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I couldn't wait to leave.
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I had dreamed
of a trip like this for ages.
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Four thousand kilometers by bike,
from Canada to New Mexico,
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along the spine of the Rocky Mountains.
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When I proposed to Linda
to do this bike trip...
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SILVIA GOTTARDI
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...I never thought
she would have accepted,
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because it's a very long trip.
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It's demanding and also dangerous,
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but instead we are here.
It still feels incredible to me.
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I can't wait to be in nature
riding my bike.
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We're going on an adventure by bike.
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LINDA RONZONI
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Now, thinking of covering
all those miles scares me a bit.
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The Great Divide separates
the watersheds of the Pacific Ocean
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from those of the Atlantic Ocean.
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A legendary road that inspired thousands
of adventurers and sportsmen.
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A road that challenges you, calls to you,
and I'm here to answer that call.
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TWO GIRLS CYCLING
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{\an8}FROM CANADA TO MEXICO
THROUGH THE GREAT DIVIDE
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CYCLISTS BY CHANCE
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Today we prepared our bikes,
we bought the necessary things,
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along with bear spray.
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Two bear sprays and two bells,
so we have one for each couple.
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We hope to see bears,
but from a great distance.
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No, we don't hope to.
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For me and Linda,
this trip is our honeymoon.
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We got married a month ago.
It's an unusual honeymoon.
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Little relaxation and a lot of effort.
There's also four of us.
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RAMONA LINZOLA
SIMONA PEZZANO
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Ramona and Pez will come with us
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to help us with filming and planning.
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They'll cycle too.
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Come on.
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Right now, I'm very tired.
We had a very long flight.
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I'd go down here
and camp randomly along the river.
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It's all downhill.
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-But if we are exhausted…
-When you are tired…
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One, two, three, four.
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On the sixth day, we've got the hotel.
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We have to send
supplies for six days to Whitefish.
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Two, four, six…
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13, 14, 15, 16.
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Ready, steady, go!
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When we get up in the morning,
we're astonished by this wild nature,
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I'm really happy.
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The urban area where I live
all year long is too small for me.
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I feel good when I travel.
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When I discover new spaces
and push myself beyond my limits.
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There I find myself.
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I confront myself with that part of me
that was just waiting to be awakened.
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The obstacles that I meet in my trips
are the things that make them memorable.
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Physical effort
and the fortitude of the mind
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are my guardian angels.
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Everybody always thinks
that big challenges
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and big adventures are reserved for men,
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but for endurance and tenacity,
we women are not inferior.
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Our project Cyclists By Chance
was born out of just that.
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To be somehow an example for other women
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as if to say,
"Give it a try, be adventurous, be free."
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We have decided to travel without GPS
using only maps,
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because we think
that makes the trip even more special,
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that makes the adventure an adventure.
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Travelling with maps,
it's like going back in time.
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Travelling by bike
is already anachronistic
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because you go slow, you get bored,
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so the idea to use maps
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seemed to be a natural part
of this kind of trip.
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In the first part of the trip, we'll have
to climb some of the highest peaks
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in Alberta and British Columbia…
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{\an8}…before getting to the US,
leaving Canada behind.
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The third day was very tough.
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Honestly, I was afraid
of not being able to make it.
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I'm happy Silvia is spreading
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this driving energy,
but I also want to share some of mine,
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which is a bit more reflective and slower.
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It's a question of how to balance
these two elements.
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Climbs and dirt roads
tested us from day one.
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We won some points,
but they won the rounds.
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One of the hardest things
on a trip like this
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is to keep yourself hydrated
during the day.
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And when the water bottles run out,
you take action.
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There's nothing better to use,
so we're using a stick.
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It's incredible, we've been so lucky.
We desperately searched for a campsite,
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but the place is full,
and since it's a natural park
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you can't camp freely.
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We were so disheartened,
but then we met this lady,
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who is letting us camp
in her area and she also set
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this beautiful dinner for us.
She's our savior.
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So far, we've avoided
an encounter with a grizzly,
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but we are still very afraid,
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and the campsite lady
seems to know the subject quite well.
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So, last night, all our food
was not eaten by the bear.
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Last night it rained so badly,
but luckily we were doing great
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in our tents, in our warm sleeping bags.
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But now, while packing everything up
at 7:30, it's really cold.
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A man woke us up, telling us
that in the area right behind ours,
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around 6:00, 6:30 they saw a grizzly
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walking along the direction
we are supposed to follow.
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So we've decided to go back,
and take the main road
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because we're still not ready
to meet a grizzly.
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I hope a grizzly won't attack me
while I’m brushing my teeth.
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Yes.
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So, this bear thing,
we may have taken it a bit lightly.
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In Banff it was like a game
to buy bear spray,
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the ringing bells,
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but now, everywhere we go,
everybody's telling us to be careful.
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Tonight we are camping here,
in Lower Lake Campground,
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and all this area is closed
because some grizzlies were spotted.
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We are a bit scared at this point.
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Is this stuff yours?
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So tonight you'll save us
and you'll make us eat.
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Sure.
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I'm also going to warm you up,
when it's cold and dark.
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That's a Lucullan meal.
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The chefs here have got
chickpeas with couscous and sausages.
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Thanks to Mother Barbecue Chef.
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The first part of our trip
is coming to an end.
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And it was definitely
more demanding than we thought.
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Now we ride towards the US border,
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leaving Canada behind,
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who welcomed us
in its vast and wild lands,
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with the incomparable kindness
of its dwellers.
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We're almost at the border.
We're leaving Canada to get into the US.
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We should be here.
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-Now we take the Stryker.
-Dickey Lake.
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Dickey Lake, then we go down here…
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Look at all these lakes.
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We just got to the US.
We passed through the border.
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We are in a beautiful campsite
next to a highway.
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After the amazing campsites
in the wilderness
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with bears roaming around our tents,
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here we have tramps roaming around.
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We are finally in Whitefish, Montana.
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A dream destination
at the foot of Glacier National Park.
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The perfect place to take a break.
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A nature reserve,
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within the reserve, a forest,
within the forest, a lake.
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After hours of cycling and dust,
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plunging into that water
was like being born a second time.
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The first days were really tough,
more than I expected.
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Even though we trained a lot,
when you are on the road,
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on the dirt road, everything is harder.
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We have to slowly get reacquainted
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with staying on the saddle
for so many hours.
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Eight, nine hours daily,
with heat, cold, dust,
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dirt on your face,
with staying outdoors 24 hours a day
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because we're camping.
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At home we tested the bike load.
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But now we're here, they are very heavy
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because we added food and water,
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we have three and a half liters each.
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And there are some climbs
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so demanding
that we have to get off and push.
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That is really grueling,
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but when you get at the top of a climb,
you somehow forget the effort
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and the descent is the biggest reward.
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The beauty of such a trip
is that you keep going forward.
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During this first week
there were some very hard moments
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that have already tested us.
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But the Great Divide
didn't leave us much time for adjustments
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and it immediately started out tough.
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There were times when
I was feeling really guilty…
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because I'm the one who chose this route.
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Maybe it's too long,
too hard for Linda, I don't know.
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I saw her struggling and I felt so sorry.
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I think a day of rest
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will be good for us
to recharge our batteries.
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First, you lose your sense of time.
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Then the effort and pedaling become…
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so repetitive that you enter
a hypnotic state.
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So you really lose
your sense of place and time.
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There's a full immersion in the trip.
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I also spoke with Silvia
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to understand what the point for her was.
She always tries to push,
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and she has this super competitive
attitude towards the challenge.
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But for me, enjoying the trip also means
being able to stop sometimes,
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understand what's happening,
and have an hour during which I realize…
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that I am here,
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I am going along this route,
this road, by bike.
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I really need little moments,
I need downtime.
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The effort shouldn't become
for its own sake.
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And it should still be a pleasure.
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The trip should be
an enriching experience,
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not just a challenge for its own sake.
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That doesn't make sense to me.
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I like the challenge, but it must be
an experience where I am really changing.
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We stayed at the Whitefish Bike Retreat.
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A beautiful place dedicated to cyclists,
and it is owned by a woman, Cricket.
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We have to plan.
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We're leaving tomorrow and we won't
be passing a market for three days.
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So eggs,
because the important thing is protein.
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-No, guys.
-Street tacos are good, huh?
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The hassle of bikes and camping is this.
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Every time you unpack everything,
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you have to pack it all up again.
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CYCLISTS BY CHANCE
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We just have to get here.
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E, 23,3.
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The 14… It's a nine-kilometer climb.
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Climb up until here, then descent,
then up and down, but it's doable.
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F, J…
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Let's start with the mountain.
We'll see later on.
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-You gotta break it.
-Hold on.
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-A twig stuck in the chain.
-Hold on. Pull this back.
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No.
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It could have been worse.
The chain could have broken.
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Instead, we sorted it out quickly.
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But even if the chain broke,
we would have been
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totally able to change it.
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Making mistakes.
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-Making mistakes.
-Making mistakes.
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We would have put the quick link in,
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three or four minutes
and it would have been done.
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We went in the wrong direction
twice today.
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Still, we're not using GPS,
we're using maps,
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and sometimes getting lost
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is part of the adventure.
But when you get lost, it's frustrating.
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Today I'm a bit disheartened.
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I thought it would be an epic trip,
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but instead, it seems like
an impossible trip.
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After less than ten days,
everyone is already worn-out.
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Often in the afternoon,
when fatigue takes over.
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We also fight, because it's not easy
to cope with the all the work it takes.
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It's harder to think
with your mind when you're tired.
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I forgot that the saddle
goes to your head after a while.
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I don't know how to sit anymore.
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I feel bad because this trip was my idea,
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and because often I look like a bitch
who doesn't want to stop,
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who still wants to do ten,
20 more kilometers.
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I'm afraid of falling behind schedule.
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Silvia makes me angry
because she's got all her enthusiasm,
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she's hard to contain and to steer away.
She's a sort of whirlwind.
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I feel bad about Linda
because I'm sure
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this is not the trip of her dreams,
this is the trip of my dreams.
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She's humoring me because she knows
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how big my need for adventure,
for challenge is.
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Sometimes I'm scared.
It's a concern about…
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as if the trip is more important than me.
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As if the trip,
the adventure, the challenge
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is always at the forefront of her mind.
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Also in everyday life if she doesn't have
little adventures, she dies.
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Maybe deep down, I thought this trip
was related to a much wider trip,
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that we decided to make,
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that very much represents
the two of us.
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We have seen our first bear,
but now we are petrified.
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Bear, go away! We're coming!
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Bear!
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-Make some noise.
-Bear, we're coming!
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I'd say hi, sir.
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Hi, sir.
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Cycling for kilometers and kilometers
in the Midwest,
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sooner or later you'll meet cowboys.
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But to our big surprise,
there are just cowgirls here.
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I love you
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And I apologize. I love you
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I love you
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I love you, descent!
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With all this pushing,
we're singing '80s hits.
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Not even the moon enters
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Looking further for something to do
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Down, down
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-Down, down
-Between stars and love
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Girls, we will never get
to the second place.
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This is despair.
We can't take this anymore.
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-Let's try and descend.
-You could see that it was over there.
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Let's descend.
At some point, we will meet someone.
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-Wrong way. We'll just get a ride back.
-What ride? We're here.
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-Let's descend.
-Hold on.
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Isn't this a paved road?
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If it's paved,
it will lead to a bigger paved road.
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-Yeah, right.
-Where?
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A bigger paved road will lead to Helena.
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We decided to get a pickup,
a little wagon, just for the bicycles.
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From Helena we are going to Butte.
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Yeah, that's a shame,
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because we wanted to cycle the whole time.
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But we couldn't take it anymore,
we are not heroes,
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there is no rush.
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So we are getting a lift
and cutting out almost seven kilometers,
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which we were supposed to cover
on the dangerous highway.
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There's still a long way to cycle.
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Sometimes you have to surrender.
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Right?
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It's not a surrender.
There are slightly different views.
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Today we took our bikes to the spa.
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After 800 kilometers of mud,
dust, climbs and descents,
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a nice bath, a check-up,
and some lube on the gears
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is the least we can do.
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And after the beauty treatment,
a free evening for everyone.
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Well done!
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Along with these spaces,
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with these lands
where man has settled,
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large stretches remain primitive.
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One of the most exciting things
about travelling by bike
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are the casual encounters
with other cyclists,
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explorers, sportsmen.
But also men and women
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who chose to leave,
cycling in nature,
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to rediscover themselves.
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Sometimes when you cycle,
you come across
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cyclists like you,
and the peculiar thing is that
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just for the fact of being cyclists,
there's this kind of fraternity
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that makes you
connect with each other quickly
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by telling things, your trip experiences,
the effort, the routes you took,
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with the idea that other people
have the same view of the trip,
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the same view of the bike.
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00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:53,240
Here in Montana people are very proud
of having a lot of cows.
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These are Black and Red Angus,
and we were told
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that there are even
three times more cows than people.
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There are 2,500,000 cows
and just 1,000,000 inhabitants.
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-Hey.
-Good morning.
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It's already 6:00. We're freezing.
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It's 7:15. We're leaving.
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Even if we managed to wake up earlier,
we realized that it's too cold.
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7:30 is my time limit for leaving.
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There are very few people in Montana,
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and when we leave so early in the morning
we have these prairies,
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these endless fields,
basically all to ourselves.
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Then, when you least expect it,
you end up at Montana Hollywood Studios.
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It's definitely a beautiful place.
Nobody was expecting it.
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It looked like a movie set.
We were all impressed.
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If we find a gold nugget,
we'll buy a pickup.
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You sift through the bigger pieces,
then you put them in the water.
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A gold nugget.
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It doesn't seem like right the color.
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Other peaks to climb await us,
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before crossing into Idaho
for a short stretch
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and then to Wyoming's National Parks.
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We came down from Montana's mountains
and for the first time today,
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it was a long straight ride
in these wide plains.
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When there are days like these,
there's also boredom.
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00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,960
Because boredom is part of a bike trip,
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of a slow trip,
and you've got to learn to live with it.
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Never ending road
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There are also times
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00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,920
when your mind goes blank,
you feel tired,
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00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:27,120
you cycle, concentrating on the concrete,
on the ground, on the spinning wheel.
340
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,800
For me, adventure is research,
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00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,320
it's discovering something.
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00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,560
On this trip I feel like an explorer.
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00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,520
At home, I always have to
make sure to be feminine,
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00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,800
to be like people want me to be,
same thing at my job.
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00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,520
Here, instead,
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I don't have to worry about
being judged
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or about pleasing people.
348
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,840
It's fine not to wash my hair
for three days,
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to have bruises on my legs,
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and simply concentrate on feeling,
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00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,120
of feeling this trip,
the emotions, the road running.
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00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,840
Okay. This can be opened, right?
353
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,000
-Yes!
-Yes!
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00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,480
Hurry up!
355
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,640
See you later when the rain stops.
356
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,280
-It's raining.
-We are very hungry.
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00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,520
But since it's raining, we can't eat,
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00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:40,120
so we're patiently waiting
until it stops, in hope.
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00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,800
If not, we will eat each other.
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00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,320
We're out of water.
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00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:50,000
This time we are camping,
so we'll try to take some here.
362
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:05,200
Anyway, these are fawn tracks.
363
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:24,360
I'm an impatient person.
I try to be as patient as possible,
364
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,960
but there are things
about being with four people,
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00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:28,360
four paces, four minds,
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00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,920
four different ways of living.
I get mad in the morning.
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00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,200
We take an hour and a half,
sometimes two hours to leave,
368
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,520
and this drives me crazy. I often start…
369
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:44,160
facing our daily 90, 100 kilometers
in a bit of a bad mood.
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00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:50,080
The thing is, I'm fucking sick of it.
She complains all day.
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00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:54,680
Too much uphill, too many kilometers,
too much effort.
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00:36:55,400 --> 00:37:00,640
What did she think she was doing?
The Vento? Turin-Venice?
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00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,840
Or being in the Rocky Mountains?
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00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,640
She's been planning this for months.
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00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:07,920
If she didn't want to,
she could have told me.
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00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:13,880
I argued with Silvia about the point
of going fast, being quick, getting there,
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00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,280
as usual her ideas are different
from mine.
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00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:21,360
I think that, while in the past years
it was two of us
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00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,800
and we would find more easily
a compromise between our views.
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00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:29,960
This year is a bit harder,
because she seeks allies,
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00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:31,760
who can keep up with her.
382
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,440
I try to push to have that day…
383
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,200
when I take a little bit of time to write,
384
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:45,080
to do other things, to rest or just
to have a moment of space.
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00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:49,440
I'm a very competitive person,
in life, playing basketball,
386
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,120
sometimes I'd like to grind more miles,
but instead we have to stop,
387
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:58,160
because one lags behind,
or because one needs to drink,
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00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,400
because we leave late in the morning,
because someone's hungry.
389
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,600
If I were alone,
I think I'd be much faster
390
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:08,560
because for me,
while it's true that it's not a race,
391
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,000
I like the idea
of having this incentive.
392
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:26,360
Sometimes, when we do very long climbs,
especially on dirt roads,
393
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,760
we struggle so badly.
394
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:34,160
I see my mates struggling,
I see Linda almost suffering.
395
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,760
I wonder what we are doing here,
what I am doing,
396
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:39,560
what the point of this trip is.
397
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,120
I could be on a beach
with a mojito in my hand,
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00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:47,720
relaxing like any other person
in summer.
399
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:54,440
I think I might be a bit of a masochist,
as indeed all cyclists are
400
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in the sense that
effort and fatigue is part of the sport.
401
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,640
God of climbs,
God of plains, why have you abandoned us?
402
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:09,000
When you reach the top of a pass,
I'm almost proud
403
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:13,120
to have been able to make it
with my own legs, by myself.
404
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:14,640
Then there's the descent.
405
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,480
The descent is pure joy,
406
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:23,360
freedom, a moment of happiness
you can't describe.
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00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,040
Concrete.
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00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,400
I see concrete at the end of the tunnel.
409
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:42,000
Whoever invented concrete is a genius.
More ingenious than penicillin.
410
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,840
No, hold on.
411
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:54,720
There we go.
412
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,000
Got it. Thanks.
413
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:09,560
Very tough day today.
On a dirt road this morning
414
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:11,680
from 7:00, 8:00.
415
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,920
From early in the morning.
We did many hours.
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00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,440
We then found concrete again,
417
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,120
but we weren't going to manage
to get to our goal.
418
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,960
We were desperately searching for help
419
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:28,040
and finally we managed
to get to this place
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00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,120
after finding this amazing woman
who shared this beautiful place.
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00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,080
We were really lucky.
422
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,080
I think that it might be the bicycle
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00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:46,200
that inspires the kindness of people,
because it's so tough.
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00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,040
So other people are kind to us, maybe.
425
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:53,360
If I have to guess, these guys seem
to have had an adventure like ours.
426
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:06,320
Yes.
427
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,640
There's this damn crazy descent.
428
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:15,000
I understand that they also wanted to go
where we're headed.
429
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,200
Yes, this place
is located right on the road
430
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,600
between the frenzy of life.
You think you can get to the city,
431
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,080
but then it's actually crazy, so…
They are from Manchester.
432
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,880
We're going to write something similar.
"Thank you for saving our life."
433
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:33,560
Wow, watermelon.
434
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,840
It's incredible. She's a very kind woman.
435
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,720
-She also brought us some watermelon.
-Thank God.
436
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:59,040
We asked her if she wants to be paid,
but she doesn't want anything.
437
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,360
-It's a beautiful place.
-She doesn't want to be paid.
438
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,080
We don't have anything for her,
but she said,
439
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,040
"There is you."
440
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:09,560
Yes. I love watermelon.
She hates it.
441
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,000
After few days in the Wyoming desert,
442
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,200
we are now
in a totally different environment.
443
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,600
We're in Battle Creek Valley.
444
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:05,960
We're heading towards
the high and tough mountains.
445
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,840
I expect it'll take a lot of effort
in Colorado,
446
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:11,520
but also it'll be satisfying.
447
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:14,720
I hope to gain more satisfaction
than fatigue from it. No.
448
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,040
Everyone wants to gain more fatigue
than satisfaction.
449
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,240
One of Silvia Gottardi's maxims on life.
450
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,360
First puncture after
451
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:50,360
something like 1,500 kilometers,
so I'd say that we got pretty lucky.
452
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,080
But it's always a pain.
We have to take everything apart.
453
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:57,080
Of course it was the rear wheel.
Which is more complicated.
454
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,520
Each of us has an inner tube.
455
00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:02,800
Mine is about to be sacrificed.
456
00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:07,920
We are going to check the tire as well,
I heard a weird sound before.
457
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,480
Which one didn't work?
458
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,560
-All right.
-There we go.
459
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,440
There you go.
Are we repairing or changing it?
460
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,160
There's a little pebble in here.
461
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,920
Just so it sticks, otherwise…
462
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:34,520
It's good.
463
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,240
No, it's good.
464
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,160
-Where's the valve?
-It's there.
465
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:53,440
Here it's good. There?
466
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,720
-On the small one, maybe.
-Here.
467
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,880
Fastest pit stop ever.
468
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:22,680
Wow!
469
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:30,280
Look how many snacks and things!
470
00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:34,360
How nice, we are crossing an area
471
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:39,960
with no water for 60 miles,
and here someone left
472
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:44,720
a cooler box with water and snacks.
473
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:55,800
{\an8}CYCLISTS BY CHANCE
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00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:57,680
We got a lot of people.
475
00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:00,400
Let's go.
476
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:41,480
Climbs here in Colorado
are very long,
477
00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:45,360
but maybe less demanding
than those in Montana,
478
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:50,800
but their length makes them
really hard
479
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:56,200
because at home we weren't trained
to constantly climb
480
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:00,880
for 20 or 30 kilometers,
so they are exhausting.
481
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,520
We still aren't suffering
from altitude sickness,
482
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:07,560
but we are definitely short of breath,
so it's a different pace,
483
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:11,560
a harder pace, but the environment
484
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:15,560
is really spectacular,
so it makes the effort worth it.
485
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:23,560
We cycled more than 1200 miles.
We've been on the road for nearly a month,
486
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:27,840
and I also feel stronger, more trained,
487
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:33,480
doing things I never thought I would,
climbs that I would have deemed impossible
488
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,240
but that we are doing somehow.
489
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,120
But this time, once we got up the hill
490
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:42,360
we found another mountain to climb,
an invisible one,
491
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,280
that hits your heart instead of your legs.
492
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:55,400
Linda is struggling.
493
00:47:55,520 --> 00:48:00,880
She's having a bad time
because of some news she got from Italy,
494
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:05,640
that her sister-in-law is dying.
495
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:08,640
Nobody was expecting that,
496
00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:12,240
otherwise we wouldn't have left
for such a long trip.
497
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:17,120
And I feel bad
to see her suffer, helpless.
498
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:22,320
When I texted my brother,
my nephews, and they gave me the news.
499
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:28,720
I spent a day or two in such anguish.
I'm having terrible dreams.
500
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:33,280
This thing reminds me of my mother.
501
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:36,560
It makes me feel bad
because I know what it means
502
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:38,560
when someone close…
503
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,120
dies so quickly.
504
00:48:43,240 --> 00:48:46,040
I hate to be helpless,
I'd like to help Linda.
505
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,880
Maybe we should be more afraid
not to live, than to die,
506
00:48:53,720 --> 00:48:58,360
because maybe
the big risk we all take is that,
507
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:00,600
for fear of many things,
508
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:03,480
we don't really live the life we want.
509
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:08,880
Maybe this trip is also
an escape from reality.
510
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:06,000
-Where is it? Is it there?
-Oh, it's here!
511
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:12,800
We're dead.
512
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:16,880
Take my back, rip it in tiny pieces like…
513
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:22,240
-and dump it.
-Marshall Pass, conquered.
514
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,000
I endured a lot mentally.
515
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:15,560
Today we are celebrating
exactly one month of cycling.
516
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:21,840
As a reward,
we found this beautiful, classy cabin,
517
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:26,680
and we're making
an organic Italian pasta with tuna.
518
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:30,920
We took shelter in here,
because we have been in this prairie
519
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:34,880
for hours,
and there isn't even a single tree.
520
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,400
This is the only way to escape the sun.
521
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:42,840
Outside there's a sign that
says it's shaky and dangerous.
522
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:46,720
But between a log falling on our heads
and dying from heat,
523
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:48,520
we decided that…
524
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:52,880
the best death
would be eating in the shade.
525
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:04,920
After the lunch break
at the isolated five-star lodge,
526
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,640
we start going uphill
to the highest pass of the trip,
527
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,480
but the weather
didn't promise anything good.
528
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:10,600
We're on Indiana Pass.
529
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,960
It's raining, hailing, it's fucking cold.
530
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:21,640
Two lightning bolts came down and I said,
"What are we doing?"
531
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:25,160
Descending, the road was filling up
with mud and earth.
532
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:49,160
I really had a moment of--
533
00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:53,280
Not of panic,
because that was definitely not it.
534
00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:58,520
But, fuck, I couldn't find a way.
What are we going to do? It was pouring.
535
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:09,720
The hail really hurt me.
It was so big.
536
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:15,040
We were wearing helmets,
but it was painful on skin and legs.
537
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:18,680
We tried to shelter under the bikes,
but we didn't really manage.
538
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:28,720
Once in the mine,
I thought, "I want my trip to end here."
539
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:37,080
My ears.
540
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:44,760
My hands hurt so badly.
541
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:53,200
-See?
-A little wet?
542
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:58,040
I was never caught
in so much rain and hail.
543
00:54:58,240 --> 00:55:00,160
It's insane. I'm ragged.
544
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:05,240
Now I am calling a taxi and I'll wait
for you at the end of this shit trip.
545
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:08,040
-No, honey.
-Fuck it.
546
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,200
We did it!
547
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:13,560
Shut up, I'm fucking sick of it.
548
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:15,080
That bulldozer…
549
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:18,560
could lift us and the bikes.
550
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,400
-And we go.
-And we go.
551
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:24,200
This is evidence of the rain
and the mud we've been through.
552
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:26,480
We had all this mud on ourselves too.
553
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:28,160
We've shaken it off a bit.
554
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:30,000
To the great delight
555
00:55:30,080 --> 00:55:33,040
of those who will have to clean
the mine's restrooms.
556
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:48,400
After the very high passes
of Colorado at over 3,000 meters,
557
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:51,240
we're about to descend
to the deserts of New Mexico,
558
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:52,600
the final stage of our trip.
559
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:59,920
Let's celebrate on the tracks
of the railroad.
560
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:02,920
The last pass of Colorado.
561
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:05,040
Now we go down to New Mexico!
562
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:07,480
God willing, we go to New Mexico
and tonight…
563
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,520
Tortillas! Vamos, vamos,
arriba, arriba, arriba!
564
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:23,880
We got into New Mexico,
and how do we celebrate?
565
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:26,800
-Margarita.
-Margarita.
566
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,920
It won't be like this,
but I imagine there's going to be deserts,
567
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:55,680
but instead there will still be
a lot of mountain passes, one each day.
568
00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:58,480
These last days
are going to be really tough.
569
00:56:58,560 --> 00:56:59,600
There will be no water.
570
00:56:59,720 --> 00:57:04,040
Everyone warned us
about the terrible heat of New Mexico.
571
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:30,720
Water ran out. We're meeting a guy
572
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:35,480
who is giving us some bottles.
How lucky. Really.
573
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:03,200
We got to Pie Town,
574
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:07,880
{\an8}which is well known for its pies.
Let's go eat a big slice.
575
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:09,560
Look at that.
576
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:19,280
Damn, this is really good.
577
00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:21,560
It's delicious.
578
00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:27,640
Long live Pie Town.
579
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:29,800
The town of pies.
580
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:35,600
We got to Pie Town
581
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:39,480
and we found this hostel,
this free house open to all,
582
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:42,480
which is called Toaster House,
583
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:44,400
because it's full of toasters,
584
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,760
and I don't get
why Linda doesn't want to sleep
585
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,920
in this beautiful place,
it's even free.
586
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:54,680
I'm going to pitch the tent.
I don't know about you.
587
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:59,320
We saw the room. It looks like a place
where kidnapped people are kept for months
588
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:02,440
and thrown on the mattresses,
which were stained.
589
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:07,760
Inside there's a strange guy
who looks like someone from Into The Wild.
590
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:09,640
Who ate magic mushrooms
591
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:13,400
and never recovered.
It doesn't sound so welcoming.
592
00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:03,040
We're in this crazy house,
but the atmosphere is very funny.
593
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:10,000
Tonight we are going to make
some nice spaghetti with tomato sauce,
594
01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:12,320
but since we didn't find a thing
in this place,
595
01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:15,760
we have American spaghetti
and Prego,
596
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:18,440
Italian traditional sauce.
I'm a bit scared.
597
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:22,400
-What's this drawer? No way.
-There's everything in here.
598
01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:25,480
-Here they are. A wooden spoon.
-Great.
599
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:28,920
Look what I'll find for you.
600
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:31,680
Let's fry a bit more onions.
Bring that light.
601
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:42,080
How do you say "colla"?
602
01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:13,120
Tonight it rained for hours.
603
01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:16,520
And this morning
the sky is threatening rain as well.
604
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:19,880
The sky is so grey,
the weather forecast is not the best,
605
01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:22,920
and we would have cycled three days
606
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,360
on dirt a road, in the desert,
a bit of a wilder part,
607
01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:29,400
but probably, very likely,
608
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:32,400
we will take the paved road,
609
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:36,520
because there's a lot of mud
and we don't have the right bikes.
610
01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:30,920
I'm a bit moved
because we got to Hachita.
611
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:37,360
It's around 80 kilometers
from the border with Mexico
612
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:41,600
and to the end of this adventure.
It's odd to think that tomorrow will be
613
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:48,320
the last day on our bikes
because we have been cycling for 50 days,
614
01:02:48,760 --> 01:02:52,680
and now it's a routine.
Wake up at 6:00, get on the bike,
615
01:02:52,840 --> 01:02:57,000
make sure there's food and water,
examine the map
616
01:02:57,160 --> 01:03:00,680
to reach the daily stage,
617
01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:02,440
I think I'll miss that.
618
01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:07,280
It's true, I'm tired
and I'm also happy, somehow,
619
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:09,400
to have gotten to the end of this trip.
620
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:15,600
We started, we cycled,
and 4,000 kilometers have passed.
621
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:19,080
I'm glad I tried it,
but it was too much for me
622
01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:22,320
because the sporting challenge
for me is not worth
623
01:03:22,560 --> 01:03:25,720
the pleasure of seeing living things,
of stopping.
624
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:30,480
Linda is very cynical, she often says
that she's fed up, that she's tired,
625
01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:33,720
that she can't wait to stop cycling,
but I think
626
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:36,520
that deep down
she's very happy as well.
627
01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:38,320
For me it was a lot of effort.
628
01:03:38,400 --> 01:03:41,240
Then at the end you forget that.
We are here.
629
01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:43,880
There's just the joy of having made it.
It's great.
630
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:46,480
So you only keep little pieces,
like in movies.
631
01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:49,680
You copy and paste all the cool pieces,
632
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:53,000
the times we made it. Also the effort,
633
01:03:53,080 --> 01:03:56,120
but it becomes a narration in past tense,
just like a movie.
634
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,600
Go, go!
635
01:04:52,240 --> 01:04:54,960
-It's so hot.
-Give me a kiss.
636
01:04:57,560 --> 01:04:58,520
We made it!
637
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:02,000
I don't know if we'll survive
the heat of this hour of waiting.
638
01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:05,920
But we made it.
639
01:05:06,080 --> 01:05:10,200
It's incredible to think that tomorrow…
I don't know,
640
01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:13,680
tomorrow we'll get up
and catch a bus to Phoenix airport.
641
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:15,760
It will be very weird.
642
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:20,240
This is the longest trip we've made
with the Cyclists by Chance project.
643
01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:25,880
It tested us,
sometimes also as a couple, I think.
644
01:05:26,040 --> 01:05:28,080
Done, it's over.
645
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:31,800
I still haven't fully realized it.
Maybe I have to write something
646
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:35,720
in order to fully realize it's finished.
647
01:05:35,920 --> 01:05:38,040
For 24 hours you are
648
01:05:38,160 --> 01:05:40,720
in this thing, this trip,
the effort, the dirt,
649
01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:44,920
the kilometers you have to grind,
because if not you won't get there.
650
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:47,640
It gave me a better idea
of the parts of the world
651
01:05:47,960 --> 01:05:51,040
that are not so striking,
652
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:54,920
but it is vast,
with these huge empty spaces
653
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:58,960
and these ghost towns
where people still live.
654
01:05:59,080 --> 01:06:01,200
It's something that sticks inside you.
655
01:06:01,360 --> 01:06:05,560
Especially with the bike,
because doing it with your own energy,
656
01:06:05,720 --> 01:06:07,480
it's a completely different thing.
657
01:06:07,600 --> 01:06:12,800
Somehow this feeling
of being vulnerable to the elements,
658
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:17,560
to those big trucks
that overtook us on the highway.
659
01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:20,240
Being there so tiny, alone,
660
01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:23,160
in the middle of nowhere
661
01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,320
is a nice feeling
662
01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:31,040
that I know I'll miss
and I'm sure Linda will as well.