Will Lewis
Will Lewis
William Lewis or Willie Lewis may refer to:...
absolutely cold color imagine preparing salt taste visualize
When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.
exploring full human physical
The days of exploration of Shackleton and Scott are long gone. Everything has been climbed, crossed, done. Now what we're exploring are the full boundaries of human endeavour. It's not physical - it's all in the head.
basic challenges learned lessons mean require work worked
I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.
arctic depends save
We need to save the Arctic not because of the polar bears, and not because it is the most beautiful place in the world, but because our very survival depends upon it.
challenge change climate everest facing
Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.
change climate ordinary quite
The problem with climate change is that it's quite complicated for the ordinary person to understand.
people quite second starting third time won
I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give up once, it's quite hard. If you give up a second time, it's a little bit easier. Give up a third time, it's starting to become a habit.
absolutely freaked otherwise paralyze people swims
I've been on swims where people have freaked out about sharks. You have to think about something else, otherwise it will absolutely paralyze you. I do math problems, anything.
creatures frighten great leopard near pull seals shark spots top white
Of all the creatures in the world that really frighten me - the hyena in Africa, the great white shark - leopard seals are near the top of the list. They're killers. If my team spots one, they'll pull me out of the water.
beneath bones clear graveyard looking second swim time whale whaling
On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.
children environment
I can't think of anything more important than the environment we leave to our children and our children's children.
arctic bears beauty change people polar slightly stand
I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty of the polar bears that they would care so much that they would stand up and try to make a change.
arms blood brings core freezing leave protect rushes
In the cold, all the blood rushes to your core to protect your heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and brain. When you leave the water, the blood rushes back to your arms and legs, absorbs that freezing cold, and brings it back to the heart.
environment
I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.