Frasi di Lewis Gordon Pugh

Lewis Pugh è un nuotatore britannico.

OIG Lewis William Gordon Pugh è un nuotatore che ha compiuto imprese estreme, spesso in ecosistemi vulnerabili, proprio con lo scopo di attirare l'attenzione sulla situazione di fragilità in cui versano. Per le sue battaglie e impegno sociale a favore della salvaguardia dell'ambiente, è stato definito anche 'difensore dell'oceano'.

È stato chiamato il "Sir Edmund Hillary del nuoto" ed è stato il primo uomo a coprire lunghe distanze a nuoto in ogni oceano del mondo.Dopo il 2003, Pugh si è concentrato su imprese natatorie pionieristiche nelle acque più fredde e più ostili della Terra. Tutte sono state effettuate in conformità con le regole della Channel Swimming Association, con indosso solo un costume da bagno, cuffia e occhialini protettivi. Ha nuotato per primo intorno al Capo Nord, il punto più settentrionale d'Europa. L'anno seguente è diventato il primo a nuotare per l'intera lunghezza del Sognefjord in Norvegia, percorrendo 204 km in 21 giorni.

Nel luglio 2007 Pugh ha intrapreso la prima nuotata a lunga distanza attraverso il Polo Nord geografico. Ha impiegato 18 minuti e 50 secondi per completare il percorso di un chilometro a nuoto, attraverso un tratto di mare aperto, in acqua alla temperatura di -1,7 °C. Jørgen Amundsen, pronipote dell'esploratore norvegese Roald Amundsen, lo ha seguito sciando al suo fianco durante la nuotata, che ha coinciso con la più bassa copertura di ghiaccio marino artico mai registrata.



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“If we pass on an unsustainable environment to our children we have failed them.”

Address to the House of Lords (19 November 2010)
Speaking & Features

“I wanted to push every boundary. I wanted to swim further than anyone else. I wanted to cross seas and round capes that no one had dreamed of swimming before. And I wanted to swim in waters that were so cold no one thought it was possible to survive in them.”

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Achieving The Impossible (2010)
Contesto: I resolved to follow my dream. I wanted to push every boundary. I wanted to swim further than anyone else. I wanted to cross seas and round capes that no one had dreamed of swimming before. And I wanted to swim in waters that were so cold no one thought it was possible to survive in them. And though it promised to make me poor and would take away the security provided by a career in law, that didn’t worry me.

“Marine Protected Areas are good for the world economy, for the health of the oceans, for every person living on this planet.”

28 September 2014, Sunday Times http://www.pressreader.com/bookmark/NWNJXD8V5BO2/
Speaking & Features
Contesto: When we set aside MPAs we protect the marine habitat. When we do that, fish stocks recover. Which supports food security. When we create MPAs, we protect the coral, which protects the shoreline and provides shelter for fish. Marine Protected Areas are places people want to visit for ecotourism, so it's good for the economy. It has, if you'll pardon the pun, a ripple effect. Marine Protected Areas are good for the world economy, for the health of the oceans, for every person living on this planet.

“We cannot drill our way out of the energy crisis. The era of fossil fuels is over. We must invest in renewable energy.”

Speaking & Features, Standing Up To Goliath
Contesto: Now is the time for change. We cannot drill our way out of the energy crisis. The era of fossil fuels is over. We must invest in renewable energy. And we must not delay.

“My father taught me to understand that not much was impossible, if you had a mind to go after it.”

p 7
Achieving The Impossible (2010)
Contesto: My father taught me to understand that not much was impossible, if you had a mind to go after it. What seems beyond you is only unreachable if that’s what you believe.

“From that moment on, every swim should have the aim of inspiring people to protect and preserve the world’s oceans and all that live in them.”

p 85, describing his swim at Deception Island (2005)
21 Yaks And A Speedo (2013)
Contesto: I knew now that I had to stand up and start speaking about protecting our environment. From that moment on, every swim should have the aim of inspiring people to protect and preserve the world’s oceans and all that live in them.

“If this number of humans were killed in a year, it would be called genocide. There is a name for what is happening in our oceans today: it is ecocide.”

28 September 2014, Sunday Times http://www.pressreader.com/bookmark/NWNJXD8V5BO2/
Speaking & Features
Contesto: An estimated 100 million sharks are fished out of the world's oceans every year. Take a minute to mull over that figure. That's over a quarter of a million animals each day … If this number of humans were killed in a year, it would be called genocide. There is a name for what is happening in our oceans today: it is ecocide.

“For us to find lasting peace between people, we must first make peace with nature.”

28 September 2014, Sunday Times http://www.pressreader.com/bookmark/NWNJXD8V5BO2/
Speaking & Features

“You must not dither - swim like you're running through a minefield.”

Outside Magazine, 13 April 2009 http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/dropping-in/The-Ice-Bear-Cometh.html?page=all
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“A thought came across my mind: if things go pear-shaped on this swim, how long will it take for my frozen body to sink the four and a half kilometers to the bottom of the ocean?”

TED Talk: Swimming the North Pole, September 2009 http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/lewis_pugh_swims_the_north_pole.html
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