Always when we walked, it was clear to me how much he loved nature, wild flowers, animals in their natural habitat and the simple pleasures of a beautiful sunset. My love for the environment did not develop out of a vacuum.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
- Born
- 1969
- Occupations
- explorer, lawyer, swimmer
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Everywhere water is under threat. It is our most precious resource. And there is no alternative to it.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn’t even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
If we pass on an unsustainable environment to our children we have failed them.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
My love for the water would always be tempered by respect for dangers that must never be underestimated.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
Never, ever did I think that there would be a debate in this arid country about which was more important – gas or water. We can survive without gas. We cannot live without water.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
Nothing excited me more than opening up the atlas and seeing places and seas, imagining what they looked like and what kind of life the people had.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
There’s nothing more chilling than swimming across open sea, where recently there used to be a solid glacier.
Lewis Gordon Pugh
You must not dither – swim like you’re running through a minefield.
Lewis Gordon Pugh