TEDMED 2009
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes
David Blaine: Cum mi-am tinut respiratia timp de 17 minute
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In aceasta prezentare extrem de personala de la TEDMED, magicianul si cascadorul David Blaine povesteste ce a trebuit sa faca pentru a isi putea tine respiratia sub apa timp de 17 minute -- un record mondial (cu un minut mai scurt decat aceasta intreaga prezentare) -- precum si ce inseamna pentru el toata aceasta munca de-a v-ati ascunselea cu moartea. Avertisment: nu incercati acest lucru acasa.
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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Ca si magician, incerc sa creez imagini care
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make people stop and think.
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sa puna oamenii pe ganduri.
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I also try to challenge myself
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Totodata, incerc sa ma motivez sa fac
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to do things that doctors say are not possible.
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lucruri care doctorii spun ca sunt imposibile.
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I was buried alive in New York City in a coffin,
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Am fost ingropat de viu in New York intr-un sicriu,
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buried alive in a coffin in April, 1999,
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ingropat de viu intr-un sicriu in aprilie 1999,
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for a week.
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timp de o saptamana.
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I lived there with nothing but water.
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Am supravietuit acolo doar cu apa.
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And it ended up being so much fun
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La sfarsit, s-a dovedit a fi atat de distractiv totul,
00:44
that I decided I could pursue
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incat am decis sa continui
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doing more of these things.
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sa fac si mai multe lucruri de genul acesta.
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The next one is I froze myself in a block of ice
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Urmarea a fost ca m-am lasat inghetat intr-un bloc de gheata
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for three days and three nights in New York City.
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timp de 3 zile si 3 nopti in New York.
00:54
That one was way more difficult than I had expected.
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Sarcina aceasta a fost mult mai dificila decat m-am asteptat.
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The one after that, I stood on top of a hundred foot pillar
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Dupa aceea, am stat in picioare in varful unui stalp de 33 metri
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for 36 hours.
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timp de 36 de ore.
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I began to hallucinate so hard
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Incepusem sa halucinez atat de tare
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that the buildings that were behind me started to look like big animal heads.
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incat cladirile din spatele meu pareau la un moment dat ca niste capete mari de animale.
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So, next I went to London.
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Apoi am mers la Londra.
01:13
In London I lived in a glass box for 44 days
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In Londra am trait intr-o cutie de sticla timp de 44 de zile
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with nothing but water.
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cu nimic altceva decat apa.
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It was, for me, one of the most difficult things I'd ever done,
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A fost pentru mine unul din cele mai dificile lucruri pe care le-am facut,
01:22
but it was also the most beautiful.
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dar a fost si unul dintre cele mai frumoase.
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There was so many skeptics, especially the press in London,
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Au existat atatia sceptici, in special presa din Londra,
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that they started flying cheeseburgers
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incat au inceput sa aduca cheesburgeri
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on helicopters around my box to tempt me.
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cu elicopterele in jurul cutiei mele ca sa ma tenteze.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
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So, I felt very validated
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M-am simtit extrem de apreciat
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when the New England Journal of Medicine actually
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cand Jurnalul de Medicina din New England
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used the research for science.
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s-a folosit de rezultatele acestui experiment pentru stiinta.
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My next pursuit was I wanted to see how long I could go without breathing,
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Urmatoarea mea incercare a fost sa vad cat de mult pot sa rezist fara sa respir,
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like how long I could survive with nothing,
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mai exact, cat de mult as putea supravietui fara nimic,
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not even air.
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nici macar cu aer.
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I didn't realize that it would become
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La inceput nu mi-am dat seama ca totul va deveni
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the most amazing journey of my life.
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cea mai minunata calatorie a vietii mele.
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As a young magician
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Tanar magician fiind,
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I was obsessed with Houdini and his underwater challenges.
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eram obsedat cu Houdini si incercarile sale subacvatice.
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So, I began, early on, competing against the other kids,
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Asa ca am incercat de mic copil sa concurez cu altii de varsta mea,
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seeing how long I could stay underwater
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sa vedem cat de mult pot sta sub apa
02:11
while they went up and down to breathe,
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si in timp ce ei scoteau si bagau capul in apa ca sa respire
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you know, five times, while I stayed under on one breath.
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chiar si de 5 ori, eu stateam sub apa cu o singura gura de aer.
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By the time I was a teenager
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Cand am ajuns un adolescent
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I was able to hold my breath for three minutes and 30 seconds.
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puteam sa imi tin respiratia timp de 3 minute si 30 secunde.
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I would later find out that was Houdini's personal record.
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Mai tarziu am aflat ca acesta era recordul personal al lui Houdini.
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In 1987 I heard of a story
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In 1987 am auzit despre o intamplare
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about a boy that fell through ice
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cu un baiat care a cazut in apa
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and was trapped under a river.
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si a ramas sub gheata.
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He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes.
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A fost in apa fara sa respire timp de 45 de minute.
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When the rescue workers came
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Cand echipele de salvare au sosit
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they resuscitated him and there was no brain damage.
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l-au readus la viata si nu a avut nici un fel de afectiuni ale creierului.
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His core temperature had dropped to 77 degrees.
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Temperatura corpului ii scazuse la 25 de grade Celsius.
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As a magician, I think everything is possible.
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Ca si magician, cred ca totul este posibil.
02:54
And I think if something is done by one person
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Si mai cred ca daca un lucru anume poate fi facut de o persoana
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it can be done by others.
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atunci poate fi facut si de altii.
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I started to think, if the boy could survive
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Am inceput sa ma gandesc ca daca baiatul a putut supravietui
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without breathing for that long,
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fara sa respire pentru atata timp,
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there must be a way that I could do it.
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trebuie sa existe o cale si pentru mine sa fac acelasi lucru.
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So, I met with a top neurosurgeon.
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Asa ca m-am intalnit cu un neurochirurg renumit.
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And I asked him, how long is it possible
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Si l-am intrebat cat de mult este posibil
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to go without breathing, like how long could I go without air?
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sa rezist fara sa respir, cat de mult pot supravietui fara aer?
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And he said to me that anything over six minutes
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Si mi-a zis ca orice peste 6 minute
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you have a serious risk
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presupune un risc serios
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of hypoxic brain damage.
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de afectiuni hipoxice ale creierului.
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So, I took that as a challenge, basically.
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Asa ca am luat raspunsul lui ca pe o provocare.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
03:27
My first try, I figured that I could do something similar,
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La prima mea incercare m-am gandit ca ar trebui sa fac ceva asemanator,
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and I created a water tank,
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si am creat un vas mare
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and I filled it with ice and freezing cold water.
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pe care l-am umplut cu gheata si apa foarte rece.
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And I stayed inside of that water tank
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Am stat in acel vas cu apa
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hoping my core temperature would start to drop.
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sperand ca temperatura corpului meu va incepe sa scada.
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And I was shivering. In my first attempt to hold my breath
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Si tremuram. Iar la prima mea incercare sa imi tin respiratia
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I couldn't even last a minute.
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nu am rezistat nici macar un minut.
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So, I realized that was completely not going to work.
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Asa ca mi-am dat seama ca lucrurile nu vor functiona in felul acesta.
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So, I went to talk to a doctor friend,
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M-am dus sa vorbesc cu un prieten care este doctor,
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and I asked him how could I do that?
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si l-am intrebat cum as putea reusi.
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"I want to hold my breath for a really long time. How could it be done?"
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Doresc sa imi tin respiratia pentru un timp foarte lung. Cum se poate face asa ceva?
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And he said, "David, you're a magician,
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Si mi-a raspuns: "David, tu esti magician,
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create the illusion of not breathing, it will be much easier."
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creeaza iluzia ca nu ai respira, va fi mult mai usor"
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
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So, he came up with this idea
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Asa ca a venit cu ideea
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of creating a rebreather,
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sa folosesc un respirator
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with a CO2 scrubber,
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cu un filtru de CO₂,
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which was basically a tube from Home Depot,
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care era de fapt un tub cumparat de la Home Depot,
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with a balloon duct-taped to it,
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de care am atasat un balon lipit cu banda adeziva,
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that he thought we could put inside of me,
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si pe care el s-a gandit ca l-am putea pune in interiorul meu,
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and somehow be able to circulate the air and rebreathe
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si astfel sa recirculam aerul din plamani si sa il pot respira din nou
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with this thing in me.
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cu acest dispozitiv in mine.
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This is a little hard to watch.
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Secventa aceasta este cam greu de privit.
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But this is that attempt.
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Dar aceasta a fost incercarea respectiva.
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So, that clearly wasn't going to work.
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Si este evident ca nu avea cum sa functioneze.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
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Then I actually started thinking about
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Apoi am inceput sa ma gandesc tot mai mult
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liquid breathing.
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la respiratie cu fluide.
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There is a chemical that's called perflubron.
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Exista o substanta numita perflubron.
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And it's so high in oxygen levels
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care are o concentratie de oxigen atat de mare
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that in theory you could breathe it.
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incat, in teorie, ai putea sa o respiri.
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So, I got my hands on that chemical,
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Asa ca am facut rost de acea substanta,
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filled the sink up with it, and stuck my face in the sink
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am umplut chiuveta cu ea, mi-am bagat capul in chiuveta
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and tried to breathe that in,
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si am incercat sa inspir,
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which was really impossible.
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lucru care s-a dovedit imposibil.
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It's basically like trying to breathe, as a doctor said,
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Un doctor a descris senzatia ca si cum ai incerca sa respiri
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while having an elephant standing on your chest.
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cu un elefant stand pe pieptul tau.
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So, that idea disappeared.
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Asa ca si aceasta ideee a disparut.
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Then I started thinking,
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Apoi am inceput sa ma gandesc
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would it be possible to hook up a heart/lung bypass machine
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ca ar fi posibil sa ma conectez la o masina de bypass pentry inima si plamani
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and have a surgery where it was a tube going into my artery,
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si sa mi se implanteze un tub in artera
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and then appear to not breathe while they were oxygenating my blood?
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care sa ma faca sa apar ca si cum nu as respira, in timp ce sangele mi-ar fi oxigenat.
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Which was another insane idea, obviously.
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Idee care este, evident, nebunie curata.
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Then I thought about the craziest idea of all the ideas:
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Apoi mi-a venit cea mai nebuna idee dintre toate ideile posibile:
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to actually do it.
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adica sa fac totul pe bune.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
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To actually try to hold my breath past the point
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Sa incerc sa imi tin respiratia dincolo de limita
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that doctors would consider you brain dead.
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la care doctorii ar considera ca esti in moarte cerebrala.
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So, I started researching
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Asa ca am inceput sa studiez
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into pearl divers.
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pescuitorii de perle.
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You know, because they go down for four minutes on one breath.
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Deoarece ei pot sta sub apa timp de 4 minute
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And when I was researching pearl divers, I found the world
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Si in timp ce studiam pescuitorii de perle am descoperit
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of free-diving.
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lumea scufundarilor libere.
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It was the most amazing thing that I ever discovered, pretty much.
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A fost cel mai uimitor lucru pe care l-am descoperit vreodata.
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There is many different aspects to free-diving.
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Sunt multe aspecte legate de scufundarile libere.
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There is depth records, where people go as deep as they can.
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Sunt recorduri de adancime, in care oamenii se duc cat mai mult in adancime posibil.
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And then there is static apnea.
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Si mai este apneea statica.
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That's holding your breath as long as you can
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Asta inseamna sa iti tii respiratia cat de mult timp poti
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in one place without moving.
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intr-un singur loc, fara sa te misti.
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That was the one that I studied.
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Si aceasta a fost cea pe care am studiat-o eu.
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The first thing that I learned is when you're holding your breath
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Primul lucru pe care l-am invatat a fost ca atunci cand iti tii respiratia
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you should never move at all; that wastes energy.
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nu trebuie sa te misti deloc; miscarea iti consuma energia.
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And that depletes oxygen,
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Lucru care consuma oxigen,
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and it builds up CO2 in your blood. So, I learned never to move.
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si acumuleaza CO₂ in sange. Asa ca am invatat sa nu ma misc deloc.
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And I learned how to slow my heart rate down.
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Am mai invatat si cum sa imi reduc ritmul cardiac.
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I had to remain perfectly still and just relax
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Trebuia sa stau perfect nemiscat, sa ma relaxez
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and think that I wasn't in my body,
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si sa imi inchipui ca nu eram in corpul meu,
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and just control that.
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si sa controlez toate astea.
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And then I learned how to purge.
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Iar apoi am invatat cum sa ma epurez.
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Purging is basically hyperventilating.
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Epurarea presupune hiperventilare.
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You blow in and out ...
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Inspiri si expiri...
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You do that, you get lightheaded, you get tingling.
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Faci lucrul asta, ametesti, incepi sa simti furnicaturi.
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And you're really ridding your body of CO2.
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Si iti elimini dioxidul de carbon din corp.
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So, when you hold your breath it's infinitely easier.
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Asa ca apoi, cand iti tii respiratia, iti este cu mult mai usor.
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Then I learned that you have to take a huge breath,
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Apoi am invatat ca trebuie sa iei o gura mare de aer,
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and just hold and relax and never let any air out,
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si sa o tii in tine, sa te relaxezi si sa nu lasi nici un pic de aer sa scape,
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and just hold and relax through all the pain.
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si sa rezisti si sa te relaxezi in ciuda tuturor durerilor.
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Every morning, this is for months,
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In fiecare dimineata, timp de cateva luni,
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I would wake up and the first thing that I would do
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ma trezeam si acesta era primul lucru pe care il faceam:
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is I would hold my breath
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imi tineam respiratia
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for, out of 52 minutes,
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pe o durata de 52 de minute
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I would hold my breath for 44 minutes.
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imi tineam respiratia timp de 44 de minute.
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So, basically what that means is I would purge,
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Mai exact incepeam cu o epurare,
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I'd breath really hard for a minute.
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respiram foarte puternic timp de un minut.
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And I would hold, immediately after, for five and half minutes.
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Iar apoi, imediat, imi tineam respiratia pentru cinci minute si jumatate.
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Then I would breath again for a minute,
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Apoi respiram din nou timp de un minut,
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purging as hard as I can,
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epurand cat de mult puteam,
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then immediately after that I would hold again for five and half minutes.
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pentru ca imediat dupa aceea sa imi tin din nou respiratia timp de cinci minute si jumatate.
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I would repeat this process eight times in a row.
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Repetam acest proces de opt ori la rand.
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Out of 52 minutes you're only breathing for eight minutes.
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Pe o perioada de 52 de minute, respiram doar timp de 8 minute.
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At the end of that you're completely fried, your brain.
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Iar la sfarsit simti cum creierul iti este complet prajit.
08:00
You feel like you're walking around in a daze.
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Simti cum toata ziua mergi ca un zapacit.
08:02
And you have these awful headaches.
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Si ai dureri groaznice de cap.
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Basically, I'm not the best person to talk to when I'm doing that stuff.
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Pe scurt, nu sunt cea mai potrivita persoana cu care se poate discuta atunci cand fac lucrurile respective.
08:08
I started learning about the world-record holder.
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Am inceput sa ma informez despre detinatorul recordului mondial.
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His name is Tom Sietas.
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Se numeste Tom Sietas.
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And this guy is perfectly built for holding his breath.
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Iar tipul asta este perfect construit pentru a-si tine respiratia.
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He's six foot four. He's 160 pounds.
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E inalt de 1.93m. Cantareste 72kg.
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And his total lung capacity
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Iar capacitatea sa pulmonara
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is twice the size of an average person.
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este de doua ori mai mare decat a unei persoane medii.
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I'm six foot one, and fat.
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Eu am 1.85m, si sunt gras.
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We'll say big-boned.
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Sa zicem ca sunt masiv.
08:30
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
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I had to drop 50 pounds in three months.
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A trebuit sa scad cu 22kg in 3 luni.
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So, everything that I put into my body
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Asa ca tot ce puneam in corpul meu
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I considered as medicine.
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am considerat ca ar fi un fel de medicament.
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Every bit of food was exactly what it was for its nutritional value.
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Fiecare bucatica de mancare era ingurgitata doar pentru valoarea sa nutritionala.
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I ate really small controlled portions
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Mancam portii foarte mici si controlate
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throughout the day.
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de-a lungul unei zile.
08:49
And I started to really adapt my body.
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Si am inceput sa imi adaptez corpul.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete).
08:58
The thinner I was, the longer I was able to hold my breath.
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Cu cat slabeam mai mult, cu atat mai mult puteam sa imi tin respiratia.
09:01
And by eating so well and training so hard,
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Iar prin aceasta dieta si prin antrenamente
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my resting heart-rate dropped to 38 beats per minute.
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am reusit sa imi scad pulsul in stare de repaos la 38 de batai pe minut.
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Which is lower than most Olympic athletes.
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Performanta mai buna decat majoritatea atletilor olimpici.
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In four months of training I was able to hold my breath
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Dupa patru luni de antrenamente am ajuns sa fiu capabil sa imi tin respiratia
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for over seven minutes.
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timp de mai mult de sapte minute.
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I wanted to try holding my breath everywhere.
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Doream sa imi tin respiratia peste tot.
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I wanted to try it in the most extreme situations
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Voiam sa incerc sa o fac in cele mai extreme situatii
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to see if I could slow my heart rate down
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ca sa vad daca pot sa imi incetinesc ritmul cardiac
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under duress.
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in mod fortat.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
09:30
I decided that I was going to break the world record
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Am hotarat ca voi dobori recordul mondial
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live on prime-time television.
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live, la televizor, la ora de maxima audienta.
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The world record was eight minutes and 58 seconds,
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Recordul mondial era de 8 minute si 58 secunde,
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held by Tom Sietas, that guy with the whale lungs I told you about.
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detinut de Tom Sietas, tipul cu plamani de balena de care am vorbit anterior.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
09:44
I assumed that I could put a water tank at Lincoln center
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Am presupus ca daca as pune un bazin cu apa la Lincoln Center
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and if I stayed there a week not eating,
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si as sta acolo timp de o saptamana fara sa mananc,
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I would get comfortable in that situation
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m-as adapta confortabil la acea situatie
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and I would slow my metabolism,
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si mi-as incetini metabolismul,
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which I was sure would help me hold my breath
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lucru ce eram sigur ca m-ar ajuta sa imi tin respiratia
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longer than I had been able to do it.
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pentru un timp mai indelungat decat eram deja in stare.
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I was completely wrong.
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A fost o decizie complet gresita.
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I entered the sphere a week before the scheduled air date.
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Am intrat in sfera cu o saptamana inainte de data transmisiei televizate.
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And I thought everything seemed to be on track.
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Si am crezut ca totul decurge conform asteptarilor.
10:10
Two days before my big breath hold attempt, for the record,
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Cu doua zile inainte de marea mea incercare pentru doborarea recordului,
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the producers of my television special
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producatorii emisiunii TV
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thought that just watching somebody
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s-au gandit ca un subiect in care cineva
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holding their breath, and almost drowning,
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incearca sa isi tina respiratia si e pe punctul sa se inece
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is too boring for television.
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e prea plictisitor pentru televiziune.
10:24
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
10:26
So, I had to add handcuffs,
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Asa ca am fost nevoit sa adaug catuse,
10:28
while holding my breath, to escape from.
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din care sa ma eliberez in timp ce imi tin respiratia.
10:31
This was a critical mistake.
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Aceasta a fost o greseala critica.
10:34
Because of the movement I was wasting oxygen.
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Din cauza miscarii consumam mai mult oxigen.
10:38
And by seven minutes I had gone
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Asa ca dupa 7 minute ma apucasera
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into these awful convulsions.
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niste convulsii groaznice.
10:44
By 7:08 I started to black out.
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La 7 minute si 8 secunde am inceput sa imi pierd constienta.
10:49
And by seven minutes and 30 seconds
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Iar la 7 minute si 30 de secunde
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they had to pull my body out and bring me back.
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au fost nevoiti sa imi scoata corpul din apa si sa ma resusciteze.
11:00
I had failed on every level.
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Am esuat pe toate nivelele.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
11:04
So, naturally, the only way out of the slump
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In mod natural, singura mea cale de iesire dintr-un asemenea dezastru
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that I could think of
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singura cale la care m-am putut gandi
11:09
was, I decided to call Oprah.
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a fost sa o contactez pe Oprah.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
11:16
I told her that I wanted to up the ante
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I-am spus ca vreau sa maresc miza
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and hold my breath longer than any human being ever had.
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si ca vreau sa imi tin respiratia pentru mai mult timp decat orice alta fiinta umana a reusit vreodata.
11:22
This was a different record. This was a pure O2
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Acesta era insa o alta categorie de recorduri. Era vorba de apnee statica
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static apnea record that Guinness
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cu oxigen pur, pe care Guiness
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had set the world record at 13 minutes.
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il inregistrase la 13 minute.
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So, basically you breath pure O2 first,
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Ideea era ca respiri mai intai oxigen pur,
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oxygenating your body, flushing out CO2,
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iti oxigenezi corpul si elimini cat mai mult dioxid de carbon,
11:36
and you are able to hold much longer.
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si astfel este capabil sa rezisti mult mai mult fara sa respiri.
11:40
I realized that my real competition
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Am ajuns la concluzia ca principalul meu competitor
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was the beaver.
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era castorul.
11:45
(Laughter)
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11:52
In January of '08
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Oprah gave me four months to prepare and train.
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Oprah mi-a dat patru luni sa ma pregatesc si antrenez.
11:57
So, I would sleep in a hypoxic tent every night.
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Asa ca am inceput sa dorm intr-un cort hipoxic in fiecare noapte.
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A hypoxic tent is a tent that simulates
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Un cort hipoxic este un cort care simuleaza
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altitude at 15,000 feet.
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altitudini de peste 4500 m.
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So, it's like base camp Everest.
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Este practic asemanator taberei de la baza Everestului.
12:07
What that does is, you start building up
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Drept urmare, corpul incepe sa produca
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the red blood cell count in your body,
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mai multe celule rosii,
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which helps you carry oxygen better.
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ceea ce te ajuta sa transporti mai mult oxigen.
12:16
Every morning, again, after getting out of that tent
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In fiecare dimineata, dupa ce ieseam din cort, din nou
12:20
your brain is completely wiped out.
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creierul meu era complet prajit.
12:23
My first attempt on pure O2, I was able to go up to 15 minutes.
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La prima mea incercare cu oxigen pur, am reusit sa rezist timp de 15 minute.
12:27
So, it was a pretty big success.
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Asa ca a fost un succes destul de maricel.
12:30
The neurosurgeon pulled me out of the water
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Neurochirurgul m-a scos din apa
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because in his mind, at 15 minutes
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deoarece in mintea lui, la 15 minute
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your brain is done, you're brain dead.
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creierul ti s-a dus, esti in moarte cerebrala.
12:37
So, he pulled me up, and I was fine.
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Asa ca m-a scos afara din apa, iar eu eram bine mersi.
12:40
There was one person there that was definitely not impressed.
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A existat o persoana acolo insa care nu a fost deloc impresionata.
12:45
It was my ex-girlfriend. While I was breaking the record underwater
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Era fosta mea prietena. In timp ce eu doboram recordul sub apa
12:49
for the first time, she was sifting through my Blackberry,
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pentru prma data, ea se uita in Blackberry-ul meu,
12:51
checking all my messages.
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si imi verifica toate mesajele.
12:53
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
12:56
My brother had a picture of it. It is really ...
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Fratele meu avea o poza a situatiei. E cu adevarat...
12:58
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
13:03
I then announced that I was going to go for
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Apoi am anuntat in mod public
13:06
Sietas' record, publicly.
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ca voi incerca sa dobor recordul lui Sietas.
13:08
And what he did in response,
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Drept raspuns, acesta
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is he went on Regis and Kelly,
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s-a dus la emisiunea Regis si Kelly,
13:13
and broke his old record.
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si si-a doborat vechiul sau record.
13:15
Then his main competitor went out and broke his record.
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Apoi principalul sau competitor a incercat si a reusit sa ii doboare noul record.
13:19
So, he suddenly pushed the record up to
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Asa ca dintr-o data recordul a fost ridicat la
13:21
16 minutes and 32 seconds.
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16 minute si 32 de secunde.
13:24
Which was three minutes longer than I had prepared.
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Care era cu 3 minute mai mult decat pentru ce ma pregatisem eu.
13:27
You know, it was longer than the record.
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Adica era mai mult decat recodul initial.
13:30
Now, I wanted to get the Science Times to document this.
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Pe de alta parte, eu doream ca Science Times sa documenteze intregul experiment.
13:34
I wanted to get them to do a piece on it.
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Voiam sa fie si ei implicati.
13:36
So, I did what any person
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Asa ca am facut ceea ce orice persoana ar face
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seriously pursuing scientific advancement would do.
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atunci cand doreste sa ajute serios la promovarea stiintei.
13:43
I walked into the New York Times offices
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M-am dus in birourile de la New York Times
13:46
and did card tricks to everybody.
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si am aratat tuturor trucuri de magie cu carti de joc.
13:48
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
13:52
So, I don't know if it was the magic or the lore of the Cayman islands,
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Si nu stiu daca a fost magia sau atractia insulelor Cayman,
13:55
but John Tierney flew down
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insa John Tierney a zburat acolo
13:57
and did a piece on the seriousness of breath-holding.
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si a facut un reportaj despre cat de serios e totul acolo legat de apnee.
14:00
While he was there I tried to impress him, of course.
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In timp ce el era acolo, am incercat bineinteles sa il impresionez.
14:02
And I did a dive down to 160 feet,
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Si m-am scufundat pana la 50 de metri
14:05
which is basically the height of a 16 story building,
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care este echivalentul unei cladiri inalte de 16 etaje,
14:09
and as I was coming up, I blacked out underwater,
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si in timp ce reveneam la suprafata, mi-am pierdut cunostinta,
14:12
which is really dangerous; that's how you drown.
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ceea ce este foarte periculos; in felul asta te poti ineca.
14:14
Luckily Kirk had seen me
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Din fericire, Kirk m-a vazut
14:16
and he swam over and pulled me up.
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si a inotat si m-a scos la suprafata.
14:18
So, I started full focus.
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Asa ca am inceput totul extrem de concentrat.
14:21
I completely trained to get my breath hold time up
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M-am antrenat total ca sa imi pot tine respiratia
14:24
for what I needed to do.
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atata timp cat era nevoie.
14:26
But there was no way to prepare for the live television aspect of it,
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Dar nu a fost posibil sa ma pregatesc si pentru aspectul legat de transmisia TV,
14:29
being on Oprah.
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pentru emisiunea lui Oprah.
14:31
But in practice, I would do it face down, floating on the pool.
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In mod normal, as face totul plutind cu fata in jos in piscina.
14:35
But for TV they wanted me to be upright
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Dar la TV au dorit sa ma vada in picioare
14:39
so they could see my face, basically.
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ca sa imi poata vedea fata.
14:42
The other problem was
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Cealalta problema a fost
14:44
the suit was so buoyant
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costumul, care plutea atat de tare
14:46
that they had to strap my feet in to keep me from floating up.
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ca au fost nevoiti sa imi prinda picioarele ca sa ma impiedice sa ma ridic la suprafata.
14:49
So, I had to use my legs to hold my feet into the straps that were loose,
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Asa ca am fost nevoit sa imi folosesc picioarele ca sa stau in acele chingi, care erau destul de largi
14:53
which was a real problem for me.
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ceea ce a fost o adevarata problema pentru mine.
14:56
That made me extremely nervous,
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M-a facut sa fiu extrem de stresat,
14:58
raising the heart rate.
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si mi-a crescut pulsul.
15:00
Then, what they also did was,
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In plus, ce au mai facut,
15:02
which we never did before, is there was a heart-rate monitor.
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lucru pe care nu il mai facusera inainte, au adus un monitor pentru bataile inimii.
15:05
And it was right next to the sphere.
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Si l-au plasat chiar langa sfera.
15:08
So, every time my heart would beat I'd hear the beep-beep-beep-beep,
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Asa ca de fiecare data imi batea inima, auzeam bip-bip-bip-bip,
15:11
you know, the ticking, really loud.
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stiti, bataile, foarte tare.
15:13
Which was making me more nervous.
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Ceea ce ma facea si mai stresat.
15:15
And there is no way to slow my heart rate down.
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Si nu aveam nici o posibilitate sa imi incetinesc bataile inimii.
15:18
So, normally
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In mod normal,
15:21
I would start at 38 beats per minute,
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porneam la 38 batai pe minut,
15:24
and while holding my breath it would drop to 12 beats per minute,
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iar in timp ce imi tineam respiratia, pulsul imi scadea la 12 batai pe minut.
15:27
which is pretty unusual.
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ceea ce e destul de iesit din comun.
15:29
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
15:35
This time it started at 120 beats,
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De data aceasta a pornit de la 120 batai,
15:39
and it never went down.
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si nu s-a dus deloc in jos.
15:41
I spent the first five minutes underwater
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Am petrecut primele 5 minute sub apa
15:44
desperately trying to slow my heart rate down.
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incercand cu disperare sa imi incetinesc ritmul cardiac.
15:47
I was just sitting there thinking, "I've got to slow this down.
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Stateam acolo si ma gandeam: "Trebuie sa le incetinesc.
15:49
I'm going to fail, I'm going to fail."
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Voi esua, voi esua".
15:51
And I was getting more nervous.
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Si devedeam din ce in ce mai stresat.
15:53
And the heart rate just kept going up and up,
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Iar pulsul mi se ducea constant in sus,
15:55
all the way up to 150 beats.
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pana la 150 de batai pe minut.
16:00
Basically it's the same thing that created my downfall at Lincoln Center.
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Practic, acelasi lucru m-a facut sa esuez la Lincoln Center.
16:03
It was a waste of O2.
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Era risipa de oxigen.
16:06
When I made it to the halfway mark, at eight minutes,
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Cand am ajuns la jumatatea probei, la 8 minute,
16:08
I was 100 percent certain
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eram 100% sigur
16:11
that I was not going to be able to make this.
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ca nu voi reusi.
16:13
There was no way for me to do it.
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Nu vedeam cum as putea sa termin totul cu succes.
16:15
So, I figured, Oprah had dedicated an hour
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Asa ca m-am gandit: Oprah a alocat o ora
16:19
to doing this breath hold thing, if I had cracked early
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intregii emisiuni cu mine, asa ca daca as fi terminat prea repede
16:22
it would be a whole show about how depressed I am.
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restul emisiunii ar fi fost discutii despre cat de deprimat sunt.
16:25
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
16:27
So, I figured I'm better off just fighting
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Asa ca m-am gandit ca ar fi mai bine sa continui sa lupt
16:29
and staying there until I black out,
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si sa stau acolo pana imi pierd cunostinta,
16:31
at least then they can pull me out and take care of me and all that.
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macar atunci m-ar scoate ei afara si ar avea grija de mine.
16:34
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
16:38
I kept pushing to 10 minutes. At 10 minutes
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Am rezistat pana la 10 minute. Dupa 10 minute
16:40
you start getting all these really strong
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incepi sa simti foarte puternic
16:43
tingling sensations in your fingers and toes.
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intepaturi in degetele de la maini si de la picioare.
16:45
And I knew that that was blood shunting,
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Si stiam ca sangele incepe sa fie redirectionat,
16:47
when the blood rushes away from your extremities
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sa nu mai mearga la extremitati
16:49
to provide oxygen to your vital organs.
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ci sa duca oxigen doar la organele vitale.
16:55
At 11 minutes I started feeling
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La 11 minute am inceput sa simt
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throbbing sensations in my legs,
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impunsaturi in picioare,
16:59
and my lips started to feel really strange.
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iar buzele incepusera sa imi dea o senzatie ciudata.
17:03
At minute 12 I started to have ringing in my ears,
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Dupa 12 minute am inceput sa am tiuituri in urechi,
17:07
and I started to feel my arm going numb.
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si am inceput sa simt cum bratul imi amorteste.
17:10
And I'm a hypochondriac, and I remember arm numb means heart attack.
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Iar eu sunt ipohondru, si mi-am amintit ca brat amortit inseamna atac de cord.
17:13
So, I started to really get really paranoid.
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Asa ca am am devenit paranoic de-a binelea.
17:16
Then at 13 minutes, maybe because of the hypochondria.
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Dupa 13 minute, probabil din cauza ipohondriei,
17:19
I started feeling pains all over my chest.
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am inceput sa am dureri in piept.
17:24
It was awful.
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Era groaznic.
17:26
At 14 minutes,
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Dupa 14 minute,
17:28
I had these awful contractions,
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am inceput sa am convulsii,
17:30
like this urge to breathe.
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un fel de pornire sa incep sa respir.
17:32
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
17:40
At 15 minutes I was suffering
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Dupa 15 minute deja sufeream
17:42
major O2 deprivation to the heart.
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de lipsa majora de oxigen la inima.
17:45
And I started having ischemia to the heart.
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Asa ca am inceput sa am ischemie cardiaca.
17:48
My heartbeat would go from 120,
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Pulsul imi varia de la 120
17:50
to 50, to 150, to 40, to 20, to 150 again.
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la 50, la 150, la 40, la 20, si din nou la 150.
17:56
It would skip a beat.
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Cateodata sarea cate o bataie.
17:58
It would start. It would stop. And I felt all this.
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Pornea. Se oprea. Iar eu simteam toate astea.
18:00
And I was sure that I was going to have a heart attack.
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Si eram sigur ca voi suferi un infarct.
18:03
So, at 16 minutes what I did is I slid my feet out
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Asa ca dupa 16 minute mi-am eliberat picioarele
18:06
because I knew that if I did go out,
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pentru ca stiam ca daca lesinam,
18:09
if I did have a heart attack, they'd have to
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daca as fi avut un atac de cord, atunci ar fi trebuit
18:11
jump into the binding and take my feet out
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sa sara dupa mine si sa imi elibereze picioarele
18:13
before pulling me up. So, I was really nervous.
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inainte sa ma scoata afara. Asa ca eram extrem de nervos.
18:15
So, I let my feet out, and I started floating to the top.
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Asa ca mi-am eliberat picioarele si am inceput sa plutesc spre suprafata.
18:18
And I didn't take my head out.
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Dar nu mi-am scos capul din apa.
18:20
But I was just floating there waiting for my heart to stop,
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Pluteam acolo asteptand sa mi se opreasca inima,
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just waiting.
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pur si simplu asteptam.
18:24
They had doctors with the "Pst," you know, so,
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Aveau doctori acolo, stiti,
18:26
sitting there waiting.
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care stateau si asteptau.
18:28
And then suddenly I hear screaming.
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Si apoi dintr-o data am auzit strigate.
18:30
And I think that there is some weird thing --
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Si am crezut ca s-a intamplat ceva ciudat --
18:32
that I had died or something had happened.
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ca am murit sau altceva s-a intamplat.
18:35
And then I realized that I had made it to 16:32.
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Dar mi-am dat seama ca am depasit 16 minute si 32 secunde.
18:39
So, with the energy of everybody that was there
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Asa ca m-am folosit de energia celor din jur
18:42
I decided to keep pushing.
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si am decis sa imping limita.
18:44
And I went to 17 minutes and four seconds.
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Si am ajuns la 17 minute si 4 secunde.
18:46
(Applause)
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18:56
As though that wasn't enough, what I did immediately after
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Ca si cum asta nu ar fi fost destul, imediat dupa
18:58
is I went to Quest Labs
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m-am dus la laboratoarele Quest
19:00
and had them take every blood sample that they could
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si i-am pus sa imi faca toate analizele posibile
19:02
to test for everything and to see where my levels were,
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sa ma testeze si sa vada ce concentratii am,
19:05
so the doctors could use it, once again.
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pentru ca doctorii sa poata folosi rezultatele.
19:07
I also didn't want anybody to question it.
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Totodata, am dorit ca nimeni sa nu ma puna la indoiala.
19:09
I had the world record and I wanted to
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Detineam recordul mondial si doream
19:11
make sure it was legitimate.
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sa ma asigur ca este validat.
19:13
So, I get to New York City the next day,
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Iar ziua urmatoare, am ajuns la New York,
19:16
and this kid walks up to me -- I'm walking out of the Apple store --
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si un pusti s-a apropiat de mine -- tocmai ieseam din magazinul Apple --
19:19
this kid walks up to me he's like, "Yo, D!"
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iar pustiul se apropie de mine si imi zice: "Hei, D!"
19:21
I'm like "Yeah?"
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Iar eu ii zic: "Da?"
19:23
He said, "If you really held your breath that long,
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Imi zice: "Daca tu chiar ti-ai tinut respiratia atata timp,
19:26
why'd you come out of the water dry?"
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cum se face ca ai iesit uscat din apa?"
19:28
I was like "What?"
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Iar eu am ramas: "Poftim?"
19:30
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
19:32
And that's my life. So ...
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Asta e viata mea. Asa...
19:34
(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
19:39
As a magician I try to show things to people
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Ca si magician, incerc sa arat oamenilor
19:41
that seem impossible.
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lucruri care par imposibile.
19:43
And I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath
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Parerea mea este ca magia, fie ca imi tin respiratia
19:46
or shuffling a deck of cards,
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sau amestec un set de carti de joc,
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is pretty simple.
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este destul de simpla.
19:50
It's practice, it's training, and it's --
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Secretul consta in exercitiu, antrenament, si –
19:54
It's practice, it's training and experimenting,
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exercitiu, antrenament si experimentare,
19:58
while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.
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in timp ce impingi limitele la maxim.
20:01
And that's what magic is to me, so, thank you.
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Si aceasta inseamna magia pentru mine, asa ca va multumesc.
20:05
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
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