1 00:00:01,300 --> 00:00:04,100 From India's largest Newsroom. I'm Martin George. 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:06,500 And this is the times of India podcast. 3 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:23,800 Swimming in a sea in the pitch dark, where you can't even see a 4 00:00:23,808 --> 00:00:29,700 light, see any light or any land and swimming in there for 30, 40 5 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:35,000 km has this very difficult, you need those patients, it's all in 6 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,000 the mind. That's 23, year-old provide 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,900 Cooley describing what it's like to swim in the sea at night. 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,200 The Moon, by Resident became just the 22nd person in the 9 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,000 world. Complete, the ocean 7 challenge 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,500 to put it in perspective. Over 6,000 people have climbed 11 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:53,500 the Everest so far. Robots also the youngest in the 12 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:55,100 world to have performed this feed. 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,300 The only at the Indian to have completed. 14 00:00:57,300 --> 00:00:59,600 The ocean 7 challenge was Pune based swimmer. 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,700 Rohan, Marie Wen ruo, Han Marie completed the challenge in 2018 16 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:06,900 in his 30s, he was the first Asian to have ever completed the 17 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,700 Challenge from that explains the significance of being the 22nd 18 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:14,800 person to finish this challenge. If you have heard that seven 19 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,100 submit of for Mountaineers. So it's almost the same. 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,900 There are seven swimming channels which are like channels 21 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:27,300 are like swimming from point A to point B, which is about 22 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:33,000 somewhere safe, from 25 km 2, x 2, max 40, 50 kilometers. 23 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:37,600 So we have to swim that channel. It is recognized by World Open 24 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,500 Water Swimming Association Versa and no Marathon swimming 25 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:44,800 Federation msf. So So they have pinpointed a 26 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,800 seven channels all over the world. 27 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,100 Like, in Japan, Hawaii UK, I'll and Cook Strait in, which is in 28 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:55,700 New Zealand, Spain. Like that total seven of them. 29 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:59,600 The seven challenges are the English Channel, the Catalina 30 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,000 channel of California. The Molokai channel in Hawaii, 31 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:06,800 the tsugaru Strait in Japan. The north channel in Ireland, 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,300 the Strait of Gibraltar in Spain and the Cook Strait in New 33 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:12,700 Zealand. In today's episode, we're in 34 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:15,400 conversation with Probot about his achievement and the 35 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,500 challenge is he's had to face in and outside. 36 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:20,900 The water provide says he's from the Coulee Community, a 37 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:23,700 traditional community of fishermen in Maharashtra, and 38 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:26,100 says, he was always comfortable with being in water. 39 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:28,800 Even as a child from Mark, says he was singled out for 40 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,900 competitive Swimming by his coach after you went for a 15 41 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:33,900 day camp, just to learn how to swim. 42 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:40,300 As far as I remember, my put said that on the fourth or fifth 43 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,300 fifth day, of course, of 15 days. 44 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:47,600 Of course, I learn swimming very quite well, better than others. 45 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,000 So he was very impressed with my progress. 46 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:55,300 I had a choice to make because I was also good in playing hockey. 47 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,300 Then I was in the school team them. 48 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:02,800 So, I had to choose one because I couldn't do both swimming, 49 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:07,100 hockey, then, plus studies He's so I choose swimming promote 50 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:09,800 who's competing at state level swimming tournaments at the age 51 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,300 of 11. However, his coach realized, he 52 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:15,200 was clearly built for something different that's when Probot 53 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,300 made the switch to Open Water Swimming. 54 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:20,800 His first open sea. Swim was to be from alibag to 55 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,900 Mumbai. In those areas, my ancestor used 56 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:31,200 to do fishing there back then, whenever we heard that so-and-so 57 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:35,700 sperm from the them to get to a channel and then we were like, 58 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,700 why can't we try it? We are the fishermen of these 59 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:44,700 water so we know the what the and we can do this film, but 60 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:47,500 that 36 km long swim wasn't working out. 61 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,300 The 2008 Terror attacks and happened in Mumbai, and I 62 00:03:50,308 --> 00:03:52,400 thought it is just one giving him clearance. 63 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,700 For the swim. So instead he went for a reason 64 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:59,800 Kolkata where he had to swim in the river, it was 14 km long, 65 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:02,900 which provides admits. He was surprised to finish then 66 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:07,400 at the age of 13 he completed another 80 km long race in West 67 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,400 Bengal. Whenever you're swimming, it's 68 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:15,200 20% physical stunts, and 80% of mental strength, you if you are 69 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,800 mentally strong, inference from anything and anybody, that's 70 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,300 what my parents and my coach told me. 71 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,700 So, and so on now on or do something, there is started. 72 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,400 Robots is one advantage of swimming in the sea is that you 73 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,600 float more easily because of the saltwater. 74 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,800 But nearly everything else is against you, currents. 75 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,500 Take you off course, which means you're swimming for longer. 76 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,900 Winds can make the see much of our firm provides explains how 77 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:43,000 just the weather affected, one of his films. 78 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,100 That was part of the ocean 7 challenge. 79 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,000 For Hawaii wins Molokai Channel, which is amongst ocean, some 80 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,800 internet and I and it's the longest of the oceans have any 81 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,200 of those interventions Lynch. It's about output, 83 82 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,700 kilometers, but if you're 40, so, I think that took that even 83 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:06,700 took me around 17 hours and 22 minutes and I started swimming 84 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:09,400 in the evening. I still remember that. 85 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:13,600 I started my stream at 6:00 in the evening, I swam the whole 86 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,600 night and next day at Do something like that. 87 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:24,500 I finished the stone. So, this is this Nights from is 88 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:28,700 I would say, very much tough actually, because in the 89 00:05:28,700 --> 00:05:31,300 daylight, at least you can see where you're going. 90 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:34,800 There is a land in front of you and you're just chasing it down. 91 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,000 But in the night you can see anything. 92 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,200 I don't know what but that day the weather got over. 93 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,500 Custard the winds were too strong. 94 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:46,300 I mean, it felt like a thunderstorm came in. 95 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:55,900 The swimmer even like a normal wind about of saying, fifty, 96 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:58,900 fifteen, 15 miles per hour. The event is also a thunderstorm 97 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:02,900 because of the wind, the waves come up so choppy, the waves are 98 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:05,600 so choppy. It's very hard to this part too 99 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,800 soon. We had a kayaker than and 100 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,500 because of the wind that I couldn't come in, come in, come 101 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:16,300 to my pace. And he has that shark Shield, I 102 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:21,900 would to repel sharks. It's an electronic device which 103 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:26,100 emit craze in the water, but that too has a region that an 104 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:29,300 area of 5 meters. If I am out of those five 105 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:32,300 meters, then I'm totally prone to shark attacks and it was the 106 00:06:32,300 --> 00:06:35,800 nighttime mostly shark attacks of the night swimming in the 107 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,800 sea. Basically is very unpredictable. 108 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,400 I have heard some stories. I was very lucky that I've never 109 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:46,800 had such Many Summers have some the almost the whole Channel, 110 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:50,600 even in the English saddle, or anything, or any channel there, 111 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,600 one was from. And for the last five 112 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,700 kilometers, the wind and the current world changed, and it 113 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:59,600 got very bad, they had to come up like swimming for 14 hours. 114 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:05,300 15 has all 12 weeks. The trim is not ratified because 115 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,000 he couldn't complete the sun, because of the weather, whenever 116 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:14,000 we strum any channel, 50% of the scrum is a nap. and fifty 117 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,100 percent is in the weather's, and that way we are going to someone 118 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:21,000 not But this is another thing that can completely derail a 119 00:07:21,008 --> 00:07:25,200 swimmer in the sea marine life. And even among marine life, 120 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:28,500 robot says there's one particular creature, he did it 121 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:32,400 far more than others. The worst of all the marine life 122 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,400 is the jellyfish, the sting of a jellyfish. 123 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:39,900 There is a lot of types of jellyfish, like, in English 124 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:43,500 Channel. I got, I got those small purple 125 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:46,700 one jellyfish when I came out of the water after completing the 126 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:52,300 friend I was bleeding from almost every part of my body 127 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:56,400 externally, like, because the jellyfish stings made of wood 128 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,300 over my body but seems if you come to Irish Channel, which is 129 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:04,500 even It says that it is said that, it's the hardest of oceans 130 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:07,900 have been challenged because of the coldness and the jellyfish. 131 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,400 Those jellyfish. Are you? 132 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,900 Sometimes I do, those are bigger than the human body and those 133 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:18,400 jellyfish. Stings make you feel sleepy. 134 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,900 Drowsy, when I was swimming the Irish Channel, there was another 135 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,100 Hungarian swimmer. He was on another boat, and he 136 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:28,900 was also attempting the same channel on the same day. 137 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:34,600 So, After eight hours, he got so much of things that he was 138 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,200 directly shifted to ICU. From method. 139 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,400 Every time he was planning to do one of the ocean seven 140 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,000 challenges, he'd have to prepare with knowledge of all the 141 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,600 potential problems he could face before swimming. 142 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,600 The English Channel, he says he got a unique tip on how to deal 143 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,900 with potential jellyfish stings. I asked everything about the 144 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:57,500 jellyfish before the film, from the other swimmers or the people 145 00:08:57,500 --> 00:09:00,500 who is living over there in salamander Gravette. 146 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:08,000 She also helped me like how to come up with the solution for 147 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,300 such problem. So she used to make me, drink 148 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:15,700 four liters of water file. It is of water every single day 149 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,800 before the swim for two weeks before because the poison should 150 00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:25,500 come out of my Body because of that, every 10 minutes I used to 151 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:27,900 go to the washroom but because of that I would say that 152 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:31,300 somewhere I was very much safe and I could complete the event. 153 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,500 Provides is the training for Open Water. 154 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:38,000 Swimming is as intense as with any other sport, but unlike 155 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,800 other sports, it doesn't come with sponsors or glamour. 156 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,800 Promote is the recipient of the country's highest Adventure 157 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,800 award the Tenzing, Norgay National Adventure, Ward. 158 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:49,800 But even that didn't help when it came to funding is events. 159 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:52,900 He explains the toll, something like the ocean seven challenge 160 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,600 has taken on him. Training for anything. 161 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,900 I would say not only Open Water Swimming training for anything 162 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:03,200 at all. Always stay winds. 163 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:06,300 Take something extra if you want to be the best. 164 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,600 So while I was training for that, I used to train for hours 165 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,500 and hours, I have some time. I used to get very much sick 166 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:21,400 because I used to train in rain and sometimes in cold water 167 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:27,000 also, but those are just some It's a challenges which are 168 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,900 coming in my in my path. I just have to overcome those 169 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:35,300 and just keep on going forward. Taking toll on my body is 170 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:39,700 something which I can recover. But I would say they are not 171 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:44,000 much open orders from us in India and it's not a big huge 172 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,900 sport, like Cricket or any football or company in India. 173 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:52,200 So Financial challenge was a huge challenge for us and my 174 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:56,100 father used to look after that part and the struggle. 175 00:10:56,100 --> 00:11:00,500 He had, he sold our house for supporting me. 176 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:05,900 He took loans from Banks, friends, and office to support 177 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,400 my person. My things I would say my dream 178 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,600 because of his support. I could complete the channel at 179 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,500 the same point in my mother mother was there. 180 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:21,700 She used to take me to the training center at the pool. 181 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:26,500 She used to sit there with me Counting My laps recording, my 182 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:31,000 timings on all and feeding me every hour when I complete the 183 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:36,100 oceans and Molokai Channel, it was very much a horrifying like 184 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,100 I have as found for 17 hours and 22 minutes. 185 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:43,300 And then I actually didn't knew that as from so long and when I 186 00:11:43,308 --> 00:11:48,000 knew that but then first thing, I told my mom like that key. 187 00:11:48,100 --> 00:11:52,800 This will see what event we have to do next. 188 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,300 I will I'm not sure I will. Will to do. 189 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,200 But the next day early morning, I was in the water training for 190 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:05,300 my another swim eyewear. So It's all mental honestly. 191 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:10,600 Yeah you get physically tired like in 2021 album company 192 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,100 attempted the Cook Strait in New Zealand. 193 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:19,000 I got serious shoulder injury, left, shoulder injury, that's 194 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,200 why I couldn't complete the Cook Strait then or else I would have 195 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,300 completed the ocean science and engine back in 2020 itself. 196 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,000 But because of that injury I couldn't complete the channel. 197 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,700 It's like it always takes something from you. 198 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,700 It always takes something from your body. 199 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:39,200 So we'll each of us wins was a massive challenge. 200 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,600 Physically provide says, knowing what it took to get to each of 201 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,200 the ocean. Seven challenges also, motivated 202 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,300 him to give it his, all he explains how something like the 203 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:51,800 shoulder injury, New Zealand, affected him and his family. 204 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:57,300 My father used to work in be as he in the government Institute. 205 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:00,400 He was a scientific assistant each and every swimmer. 206 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:05,200 When costed me around 8 to 10 lakhs, It includes everything. 207 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,000 Canopy narayana. The flight tickets. 208 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,900 The accommodation though. Pilots Association coffees and 209 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:18,800 all it to 10. Lakhs was a huge amount for us. 210 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:24,500 And honestly, when such event goes feel like the Cook Strait 211 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:30,300 in 2020, that was a huge. I would say use laws, then, 212 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:33,300 because emotionally and mentally, it was but 213 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:37,700 financially. also, it was for us, but when we are, when we 214 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:41,800 complete this form, when we and recently, I would say in Cook 215 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,200 Strait 2023 when I completed this from somewhere, I just 216 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,000 forget all the physical mental tiredness, which I have been 217 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:55,800 through when I and Flora, Indian tricolor over there for a photo 218 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:01,800 and that moment that moment of proud and somewhere like, all 219 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,800 my, all my struggle, all my father's, Those sacrifices, I 220 00:14:05,808 --> 00:14:07,800 would say, my parents sacrifices. 221 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,400 My sacrifices, my discipline, hard work. 222 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:16,600 All got paid off in the event. A thousand of things are going 223 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:22,800 on in my mind, like nay or I guess in your IQ, Nur, like 224 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:29,800 sometimes goes through - that Houdini who get such a 20s as 225 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:35,900 funny as a child. But then I have then I got to 226 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:39,100 thinking that may have done so much of hard work. 227 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:41,500 My parents have done so much of sacrifices for me. 228 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,800 I just can't come out of the water because of the wind is 229 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,700 coming in on my face. I just can't come out of the 230 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:49,900 water because of waves are too big. 231 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:54,100 It should be a bigger reason or else I'm not coming out. 232 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,800 So he's of thinking The magma at ahead, then it was then gets me 233 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:03,000 working a lot harder because that's what is needed. 234 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,600 A small push is all. I need all I need at that time, 235 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,900 we had struggles. But as a family, I would say 236 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:16,600 when we enjoyed a lot, to be honest, I went to UK like twice 237 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,400 or Thrice, but till now, I haven't seen the famous UK can 238 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:25,400 preach or that golden or big be whatever it's called, I've never 239 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,500 Been there because of lack of funds and all we didn't have 240 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:32,400 much extra funds with us. So but we are not regretting 241 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,800 that we couldn't see that or experience that experiment we 242 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,200 have experienced something to reach other people can't. 243 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:45,500 So it's about like we enjoyed what we thought and we kept on 244 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:59,200 going with what we have. Robot admits he can't into play 245 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,200 down the physical toll, swimming, for 12 hours, or more 246 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:06,000 can take on him mentally and physically every event in the 247 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,300 ocean. 7 was draining and challenging in different ways he 248 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:11,400 says. And finally, when he did 249 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,500 complete, the ocean seven challenge this year, he explains 250 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:18,500 what that felt like. Seeing, I'm not seeing that. 251 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:25,700 I am I'm like perfectly fine every minute of this film. 252 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,300 Sometimes I am not even myself. I don't know what I'm doing. 253 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,700 Like, in Catalina channel in u.s., it was a general nature 254 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:39,500 and my father and my parents were like shoe shock, because my 255 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:42,800 eyes were closed, and I was just swimming randomly. 256 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,900 My hands were moving. My legs were moving, but my eyes 257 00:16:45,900 --> 00:16:48,400 will crochet. I will seriously slept in the 258 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,300 water. No, the kayaker beside me or had 259 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:56,200 a walkie-talkie, which was connected into the bigger boat 260 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,700 where my parents were. So my parents had that on the 261 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:07,800 walkie-talkie at night around 1:30 to 2:00, he checked twice 262 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,099 and he said that he's sleeping in the water with his arms and 263 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:15,400 legs going on. So that's this is how is it like 264 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:20,500 we just keep on going? So when such thing happens, like 265 00:17:21,099 --> 00:17:25,599 the failure which is emotionally and mentally, it's very 266 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:29,300 heartbreaking, but financially is it is even more 267 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:32,100 heartbreaking, because when your parents have supported you so 268 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:35,300 much sacrifice so much and then you wouldn't come to this woman 269 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:38,100 touch and it's really much harder to keep it when you 270 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:41,700 complete the event. There is no such feelings. 271 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:45,300 I mean, I literally cried after my ocean seventh, like, last of 272 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:48,100 the oceans on like, and Cook Strait, And I literally cried on 273 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:53,200 the beach because of the conditions I went through and us 274 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:59,200 from I got 30 mph top speed of the wind on my face coming right 275 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,400 in front of my face, it was almost over like I could see the 276 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,100 finishing point in front of me but the wind won't let me 277 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:11,500 finish. It was around say one and a half 278 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:15,300 kilometers or 2 kilometers, which is not much but it was not 279 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:19,200 ready to let me swim. So, Somehow somehow struggling, 280 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,700 struggling, struggling, and then somehow, when I finished, I 281 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:27,900 literally cried but even my parents cried on that day and 282 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:31,100 they are very happy actually that I computed ocean seven 283 00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:35,000 Championship finally. So when when I see such 284 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:41,300 happiness such like such feeling unconscious and brushing, then 285 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,600 everything just all the pain, all the sadness, all the 286 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:49,300 soreness just goes off. It's a very isolated spot that 287 00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:52,000 you're swimming on your own, your training on your own for 288 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,700 long, long periods of time, you're on your own. 289 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:57,700 What's life like for you outside of swimming? 290 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:01,100 As you said, it's isolated Sports sport. 291 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:04,900 I mean, I used to swim alone for 10 hours, 11 hours, my parents 292 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:08,700 were there on, on the winds, they used to sit outside the 293 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:12,700 pool and count my rounds and all, but I used to swim alone. 294 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,000 So it's very isolated. And I, for some people, it's 295 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,300 very boring. But I would say for me, it's 296 00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:22,500 like I am spending those tent winners swimming. 297 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:27,500 But in this 2010 to 12 hours, I'm thinking about myself, that 298 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:31,000 how will I go ahead? What should I do? 299 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,400 What can I do nowadays? People don't get such time, I 300 00:19:36,408 --> 00:19:38,400 would say to think on themselves. 301 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,800 So I am very I was really lucky. Then I haven't got much friends. 302 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:47,400 I mean, I have some good friends with me but honestly, I I didn't 303 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,000 get that much of time to spend time with some friends. 304 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,100 Go out. Chill. 305 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:57,500 Enjoy room about India. Go for a trips and all I never 306 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:01,500 called sister because I was busy in events and all working out 307 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:05,200 and all I got some of you friends, which helps me 308 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,400 understands me, whatever, and they're generally happy when I'm 309 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,500 competing in any of the same events. 310 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,600 This year has been an eventful year for Promenade. 311 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:17,800 He completed the ocean seven challenge after swimming. 312 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,000 The first of the streets in 2015. 313 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:23,200 He also completed his MBA. So what's next? 314 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:29,100 After the ocean seven challenge, I did had the question. 315 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:33,000 What's next? Because I just can't leave 316 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,800 swimming. So after all, all these Awards 317 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,800 which I got the give me spoken world record, it's not likely 318 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,100 because the movie Ocean's Eleven that the morgue I am finally 319 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:43,900 done. I have done a lot and nothing 320 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:47,900 like that. There is 70% of water in on our 321 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,500 planet. I guess more than 70 and I'm 322 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:55,700 sorry, very bad with figures, but I just have completed ocean 323 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:57,600 seven challenge. There's a lot of water waiting 324 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,200 for you. My next challenge, I would say 325 00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:04,200 that I'm going for the ice forming World Championships, 326 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:09,400 which would be in 2025. The event is planning to go for 327 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,600 involves competitive swimming in water, that's nearly freezing. 328 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:15,700 And if someone's hearing him and is inspired to take up, Open 329 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:17,900 Water swimming on long-distance swimming. 330 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,300 Probably does have a message for them. 331 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,800 I will just say, just keep on swimming. 332 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:26,600 You'll find a new Whole New World in the water when you are 333 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,800 swimming just keep on swimming. I don't know if you've seen the 334 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,900 movie Finding Dory but that and equivalent of the links retort 335 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:52,200 of that, yes, this is what I do. 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