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underneathиспод the summitсамит of MtMt. EverestEverest,
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pod vrhom Everesta,
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and I preparedприпремљен myselfЈа сам
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pripremio sam se,
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the sameисти way as I've always preparedприпремљен myselfЈа сам,
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na isti način na koji se uvek pripremam,
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for this swimпливај whichкоја was going to be so very difficultтешко.
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za ovo veoma teško plivanje.
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I put on my iPodiPod, I listenedслушао to some musicмузика,
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Uključio sam iPod, slušao malo muzike,
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I got myselfЈа сам as aggressiveагресиван as possibleмогуће --
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postao agresivan koliko je moguće -
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but controlledконтролисано aggressionagresije --
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ali kontrolisano agresivan -
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and then I hurledOdbaci myselfЈа сам
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i onda sam uskočio
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into that waterвода.
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u tu vodu.
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I swamplivao as quicklyбрзо as I could
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Plivao sam brzo koliko sam mogao
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for the first hundredсто metersметара,
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prvih sto metara,
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and then I realizedреализован very, very quicklyбрзо,
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a onda sam veoma, veoma brzo shvatio
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I had a hugeогромно problemпроблем on my handsруке.
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da imam ogroman problem.
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I could barelyједва breatheдиши.
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Jedva sam disao.
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I was gaspingdahtanje for airваздух.
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Borio sam se za dah.
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I then beganпочела to chokegušenje,
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Onda sam počeo da se gušim,
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and then it quicklyбрзо led to me vomitingpovraćanje in the waterвода.
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a to je brzo dovelo do toga da povraćam u vodi.
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And it all happenedдесило so quicklyбрзо:
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Sve se to desilo toliko brzo
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I then -- I don't know how it happenedдесило -- but I wentотишао underwaterпод водом.
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- ne znam kako se dogodilo - ali potonuo sam.
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And luckilyсрећом, the waterвода was quiteприлично shallowплитко,
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I srećom, voda je bila prilično plitka,
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and I was ableу могуцности to pushпусх myselfЈа сам off the bottomдно of the lakeјезеро
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i uspeo sam da se odgurnem od dna jezera
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and get up and then take anotherдруги gaspuzdah of airваздух.
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i izronim i ponovo udahnem vazduh.
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And then I said, carryносити on. CarryNose on. CarryNose on.
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Onda sam rekao, nastavi. Nastavi. Nastavi.
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I carriedноси on for anotherдруги fiveпет or sixшест strokesПраве технич Праве техничве,
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Nastavio sam još nekih pet, šest zamaha,
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and then I had nothing in my bodyтело,
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i onda nisam imao ništa u telu
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and I wentотишао down to the bottomдно of the lakeјезеро.
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i potonuo sam na dno jezera.
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And I don't where I got it from,
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I ne znam odakle,
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but I was ableу могуцности to somehowнекако
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ali nekako sam uspeo
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pullповући myselfЈа сам up and as quicklyбрзо as possibleмогуће
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da se što brže izvučem
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get to the sideстрана of the lakeјезеро.
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i dođem na obalu.
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I've heardслушао it said that drowningutapanje
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Čuo sam kako kažu da je davljenje
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is the mostнајвише peacefulмирно deathсмрт that you can have.
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najmirniji način da se umre.
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I have never, ever heardслушао
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Nikada nisam čuo
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suchтаква utterPotpuna bollocksdo kurca.
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veće sranje.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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It is the mostнајвише frighteningзастрашујуће and panickypanika feelingОсећај
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To je najstrašniji i najpaničniji osećaj
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that you can have.
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koji možete doživeti.
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I got myselfЈа сам to the sideстрана of the lakeјезеро.
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Stigao sam do obale.
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My crewпосада grabbedзграбио me,
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Moja ekipa me je ugrabila
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and then we walkedходао as quicklyбрзо as we could
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i onda smo hodali koliko smo brzo mogli
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down -- over the rubbleрушевина --
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dole - preko kamenja -
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down to our campкамп.
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dole do kampa.
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And there, we satсат down,
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Tamo smo seli
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and we did a debriefizvesti about what had goneотишла wrongпогрешно
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i raspravili o tome šta je pošlo naopako
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there on MtMt. EverestEverest.
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na Mont Everestu.
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And my teamтим just gaveдала it to me straightравно.
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Moj tim mi je iskreno rekao.
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They said, LewisLewis, you need to have
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Rekli su, Luis, moraš
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a radicalрадикалан tacticalTaktički shiftсмена
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radikalno da promeniš taktiku
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if you want to do this swimпливај.
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ako želiš da ovo preplivaš.
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EverySvaki singleједно thing whichкоја you have learnedнаучио
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Sve što si naučio
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in the pastпрошлост 23 yearsгодине of swimmingпливање,
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u poslednje 23 godine plivanja,
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you mustмора forgetзаборави.
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moraćeš da zaboraviš.
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EverySvaki singleједно thing whichкоја you learnedнаучио
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Svaku sitnicu koju si naučio
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when you were servingслужи in the BritishBritanski armyвојска,
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dok si služio u britanskoj vojsci,
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about speedбрзина and aggressionagresije,
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o brzini i agresiji,
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you put that to one sideстрана.
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ostavi sa strane.
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We want you to walkходати up the hillбрдо in anotherдруги two days'dana time.
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Želimo da se ponovo popneš za dva dana.
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Take some time to restодмор and think about things.
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Odmori malo i razmisli.
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We want you to walkходати up the mountainпланина in two days'dana time,
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Želimo da se za dva dana popneš na planinu
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and insteadуместо тога of swimmingпливање fastбрзо,
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i umesto da plivaš brzo,
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swimпливај as slowlyполако as possibleмогуће.
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plivaj što je sporije moguće.
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InsteadUmesto toga of swimmingпливање crawlпузи, swimпливај breaststrokeprsnim stilom.
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Umesto kraul, plivaj prsno.
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And rememberзапамтити, never ever swimпливај with aggressionagresije.
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I zapamti, nikada nemoj plivati agresivno.
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This is the time to swimпливај
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Ovo je vreme da se pliva
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with realправи humilityпонизност, одмереност.
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sa poniznošću.
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And so we walkedходао back up
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Tako smo se za dva dana
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to the mountainпланина two daysдана laterкасније.
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ponovo popeli na planinu.
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And I stoodстајао there
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Stajao sam tamo
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on the edgeИвица of the lakeјезеро,
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na ivici jezera,
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and I lookedпогледао up at MtMt. EverestEverest --
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pogledao u Mont Everest -
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and she is one of the mostнајвише beautifulЛепа mountainsпланине on the earthземља --
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to je jedna od najlepših planina na Zemlji -
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and I said to myselfЈа сам, just do this slowlyполако.
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i rekao sam sebi, samo uradi ovo polako.
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And I swamplivao acrossпреко the lakeјезеро.
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I plivao sam preko jezera.
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And I can't beginзапочети to tell you
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Ne mogu vam ni opisati
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how good I feltосетио
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kako je bio dobar osećaj
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when I cameДошао to the other sideстрана.
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kada sam stigao na drugu stranu.
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But I learnedнаучио two very, very
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Ali naučio sam dve veoma, veoma
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importantважно lessonsлекције there on MtMt. EverestEverest,
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važne lekcije tamo na Everestu.
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and I thank my teamтим of SherpasSlusaj who taughtнаучио me this.
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Zahvaljujem svom timu Šerpasa koji su me tome naučili.
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The first one is
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Prva je ta da,
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that just because something has workedрадио је in the pastпрошлост so well,
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samo zato što je nešto bilo dobro u prošlosti,
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doesn't mean it's going to work in the futureбудућност.
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ne znači da će biti dobro u budućnosti.
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And similarlyслично,
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I slično,
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now, before I do anything,
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sada, pre nego što nešto uradim,
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I askпитати myselfЈа сам what typeтип of mindsetминдсет
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zapitam se kakav mentalni sklop
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do I requireзахтевати
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mi je potreban
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to successfullyуспешно completeкомплетан a taskзадатак.
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da uspešno završim taj zadatak.
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And takingузимајући that into the worldсвет of climateклима changeпромена --
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I uneti to u svet klimatskih promena,
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whichкоја is, franklyискрено,
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koji je, iskreno,
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the MtMt. EverestEverest of all problemsпроблеми --
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Mont Everest svih problema -
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just because we'veми смо livedживели the way we have livedживели for so long,
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samo zato što tako dugo živimo kako živimo,
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just because we have consumedпотрошено the way we have for so long
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samo zato što trošimo na isti način već dugo
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and populatedнасељено the earthземља the way we have for so long,
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i naseljavamo Zemlju na isti način već dugo,
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doesn't mean that we can carryносити on
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ne znači da možemo da nastavimo
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the way we are carryingношење on.
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na način na koji nastavljamo.
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The warningупозорење signsзнаци are all there.
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Svi upozoravajući znaci su tu.
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When I was bornрођен, the world'sсветске populationпопулација
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Kada sam ja rođen, svetska populacija
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was 3.5 billionмилијарде people.
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iznosila je 3,5 milijarde ljudi.
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We're now 6.8 billionмилијарде people,
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Sada nas je 6,8 milijardi,
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and we're expectedочекиван to be 9 billionмилијарде people
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a očekuje se da nas bude 9 milijardi
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by 2050.
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do 2050.
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And then the secondдруго lessonлекцију,
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I druga lekcija,
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the radicalрадикалан, tacticalTaktički shiftсмена.
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radikalna promena taktike.
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And I've come here to askпитати you todayданас:
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Došao sam danas da vas pitam:
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what radicalрадикалан tacticalTaktički shiftсмена
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kakvu radikalnu promenu taktike
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can you take in your relationshipоднос to the environmentЖивотна средина,
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možete napraviti u svom odnosu prema okolini,
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whichкоја will ensureосигурати
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a koja će osigurati
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that our childrenдеца and our grandchildrenунуци
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da naša deca i unuci
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liveживи in a safeсигурно worldсвет
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žive u bezbednom svetu,
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and a secureOsigurajte worldсвет,
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u sigurnom svetu,
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and mostнајвише importantlyважно, in a sustainableодржив worldсвет?
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i najvažnije, u održivom svetu?
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And I askпитати you, please, to go away from here
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I molim vas da odete odavde
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and think about that one
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i razmislite o toj jednoj
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radicalрадикалан tacticalTaktički shiftсмена
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radikalnoj promeni taktike
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whichкоја you could make,
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koju možete napraviti,
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whichкоја will make that bigвелики differenceразлика,
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koja će biti veoma značajna,
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and then commitурадити a hundredсто percentпроценат to doing it.
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i onda se 100% posvetite tome.
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BlogBlog about it, tweettvit about it, talk about it,
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Pišite blog, tvitujte, razgovarajte o tome,
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and commitурадити a hundredсто percentпроценат,
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posvetite se sto posto.
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because very, very fewнеколико things
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Jer veoma, veoma malo stvari
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are impossibleнемогуће to achieveпостићи
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je nemoguće postići
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if we really put our wholeцела mindsумови to it.
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ako im se zaista u potpunosti posvetimo.
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So thank you very, very much.
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Hvala vam, veoma, veoma mnogo.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Ivana Korom
Reviewed by Sandra Gojic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lewis Pugh - Coldwater swimmer
Pushing his body through epic cold-water swims, Lewis Gordon Pugh wants to draw attention to our global climate. He's just back from swimming in a meltwater lake on the slopes of Mount Everest.

Why you should listen

Lewis Gordon Pugh loves to pioneer new swimming routes around or between landmarks once thought unswimmable. In 2006, he swam the drought-stricken Thames; also that year he became the first swimmer to do a long-distance swim in all five oceans of the world. The following year, he made the first long-distance swim across the North Pole -- where climate change made the ice temporarily disappear. Heading into the second decade of his swimming career, he's regarded as the greatest cold-water swimmer in history.

His swims have given him a sea-level view of our planet, and inspired him to do his bit to help preserve it. He left a career in maritime law to become a public speaker on environmental issues with his group, Polar Defence Project -- and of course to plan more astonishing swims and treks. In September 2008, Pugh and Robbie Hedgus kayaked across the Arctic Ocean into the polar ice pack, to raise awareness of the thinning sea ice and the dangers of climate change in the Arctic and across the world. And at the end of May 2010 he swam 1 kilometer across Pumori, a meltwater lake situated next to the Khumbu Glacier on Mount Everest, at an altitude of 5300 meters, to draw attention to the melting of the Asian glaciers. He completed the swim -- the highest any person has undertaken -- in less than 23 minutes. "Glaciers are not just ice: they are a lifeline, they provide water to 2 billion people, and we need to protect them," he says.

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