"The human body is not designed for swimming……" — Lewis Gordon Pugh
"The human body is not designed for swimming in minus 1.7 degree centigrade water."
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Lewis Gordon Pugh
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11 Quotes by Lewis Gordon Pugh
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In the cold, all the blood rushes to your core to protect your heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and brain. When…
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Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.
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On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale…
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I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.
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Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water…
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On 15 July 2007, I swam across an open patch of sea at the North Pole to highlight the melting…
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I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it…
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Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.
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Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet.
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I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and…
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