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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.83,0:00:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the oasis
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.41,0:00:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of intelligentsia that is TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.92,0:00:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stand here before you this evening
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.28,0:00:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an expert in dragging heavy stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.63,0:00:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around cold places.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.16,0:00:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been leading polar expeditions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.72,0:00:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for most of my adult life, and last month,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.32,0:00:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my teammate Tarka L’Herpiniere and I
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.85,0:00:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finished the most ambitious expedition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.80,0:00:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've ever attempted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.14,0:00:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it feels like I've been
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.79,0:00:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transported straight here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.48,0:00:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from four months in the middle of nowhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.81,0:00:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly grunting and swearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.59,0:00:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight to the TED stage,\Nso you can imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.10,0:00:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a transition that hasn't been
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.36,0:00:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entirely seamless.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.60,0:00:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the interesting side effects
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.86,0:00:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems to be that my short-term\Nmemory is entirely shot,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.27,0:00:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I've had to write some notes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.66,0:00:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid too much grunting
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.38,0:00:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and swearing in the next 17 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.70,0:00:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first talk I've given\Nabout this expedition,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.21,0:00:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while we weren't sequencing genomes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.32,0:01:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or building space telescopes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.69,0:01:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a story about giving
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.73,0:01:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything we had to achieve something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.27,0:01:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hadn't been done before,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.75,0:01:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I hope in that you might find some food
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.35,0:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.54,0:01:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.28,0:01:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an expedition in Antarctica,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.04,0:01:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the coldest, windiest, driest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.01,0:01:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and highest altitude continent on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.92,0:01:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a fascinating place.\NIt's a huge place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.77,0:01:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's twice the size of Australia,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.12,0:01:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a continent that is the same size
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.79,0:01:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as China and India put together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.46,0:01:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an aside, I have experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.76,0:01:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an interesting phenomenon\Nin the last few days,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.15,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I expect Chris Hadfield
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may get at TED in a few years' time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.10,0:01:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conversations that go something like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, Antarctica. Awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.77,0:01:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My husband and I did Antarctica
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.48,0:01:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Lindblad for our anniversary."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.60,0:01:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, "Oh cool, did you go there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.08,0:01:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the marathon?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.94,0:01:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.44,0:01:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our journey was, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.44,0:01:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,69 marathons back to back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.48,0:02:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 105 days, an 1,800 mile round trip
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.39,0:02:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on foot from the coast of Antarctica
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.48,0:02:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the South Pole and back again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.59,0:02:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the process, we broke the record
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.49,0:02:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the longest human-powered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.46,0:02:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,polar journey in history\Nby more than 400 miles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.09,0:02:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.50,0:02:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you from the Bay area,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.91,0:02:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the same as walking from here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.98,0:02:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.02,0:02:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then turning around\Nand walking back again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.02,0:02:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as camping trips go,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.53,0:02:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a long one,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.78,0:02:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one I've seen summarized
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.91,0:02:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most succinctly here\Non the hallowed pages
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.19,0:02:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Business Insider Malaysia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.98,0:02:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Two Explorers Just Completed\NA Polar Expedition That Killed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.07,0:02:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone The Last Time It was Attempted]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.25,0:02:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Hadfield talked so eloquently
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.92,0:02:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about fear and about the odds of success
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.68,0:02:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indeed the odds of survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.49,0:02:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of the nine people in history that had
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.25,0:02:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attempted this journey before us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.02,0:03:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none had made it to the pole and back,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.71,0:03:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and five had died in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.59,0:03:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.24,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He led the last team\Nto attempt this expedition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.00,0:03:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scott and his rival Sir Ernest Shackleton
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.44,0:03:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the space of a decade
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.15,0:03:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both led expeditions battling to become
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.17,0:03:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first to reach the South Pole,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.43,0:03:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to chart and map\Nthe interior of Antarctica,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.96,0:03:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place we knew less about at the time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.58,0:03:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the surface of the moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.48,0:03:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we could see\Nthe moon through telescopes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.83,0:03:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Antarctica was, for the most part,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.73,0:03:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a century ago, uncharted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.96,0:03:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you may know the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.56,0:03:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scott's last expedition,\Nthe Terra Nova Expedition,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.75,0:03:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1910, started as a giant\Nsiege-style approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.02,0:03:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had a big team using ponies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.25,0:03:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using dogs, using petrol-driven tractors,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.90,0:03:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dropping pre-positioned\Ndepots of food and fuel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.92,0:03:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through which Scott's final team of five
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.73,0:03:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would travel to the five\Nwould travel to the pole,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.65,0:03:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they would turn around and ski back
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.84,0:03:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the coast again on foot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.42,0:03:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scott and his final team of five
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.60,0:03:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arrived at the South Pole
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.80,0:04:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in January 1912
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.34,0:04:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find they had been beaten to it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.98,0:04:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.26,0:04:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who rode on dogsled.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.91,0:04:09.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scott's team ended up on foot,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.100,0:04:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for more than a century
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.92,0:04:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this journey has remained unfinished.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.66,0:04:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scott's team of five died
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.29,0:04:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the return journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.82,0:04:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the last decade,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.63,0:04:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been asking myself why that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.95,0:04:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How come this has\Nremained the high water mark?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.58,0:04:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scott's team covered 1,600 miles on foot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.60,0:04:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one's come close to that ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.34,0:04:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the high water mark
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.17,0:04:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human endurance, human endeavor,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.59,0:04:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human athletic achievement
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.14,0:04:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in arguably the harshest climate on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.51,0:04:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was as if the marathon record
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.02,0:04:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has remained unbroken since 1912.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.04,0:04:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course some strange
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.94,0:04:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and predictable combination of curiosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.14,0:04:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stubbornness, and probably hubris,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.10,0:04:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led me to thinking I might be the man
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.54,0:04:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and finish the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.18,0:04:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike Scott's expedition,\Nthere were just two of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.01,0:05:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we set off from\Nthe coast of Antarctica
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.13,0:05:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in October last year
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.45,0:05:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dragging everything ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.21,0:05:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a process Scott called "man-hauling."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.81,0:05:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say it was like walking
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.04,0:05:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from here to San Francisco and back,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.30,0:05:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually mean it was like dragging
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.83,0:05:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that ways a shade more
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.59,0:05:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the heaviest ever NFL player.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.64,0:05:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our sledges weighed 200 kilos,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.68,0:05:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 440 pounds each at the start,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.75,0:05:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same weights that the weakest
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.51,0:05:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Scott's ponies pulled.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.02,0:05:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on, we averaged 0.5 miles per hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.43,0:05:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps the reason no one\Nhad attempted this journey
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.29,0:05:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until now, for more than a century,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.14,0:05:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that no one had been quite
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.12,0:05:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stupid enough to try.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.42,0:05:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I can't claim we were
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.09,0:05:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploring in the genuine\NEdwardian sense of the word
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.45,0:05:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— we weren't naming any mountains\Nor mapping any uncharted valleys —
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.19,0:05:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we were stepping
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.14,0:05:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into uncharted territory in a human sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.67,0:05:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly, if in the future we learn
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.25,0:05:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is an area of the human brain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.95,0:05:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lights up when one curses oneself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.78,0:06:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.22,0:06:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've heard that the average American
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.82,0:06:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spends 90 percent of their time indoors.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.81,0:06:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't go indoors\Nfor nearly four months.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.41,0:06:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't see a sunset either.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.60,0:06:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was 24-hour daylight.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.15,0:06:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living conditions were quite spartan.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.57,0:06:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I changed my underwear three times
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.89,0:06:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 105 days,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.46,0:06:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Tarka and I shared 30 square feet
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.81,0:06:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the canvas,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.55,0:06:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though we did have some technology
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.71,0:06:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Scott could never have imagined,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.85,0:06:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we blogged live\Nevery evening from the tent
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.96,0:06:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via a laptop
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.66,0:06:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a custom-made satellite transmitter,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.60,0:06:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of which were solar-powered:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.12,0:06:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had a flexible
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.25,0:06:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photovoltaic panel over the tent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.04,0:06:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the writing was important to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.43,0:06:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a kid, I was inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.82,0:06:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the literature of adventure
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.26,0:06:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and exploration, and I think
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.16,0:06:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've all seen here this week
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.02,0:06:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the importance and the power
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.20,0:06:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.60,0:06:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we had some 21st-century gear,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.08,0:06:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the reality is that\Nthe challenges that Scott faced
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.87,0:07:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the same that way faced:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.86,0:07:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those of the weather
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.65,0:07:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of what Scott called glide,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.60,0:07:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the amount of friction
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.67,0:07:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the sledges and the snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.95,0:07:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lowest wind chill we experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.20,0:07:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in the minus-70s,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.80,0:07:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had zero visibility,\Nwhat's called white-out,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.38,0:07:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for much of our journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.93,0:07:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We traveled up and down one of the largest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.74,0:07:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most dangerous glaciers\Nin the world, the Beardmore glacier.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.44,0:07:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 110 miles long: most of its surface
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.31,0:07:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what's called blue ice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.73,0:07:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see it's a beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.38,0:07:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shimmering, steel-hard blue surface
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.07,0:07:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covered with thousands and thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.47,0:07:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of crevasses, these deep cracks
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.62,0:07:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the glacial ice, up to 200 feet deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.04,0:07:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Planes can't land here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.32,0:07:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we were at the most risk,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.78,0:07:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technically when we had\Nthe slimmest chance
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.40,0:07:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being rescued.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.40,0:07:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got to the South Pole
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.97,0:07:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after 61 days on foot,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.50,0:07:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with one day off for bad weather,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.80,0:07:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sad to say, it was\Nsomething of an anticlimax.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.52,0:07:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a permanent American base,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.73,0:08:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.30,0:08:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the South Pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.49,0:08:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have an airstrip,\Nthey have a canteen,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.12,0:08:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have hot showers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.66,0:08:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have a post office, a tourist shop,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.35,0:08:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a basketball court
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.07,0:08:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doubles as a movie theater.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.70,0:08:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a bit different these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.51,0:08:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are also acres of junk.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.92,0:08:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's a marvelous thing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.29,0:08:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humans can exist
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.27,0:08:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,365 days of the year
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.59,0:08:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with hamburgers and hot showers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.58,0:08:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and movie theaters,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.23,0:08:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it does seem to produce\Na lot of empty cardboard boxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.09,0:08:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see on the left this photograph,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.83,0:08:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several square acres of junk
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.38,0:08:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting to be flown out\Nfrom the South Pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.29,0:08:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is also a pole at the South Pole
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.91,0:08:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got there on foot, unassisted,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.48,0:08:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unsupported, by the hardest route,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.97,0:08:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,900 miles in record time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.32,0:08:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dragging more weight\Nthan anyone in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.68,0:08:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we'd stopped there and flown home,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.33,0:08:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would have been\Nthe eminently sensible thing to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.47,0:08:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then my talk would end here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.35,0:08:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would end something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.32,0:09:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have the right team around you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.15,0:09:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right tools, the right technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.59,0:09:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you have enough self-belief
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.26,0:09:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enough determination,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.07,0:09:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anything is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.23,0:09:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then we turned around,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.41,0:09:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is where things get interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.29,0:09:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High on the Antarctic plateau,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.84,0:09:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 10,000 feet, it's very windy,\Nvery cold, very dry, we were exhausted.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.16,0:09:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd covered 35 marathons,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.11,0:09:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were only halfway,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.74,0:09:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had a safety net, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.48,0:09:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ski planes and satellite phones
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.45,0:09:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live, 24-hour tracking beacons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.42,0:09:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't exist for Scott,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.52,0:09:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in hindsight,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.26,0:09:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than making our lives easier,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.32,0:09:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the safety net actually allowed us
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.48,0:09:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cut things very fine indeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.34,0:09:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sail very close to our absolute limits
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.91,0:09:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as human beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.28,0:09:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is an exquisite form of torture
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.70,0:09:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exhaust yourself to the point\Nof starvation day after day
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.41,0:09:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while dragging a sledge
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.95,0:10:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of food.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.69,0:10:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, I'd been writing glib lines\Nin sponsorship proposals
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.77,0:10:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about pushing the limits\Nof human endurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.95,0:10:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in reality, that was\Na very frightening place
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.76,0:10:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.81,0:10:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had, before we'd got to the Pole,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.52,0:10:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two weeks of almost permanent\Nheadwind, which slowed us down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.66,0:10:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, we'd had several days\Nof eating half rations.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.47,0:10:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a finite amount of food\Nin the sledges to make this journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.28,0:10:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we were trying to string that out
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.88,0:10:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by reducing our intake to half
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.06,0:10:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the calories we should be eating.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.18,0:10:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, we both became\Nincreasingly hypoglycemic:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.68,0:10:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had low blood\Nsugar levels day after day
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.24,0:10:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and increasingly susceptible
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.67,0:10:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the extreme cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.41,0:10:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tarka took this photo of me one evening
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.46,0:10:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after I'd nearly passed out\Nwith hypothermia.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.48,0:10:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We both had repeated bouts of hypothermia,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.56,0:10:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I hadn't experienced before,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.08,0:10:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was very humbling indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.75,0:10:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As much as you might\Nlike to think, as I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.55,0:10:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're the kind\Nof person who doesn't quit,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.83,0:10:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you'll go down swinging,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.66,0:11:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hypothermia doesn't leave you much choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.92,0:11:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become utterly incapacitated.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.73,0:11:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like being a drunk toddler.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.91,0:11:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become pathetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.88,0:11:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember just wanting\Nto lie down and quit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.27,0:11:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a peculiar, peculiar feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.17,0:11:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a real surprise to me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.17,0:11:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be debilitated to that degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.72,0:11:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we ran out of food completely,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.06,0:11:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,46 miles short of the first of the depots
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.80,0:11:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'd laid on our outward journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.57,0:11:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd laid 10 depots of food,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.96,0:11:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally burying food and fuel,\Nfor our return journey
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.61,0:11:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— the food was for a cooker so you\Ncould melt snow to get water —
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.25,0:11:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was forced to make the decision
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.48,0:11:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call for a resupply flight,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.36,0:11:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ski plane carrying eight days of food
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.29,0:11:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tide us over that gap.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.19,0:11:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took 12 hours to reach us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.70,0:11:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the other side of Antarctica.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.81,0:11:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calling for that plane
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.72,0:11:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was one of the toughest\Ndecisions of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.46,0:11:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I sound like a bit of a fraud\Nstanding here now with a sort of belly.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.17,0:12:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've put on 30 pounds\Nin the last three weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.70,0:12:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being that hungry has left\Nan interesting mental scar,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.63,0:12:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is that I've been hoovering up
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.70,0:12:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every hotel buffet that I can find.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.15,0:12:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we were genuinely quite hungry,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.94,0:12:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in quite a bad way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.96,0:12:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't regret calling\Nfor that plane for a second,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.91,0:12:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm still standing here
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.16,0:12:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive with all digits\Nintact telling this story,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.25,0:12:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but getting external assistance like that\Nwas never part of the plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.71,0:12:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's something my ego\Nis still struggling with.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.91,0:12:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the biggest dream I've ever had,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.96,0:12:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was so nearly perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.58,0:12:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the way back down to the coast,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.46,0:12:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our crampons — they're the spikes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.27,0:12:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our boots that we have for traveling\Nover this blue ice on the glacier —
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.12,0:12:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broke on the top of the Beardmore.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.75,0:12:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still had 100 miles to go downhill
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.44,0:12:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on very slippery rock-hard blue ice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.42,0:12:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They needed repairing almost every hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.81,0:12:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To give you an idea of scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.76,0:12:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is looking down towards the mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.66,0:12:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Beardmore Glacier.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.06,0:12:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could fit the entirety of Manhattan
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.75,0:13:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the gap on the horizon.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.38,0:13:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's 20 miles between\NMt. Hope and Mt. Kiffin.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.98,0:13:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never felt as small
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.06,0:13:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I did in Antarctica.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.06,0:13:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we got down\Nto the mouth of the glacier,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.82,0:13:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found fresh snow had obscured
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.24,0:13:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dozens of deep crevasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.63,0:13:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of Shackleton's men described
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.30,0:13:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crossing this sort of terrain as like
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.95,0:13:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking over the glass roof
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.48,0:13:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a railway station.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.66,0:13:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We fell through more times\Nthan I can remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.29,0:13:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually just putting a ski\Nor a boot through the snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.98,0:13:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Occasionally we went in
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.28,0:13:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way up to our armpits,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.60,0:13:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but thankfully never deeper than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.16,0:13:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And less than five weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.76,0:13:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after 105 days, we crossed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.31,0:13:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this oddly inauspicious finish line,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.91,0:13:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the coast of Ross Island on the\NNew Zealand coast of Antarctica.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.81,0:13:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the ice in the foreground
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.83,0:13:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sort of rubbly rock behind that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.88,0:13:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behind us lay an unbroken ski trail
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.76,0:13:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of nearly 1,800 miles.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.57,0:13:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We made the longest ever\Npolar journey on foot,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.08,0:14:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I've been dreaming of doing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.03,0:14:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a decade.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.26,0:14:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking back,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.46,0:14:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still stand by all the things
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.88,0:14:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been saying for years
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.34,0:14:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the importance of goals
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.64,0:14:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and determination and self-belief,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.33,0:14:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll also believe that I haven't given
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.12,0:14:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much thought to what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.81,0:14:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you reach the all-consuming goal
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.43,0:14:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you've dedicated most\Nof your adult life too,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.24,0:14:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reality is that I'm still figuring
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.05,0:14:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bit out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.63,0:14:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said, there are very few\Nsuperficial signs that I've been away.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.46,0:14:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've put on 30 pounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.76,0:14:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got some very faint
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.16,0:14:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— they're probably covered\Nin makeup now — frostbite scars.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.50,0:14:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got one on my nose,\None on each cheek,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.89,0:14:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from where the goggles are,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.33,0:14:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but inside I am a very
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.61,0:14:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different person indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.12,0:14:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I'm honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.92,0:14:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Antarctica challenged me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.39,0:14:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and humbled me so deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.01,0:14:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm not sure I'll ever be able
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.47,0:14:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put it into words.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.03,0:15:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still struggling to piece\Ntogether my thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.60,0:15:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I'm standing here telling this story
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.25,0:15:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is proof that we all
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.64,0:15:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can accomplish great things,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.36,0:15:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through ambition, through passion,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.26,0:15:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through sheer stubbornness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.58,0:15:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by refusing to quit,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.35,0:15:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you dream something hard enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.83,0:15:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Sting said,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.97,0:15:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it does indeed come to pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.38,0:15:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm also standing here saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.52,0:15:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what, that cliche
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.05,0:15:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the journey being more important
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.65,0:15:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the destination?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.67,0:15:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.99,0:15:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The closer I got to my finish line,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.22,0:15:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rubbly, rocky coast of Ross Island,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.38,0:15:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more I started to realize
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.63,0:15:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the biggest lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.40,0:15:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this very long, very hard walk
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.74,0:15:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be teaching me
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.76,0:15:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.29,0:15:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not a finish line,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.75,0:15:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that for us humans,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.19,0:15:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfection that so many of us
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.40,0:15:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to dream of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.79,0:16:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might not ever be truly attainable,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.74,0:16:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that if we can't feel content
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.67,0:16:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, today, now, on our journeys
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.03,0:16:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amidst the mess and the striving
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.68,0:16:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all inhabit, the open loops,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.53,0:16:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the half-finished to-do lists,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.20,0:16:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the could-do-better-next-times,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.11,0:16:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we might never feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.06,0:16:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people have asked me, what next?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.63,0:16:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, I am very happy just recovering
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.30,0:16:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in front of hotel buffets,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.60,0:16:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as Bob Hope put it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.61,0:16:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel very humble,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.68,0:16:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think I have the strength\Nof character to fight it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.35,0:16:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.30,0:16:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)