the first time the channel was crossed
catalina in winter was 90 years ago
before I did it in January
past
only three people had
accomplished
and when I told my team what
I want to do they said toño that you want
try these what I tell you that
when I was invited this talk I
I shared with my family all of us
we went to the German school it gives pleasure
see the chairman and
good friend eugenio castañeda with whom
I can say that I have lived all my life
we are classmates of the first grade
and 2nd of kindergarten
When he told me, we’re going to invite you
to go to school after what
bad student that I was going to leave me
return to school
imagine how excited I was
that could come this I said to my
wife looked like psychoanalyst
I will tell you, I have always said
that to me the bad cop that gave me
it was the disciplined miso discipline
always arrive on time not ordered
we left the squares when he put
the numbers underline twice
it turns out that you put the accent exactly
where I had I told him watching the
laws of what is needed to
make one of the best swimmers in the
discipline the effort the work and with
all respect to the ladies there present
doctor do not be bad is that people
he wants to hear that from you and they do not want
know something else then I got to
think I could say that a while ago
I told them I interviewed the
that today they were not talking
of something that never
given earlier and are my fears and
let me tell you that in the way of
lifetime
we all have propies and that I eat
all of you has not been the exception and
that from those trips and from a
phrase a conversation I had with my
father can achieve a path that has
brought before my whole life
was because of the astronauts of the
that later would be known as the
apolo project were burnt in
January 67 and I asked my father
because these people dare to
get on a space capsule knowing
they are going to die told me you have to
have something clear you should not be afraid
to failure to what should fear him
it’s mediocrity and that touched me
deeply throughout my life I have
I was very clear that the important thing is not
look out of the options to not
fail
you have to be afraid of failure and like
they said here I need even more if I
achievement would be the seventh person in the
world in achieving the seven seas the
first musical and last year
nothing of molokai that this crossing of the
Molokai Island to the island of Oahu Hawaii
it took me 23 hours with 18 minutes
as well as ask where the
cartoons that there were two questions
who has slept 23 hours with 18
minutes at some time in your life
the simplest is who has
gone partying 21 23 hours with 18 minutes
someone one day party say
lies
surely someone who web but good
the point if we obey what there is and
I came back to drops
I had an appointment with my
training was the northern channel in
him in the summer of last year and by
Work reasons
I stopped going to San Francisco to nothing of
nothing in san francisco once a month
for cold water
then I went to san francisco to
early July were the last
training before I went to Scotland and
I got in the water for six hours and the
water was at 15 degrees and I was moving
I said how am I going to swim
between 12 and 14 hours in the channel of
North where the water is between 12 and 14
degrees and at that time I had to
understand something very important that does not
you can have everything in life that you have
that accept that has signals
I had chosen a job during
a few months that for me was very
important that he had decided that
I had participated with my party
politician during the elections of
last year
this is a decision that led me to
realize later that it has not
allowed to train I take I wanted
more and then in these stumbles the
way of life something that I had
planned
I had to go back because I could not
do
and I went and told my coaches my
family that I was not going to be able to do and I gave
account that if he wanted to do it he had to
overcome the fear and that fear that I had
yesterday to cold water
believe me to get into 12 degrees
It is very easy to be 14 hours to 12
degrees
it’s very complicated I did not suppose
recognize that I can not say that I’m going to
do
then I set as a goal to deliver
every month from August to August
four days in California and started
vote in September in October and in
November I realized that they support me
give enough but not me
Guaranteed the same thing for six hours
generate 14
so I said how am I going to do it
how I’ll do I’ll do
catalina in January and everyone I
He said worn out because you can not because you
you put yourself at risk et cetera etcetera
etcetera since I want to tell you
Other people who have been here
before I said you have a
dream if you win there will be many
people who are going to tell you not to
it can not
you do not leave yourself is what
wants and I wanted natal
then I signed up I said I have to
do one more thing to overcome fear
to the cold although see if it really goes to
to be able to stand where I said to my wife
and my children we go on vacation to
San Francisco
again the holidays before san
francisco and then I did not go during a
week to nothing to 10 thanks
the first day I wanted to have 60 60
minutes just get 40 of those 45m
come out and you have seen these whales
that run aground that for each one for his
body side of dolphin javier wolf
marino esther accepts bath on the beach
Dead city defend it but the worst is
that day had entered an attack of
Panic tongues had never happened to me
zavallo lying on the dock and a friend
happened in Mexico but you worry
She usually tips to be miss oh no
I worry a panic attack
pointed hypothermia
you will hear what my
presentation of the sport member of the
Hall of Fame Best Swimmer in 2015
and I had to accept that I could not
only is he had to tell
someone who could not because because
needed help
to ask for help is difficult us
it costs a lot of work and then I went with
a friend of mine from the craziest things
that I
it’s called luis kuyt side one kilometer
in the north pole without bone and hygiene
months
and with my support and extend three things the
cold in the sea is never going to take off
your feet will freeze your hands
and the ears customary voice when
you feel panic in people but 3
promise yourself
that cold begins to reach your shoulders
to your chest and abdomen
it’s time to step on the 1 to 10 is to continue
training and the last day
92 minutes we were ready to
catalina we got to catalina and there was
a great expectation there was a great
expectation that I would do well and
there was also a great expectation of
that was not bad because this Mexican
wants to do the things that others do not
and then I got in you saw the
video when he raised his hand to little
goals and he threw me into the water or as he said
phillips
I had to know that it’s time to
withdraw something like he knew that
was going to end his journey
I had to know the cold of the water not
I was going to stand and finally I got myself
I felt very good you saw the waves
from the sea, but usually the sea does not operate
as I said at bay the waves always
they are there goes like the little bar for everyone
sides and finish as you finish
I had two thoughts and not emotion
because it would have finished is the fourth
time I did mention that even now
that have been presented to my gut
I still had that urge not to have him
fear
there are certain that day could have been
a debacle in my career as a swimmer
of open water and I was not afraid of
face I remembered what my
father do not fear rats
ml
the second point had to do with something
that I would like to leave especially to the
young people to what was not said here is
that I have the last 20 years
it limited education and it ‘s amazing
of my professional life as in the
education as I always find myself with
people who give me a list of
explanations of why they could not
do things spend hours or minutes
telling him why not and when
I finished catalina
I felt great satisfaction because
again I had been able to
cross a sea and I was not going to have to give
explanations because a phrase a
thought for which I want that
you say that is that success does not
needs explanation
many thanks
[Applause]
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