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> [Normally I don't race other people; I challenge the environment and my own limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/normally-i-don-t-race-other-people-i-challenge-the-environment-and-my/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

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## More by Lewis Gordon Pugh

> [On 15 July 2007, I swam across an open patch of sea at the North Pole to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/on-15-july-2007-i-swam-across-an-open-patch-of-sea-at-the-north-pole/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [Normally I don't race other people; I challenge the environment and my own limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/normally-i-don-t-race-other-people-i-challenge-the-environment-and-my/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [I can't think of anything more important than the environment we leave to our children and our children's children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/i-can-t-think-of-anything-more-important-than-the-environment-we/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [In the cold, all the blood rushes to your core to protect your heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and brain. When you leave the water,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/in-the-cold-all-the-blood-rushes-to-your-core-to-protect-your-heart/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/not-to-be-too-grandiose-about-it-but-in-a-way-i-see-myself-like-sir/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [The human body is not designed for swimming in minus 1.7 degree centigrade water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/the-human-body-is-not-designed-for-swimming-in-minus-1-7-degree/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/i-wish-politicians-would-put-the-environment-at-the-centre-of-every/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [I've been on swims where people have freaked out about sharks. You have to think about something else, otherwise it will absolutely paralyze you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/i-ve-been-on-swims-where-people-have-freaked-out-about-sharks-you/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/on-my-second-swim-at-deception-island-the-water-was-very-clear-and-i/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/swimming-has-been-a-very-effective-medium-for-telling-a-story-about/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [The problem with climate change is that it's quite complicated for the ordinary person to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/the-problem-with-climate-change-is-that-it-s-quite-complicated-for/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

> [I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon-pugh/i-just-never-ever-want-to-give-up-most-battles-are-won-in-the-11th/)

[Lewis Gordon Pugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon-pugh/)

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