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Speaker 1: The Rescue Warriors are cycling the lengths of the country

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Speaker 1: three thousand kilometers in support of the rescue Helicopter Service.

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Speaker 1: Duncan Bar is one of them. Hello morning late, you've

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Speaker 1: made your way to the South Island. Where do we

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Speaker 1: find you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we made it ross yesterday, so you were getting

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Speaker 2: your way down south. We bike down through the West

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Speaker 2: Coast Wilderness Trail yesterday. A bit of a chilli start.

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Speaker 2: A beautiful ride down through there track to make different

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Speaker 2: down there, everything.

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Speaker 1: Would have been stunning. Was there something in particular that

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Speaker 1: stood out for you? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Look the whole track, it's just so well maintained and

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Speaker 2: just lovely and through the bush and you know, it's magnificent.

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Speaker 2: But been in a few days ago when we came

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Speaker 2: over among a Tepu saddle. That was I mean that

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Speaker 2: was a bit.

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Speaker 1: Nari as and weather was because we had some absolute

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Speaker 1: crud through Sunday and yesterday. Did you copy any of that?

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Speaker 2: No, no good, We've been lucky.

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Speaker 1: Oh so why was the saddle challenging?

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Speaker 2: Ah, it's just so just pretty well straight up and

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Speaker 2: down and crumbly stuff. And yeah, there's well put us.

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Speaker 2: I walked walked more down than I walked up it

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Speaker 2: was now she was pretty naily up there.

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Speaker 1: So cup and behind and it's on an e bike.

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Speaker 2: Yeah I know, I know. I can't even think what

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Speaker 2: these crazies or normal bikes are doing on So yeah,

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Speaker 2: now that's interesting to do it. But ye now she's

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Speaker 2: a tough that one.

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Speaker 1: So how come you do on the West Coast and

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Speaker 1: not the east? How can we don't get to see

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Speaker 1: you here?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, it's a bit of a bit of

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Speaker 2: a pain. It's it's the way the trails he made

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Speaker 2: that year by the Kenneth Brothers have sort of going

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Speaker 2: down through all the mountain bike trails through the country,

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Speaker 2: and it was going down the West Coast Wilderness Trail

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Speaker 2: and from here we could of go down the road

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Speaker 2: to the down to Heart and yeah, how we want

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Speaker 2: to Queenstown.

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Speaker 1: So you're about halfway down the South Island. We've crossed

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Speaker 1: into the third week. Now is the expectation that you're

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Speaker 1: going to polish this off within the space of a month?

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Speaker 2: Year? Next next Sunday is as the as how we're

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Speaker 2: flod So we're on the countdown there. Yeah, so they're

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Speaker 2: starting to play with the minder. We've but of yeah,

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Speaker 2: we can see the finish line.

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Speaker 1: Now does it? Does it help motivate you or is

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Speaker 1: it a bit tiring? Like oh criky? You know, but

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Speaker 1: like you know, when you're working, you get to Thursday

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Speaker 1: and you think, well, I'm almost there, but still a

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Speaker 1: bit to go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a bit of both. See, it's sort of

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Speaker 2: plays on the mining are going to be Yeah, this

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Speaker 2: time next week we'll be able to have a sleeping

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Speaker 2: but it's sort of like we're just going to keep

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Speaker 2: keep going. Now.

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Speaker 1: Six days ago, Yeah, there haven't been any more heck ups,

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Speaker 1: break down injuries.

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Speaker 2: No, great, we've we've probably been a little bit risk

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Speaker 2: averse and set one.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, what about the muscle guys?

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Speaker 2: Were they rick They?

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Speaker 3: I think they finished to day or tomorrow?

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Speaker 2: They were really yesterday.

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Speaker 3: All depends on the fish. I think I think they've

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Speaker 3: been pretty lucky. Yeah, they're just a bit fear to

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Speaker 3: be feeling.

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Speaker 1: What do you say they've been lucky? Have they caught the.

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Speaker 3: Yeah they're pretty lucky if they get the old ties

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Speaker 3: right hidden up because they didn't actually plan it, but

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Speaker 3: they get the tide on ninety mile. I finished the

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Speaker 3: night or tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, the machines.

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Speaker 2: Those guys they just.

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Speaker 3: They're just going on, stop, don't stop, and yeah, make

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Speaker 3: us semi athletes. Looks like we're doing it the easy way.

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Speaker 3: But no, they're going good.

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Speaker 1: But you're all doing an admirable job. But I would challenge.

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Speaker 2: We find too many cafes, I think, too.

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Speaker 1: Many temptations along the way. Yeah, I would. I would

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Speaker 1: challenge AI to keep up with the muscle crew. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll have to keep tabs on that for sure. And yourselves,

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Speaker 1: what are we just over a week to go? Charge

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Speaker 1: on there? Duncan Bar one of the rescue warriors, And

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Speaker 1: what a noble cause you were supporting in that WISPEC

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Speaker 1: chopper