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Ueli Gegenschatz: Extreme wingsuit flying
Ekstremno skakanje letećim odijelom Uelija Gegenshatza
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Skakanje letećim odijelom je na vrhu ekstremnih sportova -- uzbuđujući podvig gotovo nevjerojatne hrabrosti, gdje letači jure kroz kanjone preko 150 km/h. Ueli Gegenshatz govori o tome kako (i zašto) to čini, te pokazuje film od kojeg ćete zinuti.
Ueli Gegenschatz - Aerialist
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring. Full bio
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
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I started with paragliding.
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Počeo sam s paraglidingom.
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Paragliding is taking off from mountains
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U padobranskim letovima uzletite sa planine
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with a paraglider, with the possibility to
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s padobranom, i možete letjeti
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fly cross-country, distance,
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preko cijelih područja, razdaljina,
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just with the use of thermals to soar.
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samo jedreći na toplinskim strujama.
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Also different aerobatic maneuvers are possible
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Mogući su i različiti akrobatski manevri
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with a paraglider.
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pomoću padobranskog jedra.
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From there I started with skydiving.
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Odatle sam nastavio skakati padobranom.
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In this picture you can see
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Na ovoj slici možete vidjeti
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there is a four-way skydive,
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četverostrano skakanje padobranom,
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four people flying together,
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četvero ljudi leti zajedno,
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and on the left hand side it's the camera flier
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a na lijevoj strani je skakač s kamerom
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with the camera mounted to his helmet
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pričvršćenom na kacigu
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so he can film the whole jump,
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tako da može snimati cijeli skok.
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for the film itself and also for the judging.
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za sam film ali i za sudove.
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From regular, relative skydiving
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Od običnog skakanja padobranom
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I went on to freeflying.
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sam prešao na slobodan let.
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Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.
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Slobodan let je više trodimenzionalno skakanje padobranom.
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You can see the skydiver with the red suit,
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Možete vidjeti skakača padobranom u crvenom odijelu,
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he's in a stand-up position.
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uspravno stoji.
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The one with the yellow-green suit,
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Ovaj u žuto-zelenom odijelu,
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he's flying head-down.
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on leti glavom nadolje.
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And that's me in the background, carving around the whole formation
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A ovo u pozadini sam ja, kružim oko cijele formacije
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in freefall also, with the helmet cam
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također u slobodnom padu, sa kamerom na kacigi
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to film this jump.
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da snimim ovaj skok.
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From freeflying I went on to skysurfing.
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Od slobodnog pada sam prešao na surfanje nebom.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet.
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Surfanje nebom je slobodan pad u kojem stojite na dasci.
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You can imagine with this big surface
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Možete zamisliti sa ovako velikom površinom
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of a skysurfing board,
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daske za surfanje nebom,
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there is a lot of force, a lot of power.
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tu je velika sila, velika snaga.
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Of course I can use this power
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Naravno, mogu koristiti ovu silu
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for example for nice spinning -- we call it "helicopter moves."
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za lijepe vrtnje, na primjer -- zovemo ih "helikopterski pokreti".
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From there I went on to wingsuit flying.
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Odatle sam prešao na leteća odijela.
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Wingsuit flying is a suit,
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Leteće odijelo je odijelo,
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that I can make fly, just only with my body.
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kojim mogu letjeti koristeći samo svoje tijelo.
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If I put some tension on my body, tension on my suit,
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Ako zategnem dio tijela, zategnutost na odijelu,
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I can make it fly. And as you see
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mogu ga učiniti letećim. I kao što vidite
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the fall rate is much much slower
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brzina pada je puno puno sporija
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because of the bigger surface.
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zbog veće površine.
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With a proper body position I'm able to really move forward
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S pravom pozicijom tijela mogu se stvarno kretati naprijed
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to gain quite some distance.
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i postići poveću udaljenost.
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This is a jump I did in Rio de Janeiro.
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Ovo je skok kojeg sam učinio u Rio de Janeiru.
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You can see the Copacabana on the left-hand side.
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Možete vidjeti Copacabanu na lijevoj strani.
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From there with all the skills and knowledge
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Odatle sa svim vještinama i znanjem
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from paragliding and all the different disciplines
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iz paraglidinga i ostalih različitih disciplina
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in skydiving, I went on to BASE jumping.
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iz skakanja padobranom, prešao sam na BASE jumping.
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BASE jumping is skydiving from fixed objects,
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BASE jumping je skakanje padobranom sa čvrstih objekata,
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like buildings, antennae, bridges and earth --
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poput zgrada, antena, mostova i zemlje --
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meaning mountains, cliffs.
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mislim na planine i litice.
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It's for sure -- for me -- it's the ultimate feeling
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Sigurno je -- za mene -- to najbolji osjećaj
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of being in free fall,
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kad slobodno padaš,
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with all the visual references.
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sa svim vizualnim podražajima.
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So my goal soon was to discover new places
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Tako je uskoro moj cilj postao otkriti nova mjesta
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that nobody had jumped before.
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s kojih nitko nije prije skakao.
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So in summer 2000 I was the first to BASE jump
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Tako u ljeto 2000. sam bio prvi koji je skočio BASE jump
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the Eiger North Face in Switzerland.
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sa sjevernog vrha Eigera u Švicarskoj.
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Two years after this, I was the first to BASE jump from Matterhorn,
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Dvije godine nakon toga, prvi sam skakao BASE jump sa Matterhorna,
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a very famous mountain that probably
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jako poznate planine za koju
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everybody knows in here.
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vjerojatno svi ovdje znaju.
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2005 I did a BASE jump from the Eiger, from the Monk and from the Jungfrau,
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2005. sam skakao BASE jump s Eigera, Monka i Jungfraua,
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three very famous mountains in Switzerland.
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tri jako poznate planine u Švicarskoj.
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The special thing on these three jumps were,
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Posebno za ova tri skoka je bilo,
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I hiked them all and climbed them all in only one day.
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sva tri sam pješačio i popeo se u jednom danu.
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In 2008 I jumped the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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2008. sam skakao s Eiffelovog tornja u Parizu.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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So with all this knowledge, I also
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Tako sa svim ovim znanjem,
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wanted to get into stunts.
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želio sam i prijeći u kaskadere.
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So with some friends we started to do different tricks,
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Tako sam s nekim prijateljima počeo izvoditi različite trikove,
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like for example this jump here,
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kao primjerice ovaj skok tu,
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I jumped from a paraglider.
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skakao sam s paraglidera.
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Or here -- everybody was freezing, pretty much, except me,
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Ili tu -- svi su se smrzavali, uglavnom, osim mene,
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because it was very cold in Austria
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zato što je bilo jako hladno u Austriji
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where we did this filming.
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gdje smo ovo snimali.
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Everybody sitting in a basket,
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Svi su sjedili u košari,
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and I was on top of the balloon,
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a ja sam bio na vrhu balona,
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ready to slide down with my skysurf board.
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spreman da skliznem dolje sa svojom daskom za slobodan pad.
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Or this jump, from a moving truck on the highway.
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Ili ovaj skok, s kamiona u vožnji na autocesti.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Extreme sports on top level like this
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Ekstremni sportovi na ovakvoj razini
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is only possible if you practice step by step,
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su mogući samo ako vježbate korak po korak,
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if you really work hard on your skills
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ako stvarno radite naporno na svojim vještinama
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and on your knowledge.
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i svom znanju.
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Of course you need to be in physical, very good, condition,
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Naravno da morate biti u fizički jako dobrom stanju,
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so I'm training a lot.
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tako da puno treniram.
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You need to have the best possible equipment.
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Morate imati najbolju moguću opremu.
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And probably the most important is
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I vjerojatno najvažnije je
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you have to work on your mental skills, mental preparation.
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da morate raditi na svojim mentalnim vještinama, mentalnoj pripremi.
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And all this to come as close as possible
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I sve ovo da biste došli koliko je moguće blizu
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to the human dream of being able to fly.
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ljudskom snu da možete letjeti.
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So for 2009,
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Tako za 2009.,
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I'm training hard for my two new projects.
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treniram puno za svoja dva projekta.
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The first one, I want to set a world record
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Prvi je, želim postaviti svjetski rekord
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in flying from a cliff with my wingsuit.
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u letu letećim odijelom sa litice.
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And I want to set a new record,
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I želim postaviti novi rekord,
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with the longest distance ever flown.
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sa najdužom udaljenošću ikad preletenom.
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For my second project,
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Za svoj drugi projekt,
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I have a sensational idea
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imam senzacionalnu ideju
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of a jump that never has been done before.
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za skok kakav se nikad prije nije napravio.
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So now, on the following movie you will see
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Tako sada, na sljedećem filmu ćete vidjeti
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that I'm much better in flying a wingsuit
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da sam mnogo bolji u letu letećim odijelom
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than speaking in English.
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nego u govorenju engleskog.
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Enjoy, and thank you very much.
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Uživajte, i hvala vam puno.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
09:42
(Applause)
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09:51
June Cohen: I have some questions.
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June Cohen: Imam nekoliko pitanja.
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I think we all might have some questions.
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Mislim da svi imamo nekoliko pitanja.
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Question one: so does that actually feel
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Prvo pitanje: je li taj osjećaj stvarno
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the way the flying dream does?
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kao što ste sanjali da bi letenje trebalo biti?
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Because it looks like it might.
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Jer izgleda kao da bi moglo biti.
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Ueli Gegenschatz: Pretty much. I believe this is probably the closest
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Ueli Gegenshatz: Poprilično. Vjerujem da je ovo vjerojatno najbliže
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possibility to come to the dream of being able to fly.
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koliko se možete približiti snu da možete letjeti.
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JC: I know the answer to this, but how do you land?
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JC: Znam odgovor na ovo, ali kako sletite?
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UE: Parachute. We have to open a parachute
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UE: Padobranom. Moramo otvoriti padobran
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just seconds before, I would say, impact.
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samo par sekundi prije, rekao bih, udara.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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It's not possible to land a wingsuit yet.
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S letećim odijelom još nije moguće sletjeti.
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JC: Yet. But people are trying. Are you among those --
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JC: Još. Ali ljudi pokušavaju. I ti si među onima -
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you're not going to commit -- are you among those trying to do it?
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nećeš se obvezati -- jesi li među tima koji to pokušavaju?
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UE: It's a dream. It's a dream. Yeah.
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UE: To je san. To je san. Da.
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We're still working on it and we're
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Još radimo na tome i
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developing the wingsuits to get better performance,
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razvijamo leteća odijela da budu učinkovitija,
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to get more knowledge.
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da steknemo više znanja.
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And I believe soon.
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I vjerujem uskoro.
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JC: All right. Well we will watch this space. But I have two more questions.
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JC: U redu. Pa, mi ćemo pratiti to područje. Ali imam još dva pitanja:
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What is the -- there was exhaust coming
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Što je -- bio je nekakav ispuh
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out of the back of the wingsuit. Was that a propelled wingsuit that you were wearing?
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sa stražnje strane letećeg odijela. Jesi li to nosio leteće odijelo sa propelerom?
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UE: Nope. It's just smoke.
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UE: Ne. To je samo dim.
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JC: Coming off of you?
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JC: Dolazi od tebe?
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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UE: Hopefully not.
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UE: Nadam se da ne.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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JC: That seems dangerous.
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JC: To se čini opasno.
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UE: No, smoke is for two reasons,
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UE: Ne, dim je tu iz dva razloga,
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you can see the speed, you can see the way
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da možete vidjeti brzinu, možete vidjeti put
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where I was flying.
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kojim sam letio.
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That's reason number one. And reason number two:
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To je razlog broj jedan. A razlog broj dva:
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it's much easier for the camera guy to film
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puno je lakše kamermanu snimati
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If I'm using smoke.
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ako koristim dim.
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JC: Ah, I see. So the wingsuit is set up to deliberately release smoke
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JC: Aha, shvaćam. Tako ste namjestili da leteće odijelo namjerno otpušta dim
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so that you can be tracked. One more question.
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da vas je lakše pratiti. Još jedno pitanje.
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What do you do to to cover your face?
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Što činite da zaštitite lice?
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Because I just keep thinking of going that fast
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Zato što stalno razmišljam ako idete tako brzo
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and having your whole face smushed backwards.
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da vam je cijelo lice prignječeno prema natrag.
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Are you in a helmet? Are you in goggles?
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Imaš li kacigu? Imaš li zaštitne naočale?
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UE: The purest and the best feeling would be with only goggles.
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UE: Najčišći i najbolji je osjećaj kad imate samo zaštitne naočale.
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JC: And is that how you usually fly?
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JC: I zar onda tako inače letiš?
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UE: Usually I'm wearing a helmet. In the mountains I'm always wearing a helmet
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UE: Obično nosim kacigu. U planinama uvijek nosim kacigu
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because of landings -- usually it's difficult --
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zbog slijetanja -- obično je teško --
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it's not like regular skydiving where you have like the big landings.
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nije kao obično skakanje padobranom kad imate velik prostor za slijetanje.
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So you have to be prepared.
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Tako da morate biti spremni.
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JC: Right. Now is there anything you don't do?
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JC: U redu. Ima li išta što ne bi učinio?
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Do people come to you with projects and say, "We want you to do this!"
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Dođu li ti ljudi s projektima i kažu: "Želimo da ovo napraviš!"
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and do you ever say, "No, no I'm not going to."
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i kažeš li ikad: "Ne, neću to učiniti."
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UE: Oh of course, of course. Some people have crazy ideas and --
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UE: O, naravno, naravno. Neki ljudi imaju lude ideje i --
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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JC: ...a round of applause...
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JC: ... molim pljesak...
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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UE: Thank you very much.
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UE: Hvala vam puno.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ueli Gegenschatz - AerialistUeli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring.
Why you should listen
Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping -- and his utterly jawdropping flight in a wingsuit, a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired getup that let him soar as close as humanly possible to our shared dream of flight. His "addiction to speed" continues to inspire.
A member of the Swiss national paragliding team for four years, Gegenschatz co-founded the Red Bull acro team in 1995. His BASE jumping stunts are the stuff of YouTube legend: the Eiffel Tower; Petronas Towers in KL; the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks all in one day.
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