and I row across oceans.

嗨，我叫羅茲﹒沙維奇，

Four years ago, I rowed solo across the Atlantic,

我划船横渡海洋。

and since then, I've done two out of three stages

四年前，我獨自划船横越大西洋，

across the Pacific,

在那之後，我完成了三階段横渡太平洋

from San Francisco to Hawaii

的前兩個階段的航行，

and from Hawaii to Kiribati.

從舊金山到夏威夷，

And tomorrow, I'll be leaving this boat

再從夏威夷到吉里巴斯。

to fly back to Kiribati

明天我將暫別我的這艘船，

to continue with the third and final stage

飛回吉里巴斯

of my row across the Pacific.

繼續我第三個，也是最後一個階段的

Cumulatively, I will have rowed

划船橫越太平洋的航行。

over 8,000 miles,

算一算，我總共將

taken over three million oar strokes

划行8000多英里，

and spent more than 312 days alone

重覆300多萬次划船的動作，

on the ocean on a 23 foot rowboat.

獨自一人在這艘23呎長的船上

This has given me a very

度過312天。

special relationship with the ocean.

獨自划船横渡海洋使得

We have a bit of a love/hate thing going on.

我對大海產生了特殊的情感。

I feel a bit about it like I did about

我跟大海可以說是愛恨交織啊。

a very strict math teacher that I once had at school.

這感受有點像是我以前學校裡的

I didn't always like her, but I did respect her,

那一位非常嚴格的數學老師。

and she taught me a heck of a lot.

我不是一直都很喜歡她，但是我真的很尊敬她。

So today I'd like to share with you

她教會了我許多東西。

some of my ocean adventures

今天我想跟各位分享

and tell you a little bit about what they've taught me,

一些我的海上冒險故事，

and how I think we can maybe take some of those lessons

還有這些故事教會了我什麼，

and apply them to this environmental challenge

以及如何把從這些故事裡學的東西

that we face right now.

運用在我們現今所

Now, some of you might be thinking,

面臨的環境挑戰。

"Hold on a minute. She doesn't look very much like an ocean rower.

在座之中有些人可能在想，

Isn't she meant to be about this tall

「等一下，她看起來一點也不像個橫渡海洋的人。」

and about this wide

「個頭又不高，

and maybe look a bit more like these guys?"

體型又不壯，

You'll notice, they've all got something that I don't.

一點也不像這些壯漢啊?」

Well, I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm talking about the beards. (Laughter)

各位不難發現，他們有一些我所沒有的東西。

And no matter how long I've spent on the ocean,

我不曉得你們心裡想的是什麼，我是指他們的絡腮鬍。

I haven't yet managed to muster a decent beard,

不論我在海上航行多久，

and I hope that it remains that way.

我還是沒辦法留那樣好看的大鬍子。

For a long time, I didn't believe that I could have a big adventure.

我希望還是保持原狀好了。

The story that I told myself was

有段很長的時間，我一直不認為自己能夠勇於冒險犯難。

that adventurers looked like this.

我對自己說

I didn't look the part.

冒險家得長得像那樣。

I thought there were them and there were us,

看來是與我無緣了。

and I was not one of them.

我心想我們是不同類的人，

So for 11 years, I conformed.

我不是他們之中的一份子。

I did what people from my kind of background were supposed to do.

所以11年裡，我循規蹈矩。

I was working in an office in London

按部就班，做好我這類社會背景的人該做的。

as a management consultant.

當時我在倫敦的一家公司

And I think I knew from day one that it wasn't the right job for me.

擔任管理顧問。

But that kind of conditioning

打從第一天起，我很清楚這份工作根本就不適合我。

just kept me there for so many years,

但是心裡自我設限的聲音

until I reached my mid-30s and I thought,

就這樣把我綁住了這麼多年，

"You know, I'm not getting any younger.

直到三十四、五歲時我想：

I feel like I've got a purpose in this life, and I don't know what it is,

「嗯，我已經年紀不小了。」

but I'm pretty certain that management consultancy is not it.

我感受到人生中有某種有價值的東西，但不知道究竟是什麼，

So, fast forward a few years.

可是我心知肚明那不是管理顧問這份工作。

I'd gone through some changes.

幾年過去了

To try and answer that question of,

我經歷了一些轉變。

"What am I supposed to be doing with my life?"

我試著回答這個懸而未決的問題：

I sat down one day

「這一生中，我真正最想做什麼?」

and wrote two versions of my own obituary,

終於有一天我坐了下來

the one that I wanted, a life of adventure,

為我自己寫了兩份不同版本的訃文，

and the one that I was actually heading for

一份是我想要的，充滿冒險的一生，

which was a nice, normal, pleasant life,

另一份是我當時所過的生活的寫照，

but it wasn't where I wanted to be by the end of my life.

一個美好、正常、安逸的一生，

I wanted to live a life that I could be proud of.

但是我並不想要如此終老。

And I remember looking at these two versions of my obituary

我渴望過一種我可以引以為傲的生活。

and thinking, "Oh boy,

我仍記得當時看著這兩份訃文

I'm on totally the wrong track here.

心裡想著：喔!天哪!

If I carry on living as I am now,

我根本就是誤入歧途嘛！

I'm just not going to end up where I want to be

如果我繼續現在的生活，

in five years, or 10 years,

那我的夢想不論是5年還是10年後，

or at the end of my life."

甚至到我生命的終點，

I made a few changes,

是永遠不可能達成的。

let go of some loose trappings of my old life,

所以我做了一些改變，

and through a bit of a leap of logic,

放棄了一些當時生活中的身外之物，

decided to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

做了些腦力激盪，

(Laughter)

然後決定去横渡大西洋。

The Atlantic Rowing Race runs from the Canaries to Antigua,

（笑聲）

it's about 3,000 miles,

划船横渡大西洋的行程從加那利群島到安提瓜。

and it turned out to be

全程大約3000英里。

the hardest thing I had ever done.

結果這一次的航行成為

Sure, I had wanted to get outside of my comfort zone,

我做過的最艱難的事。

but what I'd sort of failed to notice was that

的確，我當時一直想要跳脫出我舒適安逸的生活，

getting out of your comfort zone is, by definition,

只是我萬萬沒想到

extremely uncomfortable.

離開舒適安逸的生活，意味著

And my timing was not great either:

極度的難過、不舒服。

2005, when I did the Atlantic,

還有我選的時機也不對。

was the year of Hurricane Katrina.

2005年我横渡大西洋時，

There were more tropical storms in the North Atlantic

正好是卡崔娜颶風肆虐的那一年。

than ever before, since records began.

當時北大西洋正遭逢有史以來

And pretty early on,

數目最多的熱帶風暴。

those storms started making their presence known.

可以說在2005年初時

All four of my oars broke

這些熱帶風暴就開始形成了。

before I reached halfway across.

在我還沒划到一半的航程時

Oars are not supposed to look like this.

我的四隻船槳就全都折斷了。

But what can you do? You're in the middle of the ocean.

船槳不應該是這副模樣。

Oars are your only means of propulsion.

但是我人在一片汪洋之中，我能怎麼辦呢?

So I just had to look around the boat

船槳是向前推進的唯一工具。

and figure out what I was going to use

我只好找遍了整艘船

to fix up these oars so that I could carry on.

看看有什麼可以用來

So I found a boat hook and my trusty duct tape

修理壞掉的船槳以繼續完成航行。

and splintered the boat hook

我終於找到了一隻船竿和強力萬用膠帶，

to the oars to reinforce it.

然後把船竿折斷

Then, when that gave out,

用來加強固定船槳。

I sawed the wheel axles off my spare rowing seat

等到船竿也折斷了，

and used those.

我又把備用划船座椅的輪軸

And then when those gave out, I cannibalized one of the broken oars.

鋸下來用。

I'd never been very good at fixing stuff

座椅輪軸又壞了，我又把一支壞掉的槳分解拆開來用。

when I was living my old life,

以前的我並不是個

but it's amazing how resourceful you can become

擅長修理東西的人。

when you're in the middle of the ocean

但是當你在汪洋大海之中

and there's only one way to get to the other side.

急中生智的應變能力真是令人驚訝，

And the oars kind of became a symbol

也唯有如此才能划向彼岸。

of just in how many ways

這些壞了的船槳

I went beyond what I thought were my limits.

也成為我超越過去

I suffered from tendinitis on my shoulders

諸多制約觀念的象徵。

and saltwater sores on my bottom.

我承受著肩膀的肌腱炎，

I really struggled psychologically,

浸泡在海水裡也使我的臀部非常疼痛。

totally overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge,

當時我的內心承受著

realizing that, if I carried on moving at two miles an hour,

難以言喻的巨大挑戰，

3,000 miles was going to

我心想，要是一小時只能划兩英里，

take me a very, very long time.

那3000英里得花上

There were so many times

很久，很久的時間。

when I thought I'd hit that limit,

好幾次我覺得

but had no choice but to just carry on

自己已經撐不下去了，

and try and figure out how I was going to get to the other side

但除了保持理智，繼續前行

without driving myself crazy.

繼續嘗試抵達大海的另一邊

And eventually after

我別無選擇。

103 days at sea,

終於在海上

I arrived in Antigua.

航行了103天以後，

I don't think I've ever felt so happy

我抵達了安提瓜。

in my entire life.

我想我一輩子從來

It was a bit like finishing a marathon

沒有那麼開心過。

and getting out of solitary confinement

那感覺像是你同時跑完了馬拉松，

and winning an Oscar all rolled into one.

成功捱過了獨自一人的閉關，

I was euphoric.

而且還贏得了奧斯卡獎一般。

And to see all the people coming out to greet me

那一刻，我欣喜若狂。

and standing along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering,

看到所有的人站在懸崖頂

I just felt like a movie star.

鼓掌歡呼，向我致意，

It was absolutely wonderful.

我覺得像個電影明星似的。

And I really learned then that, the bigger the challenge,

感覺棒透了。

the bigger the sense of achievement

在那一刻我明白了— 挑戰越艱辛，

when you get to the end of it.

當你終於抵達終點時，

So this might be a good moment to take a quick time-out

成就感也就越大。

to answer a few FAQs about ocean rowing

現在我想抽點時間來回答

that might be going through your mind.

各位可能心裡想問的

Number one that I get asked: What do you eat?

一些有關橫越大海的問題。

A few freeze-dried meals, but mostly I try and eat

我最常被問到的問題是：我都吃什麼？

much more unprocessed foods.

一些冷凍脫水食品，但我大部分盡量

So I grow my own beansprouts.

多吃些未經加工的食物。

I eat fruits and nut bars,

所以我自己種豆芽。

a lot of nuts.

我吃水果和堅果棒，

And generally arrive about 30 pounds lighter

吃很多的堅果，

at the other end.

通常在我抵達上岸時

Question number two: How do you sleep?

我大概瘦了30磅。

With my eyes shut. Ha-ha.

第二個問題是：我怎麼睡覺？

I suppose what you mean is:

閉著眼睛睡。哈哈。

What happens to the boat while I'm sleeping?

我猜各位想問的是：

Well, I plan my route so that I'm drifting

如果我睡着了，船怎麼辦？

with the winds and the currents while I'm sleeping.

嗯，我會事先計畫我的航線，當我在睡覺時，

On a good night, I think my best ever was 11 miles

我的船可以順著風向及洋流漂行。

in the right direction.

運氣好的話，我曾經順著正確的航線

Worst ever, 13 miles in the wrong direction.

漂流了11英里。

That's a bad day at the office.

最糟的時候，我曾經偏離航線13英里之遠。

What do I wear?

那是最糟糕的一天。

Mostly, a baseball cap,

我穿什麼衣服？

rowing gloves and a smile -- or a frown,

大部分的时候我會戴棒球帽，

depending on whether I went backwards overnight --

一副划船手套，還有，面带微笑或是眉頭深鎖，

and lots of sun lotion.

這要看我的船前一晚是否偏離航道。

Do I have a chase boat?

還有厚厚的一層防曬乳液。

No I don't. I'm totally self-supporting out there.

有護航船跟著我嗎？

I don't see anybody for the whole time

沒有。在海上我全靠自己一個人。

that I'm at sea, generally.

整個航海旅程中我完全

And finally: Am I crazy?

沒有和任何人見到面。

Well, I leave that one up to you to judge.

最後一個問題：我是不是瘋了？

So, how do you top rowing across the Atlantic?

這就留給各位看倌來評斷吧。

Well, naturally, you decide to row across the Pacific.

我怎樣才能超越自己横渡大西洋的記錄?

Well, I thought the Atlantic was big,

當然囉，我就決定要橫渡太平洋啦。

but the Pacific is really, really big.

以前我覺得大西洋好大喔，

I think we tend to do it a little bit of a disservice in our usual maps.

但太平洋才真的是非常，非常的大。

I don't know for sure that the Brits

我想我們觀看地圖的方式需要一些轉變。

invented this particular view of the world, but I suspect we might have done so:

不太確定是不是英國人

we are right in the middle,

發展出這樣的世界地圖觀，但我猜很有可能，

and we've cut the Pacific in half

因為英國就在這兒，就在正中央。

and flung it to the far corners of the world.

這張地圖把太平洋給切成兩半

Whereas if you look in Google Earth,

而且把它放到了兩邊去了，

this is how the Pacific looks.

如果你看看Google Earth的話，

It pretty much covers half the planet.

太平洋的全貌看起來是樣的。

You can just see a little bit of North America up here

它幾乎覆蓋了半個地球。

and a sliver of Australia down there.

在上面能够看到一點北美洲

It is really big --

下面銀色的部分是澳大利亞。

65 million square miles --

它真的是很大。

and to row in a straight line across it

有6500萬平方英里。

would be about 8,000 miles.

想要以直線橫越太平，

Unfortunately, ocean rowboats

距離大約是 8,000英里。

very rarely go in a straight line.

不幸的是，划船橫渡海洋

By the time I get to Australia,

很少是以直線行進的。

if I get to Australia,

當我抵達澳大利亞，

I will have rowed probably nine or 10,000 miles in all.

如果我順利抵達澳大利亞，

So, because nobody in their straight mind would row

我總計大概要划 9,000 到10,000英里。

straight past Hawaii without dropping in,

所有神智清楚的人在划船

I decided to cut this very big undertaking

經過夏威夷時一定會停船靠岸，

into three segments.

因此我把這一項非常艱鉅的任務

The first attempt didn't go so well.

分成三個階段。

In 2007, I did a rather involuntary capsize drill

第一次的嘗試並不順利。

three times in 24 hours.

在2007年，有一次在24小時内

A bit like being in a washing machine.

3次翻船。

Boat got a bit dinged up,

有點像掉進洗衣機裡。

so did I.

我的船受到輕微撞撞擊，

I blogged about it. Unfortunately, somebody

我也是。

with a bit of a hero complex decided that

我在部落格寫了這個故事。更慘的是，

this damsel was in distress and needed saving.

某個有英雄情節的人認為

The first I knew about this was when the Coast Guard plane turned up overhead.

這個遭遇船難的落難女子需要被拯救。

I tried to tell them to go away.

當海岸巡邏隊的飛機在我頭頂盤旋時我才知道有人報警了。

We had a bit of a battle of wills.

我試著請他們離開。

I lost and got airlifted.

我們僵持了一陣子。

Awful, really awful.

最後我沒輒了，只好搭上飛機。

It was one of the worst feelings of my life,

真是糟糕透頂了。

as I was lifted up on that winch line into the helicopter

那是我一生中最糟最糟的感覺之一。

and looked down at my trusty little boat

直昇機的吊掛繩套把我吊起來，

rolling around in the 20 foot waves

我往下看著我的小船

and wondering if I would ever see her again.

在20呎高的大浪裡載浮載沉時

So I had to launch a very expensive

心裡想著不知道還能不能再見到它。

salvage operation

之後我不得不展開一次所費不貲的

and then wait another nine months

打撈作業，

before I could get back out onto the ocean again.

然後又等了漫長的九個月

But what do you do?

才能回到大海繼續横渡太平洋。

Fall down nine times, get up 10.

能怎麼辦呢?

So, the following year, I set out

只有屢仆屢起。

and, fortunately, this time made it safely across to Hawaii.

第二年，我再度出航

But it was not without misadventure.

這一次我幸運的順利抵達夏威夷。

My watermaker broke,

但也不是完全一帆風順。

only the most important piece of kit that I have on the boat.

我的造水機故障了，

Powered by my solar panels,

這是我船上最重要的裝備。

it sucks in saltwater

它是靠太陽能板供給電力，

and turns it into freshwater.

將吸入的海水

But it doesn't react very well to being immersed in ocean,

轉變成淡水。

which is what happened to it.

泡在海水裡它就無法正常運作，

Fortunately, help was at hand.

這就是問題所在。

There was another unusual boat out there

很幸運的是，救兵及時出現了。

at the same time, doing as I was doing,

正好有一艘很特別的船從我旁邊經過

bringing awareness to the North Pacific Garbage Patch,

他們正在做和我一樣的事情，

that area in the North Pacific about twice the size of Texas,