After he swam the North Pole, Lewis Pugh vowed never to take another cold-water dip. Then, he heard of Mt. Everest’s Lake Imja — a body of water at an altitude of 5,300 meters, entirely created by recent glacial melting — and began a journey that would teach him a radical new way to approach both swimming and think about climate change.
(Watch Lewis Pugh talk about his swim at the North Pole)
More info: http://www.lewispugh.com/pages/default.aspx
Produced by: TED
Year: 2010
Language: English
