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just to click away the during the destination, right. size. document trees research to subscribe. now. ok. name, treat the intense passion for the arduous cross country rally rate life. people often telling me that i don't smile enough, but give me a good track. i desire to go it alone, even in the most challenging situations. when i did my 1st couple of

at least i looked at what was the 1st people in this it was easy to find. don said it was the duck and a love for the molly moto clash, where without seen support, a writer must rely on sheer grid to survive each state. basically, depending on yourself and then putting the finances into something like this, knowing that the score very well. the, i'm all, she said, i'll run it no more just for that lead. competing in cross country rodney races across the world. and most notably, i've been deducted riley into modeling order category one of the few. and instead of actually ventured into that category, it's kind of my dream, the for the more documents. so i'm going to make it through the car and see what that, what it is about. 5 am on a friday too early for most people, but not for

a she's run a the indian off road rally right athlete is all set for a morning of intense training at his off paste racing academy training ground. i see she has a simple call to compete in as many doc her rallies as he can, going at logan as a privateer without the support of a factory team. it's a hard journey that's involved putting his job in the merchant, navy, and switching professions to become a riding coach, training other riley hopefuls, but also training himself for his next love affair with the sand. sand has already picking the rail, teaching lessons and putting you in your place. it's really teacher not to take anything for granted. like, you know, you're cruising one moment and the next moment deal. if it onto face down 10. she's 1st started off road motorcycle in 2015 and was instantly hooked by the end of the following year,

pete con rallying competed in his 1st off road rally re defense the raid the himalaya and decided he'd like to see how far he could go in the sport all on his own. it's one of the fewest for to as an amateur. you can go and race against the top i can use in the midst. when i did my 1st couple of it, at least i looked at what was the 1st thing to move in this it was easy to find. don said it was the doctor. and he began attacking his goals with a single minded focus, even when he was on duty, etc. for me i, i thought it wasn't with, let's face it. and then it just became a crisis like a big this is now, i'm just, i've made my peace with it. i was a very big guy and i me see, you're going to can use as a dis wait phase. and he said ok. and he went to ship and he was back in 3 months live in cages later, just because i mean,

we started in december lose that weight for us. she. she was a huge comfort that his wife, tanya had his back no matter what. but it was the challenge he set himself rookie to dock our competitor in 5 years. that dominated his thoughts and motivated his every move from that moment on. a steely determination kicked in that would serve him well. especially in his 1st marathon events, the africa eco race in 2020. what i had in hand photo, let's say i would have thought about was that i would get something like dingey 2 weeks before that idea. and that's what happened. and i was in the hospital for 2 weeks starting from like 11th of december, i remember and then at least starting 2nd of january. so i came out of the hospital, the 27th of december. and i was clearly ordered by the doctors that i should not be going to this valley. but for a cease getting up before the event even began, simply wasn't an option. the question to really ask is if you stop no,

i think the of us know when you'll be able to live without of that decision. and i think that's, that's how so i have kind of learned to make decisions now. and that's what this port has talk to you because if i give up now, okay, that's an easy way of knowing i would feasible for, for a while. but then what about the model of the decision, instead of making recovering from illness, was just one worrying aspect. as a privateer on a shoe string budget, the motorcycle he was riding was a compromise. not a full blown riley res machine, but a k t. m for 50 x c m enduro bike with an extra fuel tank. 8 days into the riley things got tricky. i had some issues with the motorcycle and i was running a fever. so i have to stop the place where i stopped. was there to like literally middle of nowhere and because it wasn't a medical emergency,

i wasn't offered out. i have to wait for the sleep to get there. but the sleep drop only got to me the next morning. so i spent the whole night in the, in the court as a, as the sun went down, i started getting really cold, chilly, and there was a sandstone. and the other thing i have to worry about was then scorpions and snacks from the desert. because i saw a few just on sunset, i did my best to put in to you was what it was. somebody would have training, i have even from my background as a, as a marina. so yeah, i think it's an adventure i would turn in, but on my life the adventure only strengthened his resolve to compete in the car. and he began training for the events tough this category. the molly moto class, in which riders compete with the support crew. instead they have a box with spears and tools and surface to repair their motorcycles on the go, on their own. my 1st experience was that of my solution or the screen.

so i don't, because if there's a team in move together, do you have other ideas with you? so it's a very long experience in the beginning. one of the things i quickly their lives then it's probably the mistakes that's the most 1st time was in the americas. if you keep pushing yourself to go through that entire checklist every day at the expense of this, that's not a good strategy to have. because the machine will take a lot more than actually that you want to get a she's got into the rhythm of going solo though, until things unraveled on stage 5 of the rally event daughter noon. i stayed on my head. this was not a very high speed crash because i landed on my head. i think the in fact was very high. and then i tried to get up. i immediately blacked out. so consequently, you know, 10 minutes later i was and if that the injury meant that he missed 3 stages of the

rally, but was allowed to finish the events under the dog cart experience category. the general advice was okay, everything's clear about the concussion in the end, so it will show up 72 hours later as when so that i commendation wasn't like ok but be cautious. so yeah, i really enjoyed the rest of the overall it was, it was a good experience to finish that i did not the finish i was hoping for. so i was kind of sad about it. like i finished the card yet. i was kind of, i had mixed feelings because i wasn't that the actually the finishes for them. but yeah, that's something to connect and explore. she's has accepted that injuries are par for the course of both my sort of the separated 7 millimeters and 11 millimeters, both sides and your particular one of them in fractures. and you know me injuries dca. there's been a lot, like i said,

i've been lucky so far that they haven't been injured is that i have required extensive surgery or anything or put me out for like more than maybe half a year. but the real barrier he's had to leap across is the hurdle in his mind. i think the biggest mentor that is of basically betting on yourself and then putting all your finances into something like this, knowing that the score very valid for you and also as a private to you're finding the money for racing is a constant battle. and the costs of competing in the car are massive. in 2021, she's funded 90 percent of his car contain himself. things have since changed. this here looks looks the problem promising on the front. so i think it's going to be exactly the opposite. i would hazard, like 90 percent, would be sponsored and then 10 percent from my from the private tier life means a she is used to doing things on his own. he's his own nutritionist and fitness

trainer. he's his own mechanic and everything happens in his apartment or at the off road academy he founded nearby i would like to be a member of one of the best motorsport cortez, other than i can, and that's what i'm working today. you need to build that confidence with this soil and then you'll be open to the the, i don't know whether just me or like, i think it's more of the bike of yours. oh, i lost it. it's not the bike. i think it's really hard on us, but at the same time he's also knows when to call you back and he's been so supportive from the start of my journey. i wouldn't be that i am or that i want to

go without. she should like, when you use the front and that is the legend, right? so explaining with whom is animalistic, lend partner learning from him is update on the want him to achieve whatever that he wants to achieve in head, whichever way we can. and so that's the ultimate goal, it's this is a search and a god. it's does a for the 2024 card a she, she has been accepted in the motor class, not the molly mode who category. so he will have the luxury of a support team, but he's got a sense of unfinished business when it comes to the events, most punishing category and hopes for another outing. in the molly moto class, one day given the cartridge surface. so stuff kind of hard to do it, so i've always wanted to do difficulties. in the meantime, he's training in earnest for his next battle with the dealings and deserts with tanya by his side because of that old model and relax. and. busy of

course, the, or that much higher in motorsport. just think of the, the i new go with the flow, i guess, to a siege the months of hard work, the financial burden of the car and the brutality of the event are simply part of the journey. worth it in his endless quest to reach an environment in which he truly drives people from telling me that i don't have enough. but give me a good track. i'm getting i think the feeling of not just finishing but the feeling of just finishing of a really good and i found a member to sing those last exists the motion that is on the

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