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Soms stellen we grenzen voor onszelf in het leven, of erger nog, we laten anderen dat doen. In veel gevallen bestaan deze grenzen alleen in ons hoofd en moeten ze worden doorbroken.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Als langeafstandszwemmer is Lewis Pugh onge\u00ebvenaard. Hij was de eerste persoon die in elke oceaan ter wereld een langeafstandszwemtocht ondernam. Hij was pionier van de eerste zwemtocht over de Noordpool, de eerste zwemtocht over de volledige lengte van het Kanaal, de hoogste zwemtocht ter wereld (op de Mount Everest) en zelfs een zwemtocht onder het Antarctische ijsplateau. Vorig jaar zwom hij de volledige lengte van de Hudson River.<\/p>\n

Het zou begrijpelijk zijn als Lewis na decennia als pionier in de sport besloot te stoppen. Maar hij gelooft dat enkele van zijn grootste zwemtochten nog voor hem liggen. Ondanks het ijskoude water en de ontmoedigende fysieke en mentale tol die de sport eist, is Lewis vastbesloten nieuwe records te blijven vestigen. Hij traint elke dag, 51 weken per jaar.<\/p>\n

Geografie kan je vormen. Lewis werd geboren in Plymouth. Gelegen in het zuidwesten van Engeland is het de poort naar de Noord-Atlantische Oceaan. De stad heeft daardoor enkele van de grootste ontdekkingsreizigers en pioniers aller tijden voortgebracht. Toen hij tien was, verhuisde de familie Pugh naar Zuid-Afrika, waar ze zich uiteindelijk vestigden in Kaapstad, de stad waar de Atlantische, Indische en Zuidelijke Oceaan samenkomen.<\/p>\n

Het was een turbulente periode voor Zuid-Afrika. Een nieuwe natie kreeg vorm terwijl Lewis zijn rechtenstudie begon aan de Universiteit van Kaapstad. Hij werd sterk be\u00efnvloed door zijn tijd daar en had het voorrecht les te krijgen van enkele van de scherpste juridische geesten van die tijd; sommigen waren de auteurs van de nieuwe Zuid-Afrikaanse grondwet. Dialoog en het vinden van gemeenschappelijke grond, nieuwe manieren om samen te werken \u2013 zelfs bij onenigheid \u2013 waren de manier waarop grote dingen werden bereikt. Lewis heeft die vaardigheden ingezet in zijn carri\u00e8re als maritiem advocaat en in zijn rol als VN-beschermheer van de Oceanen.<\/p>\n

Elke zwemtocht is een oproep aan leiders en burgers om de moed te verzamelen onze manier van doen te veranderen en onze oceanen te beschermen.<\/h4>\n

Lewis’ werk richt zich op het cre\u00ebren van beschermde zeegebieden. In 2016 hielp hij het grootste beschermde gebied ter wereld te vestigen in de Rosszee bij Antarctica. Over een periode van tien jaar heeft hij een cruciale rol gespeeld bij de bescherming van meer dan 2 miljoen vierkante kilometer kwetsbare oceaan. Om dit in perspectief te plaatsen: dat is een gebied ter grootte van West-Europa.<\/p>\n

Als spreker deelt Lewis de lessen die hij op de harde manier heeft geleerd en transformeert hij zijn ervaringen tot inzichten die iedereen kan toepassen in werk en leven. Lewis is buitengewoon overtuigend, spreekt zich uit voor wat hij belangrijk vindt en deelt verbazingwekkende verhalen over zijn prestaties als langeafstandszwemmer in enkele van de meest onbekende en intimiderende omgevingen op aarde. Hij is in staat om mensen van gedachten te doen veranderen en een wereldwijd publiek te inspireren en te vermaken. Tijdens zijn lezingen deelt Lewis de visualisatiestrategie\u00ebn, radicale tactische verschuivingen, teamwork en focus die hem in staat stellen ogenschijnlijk onmogelijke taken te volbrengen.<\/p>\n

TEDx omschreef hem als een “meesterverteller”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soms stellen we grenzen voor onszelf in het leven, of erger nog, we laten anderen dat doen. In veel gevallen bestaan deze grenzen alleen in ons hoofd en moeten ze worden doorbroken. Als langeafstandszwemmer is Lewis Pugh onge\u00ebvenaard. Hij was de eerste persoon die in elke oceaan ter wereld een langeafstandszwemtocht ondernam. 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