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“And so, you know, that's one of the things too with biking, you learn, you know, cause it was a bike trip that I was on, but it's 40% biking, 60% problem solving and adapting every day. So where am I going to eat? Where am I going to sleep? Where am I going to stop? Oh, my something went wrong with my bike. I need to fix this. Or, you know, as I got into other countries, it's like, oh, my passport ran out. Like how am I going to get a new passport? Or where am I going to get the visa for this country? Or how am I going to hold enough water to get me through this long section? So you learn pretty quick. Like obviously I'm on a bike trip, but the bike really is the vehicle for the travel. And it's just figuring stuff out and problem solving every day.”
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