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One,

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two, three.

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The first day of training

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I couldn\'t even complete
four pool lengths.

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Almost 100 metres.

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If you want to walk around the world,

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you only have to walk.

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If you want to write a book,

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you have to write it.

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If you want to unite
continents by swimming,

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you have to swim.

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And that\'s the first problem.

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I\'m not a swimmer.

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THE SEA TRAVELLER

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If you swim since you were little,

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your body grows
adapting to that sport.

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But if you\'re already fully developed,

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you end up having
certain physical limitations,

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like, for example,
your joints are less flexible.

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FIRST OPEN WATER TRAINING

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In the Bay
of La Concha in San Sebastian,

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I\'ll swim two miles
around the island of Santa Clara

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and the water will be at ten degrees.

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As soon as I go into the sea,
my face hurts so much.

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I swim a few minutes
with my head out of the water.

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But, slowly,

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I start getting used
to the temperature.

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The waves higher than two metres,

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but, interestingly,
I am the one most at ease,

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surrounded by a large escort.

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In the sea,
there\'s no straight line to guide you,

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there\'s no wall every 25 metres.

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You can\'t stand up
or sit down on the pool ledge.

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I\'m a tiny point lost
in the vast blue sea.

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Just the sea and me.

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The strength of my body fighting
against the currents and waves.

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When I touch the sand again,
I can\'t feel my face any more.

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I can\'t hardly talk.

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My feet feel like cork,

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and I have so many doubts.

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I almost froze.

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I have to work
so much to swim the 12 miles

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between
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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And this was well above three degrees,
like the icy waters of the Bering Sea.

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We have just made a crossing
of about 2 miles through the bay

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circling the island,
with the water at 13 degrees

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and I had the privilege
of being escorted and supported

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by paddle boards and several
canoes from the Fortuna Club.

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It has been, therefore,
our premiere, right?

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Our first... our baptism.

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The waves reached
more than three meters.

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It was a frenetic crossing.

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After San Sebastian,
I\'ll go to Hendaye, Gijón, Santander,

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Corunna, Cádiz, Málaga,
Tarragona, Barcelona...

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A calendar full of cities.

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How come?
To promote the values ​​of sport

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and the protection of seas and oceans.

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I\'m swimming an average
of three miles a day,

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about 120 per month
in a very short period of time.

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The risk
of getting injured is increasing.

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Especially, the muscles and tendons,

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that make up
the rotator cuff of the shoulder.

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I work out of water
to improve my technique

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and strengthen
the abdominal area, ankles and knees.

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I already feel
the pressure of this responsibility.

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After going around the world,

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I can\'t disappoint anybody.

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I can\'t and must not fail.

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One night I had a dream.
I was swimming in the blue depths,

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as if I were a fish.

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And at that moment,
for the first time,

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I felt I belonged to the sea.

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SPAIN - EUROPE
ISLA DE LAS PALOMAS

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MOROCCO - AFRICA
PUNTA CIRES

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When you say you\'re going to unite
the five continents by swimming,

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people go, \"Wow!\",
even if they don\'t know what it means,

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but it sounds powerful.

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It\'s a challenging,
ambitious expedition,

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and I\'d say that it\'s more difficult
than walking around the world.

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- Who\'s helping you? Who is she?
- This is Sara, my girlfriend.

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She has trained with me.
We actually met while swimming.

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We went out to sea,
and swam in many places, right?

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I\'m swimming in places
where I had never swum before.

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MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION

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Going to the beach with a buoy,
getting so some food and go swimming.

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I\'d never done that before.

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I do and I like it,
but it wouldn\'t have thought it.

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I mean, alone... I wouldn\'t.
It\'s dangerous to do it alone too.

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When I met him he didn\'t swim...
I could swim more.

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He said he swam in the straits.

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At first, we swam the same
and now he can swim more, but...

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I said,
\"How can you swim in the straits

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if I swim more than you in the pool?\"

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I start slowly,
and it takes a while to warm up,

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and picking up the pace,
and, then, after one hour,

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I also aim to cross the straits,

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so I feel motivated to spend
two hours, swim a few more miles...

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If you know what you want and...

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and you\'re so keen
to do it, you do it.

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I always say he\'d rather faint

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than asking to get out.

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Yes, I think so.

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Don\'t let me out,
no matter how weak I get,

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I have to get to the other side.
-What do you advise?

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Get creative and
find motivating phrases

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to encourage a swimmer,
in an extreme situation.

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I know
it\'s a commitment, a responsibility.

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Wow!

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Here it is, in front of me,

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unfolding all its wildness,
its currents and its waves.

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The Strait of Gibraltar.

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In the background, blurred
like a dream, the coast of Africa.

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The departure is important

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in the first hour, you can\'t stop.
Here, the current pulls you down.

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But right when you leave the island

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a current leads you to the shore.

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We know this current,
and it\'ll drag you back quite a bit.

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So getting back later
is very complicated.

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- If it takes me inside here...
- It takes you there.

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Then, you have to do this,
it\'s complicated.

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That\'s why there\'s a blue line.

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If you stop too much,
the straight line will be a zigzag.

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The Strait may be
the shortest strait you\'ll swim.

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PRESIDENT OF ACNEG

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But in terms of currents,
it\'s more complex than other channels.

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After the first hour,
the first provisioning.

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Then how often?

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After the first hour,
every 45 minutes.

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Perfect.

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We estimate this amount of time
is neither too much nor too little.

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The time you stop
has to be less than a minute.

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You\'ll notice the current...

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Yes, you can see
the current at the bottom...

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The provisioning has to be organized.

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Don\'t decide there what you want.

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You can\'t hold onto
or touch the rubber boat.

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You must always follow the white ship.

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If you see you\'re close to the island,
but the ship goes somewhere,

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Follow the white ship.
Yes, because it\'s found a current,

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which is strong, imagine...

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There, even if you see it
close, it can take an hour.

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Why is there a question mark here?

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At a certain point, the Mediterranean
takes water from the Atlantic

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and there\'s a very strong current.

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We must decide
when you get out from it,

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either before or after,
not when it is happening.

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If you\'re in the sea
with that current...

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You\'ll end up in Greece,
and cross the world in one go.

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We\'ll do the one in Türkiye, huh.

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You do it all in one.

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I feel so excited and nervous.

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Everything is ready

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for the first crossing
of the Nemo expedition.

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We just have to wait
for the wind to die down

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so we have
good conditions to cross the Strait.

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He just called me,
my phone was vibrating...

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Look at the flags. They are down.

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Hello, Laura! How are you?

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Well, doing interviews,
making the most of our time.

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And the flags look very calm.

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Yes, I totally understand.

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You\'re right,
you are on land...

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you can\'t wait,
and feel so excited, waiting.

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Okay, I trust you guys.

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Yes, I know. I understand.

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Okay, Laura. Thank you.
We\'ll talk later this week.

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Thanks, bye.

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Let\'s see tomorrow...

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We could get out, but it\'s risky.

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With the force four wind,

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which is the limit
for the authorities

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to let you get out
and make the crossing.

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What happens? In the middle
of the Strait, the wind gets stronger

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at force five or force six,

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and not only the race is cancelled,

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but it\'s also impossible
to do it physically.

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She told me: \"It\'s up to you\",

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but we also want to
have a guarantee of success,

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it\'s our reputation on the line.

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You don\'t cross the Strait,

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it is the Strait that
allows you to cross it.

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You hear in your head,
\"You\'re not going to make it\",

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or hear the sea, \"Get on the boat\",
\"I won\'t let you cross it\".

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The interesting thing
is to learn the lesson

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OPEN WATER SWIMMER

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of not completing a challenge.

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You can\'t focus on
the frustration of not getting it.

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In my case, not crossing
the Straits round trip,

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has helped me manage
this new frustration.

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Even the idea of ​​failure,
has helped me to expand content

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that I share with universities,
business schools and companies.

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Behind failure,

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there\'s an enormous opportunity,

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when we fail at our big goals in life.

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And we correct things
that we haven\'t done well

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so that we can later achieve
this goal we haven\'t achieved.

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because we have had to fail at it.

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After looking at the weather forecast
for the next few days,

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and checking that the
wind will not decrease,

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we dismantled the tent,
loaded our luggage,

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and went home.

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The van\'s engine broke down,

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and the return,
without having crossed the Strait,

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got even more complicated.

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SECOND ATTEMPT

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Well, okay, we\'ll be here
in half an hour, at the pier.

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Stroke by stroke, fighting,
but also trying to enjoy.

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Enjoying the day,
the conditions we have,

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and the fact the day for which
you have trained so much,

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has finally arrived.

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I\'m right in that place that
I\'ve seen so many times in videos.

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You are 50 metres
from the Isla de las Palomas,

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you jump into the water
and swim to the rocks,

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so they can blow
the whistle and I can start.

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Just swimming up there
seems complicated to me.

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It\'s 09:10 in the morning.

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I put so much energy
on the first strokes,

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breathing to the left side.

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The first two miles,
I have to swim fast

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and overcome the currents
that would take me eastward.

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But I must measure the forces.

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I did trained for covering

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the distance of half of the Strait.

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I\'m worried about
the last two miles,

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where I\'ll find myself,
again, with strong currents.

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I follow Columba,

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the white ship leading my way.

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I don\'t want to look back and
have to look for the coast of Africa.

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I have to concentrate on each stroke.

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How are you?

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How are you?
Well, how do you feel?

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Okay, how are we doing? Good.

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Oh...

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What? Nothing, all right.

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I feel okay. Wow, all the fruit!

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It\'s been one hour.

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Wait, we\'ll do that.

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How much distance did we cover?

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Almost two miles. Okay.

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Come on, come on.

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I start breathing to the right side,

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with a softer style.

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I slide with the sway
of the waves of the sea.

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Legs are large muscles,

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so they consume a lot of oxygen.

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In long distances,
they are used as stabilizers

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so you give two kicks per stroke.

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I have seen
the Moroccan flag raised on the ship.

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Yes, I\'ve covered
the first four miles.

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I feel very well physically.

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The second provisioning.

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- How are you?
- Good.

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- You\'re doing great.
- Really?

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You\'re not using too much the feet,
but if it\'s less tiring, keep it up.

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You\'re okay, right?
You\'re not crying. So, it\'s okay.

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They tell me that I am doing
a better time than estimated.

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I look up and
I can already see the African coast.

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We are living beings on Earth.

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We have become rigid.

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But almost our entire body is water.

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Like the planet we live on.

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The water has no shape

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it adapts, it flows.

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It learns to adapt,
and I melt into the sea.

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300!

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Three!

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The sea gives me one last push
and I touch Punta Cires, in Morocco.

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I\'ve completed
the first crossing

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of the Nemo expedition.

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Fifteen miles
in 3 hours and 50 minutes.

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A great time.

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A year ago I wasn\'t able to
swim 100 yards in the pool.

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We have the power
to make our dreams come true,

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but with no shortcuts.

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KAS - TURKIYE
KASTELLORIZO - GREECE

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We\'re going to Istanbul.

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We\'ll do in four hours,

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the same distance
I covered in four months

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in my circumnavigation
around the world walking.

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It\'s the third time I\'m
in this intercontinental city.

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The only intercontinental city
in the world,

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divided by the Bosphorus Strait,

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that joins the Black Sea

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with the Marmara
and the Mediterranean Seas.

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The reason we are here is different.

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We are going to unite
Europe with Asia by swimming.

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I\'ll keep you updated
with the details of the crossing.

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ISTANBUL - TURKIYE

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There, there\'s the Bosphorus Strait,

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joining the Black Sea
with the ​​Marmara Sea.

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This is the Golden Horn.

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There are so many fishermen.

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This areas has fishing activity.

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Everyone likes to extract resources:

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humans, seagulls, even cats.

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We are in a city of cats,
but the environment isn\'t protected.

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Türkiye is an interesting country,

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but a report has revealed
that it\'s the most polluting country

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for plastics.
In addition to Spain, Italy, Egypt...

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All these countries
surround the Mediterranean Sea

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which hosts
50% of world maritime traffic.

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It\'s one of the most polluted seas.

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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION WWF TURKIYE

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DIVER

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We leave behind
the bustling and amazing Istanbul.

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We fly to Kas, where a member
of \"World Wildlife Foundation\"

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is waiting for us,

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and will be our host in Türkiye.

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We are in Kas,
a town in the south of Türkiye,

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on the Mediterranean coast.

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We\'re here
for the second crossing

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of the Nemo expedition,

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to unite Europe with Asia.

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Uniting the Greek island
of Kastelorizo, \"Meis\" in Turkish,

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That one over there.

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In this shore,
the population is Turkish.

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It\'s a natural marine park,
a protected marine area.

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There are species,
like the loggerhead sea turtle,

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and it\'s an area affected
by the invasion of species

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from the Red Sea.

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And to be honest,
it\'s an unique region,

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from the environmental
point of view.

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It\'s exceptional.

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It is a quiet, remote place,
isolated from the world.

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It\'s a touristic place,
but it is kept under control.

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The population hasn\'t increased
much, about 15,000 inhabitants.

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It\'s a safe, welcoming place.

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They leave the keys
in the motorcycles, the doors open,

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the wallet
on the table and they leave.

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They\'ve been very nice to us.

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Tolga is so welcoming,
that makes our stay easier.

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He makes feel at home
and offers us unique experiences.

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It\'s the first time I\'ve dived.

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It was my baptism.
Here it\'s called \"discovert\".

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It’s an exciting experience

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and makes you want to continue, right?

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To repeat and keep
advancing in this world.

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It\'s like being
in a dream world, another dimension.

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You go into a world of water,

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completely in silence.

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You only listen
to your breathing, the bubbles,

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everything moves slowly.

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You see species and fish
you\'ve never seen before.

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In the area where we anchored
the ship, in the depth, at six meters,

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there\'s a dolphin carved in stone.

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Then, they explained to us
that a local artist made it.

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I think he was the first artist
with an underwater carving exhibition.

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It has been
a special day for the three of us.

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The water is calm, it is quiet.

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And with that feeling
taking over us, we finish our day.

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It\'s time to rest because
tomorrow will be an intense day.

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Nacho!

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The day of the second crossing has arrived.

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I\'m going to link Europe with Asia.

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It\'s a four miles,
or four and a half miles\' crossing.

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Initially, the current
blows from one side,

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you have to swim in one direction,
and then it comes from another side.

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I think this strait is very deep,

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so buoys can\'t be attached.

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They can\'t be attached
with an anchor to the bottom,

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so they\'ll use the ones
that move with the wind.

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It\'s the only reference you have,

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and if the only one you have,
is moving with the wind,

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it doesn\'t inspire
much confidence, but, well...

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The goal is to cover that distance
and reach the other shore,

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unite these two continents,

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and the second strait.

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Let\'s go for it.

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We are a lot,

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I look for my space
trying to avoid the splash

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and the blows,
so they don\'t take off my glasses.

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I am getting ahead,
I feel comfortable.

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The water is clean and clear,

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and I can see two turtles below me.

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I keep my mind busy
thinking about how vulnerable they are

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to the actions of men.

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The damage we do to them,

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with the eight million tons
of plastic we dump into the sea,

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and they mistake
with jellyfish, their main food.

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I look ahead,
but I can\'t find any references,

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nor the island, nor buoys.

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I manage to distinguish
a swimmer\'s cap in front of me,

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and I follow their wake hoping
they\'re going in the right direction.

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While in Gibraltar I went solo,

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this has been
an international open water event,

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a race with 200 swimmers
from different countries,

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a very nice event.

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We\'ve completed it
in less than two hours.

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We have done very well,
we haven\'t won,

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but we\'ve had a great time.

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People from all over the world.

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It\'s not only the sporting challenge,

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and the ocean conservation message,

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but also the union
between peoples and cultures

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joining forces
thanks to the passion for this sport,

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for swimming, for the open waters.

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The adventure continues,
to prepare the next strait.

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Now it\'s getting serious.

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RUSSIA - BIG DIOMEDE
USA - LITTLE DIOMEDE

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We fly over polar lands,

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And I can\'t stop
looking out the window

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the infinite white land
made of immense glaciers

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moving slowly throughout centuries.

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The same ones melting at a speed

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hundred times higher
than they naturally should

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:19.240
due to climate change.

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Absorbed in my thoughts,
we arrived in Nome, Alaska,

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:25.680
our second-to-last stop.

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We have everything. We are in Nome.

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Nome.

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Such a long trip, man.

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Almost two days.

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Tomorrow we\'re taking the helicopter
to go to the small town of Diomede.

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Even if I\'m exhausted,
my curiosity is stronger.

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:55.640
I have to try
the cold waters of the Bering Sea,

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:59.560
to understand
what I\'ll be facing on the crossing.

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I go in slowly.

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:07.240
After I reach the waist,
all my body goes in.

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:12.240
I barely take three strokes,
and I come out frozen.

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:16.840
At first, it\'s cold,
then your balls go numb...

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and you neither feel nor suffer.

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It\'s quite cold,
in fact you notice a burning

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on the legs
due to the biting and burning cold.

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We can already say
that we swam in Alaska.

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We go back to the warm lodging,

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:46.760
a family business
in which, at first glance,

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:49.560
you can see the hunting culture here.

00:36:17.520 --> 00:36:22.680
We take all the material,
that box has dehydrated food

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:25.200
to live a week on the island.

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:31.400
We carry swimming equipment, clothes,

00:36:31.600 --> 00:36:36.240
and the rest
is something essential to travel,

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.600
technology.

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:39.160
We are two in the team.

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:41.840
Ibra, the cameraman
and I, the swimmer,

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:45.280
and on the island
there\'s another expedition,

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:48.600
with a priest,
a scientist and a doctor.

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:52.880
Let\'s see if we convince the doctor,
and bring him with us on the boat

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and if all goes wrong,

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.320
we have a priest.

00:36:55.400 --> 00:37:00.240
He gives you the last rites,
and you go to the other side in peace.

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:02.320
Let\'s go, come on.

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:09.040
While we wait,
I chat with Zack,

00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:10.640
one of the pilots.

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:13.960
I\'m interested about
how the people here perceives

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:15.440
climate change.

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:20.720
PATHFINDER AVIATION PILOT

00:38:10.680 --> 00:38:12.720
Let\'s go for it!

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:37.720
After one-hour flight,
we see the Bering Strait,

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:41.560
a special place on top of the world.

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:45.880
The space between Asia and America.

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In the middle, the Diomede Islands.

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:52.320
Big Diomede is Russian,

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:56.560
while Little Diomede is American.

00:38:57.040 --> 00:38:59.880
This will be
our home for the next few days.

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:05.800
We\'ll sleep in the village school,
the only place that welcomes visitors.

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LITTLE DIOMEDE
ALASKA, USA

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:39.680
We have arrived.

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:43.240
We just got started.

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TEACHER AT LITTLE DIOMEDE

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:32.800
TEACHER AT LITTLE DIOMEDE

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:04.320
In order to access the island,

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:08.280
we had to ask permission
from the Inuit\'s Elder Council

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:11.920
and commit ourselves
to contribute to the community.

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:15.840
In our case, a talk at school.

00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:38.160
And an activity about the need
to take care of our oceans.

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:57.240
You could spend days here

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:59.840
to collect all this plastic.

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:06.800
The truth is it\'s very surprising
how, in just 110 minutes,

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:08.920
working all together, we have filled

00:42:09.040 --> 00:42:12.320
quite a few large garbage bags.

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:14.040
It has a big impact

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:16.200
like it\'s the end of the world,

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.720
in such a remote place

00:42:18.040 --> 00:42:21.000
like these islands
in the Bering Strait.

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:26.040
Here you find
garbage, plastics, bottles...

00:42:27.080 --> 00:42:29.680
The truth is that it is a bit...

00:42:30.600 --> 00:42:33.560
A bit sad. Hopeless.

00:42:45.040 --> 00:42:46.160
Good morning.

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.760
Seven in the morning.

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:51.360
This is the room, the classroom,

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.040
where I am sleeping.

00:42:53.120 --> 00:42:57.640
Waiting, as in this area
the weather is very changeable.

00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:00.080
There is usually a lot of fog,

00:43:00.120 --> 00:43:01.400
with very strong winds.

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:03.960
With even stronger currents

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:07.600
going from the south
towards the Arctic Ocean.

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:10.240
We\'re waiting for the wind

00:43:10.240 --> 00:43:11.640
to die down a bit

00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:15.240
and the fog dissipates
to make the crossing attempt.

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:17.880
As this is a school,
it\'s full of maps.

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:19.000
Let me show you.

00:43:19.080 --> 00:43:20.400
This is Russia.

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:22.520
This is the United States.

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:24.400
America.

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:26.160
And we\'re in the middle.

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:30.160
Two islands.
This is the time zone line.

00:43:31.160 --> 00:43:33.960
This is yesterday.
And this is tomorrow.

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:36.640
So, well. I\'m getting ready.

00:43:36.720 --> 00:43:41.000
I\'m going to pick up my stuff,
as the classroom needs to clean.

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.840
And we start the day.

00:45:24.600 --> 00:45:28.360
In the winter months,
this absolutely freezes over.

00:45:29.160 --> 00:45:32.160
It\'s a rigid block of ice.

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:36.560
And you could go
from one island to the other on foot.

00:45:37.520 --> 00:45:38.720
Now what happens?

00:45:39.080 --> 00:45:43.480
With the temperatures rising,
it is not a compact surface.

00:45:43.560 --> 00:45:47.040
Now, the blocks of ice
are in constant movement,

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:50.280
and between them
there are rivers of water flowing.

00:45:50.600 --> 00:45:51.600
What happens then?

00:45:51.680 --> 00:45:54.200
They can\'t cross between islands

00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:57.000
and that affects
their hunting system.

00:45:57.280 --> 00:46:00.840
They hunt especially,
in spring, in January,

00:46:01.080 --> 00:46:03.840
but as the period
of ice is shorter,

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:07.040
before they had a month
to hunt for the whole year:

00:46:07.120 --> 00:46:08.960
walruses, seals, whales...

00:46:09.040 --> 00:46:11.040
now they only have two weeks.

00:46:11.160 --> 00:46:13.320
It is a subsistence economy.

00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:17.520
They must take advantage
of the good conditions to hunt.

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:26.960
LEADER OF THE INUIT\'S ELDER COUNCIL

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:41.560
It\'s painful to hear
Inuit speak of a culture

00:46:41.640 --> 00:46:45.760
and a language, the \"inupiak\",
struggling to survive in a world

00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:48.800
colonized
by the interests of white men.

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:11.280
The alarming retreat
of Arctic polar ice

00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:14.400
has allowed the opening
of the northern passage:

00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:18.480
a new alternative sea route
to the Suez and Panama Canals

00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:22.040
which significantly
reduces business expenses,

00:49:22.120 --> 00:49:24.520
but, at what price for the planet?

00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:28.280
Countries like the USA,
Canada, Russia or Norway,

00:49:29.080 --> 00:49:32.200
are trying
to take a stance in this new scenario

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:34.560
that offers a virgin territory

00:49:34.720 --> 00:49:39.320
with important reserves
of oil, gas, lead and diamonds.

00:49:41.520 --> 00:49:44.640
Meanwhile,
the inhabitants of Little Diomede

00:49:44.720 --> 00:49:47.800
are building walls
to protect their houses

00:49:48.080 --> 00:49:52.520
from the strong storms
and waves created by the ice blocks.

00:50:16.600 --> 00:50:19.640
It\'s the third day here
and it seems that today

00:50:19.720 --> 00:50:22.840
the conditions won\'t be
good either to make the crossing.

00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:24.520
I\'m starting to have doubts,

00:50:24.640 --> 00:50:28.320
if I\'ll be successful
uniting Asia and America this year.

00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:32.360
Despite everything,
being here is a privilege

00:50:32.520 --> 00:50:35.640
and I want to make
the most of it as much as possible.

00:50:44.120 --> 00:50:47.200
He has invited us
to eat walrus meat.

00:50:47.600 --> 00:50:51.080
He says we can cut it
or eat it with our hands.

00:51:53.560 --> 00:51:56.800
Like every morning,
I go out to the balcony of the school

00:51:57.120 --> 00:51:59.800
feeling sure
we can make the crossing.

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:04.400
I get excited
feeling a soft north wind

00:52:05.120 --> 00:52:06.480
and little waves.

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:09.480
It\'s Thursday, September 13.

00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:14.000
The day I\'ll unite
Asia and America by swimming.

00:52:14.360 --> 00:52:16.160
We leave in half an hour...

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to attempt the crossing.
We decided so. The weather worsens.

00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:24.120
We do it now
or we\'ll miss the opportunity.

00:52:24.200 --> 00:52:26.600
The hard part was getting the captain.

00:52:28.400 --> 00:52:32.120
And we\'ve had to look
for one who\'s resolute.

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Wake him up, he was sleeping.
But, well, we\'re leaving now.

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:48.360
We weren\'t sure
whether we had a support boat or not.

00:52:48.560 --> 00:52:51.200
No one
was fully committed to doing it.

00:52:51.720 --> 00:52:53.280
Even if it doesn\'t look like

00:52:53.360 --> 00:52:57.360
those who have come
with us before, I feel lucky.

00:53:13.080 --> 00:53:14.920
Since we didn\'t get permission

00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:17.640
to access
the militarized Russian island,

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Date Line is the border
between the two countries.

00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:53.480
This makes it a bit more exciting...

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To the whole thing.

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The time has come to face
the most difficult challenge so far.

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Swimming in the icy waters

00:54:23.040 --> 00:54:24.600
of the Bering Strait.

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:31.280
Okay, break a leg!

00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:32.840
Use your head, huh!

00:54:49.720 --> 00:54:51.720
I start to swim awkwardly.

00:54:51.720 --> 00:54:52.880
I feel stiff.

00:54:53.160 --> 00:54:55.800
I\'m not sliding
with my suit and gloves.

00:54:57.120 --> 00:55:00.560
My pulse is going faster,
I have a broken breathing.

00:55:01.280 --> 00:55:03.640
I can\'t tell
whether it\'s cold or fear.

00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:06.120
I\'m in the Arctic.

00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:09.240
This is the habitat
of orcas and walrus.

00:55:10.400 --> 00:55:13.920
I feel vulnerable,
but I\'ll only get one chance

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and there is no room for excuses.

00:55:17.920 --> 00:55:19.920
Immersed in my thoughts,

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a scream brings me back.

00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:24.440
It\'s Ibra from the boat.

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Here, here.

00:55:26.200 --> 00:55:27.680
What? We\'ve arrived.

00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:29.560
- Is this Date Line?
- Yeah.

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Date Line!

00:55:35.560 --> 00:55:38.160
- Wait.
- Well done!

00:55:38.240 --> 00:55:39.320
How are you?

00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:42.000
If I stop, I\'ll freeze.

00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:50.120
It took you...

00:55:52.920 --> 00:55:54.200
38 minutes.

00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:57.000
- Let\'s go to the island.
- Come on.

00:55:57.200 --> 00:55:59.080
Hey, wait.

00:56:01.120 --> 00:56:02.800
I have a muscle pull.

00:56:04.280 --> 00:56:06.200
Come on, let\'s go together.

00:56:07.800 --> 00:56:09.480
I could get on the boat

00:56:09.720 --> 00:56:12.960
and conclude the challenge
of uniting the two continents.

00:56:13.440 --> 00:56:17.600
But I want to do something big.
Something that no one has done yet.

00:56:17.880 --> 00:56:21.720
I keep swimming
stroke after stroke to Little Diomede.

00:56:25.800 --> 00:56:27.520
I can distinguish the coast.

00:56:27.840 --> 00:56:28.840
I see houses.

00:56:29.200 --> 00:56:31.360
People waiting on the shore.

00:56:31.880 --> 00:56:33.560
And I\'m afraid of failing.

00:56:34.520 --> 00:56:37.800
It\'s funny,
after more than an hour in the water,

00:56:37.920 --> 00:56:39.560
your mind makes you believe

00:56:39.640 --> 00:56:42.880
that you have
no strength left for the last strokes.

00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:45.520
I shun these thoughts.

00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:49.640
After one hour and ten minutes
swimming completely frozen,

00:56:50.240 --> 00:56:53.640
I complete the two
and a half miles and get to the shore.

00:57:11.200 --> 00:57:12.480
We have made it!

00:57:14.160 --> 00:57:15.280
Yeah!

00:57:16.480 --> 00:57:18.280
How are you? Frozen.

00:57:18.480 --> 00:57:20.560
High five! Hey!

00:57:28.600 --> 00:57:30.240
It\'s done, it\'s done.

00:57:31.400 --> 00:57:32.440
Damn, man.

00:57:32.720 --> 00:57:34.320
How are you? Shit.

00:57:34.600 --> 00:57:37.560
So many emotions.

00:57:38.600 --> 00:57:39.600
So many, man.

00:57:39.680 --> 00:57:42.400
The truth is that
from the beginning

00:57:42.520 --> 00:57:44.600
I had so many doubts about

00:57:45.600 --> 00:57:48.840
whether my body would be stiff
or not because of the cold.

00:57:49.240 --> 00:57:52.400
And well, I jumped out of the boat,

00:57:52.560 --> 00:57:54.920
and started swimming,
without feeling cold.

00:57:55.000 --> 00:57:56.680
I felt good.

00:57:57.080 --> 00:57:59.560
Then the boat sometimes went far away.

00:57:59.640 --> 00:58:03.360
I felt that I was left alone,
lost in the middle of the strait.

00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:07.240
And I felt
a bit scared, to be honest.

00:58:09.200 --> 00:58:10.920
I have seen some jellyfish.

00:58:11.120 --> 00:58:14.800
Once we got
to the Date Line, my body still warm,

00:58:14.880 --> 00:58:16.560
I had so many thoughts.

00:58:16.640 --> 00:58:18.560
Sometimes I could hear the bottom.

00:58:19.080 --> 00:58:21.280
This strait is not very deep

00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:24.760
and on the way back,
I started to feel the cold water.

00:58:25.080 --> 00:58:26.680
I started to feel cold.

00:58:26.880 --> 00:58:29.720
But I could see the island,
I could see the town.

00:58:29.800 --> 00:58:32.920
I saw the houses
getting bigger and clearer.

00:58:33.320 --> 00:58:35.640
I started to see a
banner and children.

00:58:35.760 --> 00:58:37.120
I thought, \"It\'s done.\"

00:58:39.040 --> 00:58:41.200
It was okay, man.
Good, good. Frozen.

00:58:41.280 --> 00:58:42.920
I\'m going to have a shower.

00:58:45.160 --> 00:58:49.360
After a few days
waiting for the helicopter,

00:58:49.800 --> 00:58:52.480
it\'s time to say
goodbye to our friends.

00:58:53.880 --> 00:58:56.840
The Inuit
are welcoming and generous,

00:58:57.160 --> 00:58:59.120
despite living in austerity.

00:59:00.320 --> 00:59:04.320
In this remote corner,
where life is rough and wild,

00:59:05.480 --> 00:59:08.200
you feel
that there are still pure things.

00:59:09.080 --> 00:59:11.280
Cultures struggling to survive,

00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:14.240
dodging
the blows of climate change

00:59:14.320 --> 00:59:16.800
and the destruction
caused by the white man.

00:59:23.840 --> 00:59:26.080
INDONESIA - SKO MABO
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - WUNTUNG

00:59:46.600 --> 00:59:49.200
We\'ve just arrived
in Jayapura, in Papua,

00:59:49.680 --> 00:59:51.440
with so many pending procedures

00:59:51.560 --> 00:59:54.200
because from Spain
it has been impossible

00:59:54.560 --> 00:59:55.720
to move further.

00:59:56.600 --> 00:59:57.800
As soon as we could,

00:59:58.120 --> 01:00:00.680
we went to the consulate

01:00:00.840 --> 01:00:03.520
to start
with a great number of procedures.

01:00:03.640 --> 01:00:06.360
What\'s that?
Muslim holidays?

01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:08.680
Yes, a Muslim holiday.

01:00:09.360 --> 01:00:12.560
And the Independence Day of Papua.

01:00:12.680 --> 01:00:13.680
Bad beginning.

01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:16.240
The office will be closed two days

01:00:16.440 --> 01:00:18.040
but we can\'t stop.

01:00:25.840 --> 01:00:27.760
While we decide what to do,

01:00:28.040 --> 01:00:29.400
Johan approaches us

01:00:29.720 --> 01:00:32.200
the only one
who speaks English around here.

01:01:00.960 --> 01:01:03.960
He was the first person I spoke with.

01:01:03.960 --> 01:01:05.240
PAPUA NEW GUINEA

01:01:05.640 --> 01:01:08.840
Since then,
he has being with us every day.

01:01:09.040 --> 01:01:12.640
He has been
our interpreter with Immigration,

01:01:12.920 --> 01:01:15.200
with the government of the border,

01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:19.960
looking for the consulate
of Papua New Guinea

01:01:20.680 --> 01:01:23.800
and all those small daily tasks,

01:01:23.880 --> 01:01:27.680
like negotiating
travel prices, getting a car

01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:30.560
or going to a restaurant to eat.

01:01:31.040 --> 01:01:32.280
We go to a cabin,

01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:35.960
where the leader
of the Magoo culture lives.

01:01:36.320 --> 01:01:37.440
Mr Jans.

01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:41.080
Johan speaks
to him very respectfully

01:01:41.080 --> 01:01:42.880
to explain him our project.

01:01:44.120 --> 01:01:47.080
After listening to him
attentively and seriously,

01:01:47.480 --> 01:01:49.920
he invites us
for a walk on the beach.

01:01:50.120 --> 01:01:51.120
We agree.

01:01:51.640 --> 01:01:53.480
I ask him about the wind,

01:01:53.600 --> 01:01:55.520
the dangers that may exist,

01:01:55.760 --> 01:01:57.400
the orography of the coast.

01:01:59.040 --> 01:02:01.760
After what he said,
I decide the best thing to do

01:02:01.880 --> 01:02:04.600
is departing from Magoo, in Papua,

01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:07.240
to Butun, in Papua New Guinea,

01:02:07.640 --> 01:02:11.560
taking advantage of the wind
blowing from the west in this season.

01:02:13.480 --> 01:02:16.400
Following Johan\'s advice,
I give him 200,000 rupees,

01:02:16.480 --> 01:02:17.480
about 10 euros,

01:02:17.920 --> 01:02:20.760
to thank him,
and we said goodbye.

01:02:32.320 --> 01:02:34.080
We\'re back on the motorcycle.

01:02:34.160 --> 01:02:36.680
With the motorcycle around the city.

01:02:49.240 --> 01:02:50.680
The next few days

01:02:51.000 --> 01:02:54.160
We deal with procedures.

01:03:23.320 --> 01:03:25.520
We end up the days exhausted.

01:03:26.640 --> 01:03:28.320
The atmosphere is aggressive.

01:03:28.720 --> 01:03:31.040
The heat and humidity, crushing.

01:03:32.320 --> 01:03:35.320
The smoke
and the dirty air, oppressive.

01:03:36.120 --> 01:03:37.240
And our diet,

01:03:37.480 --> 01:03:40.840
limited to chicken
with rice at all meals,

01:03:41.640 --> 01:03:43.480
is starting
to take a toll on us.

01:03:44.080 --> 01:03:45.160
I feel weak.

01:03:45.400 --> 01:03:48.240
I don\'t know
how I\'ll feel the day of the crossing.

01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:57.280
Hello everyone, I\'m Nacho Dean.

01:03:57.800 --> 01:03:59.160
Thank you, Suzana.

01:03:59.360 --> 01:04:00.720
Thank you, Ema.

01:04:18.080 --> 01:04:21.800
Together with Sara,
Johan and Suzana Wangay,

01:04:22.320 --> 01:04:24.440
the highest border authority,

01:04:24.920 --> 01:04:26.760
I explain my project again.

01:04:27.360 --> 01:04:30.760
I haven\'t stopped doing it
since we arrived in Papua.

01:04:31.480 --> 01:04:34.360
In front of me,
the consul of Papua New Guinea

01:04:35.000 --> 01:04:37.960
and 18 representatives
of the Indonesian Navy,

01:04:38.040 --> 01:04:40.800
the marine police,
the immigration office

01:04:41.120 --> 01:04:42.840
and the tourist office.

01:05:11.120 --> 01:05:14.360
We already have a day.
It will be Thursday the 29th,

01:05:14.680 --> 01:05:16.280
at eight in the morning,

01:05:16.920 --> 01:05:20.400
a distance of 12 miles. Very happy.

01:05:20.960 --> 01:05:23.640
Lots of information
about the dangers.

01:05:24.680 --> 01:05:27.800
The most dangerous
is the mouth of the Muaratami.

01:05:28.720 --> 01:05:31.480
In the river there are crocodiles.

01:05:31.560 --> 01:05:35.640
And jellyfish the size
of a fist that attack the nerves.

01:05:35.720 --> 01:05:37.080
The nerve system.

01:05:37.640 --> 01:05:41.400
In that case,
you raise your hand quickly,

01:05:41.480 --> 01:05:44.640
get on the boat and
you\'re taken to a hospital.

01:05:56.920 --> 01:05:59.680
We\'re going to train
for the first time

01:05:59.720 --> 01:06:02.200
in the Papuan waters, in Jayapura.

01:06:02.440 --> 01:06:04.560
I haven\'t trained in a few weeks.

01:06:04.800 --> 01:06:06.720
I miss it, I can\'t wait

01:06:06.800 --> 01:06:09.480
to take away this feeling

01:06:10.400 --> 01:06:11.680
of stagnation

01:06:12.000 --> 01:06:14.960
and feel again the water.

01:06:15.040 --> 01:06:17.240
So let\'s train a little.

01:06:17.320 --> 01:06:21.160
If I get stung by a jellyfish,
I\'ll go straight to a public hospital.

01:06:21.320 --> 01:06:23.480
It\'ll be cheaper than a private one.

01:06:38.640 --> 01:06:39.760
Amazing.

01:06:40.280 --> 01:06:41.360
It\'s so hot.

01:06:42.400 --> 01:06:47.440
There is a sort of fumaroles
or anthills under the water,

01:06:48.000 --> 01:06:50.800
if you pass over it, it\'s hot.

01:06:51.040 --> 01:06:53.640
I\'m not feeling great swimming.

01:06:53.720 --> 01:06:55.520
It\'s pretty dirty.

01:06:56.520 --> 01:06:59.920
There is a lot of garbage,
plastics, at the bottom of the...

01:07:01.000 --> 01:07:03.480
from sea. Here you see tires.

01:07:04.600 --> 01:07:07.520
They leave the waste on the shore.

01:07:07.600 --> 01:07:11.880
Pollution,
garbage and plastics is constant.

01:07:12.080 --> 01:07:15.240
I can tell
it happens all over the planet.

01:07:15.360 --> 01:07:19.040
In addition to the pollution
from automobiles and plastics,

01:07:19.120 --> 01:07:23.440
there is the coral bleaching

01:07:24.080 --> 01:07:26.640
from Papua to Australia.

01:07:27.120 --> 01:07:29.160
I felt safe swimming.

01:07:29.720 --> 01:07:33.680
But the crossing is
in the open sea and that\'s different.

01:07:34.880 --> 01:07:39.920
We\'ve been warned about sharks,
crocodiles and poisonous jellyfish.

01:07:41.440 --> 01:07:44.960
In addition, the mouth
of the Muaratami is a sensitive area.

01:07:46.040 --> 01:07:49.400
At this time of year,
it brings down muddy waters

01:07:49.520 --> 01:07:52.360
dragging logs and jungle brush.

01:07:52.880 --> 01:07:57.240
Without a doubt,
this will be the toughest crossing.

01:07:57.320 --> 01:08:00.640
We came to see
a pool with saltwater crocodiles,

01:08:00.800 --> 01:08:03.960
which is one
of the dangers that I am going to find

01:08:04.040 --> 01:08:06.360
in this open water crossing.

01:08:06.440 --> 01:08:08.880
They are several metres long.

01:08:09.760 --> 01:08:12.200
These are
very dangerous, large predators.

01:08:12.520 --> 01:08:14.880
They take the prey, submerge it,

01:08:14.960 --> 01:08:18.800
twist it,
cut it up and eat it.

01:08:18.880 --> 01:08:21.360
Very reassuring, you can imagine.

01:08:41.320 --> 01:08:44.360
That blinking light is my drone.

01:08:44.440 --> 01:08:48.360
It\'s actually Ibra\'s drone,
which he lent me for the expedition.

01:08:48.760 --> 01:08:50.520
It\'s blinking among crocodiles.

01:08:50.680 --> 01:08:52.200
It went too high.

01:08:52.960 --> 01:08:54.960
I crashed it into a branch.

01:08:55.880 --> 01:08:57.000
And...

01:08:57.720 --> 01:09:02.320
And now the crocodiles
are becoming quite active.

01:09:22.160 --> 01:09:25.960
Luckily, the townspeople
together with Johan

01:09:26.000 --> 01:09:28.400
recovered the drone
and I have it back.

01:09:28.440 --> 01:09:29.960
CAMERAMAN IN THE EXPEDITION

01:09:30.000 --> 01:09:32.120
I wanted
a paperweight with propellers.

01:09:32.160 --> 01:09:34.800
It was several days
in rice but it doesn\'t work.

01:09:34.880 --> 01:09:36.840
And on the crossing...

01:09:37.080 --> 01:09:41.400
the images
from the sky will be missing.

01:09:41.720 --> 01:09:43.880
Maybe for the next adventure.

01:10:27.320 --> 01:10:30.040
Indeed,
this substance is addictive.

01:10:32.080 --> 01:10:33.560
In every corner,

01:10:33.640 --> 01:10:35.920
you find remains of this red paste

01:10:35.960 --> 01:10:38.160
that people
continually spit out.

01:10:38.400 --> 01:10:41.840
It\'s consumed by 10%
of the world\'s population.

01:10:41.920 --> 01:10:44.240
Even if it causes mouth cancer.

01:11:05.080 --> 01:11:09.200
After some calls,
meetings and last minute changes,

01:11:10.440 --> 01:11:13.200
everything seems
organized so that tomorrow,

01:11:13.560 --> 01:11:15.240
Thursday November 29th,

01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:19.520
we unite Asia and Oceania
through the Bismarck Sea.

01:11:21.160 --> 01:11:23.680
Now we go back to the hotel to rest.

01:11:44.080 --> 01:11:45.360
Are you coming in?

01:11:45.440 --> 01:11:46.520
There are eight.

01:11:46.640 --> 01:11:49.200
I hope not to reach
the ninth provisioning.

01:11:49.760 --> 01:11:52.920
Because it\'ll mean
we\'re swimming for almost seven hours.

01:11:53.000 --> 01:11:57.440
We alternate drinks
of Isostar and Red Bull

01:11:58.080 --> 01:12:01.600
with some food.
Banana, chocolate, gel...

01:12:01.760 --> 01:12:05.560
Banana, condensed milk
and a couple Biodramine.

01:12:05.840 --> 01:12:08.840
One at the beginning
and another in the middle.

01:12:08.960 --> 01:12:11.120
Today is the day.

01:12:11.200 --> 01:12:13.080
The day we\'ve trained for

01:12:13.160 --> 01:12:14.720
and we\'ve planned so much,

01:12:14.720 --> 01:12:17.280
so much back
and forth, here and there

01:12:17.360 --> 01:12:19.760
with logistics, authorities...

01:12:37.240 --> 01:12:38.640
The team is coming slowly

01:12:38.920 --> 01:12:42.440
while we go over
the plan and the latest directions.

01:12:43.400 --> 01:12:45.520
I get on the Navy\'s \"Sea Rider\"

01:12:45.600 --> 01:12:48.400
to reach the agreed starting point:

01:12:48.960 --> 01:12:52.160
the middle of the sea,
avoiding more dangerous areas.

01:12:52.440 --> 01:12:55.760
I put on the neoprene for jellyfish

01:12:56.360 --> 01:12:59.560
It\'s so sunny that if I didn\'t,

01:12:59.640 --> 01:13:01.960
spending so many hours in the water...

01:13:03.440 --> 01:13:05.040
The sun would burn my back.

01:13:05.240 --> 01:13:08.240
The jellyfish are one metre deep,

01:13:08.840 --> 01:13:11.600
so I jump in
with my legs tucked in.

01:13:13.040 --> 01:13:16.240
With the fear that
anything can happen to me,

01:13:16.840 --> 01:13:20.080
I give some energetic
strokes to pick up speed.

01:13:21.520 --> 01:13:25.120
I estimate the water
will be between 25 and 30 degrees,

01:13:25.920 --> 01:13:27.720
making the challenge difficult.

01:13:30.280 --> 01:13:33.200
Earlier than planned,
I need to stop for a drink.

01:13:33.840 --> 01:13:35.360
I am getting dehydrated.

01:13:37.920 --> 01:13:38.920
I keep on.

01:13:39.640 --> 01:13:41.240
I am surrounded by ships.

01:13:41.680 --> 01:13:43.440
I think it\'s excessive.

01:13:43.720 --> 01:13:47.040
But it\'s a politically sensitive area,

01:13:47.120 --> 01:13:48.360
with armed groups.

01:13:48.840 --> 01:13:50.800
This way we are safe.

01:13:52.320 --> 01:13:53.360
I stop again.

01:13:53.920 --> 01:13:55.600
I need to recover.

01:13:56.640 --> 01:14:01.040
At this rate, I\'ll run out of what
I brought before I reach the border.

01:14:02.320 --> 01:14:03.560
But I need it.

01:14:07.880 --> 01:14:10.120
I keep swimming
with hardly any strength.

01:14:10.760 --> 01:14:12.080
I start to feel down.

01:14:12.520 --> 01:14:14.600
I don\'t know if I\'ll be successful.

01:14:16.160 --> 01:14:18.520
I\'m already at the Moratami exit

01:14:18.960 --> 01:14:21.600
and the waters
are dirtier and hotter.

01:14:22.120 --> 01:14:23.720
It\'s the most dangerous area

01:14:24.120 --> 01:14:26.720
and my mind
is sabotaging me to give up.

01:14:27.120 --> 01:14:28.720
It\'s being torture.

01:14:31.480 --> 01:14:32.480
Suddenly,

01:14:32.840 --> 01:14:36.120
the waters begin
to be slightly clearer and cooler.

01:14:36.920 --> 01:14:38.560
We are through the Moratami.

01:14:40.400 --> 01:14:41.760
You\'re nearly there!

01:14:46.520 --> 01:14:48.560
A bit more energy!

01:14:53.280 --> 01:14:55.640
Guillermo has come to swim with me.

01:14:56.840 --> 01:15:00.160
His smile and words
of encouragement renew my energy.

01:15:01.280 --> 01:15:03.040
I feel motivated again.

01:15:03.640 --> 01:15:05.240
I appreciate it, mate!

01:15:12.360 --> 01:15:15.040
Sara comes
to take over from Guille.

01:15:16.400 --> 01:15:18.960
She approaches
with her unmistakable style

01:15:19.080 --> 01:15:21.800
acquired from years spent swimming.

01:15:22.400 --> 01:15:23.440
Now, yeah!

01:15:23.600 --> 01:15:24.960
We are invincible.

01:15:29.480 --> 01:15:31.480
We finally reach the border.

01:15:32.120 --> 01:15:35.280
The ships
from Papua New Guinea take over.

01:15:35.920 --> 01:15:38.240
While the team changes boats,

01:15:38.320 --> 01:15:40.120
Sara and I continue.

01:15:40.880 --> 01:15:43.000
We only have two miles left.

01:15:48.840 --> 01:15:52.240
Stroke after stroke,
we finally reached the coast.

01:15:53.560 --> 01:15:55.240
After more than six hours

01:15:55.400 --> 01:15:58.760
and 12 miles swimming
in waters over 30 degrees

01:15:59.320 --> 01:16:00.800
we made it.

01:16:08.960 --> 01:16:12.320
- How are you, Nacho?
- I\'m very tired.

01:16:12.560 --> 01:16:14.120
The truth is...

01:16:15.120 --> 01:16:16.840
in long distance,

01:16:17.840 --> 01:16:20.080
technique isn\'t that important.

01:16:20.080 --> 01:16:21.120
It\'s your mind.

01:16:21.240 --> 01:16:24.240
There\'s a time
when your heart guides you.

01:16:24.320 --> 01:16:25.560
I\'m happy.

01:16:25.640 --> 01:16:28.840
Happy to have already
achieved the fourth crossing.

01:16:28.920 --> 01:16:31.600
It\'s been the hardest expedition

01:16:31.640 --> 01:16:33.240
of my entire life.

01:16:33.880 --> 01:16:37.280
So now I deserve,
we all deserve, a break.

01:16:37.400 --> 01:16:40.440
You ask yourself
what\'s the point of what you do.

01:16:40.720 --> 01:16:42.880
Going through
all this hard situations.

01:16:45.920 --> 01:16:49.080
Of course,
the reason why I do it,

01:16:49.160 --> 01:16:50.640
is the oceans.

01:16:50.720 --> 01:16:52.560
It\'s my tribute

01:16:52.920 --> 01:16:54.160
And it is a...

01:16:55.280 --> 01:16:57.800
a small example.
Contributing with my share

01:17:00.200 --> 01:17:03.600
to show
how strong your spirit can be.

01:17:03.680 --> 01:17:05.720
We are strong. We can do it.

01:17:07.480 --> 01:17:10.880
We can achieve
what we set our minds to

01:17:11.840 --> 01:17:13.760
or at least we try, fight for it.

01:17:14.080 --> 01:17:16.560
We say goodbye
to the chaotic Papua.

01:17:17.000 --> 01:17:19.320
Of its noise, its pollution.

01:17:19.720 --> 01:17:21.240
I am partially relieved.

01:17:21.320 --> 01:17:23.760
But also melancholic for its people.

01:17:24.360 --> 01:17:27.280
Always smiling,
friendly, generous.

01:17:28.000 --> 01:17:29.840
I\'m sad to say goodbye to Johan.

01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:34.440
He has being with us every day
without asking for anything in return.

01:17:35.240 --> 01:17:39.560
It\'s true the most generous people
is the people who has less.

01:17:40.000 --> 01:17:43.600
And I take many things
from this neglected paradise.

01:17:53.440 --> 01:17:55.160
EGYPT - TABA
JORDAN - AQABA

01:18:10.080 --> 01:18:11.080
AQABA - JORDAN

01:18:11.240 --> 01:18:14.000
It\'s been one, two or three,
I don\'t know anymore.

01:18:14.080 --> 01:18:15.400
We have reached Aqaba.

01:18:17.200 --> 01:18:18.920
This is the Gulf of Aqaba.

01:18:19.800 --> 01:18:21.040
Part of the Red Sea.

01:18:21.160 --> 01:18:22.280
That\'s Israel.

01:18:22.360 --> 01:18:25.680
The city of Eilat and
over there we see Egypt.

01:18:26.080 --> 01:18:30.360
And this section
is the fifth crossing.

01:18:30.440 --> 01:18:31.480
The end.

01:18:31.920 --> 01:18:35.560
It is 15 miles
from the Jordanian coast.

01:18:35.800 --> 01:18:38.000
From a point called Tal Abeid

01:18:38.760 --> 01:18:41.240
to the coast of Egypt,

01:18:41.760 --> 01:18:43.160
called Taba Heights.

01:18:43.680 --> 01:18:45.760
They are quite similar names.

01:18:46.080 --> 01:18:48.640
This crossing is
planned in such a way

01:18:48.720 --> 01:18:50.520
to avoid entering in waters

01:18:50.600 --> 01:18:54.480
from Israel or Saudi Arabia
to avoid complications.

01:18:54.560 --> 01:18:58.520
Talma Redzuan, Director of Tourism
of the Jordanian Government,

01:18:58.680 --> 01:19:00.840
will be receiving us and guiding us.

01:19:16.760 --> 01:19:19.840
We are
about to leave the night market,

01:19:20.160 --> 01:19:24.200
when we bump into some members
of the \"Royal Jordanian Falcons\",

01:19:24.520 --> 01:19:27.240
the Jordanian aerobatic team.

01:19:27.640 --> 01:19:30.200
They invite us to see an exhibition.

01:19:30.640 --> 01:19:32.080
We gladly accept.

01:20:02.600 --> 01:20:04.680
- Champion.
- Of the world.

01:20:09.840 --> 01:20:13.880
This plane
can reach 260 miles in fall.

01:20:14.000 --> 01:20:17.720
More than 185 miles
per hour in straight flight.

01:21:10.080 --> 01:21:14.160
There are so many ways
to enjoy our seas and oceans...

01:21:14.840 --> 01:21:17.240
When we dive into the Gulf of Aqaba

01:21:17.600 --> 01:21:19.800
we discover a fantasy world,

01:21:20.000 --> 01:21:22.800
with a sea life
that I had not even imagined.

01:21:23.240 --> 01:21:25.440
So much beauty, so much life.

01:21:26.440 --> 01:21:30.040
Perhaps the future is neither
on the Moon nor on Mars,

01:21:30.440 --> 01:21:32.560
but at the bottom of the oceans.

01:21:33.320 --> 01:21:34.360
Who knows?

01:21:36.800 --> 01:21:39.560
A clown fish appears
among the anemones.

01:21:40.680 --> 01:21:43.240
It\'s the first time
I see it in its habitat.

01:21:43.520 --> 01:21:46.600
I couldn\'t finish
the Nemo Expedition without seeing it.

01:21:47.000 --> 01:21:49.960
I guess the Red Sea
wanted to make us smile.

01:21:51.840 --> 01:21:54.800
After a fascinating day,
we return to the hotel

01:21:54.960 --> 01:21:56.680
where Talma is waiting for us.

01:21:57.600 --> 01:21:59.040
She has bad news.

01:22:00.160 --> 01:22:02.640
DIRECTOR OF TOURISM,
JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT

01:22:50.800 --> 01:22:52.200
I can\'t believe it.

01:22:53.080 --> 01:22:55.280
After months preparing everything,

01:22:55.360 --> 01:22:59.000
Egypt denies me crossing
the border and reaching its coast.

01:23:17.840 --> 01:23:20.000
I find it hard
to contain my frustration

01:23:20.120 --> 01:23:24.280
but I calm down
and accept Talma\'s proposal.

01:23:24.560 --> 01:23:26.600
I decide to continue the crossing.

01:23:26.880 --> 01:23:29.320
From the border to Jordan.

01:23:29.520 --> 01:23:32.800
Although it\'s not
what I had imagined as an end.

01:23:33.200 --> 01:23:36.520
I don\'t want to leave
with the feeling of having given up.

01:23:51.400 --> 01:23:55.360
We are right
in the border of Jordan with Egypt.

01:23:57.480 --> 01:23:58.640
We\'re going to swim

01:23:58.720 --> 01:24:01.960
from the Jordanian border with Egypt

01:24:02.400 --> 01:24:05.280
to... to Jordan.

01:24:06.480 --> 01:24:08.520
It\'s seven and a half miles

01:24:09.400 --> 01:24:12.240
and the weather looks tricky.

01:24:12.320 --> 01:24:14.400
It\'s windy. And the sea is choppy.

01:24:15.200 --> 01:24:17.040
And well, let\'s see.

01:24:17.200 --> 01:24:18.280
Initially...

01:24:18.920 --> 01:24:21.000
Yesterday was okay, let\'s see.

01:24:21.080 --> 01:24:23.880
Several swimmers
from Jordan have joined us.

01:24:23.960 --> 01:24:25.480
So, let\'s enjoy it!

01:24:30.280 --> 01:24:34.200
With the Sinai peninsula and
the Taba mountains behind us,

01:24:34.640 --> 01:24:36.360
we begin to swim.

01:24:37.360 --> 01:24:38.920
The water is not cold.

01:24:39.440 --> 01:24:40.840
We swim at a good pace.

01:24:41.080 --> 01:24:42.880
The feeling is nice.

01:24:43.800 --> 01:24:45.560
It\'s nice to swim together.

01:24:45.880 --> 01:24:48.440
And in this case,
it is also a privilege.

01:24:49.640 --> 01:24:52.680
I\'m swimming
next to the best Jordanian swimmers.

01:24:52.760 --> 01:24:54.120
Olympic swimmers.

01:24:54.880 --> 01:24:57.600
All the crossings come to my mind

01:24:57.680 --> 01:25:00.360
and the risks taken to get here.

01:25:00.680 --> 01:25:02.200
Some people love adventures

01:25:02.320 --> 01:25:04.720
for the same reason
some others love poetry.

01:25:04.800 --> 01:25:07.200
We all share
a romantic vision of life.

01:25:07.920 --> 01:25:11.040
Being alive is more
than going through the world.

01:25:15.680 --> 01:25:16.960
I\'m just a few metres

01:25:17.040 --> 01:25:20.640
from the arid
and ochre coast of Jordan.

01:25:29.720 --> 01:25:31.800
I can\'t believe it.

01:25:31.880 --> 01:25:35.160
At last that moment I\'ve dreamed of.

01:25:35.240 --> 01:25:38.360
The culmination
of a work filled with hope,

01:25:38.440 --> 01:25:40.800
commitment and teamwork.

01:25:41.320 --> 01:25:44.400
The end of the Nemo Expedition.

01:25:46.680 --> 01:25:48.560
It\'s been seven and a half miles

01:25:48.640 --> 01:25:51.400
from the border of Egypt with Jordan.

01:25:51.480 --> 01:25:55.720
We flew
with Jordanian swimmers.

01:25:56.000 --> 01:26:00.720
Sara has also swam. It felt right,
and we had great weather.

01:26:08.320 --> 01:26:10.880
We only have
a few hours left in the country

01:26:10.960 --> 01:26:14.480
and we use them
to know some of its wonders.

01:26:14.560 --> 01:26:17.720
The final touch to this adventure.

01:26:50.680 --> 01:26:52.880
On this last night in Jordan,

01:26:53.360 --> 01:26:56.080
lying under an
overwhelming starry sky

01:26:56.480 --> 01:26:59.560
the love for nature
surrounds me and I think:

01:27:01.480 --> 01:27:04.400
we must give up fossil fuel,

01:27:04.960 --> 01:27:07.360
stop overfishing,

01:27:08.160 --> 01:27:11.480
put an end
to those 8 million tons of plastic

01:27:11.480 --> 01:27:13.800
that are dumped
every year into the sea,

01:27:14.000 --> 01:27:16.080
create marine protected areas,

01:27:16.800 --> 01:27:18.840
protect, after all,

01:27:19.440 --> 01:27:22.360
the planet
we are lucky to live on.

01:27:23.760 --> 01:27:26.760
I wanted to tell
adventures and discoveries,

01:27:27.440 --> 01:27:29.440
pay homage to the ocean

01:27:29.720 --> 01:27:32.000
and invite whoever wants to hear me

01:27:32.720 --> 01:27:35.240
to protect the heart of our planet.

01:27:36.840 --> 01:27:40.080
I have swum
1,550 miles in these two years,

01:27:40.680 --> 01:27:42.720
with a million and a half strokes.

01:27:43.440 --> 01:27:45.920
This expedition is over.

01:27:46.920 --> 01:27:50.560
The purpose
of preserving our seas and oceans

01:27:51.160 --> 01:27:52.280
does not end here.

01:28:00.640 --> 01:28:04.400
IN 2016 NACHO DEAN WALKED
AROUND THE WORLD FOR 3 YEARS

01:28:04.640 --> 01:28:08.160
4 CONTINENTS
31 COUNTRIES

01:29:02.360 --> 01:29:05.640
THANKS TO MY PARENTS AND MY PARTNER SARA
FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE, SUPPORTING ME

01:29:05.640 --> 01:29:08.160
BELIEVING IN ME AND JUMPING TO SWIM
WITH ME WHEN I NEEDED IT THE MOST.