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BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 03:37:00

as ego is concerned, there are easier ways of doing things. when you go into these swims, they are extremely, extremely hard. i they are extremely, extremely hard. . . . they are extremely, extremely hard. , ., ., , hard. i understand that but does breaking hard. i understand that but does breaking records, - hard. i understand that but l does breaking records, doing things that others have never done, matterto things that others have never done, matter to you? things that others have never done, matterto you? because i mjust done, matterto you? because i m just thinking of the done, matter to you? because i m just thinking of the way done, matterto you? because i m just thinking of the way in which you, i think even yourself have compared yourself to people like edmund hillary, the first conqueror of everest. you are an explorer, in a sense, because you go to the most remote places. and there is always, for the rest of us who don t do that sort of thing, a fascination with motivatio

BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 22:39:00

very busy news world, to be able to capture the imagination of of the media, there has to be something special. so, undertaking a swim, the first swim across the north pole, it automatically gets the media s attention. and when you ve got that attention, you have influence. have ever things ever gone seriously wrong? i ve done a few swims which were very, very close to the edges, right? i mean, you re swimming in a very, very high consequence environment. i mean, let mejust explain, give you an example. so, for example, when i swam across the north pole, we prepared for the swim, we prepared as thoroughly as possible but you can t go there and do a practice swim. and i remember arriving in the north pole and looking out over this icy terrain and it s and it s black water. it s really, really frightening. and then, just thinking as i m about to get into the water, well, this this water is below zero . it s i.7 degrees centigrade, 29 degrees fahrenheit it s unbelievably cold.

BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 22:36:00

really cold and from my history classroom, i could see robben island and i thought to myself, one day, i want to do it, and that s where it all started. it started and it never really stopped. you had a career in corporate law maritime law and we were making good money but in your 30s, you quit that to embrace full time endurance extreme swimming. yes. i just. in a way, ijust wonder whether ego is a part of this and whether you were let s get to the campaigning in a minute but whether you are also trying to prove something to yourself about yourself. so, i think there s been a transition. so, you know, you re very, very right. i started out as a swimmer and i love swimming but then, i became a maritime lawyer and then, i became an ocean advocate and now, i represent the united nations as a un patron of the oceans and so, i suppose i m an environmental diplomat, so there s been that transition but insofar as ego is concerned, there are easier ways of doing things. when you go

KGO ABC World News Tonight With David Muir June 4, 2024 00:58:00

linsey: the marathon swim known as the 20 bridges takes swimmers on a course under 20 bridges. i think that was number five. linsey: maya swam with a team close by, including an observer and her proud parents, completing the challenge in 8 hours 43 minutes. i really like the challenge of it. george washington bridge ahead. i got to see all of the manhattan skyline, from the water at night. linsey: the rising high school junior from berkeley, california, is part of swim across america, to raise money for cancer research. knowing that the money i m raising makes a difference really encourages me to keep going. and through my fund-raising i hope that we can kind of end cancer. linsey: her swims over the past eight years with swim across america have raised more than $60,000. whatever i m doing in my swimming, whatever pain i go through in my swims, it s really nothing compared to the struggle that cancer families go through.

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