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The Boy with the Bunny Bike | Leigh Timmis | TEDxRNCM


can you see me it’s okay we’re not gonna

can you see me it’s okay we’re not gonna play worse Wally the thing is that until

play worse Wally the thing is that until

play worse Wally the thing is that until I was 25 years old I couldn’t see me

I was 25 years old I couldn’t see me

I was 25 years old I couldn’t see me either

either

either I’ve done nothing and left my mark on

I’ve done nothing and left my mark on

I’ve done nothing and left my mark on the world I was invisible to myself even

the world I was invisible to myself even

the world I was invisible to myself even ironically until that point I’d done

ironically until that point I’d done

ironically until that point I’d done everything that society expected of me

everything that society expected of me

everything that society expected of me it took a huge step into the unknown in

it took a huge step into the unknown in

it took a huge step into the unknown in order for me to discover my place in the

order for me to discover my place in the

order for me to discover my place in the world and I’m gonna share the story of

world and I’m gonna share the story of

world and I’m gonna share the story of how I went from A to B by riding a bike

how I went from A to B by riding a bike

how I went from A to B by riding a bike around the world like most people here I

around the world like most people here I

around the world like most people here I went to university and upon graduation

went to university and upon graduation

went to university and upon graduation at that high-pressure situation where

at that high-pressure situation where

at that high-pressure situation where everyone’s asking what are you going to

everyone’s asking what are you going to

everyone’s asking what are you going to do with the rest of your life now I

do with the rest of your life now I

do with the rest of your life now I didn’t know so I did what was expected

didn’t know so I did what was expected

didn’t know so I did what was expected of me I got a job and with it I got

of me I got a job and with it I got

of me I got a job and with it I got everything else I got the money the car

everything else I got the money the car

everything else I got the money the car the house I got respect for my friends

the house I got respect for my friends

the house I got respect for my friends and my family I was successful but I was

and my family I was successful but I was

and my family I was successful but I was incredibly unhappy diagnosed with

incredibly unhappy diagnosed with

incredibly unhappy diagnosed with depression it took the help of a

depression it took the help of a

depression it took the help of a counselor to make me realize that all of

counselor to make me realize that all of

counselor to make me realize that all of my actions were pleasing everybody else

my actions were pleasing everybody else

my actions were pleasing everybody else but not myself now at this time I didn’t

but not myself now at this time I didn’t

but not myself now at this time I didn’t know what I could do to change my life I

know what I could do to change my life I

know what I could do to change my life I couldn’t see a way of changing it for

couldn’t see a way of changing it for

couldn’t see a way of changing it for the better but an opportunity came along

the better but an opportunity came along

the better but an opportunity came along to ride a motorbike across Iceland with

to ride a motorbike across Iceland with

to ride a motorbike across Iceland with two friends so I took it and I can’t

two friends so I took it and I can’t

two friends so I took it and I can’t begin to explain to you what a

begin to explain to you what a

begin to explain to you what a difference this made in my life to find

difference this made in my life to find

difference this made in my life to find out that there was this adventurous

out that there was this adventurous

out that there was this adventurous freedom out bird I’d never known existed

freedom out bird I’d never known existed

freedom out bird I’d never known existed before we arrived at the island with

before we arrived at the island with

before we arrived at the island with just our bikes a map and a compass and

just our bikes a map and a compass and

just our bikes a map and a compass and everything to explore we rode across

everything to explore we rode across

everything to explore we rode across deserts we passed glaciers and mountains

deserts we passed glaciers and mountains

deserts we passed glaciers and mountains we swam in hot water rivers and at night

we swam in hot water rivers and at night

we swam in hot water rivers and at night we camped under the Midnight Sun I was

we camped under the Midnight Sun I was

we camped under the Midnight Sun I was alive and it was these new languages new

alive and it was these new languages new

alive and it was these new languages new landscapes that were inspiring me now

landscapes that were inspiring me now

landscapes that were inspiring me now what it turned out that I’ve tapped into

what it turned out that I’ve tapped into

what it turned out that I’ve tapped into was a core happiness from when I was a

was a core happiness from when I was a

was a core happiness from when I was a child when we’re young we don’t ever

child when we’re young we don’t ever

child when we’re young we don’t ever things of an adventure for us we’re out

things of an adventure for us we’re out

things of an adventure for us we’re out there exploring new things every day

there exploring new things every day

there exploring new things every day this is me with my first bike I’ve got

this is me with my first bike I’ve got

this is me with my first bike I’ve got the bunny bike and for the first time

the bunny bike and for the first time

the bunny bike and for the first time I’m going faster than I’ve ever been

I’m going faster than I’ve ever been

I’m going faster than I’ve ever been before I’m going to further than I’ve

before I’m going to further than I’ve

before I’m going to further than I’ve been before and everything’s in sensory

been before and everything’s in sensory

been before and everything’s in sensory explosion I’m seeing new things I’m

explosion I’m seeing new things I’m

explosion I’m seeing new things I’m hearing new things I’m smelling and

hearing new things I’m smelling and

hearing new things I’m smelling and touching the world as I go through it

touching the world as I go through it

touching the world as I go through it I’m feeling the wind in my hair and the

I’m feeling the wind in my hair and the

I’m feeling the wind in my hair and the burn in my legs and it stripped

burn in my legs and it stripped

burn in my legs and it stripped everything down to a core connection

everything down to a core connection

everything down to a core connection with the planet it was a connection to

with the planet it was a connection to

with the planet it was a connection to something bigger a connection to

something bigger a connection to

something bigger a connection to something that’s pure and it’s lost in

something that’s pure and it’s lost in

something that’s pure and it’s lost in adulthood when we’re young we don’t

adulthood when we’re young we don’t

adulthood when we’re young we don’t realize how insignificant we are in the

realize how insignificant we are in the

realize how insignificant we are in the world do we when we’re young with the

world do we when we’re young with the

world do we when we’re young with the center of our own universe it’s just as

center of our own universe it’s just as

center of our own universe it’s just as we grow up we get smaller and was that

we grow up we get smaller and was that

we grow up we get smaller and was that simplistic way of seeing the world that

simplistic way of seeing the world that

simplistic way of seeing the world that I’d found on my adventure I wanted more

I’d found on my adventure I wanted more

I’d found on my adventure I wanted more so I went on to decide to ride a bike

so I went on to decide to ride a bike

so I went on to decide to ride a bike around the world I guess if we take that

around the world I guess if we take that

around the world I guess if we take that childlike mentality of looking at the

childlike mentality of looking at the

childlike mentality of looking at the world and we put it into an adult term

world and we put it into an adult term

world and we put it into an adult term we would say do one thing every day that

we would say do one thing every day that

we would say do one thing every day that scares you now it just turned out that I

scares you now it just turned out that I

scares you now it just turned out that I did one thing for seven years that

did one thing for seven years that

did one thing for seven years that scared me

scared me

scared me but that challenge excited me it

but that challenge excited me it

but that challenge excited me it inspired me and the challenge changed me

inspired me and the challenge changed me

inspired me and the challenge changed me as a human being it took me from being a

as a human being it took me from being a

as a human being it took me from being a 25 year old with depression to an

25 year old with depression to an

25 year old with depression to an around-the-world cyclist very early on

around-the-world cyclist very early on

around-the-world cyclist very early on in the journey I realized that even the

in the journey I realized that even the

in the journey I realized that even the people with your best interests at heart

people with your best interests at heart

people with your best interests at heart lead you astray they lead you on the

lead you astray they lead you on the

lead you astray they lead you on the wrong path when you’re young you’re told

wrong path when you’re young you’re told

wrong path when you’re young you’re told what’s good and what’s bad what’s

what’s good and what’s bad what’s

what’s good and what’s bad what’s sensible what’s impossible even but at

sensible what’s impossible even but at

sensible what’s impossible even but at the beginning of my bike journey

the beginning of my bike journey

the beginning of my bike journey I need the guidance as well so I was

I need the guidance as well so I was

I need the guidance as well so I was asking for support from companies for

asking for support from companies for

asking for support from companies for sponsorship I wrote out letters every

sponsorship I wrote out letters every

sponsorship I wrote out letters every day asking for equipment for components

day asking for equipment for components

day asking for equipment for components for bikes I organized a meeting with the

for bikes I organized a meeting with the

for bikes I organized a meeting with the mayor and 50 local businesses to support

mayor and 50 local businesses to support

mayor and 50 local businesses to support what I was planning to do but nobody

what I was planning to do but nobody

what I was planning to do but nobody replied to my letters and nobody came to

replied to my letters and nobody came to

replied to my letters and nobody came to the meetings at home my dad was even

the meetings at home my dad was even

the meetings at home my dad was even saying you know you should settle down

saying you know you should settle down

saying you know you should settle down while you’re young you can do this when

while you’re young you can do this when

while you’re young you can do this when you were tired but I knew that I wanted

you were tired but I knew that I wanted

you were tired but I knew that I wanted to do it

to do it

to do it and so I ended up spending my own money

and so I ended up spending my own money

and so I ended up spending my own money to buy the equipment that I needed and I

to buy the equipment that I needed and I

to buy the equipment that I needed and I did what I think is probably the hardest

did what I think is probably the hardest

did what I think is probably the hardest thing of every challenge which is taking

thing of every challenge which is taking

thing of every challenge which is taking the first step and I did that alone I

the first step and I did that alone I

the first step and I did that alone I cycled out of the UK and supported the

cycled out of the UK and supported the

cycled out of the UK and supported the way that people addressed what I was

way that people addressed what I was

way that people addressed what I was doing continued as I cycled through

doing continued as I cycled through

doing continued as I cycled through Europe every day I was being told that I

Europe every day I was being told that I

Europe every day I was being told that I was either gonna be attacked or killed

was either gonna be attacked or killed

was either gonna be attacked or killed by terrorists when I get to Iran and

by terrorists when I get to Iran and

by terrorists when I get to Iran and these stories scared me I didn’t want to

these stories scared me I didn’t want to

these stories scared me I didn’t want to be the guy who wakes up with a hood over

be the guy who wakes up with a hood over

be the guy who wakes up with a hood over his head being held to ransom on the

his head being held to ransom on the

his head being held to ransom on the news I didn’t want to be the guy who’s

news I didn’t want to be the guy who’s

news I didn’t want to be the guy who’s found dead in a tent in the morning I

found dead in a tent in the morning I

found dead in a tent in the morning I was scared to arrive in Iran but when I

was scared to arrive in Iran but when I

was scared to arrive in Iran but when I got there I realized that this was

got there I realized that this was

got there I realized that this was another country with some of the kindest

another country with some of the kindest

another country with some of the kindest most generous and intelligent people

most generous and intelligent people

most generous and intelligent people that I’d ever met this is me sitting for

that I’d ever met this is me sitting for

that I’d ever met this is me sitting for a meal with a family who found me in the

a meal with a family who found me in the

a meal with a family who found me in the street and they invited me and ended up

street and they invited me and ended up

street and they invited me and ended up spending three days with them it had

spending three days with them it had

spending three days with them it had taken me stepping out of my comfort zone

taken me stepping out of my comfort zone

taken me stepping out of my comfort zone into the unknown to realize that there

into the unknown to realize that there

into the unknown to realize that there was a world of helpful people out there

was a world of helpful people out there

was a world of helpful people out there who would go out of their way to make

who would go out of their way to make

who would go out of their way to make sure that I was okay that kindness of

sure that I was okay that kindness of

sure that I was okay that kindness of strangers ended up spanning the whole of

strangers ended up spanning the whole of

strangers ended up spanning the whole of the 51 countries that I cycled through

the 51 countries that I cycled through

the 51 countries that I cycled through but it wasn’t only cultural problems

but it wasn’t only cultural problems

but it wasn’t only cultural problems that I came against there were

that I came against there were

that I came against there were geographical challenges as well and

geographical challenges as well and

geographical challenges as well and never more so than when I cycled across

never more so than when I cycled across

never more so than when I cycled across probably the most inhospitable place in

probably the most inhospitable place in

probably the most inhospitable place in the world which was Tibet this slide is

the world which was Tibet this slide is

the world which was Tibet this slide is from the first morning on the climb to

from the first morning on the climb to

from the first morning on the climb to the rooftop of the world it’s on a

the rooftop of the world it’s on a

the rooftop of the world it’s on a desert a desert with snow it’s like

desert a desert with snow it’s like

desert a desert with snow it’s like double bad this is the worst conditions

double bad this is the worst conditions

double bad this is the worst conditions you could ride in and so faced with this

you could ride in and so faced with this

you could ride in and so faced with this I ended up having to carry push or pedal

I ended up having to carry push or pedal

I ended up having to carry push or pedal all of my equipment on the bike

all of my equipment on the bike

all of my equipment on the bike everything that I owned up a hill to the

everything that I owned up a hill to the

everything that I owned up a hill to the rooftop of the world to Tibet the climb

rooftop of the world to Tibet the climb

rooftop of the world to Tibet the climb was incredibly difficult there was snow

was incredibly difficult there was snow

was incredibly difficult there was snow that I wasn’t prepared for and as I got

that I wasn’t prepared for and as I got

that I wasn’t prepared for and as I got higher the snow got thicker the oxygen

higher the snow got thicker the oxygen

higher the snow got thicker the oxygen got thinner and the cycling harder the

got thinner and the cycling harder the

got thinner and the cycling harder the climb ended up taking four days and I

climb ended up taking four days and I

climb ended up taking four days and I had to reassess my expectations of

had to reassess my expectations of

had to reassess my expectations of normal I looked at this and I thought

normal I looked at this and I thought

normal I looked at this and I thought okay well maybe if you can see the top

okay well maybe if you can see the top

okay well maybe if you can see the top of a climb

of a climb

of a climb maybe it’s not a crime after all that’s

maybe it’s not a crime after all that’s

maybe it’s not a crime after all that’s a metaphor that I continue to use for

a metaphor that I continue to use for

a metaphor that I continue to use for every problem that the world throws at

every problem that the world throws at

every problem that the world throws at me today but of course getting to the

me today but of course getting to the

me today but of course getting to the top was only the beginning of the

top was only the beginning of the

top was only the beginning of the problem

problem

problem I was then faced with living for three

I was then faced with living for three

I was then faced with living for three weeks at 5,000 meters in altitude at

weeks at 5,000 meters in altitude at

weeks at 5,000 meters in altitude at these kind of places the world’s physics

these kind of places the world’s physics

these kind of places the world’s physics change water freezes like glue when

change water freezes like glue when

change water freezes like glue when you’ve got an average daily temperature

you’ve got an average daily temperature

you’ve got an average daily temperature of minus 10

of minus 10

of minus 10 elastic doesn’t stretch putting up

elastic doesn’t stretch putting up

elastic doesn’t stretch putting up attempts impossible and then with such

attempts impossible and then with such

attempts impossible and then with such little oxygen every small task was an

little oxygen every small task was an

little oxygen every small task was an incredibly big challenge add into this

incredibly big challenge add into this

incredibly big challenge add into this that I wasn’t going to places where

that I wasn’t going to places where

that I wasn’t going to places where people live no one lives up in Tibet so

people live no one lives up in Tibet so

people live no one lives up in Tibet so I’d occasionally find a military

I’d occasionally find a military

I’d occasionally find a military settlement where I could get the basic

settlement where I could get the basic

settlement where I could get the basic rations of instant noodles and biscuits

rations of instant noodles and biscuits

rations of instant noodles and biscuits and when there was no snow I had to find

and when there was no snow I had to find

and when there was no snow I had to find water in this frozen world I’d end up

water in this frozen world I’d end up

water in this frozen world I’d end up walking out onto frozen rivers smashing

walking out onto frozen rivers smashing

walking out onto frozen rivers smashing a hole in the ice collecting water

a hole in the ice collecting water

a hole in the ice collecting water knowing that if that ice broke and I

knowing that if that ice broke and I

knowing that if that ice broke and I fell into the water there’s no way that

fell into the water there’s no way that

fell into the water there’s no way that I would survive just when you think the

I would survive just when you think the

I would survive just when you think the day’s couldn’t be any worse then comes

day’s couldn’t be any worse then comes

day’s couldn’t be any worse then comes the night the temperature plummets to

the night the temperature plummets to

the night the temperature plummets to minus 40 degrees and I’m still sleeping

minus 40 degrees and I’m still sleeping

minus 40 degrees and I’m still sleeping in a tent now sleeping was okay had an

in a tent now sleeping was okay had an

in a tent now sleeping was okay had an Arctic sleeping bag three season

Arctic sleeping bag three season

Arctic sleeping bag three season sleeping bag and I was wearing my

sleeping bag and I was wearing my

sleeping bag and I was wearing my clothes inside I was I was warm I slept

clothes inside I was I was warm I slept

clothes inside I was I was warm I slept well but then you come to waking up and

well but then you come to waking up and

well but then you come to waking up and you can see but that’s my breath frozen

you can see but that’s my breath frozen

you can see but that’s my breath frozen on the inside of the tent it’s frozen on

on the inside of the tent it’s frozen on

on the inside of the tent it’s frozen on everything and then the worst part I’m

everything and then the worst part I’m

everything and then the worst part I’m doing the first sleeping bag dropping 30

doing the first sleeping bag dropping 30

doing the first sleeping bag dropping 30 degrees I’m doing the second sleeping

degrees I’m doing the second sleeping

degrees I’m doing the second sleeping bag another 10 degrees and the first

bag another 10 degrees and the first

bag another 10 degrees and the first step once again like leaving England the

step once again like leaving England the

step once again like leaving England the first step out of the tent was always

first step out of the tent was always

first step out of the tent was always the hardest to go from this warm cocoon

the hardest to go from this warm cocoon

the hardest to go from this warm cocoon that’s kept you safe through the night

that’s kept you safe through the night

that’s kept you safe through the night and step out into this frozen world

and step out into this frozen world

and step out into this frozen world outside but we do what matters and at

outside but we do what matters and at

outside but we do what matters and at that time nothing mattered more than

that time nothing mattered more than

that time nothing mattered more than survival I had to keep going I stepped

survival I had to keep going I stepped

survival I had to keep going I stepped out and I continued to push myself I

out and I continued to push myself I

out and I continued to push myself I push myself into some of the largest

push myself into some of the largest

push myself into some of the largest environments in the world and on the

environments in the world and on the

environments in the world and on the positive side it was incredibly humbling

positive side it was incredibly humbling

positive side it was incredibly humbling to find how small one man is when you’re

to find how small one man is when you’re

to find how small one man is when you’re faced with such big mountains

faced with such big mountains

faced with such big mountains it put all of my worries for my youth in

it put all of my worries for my youth in

it put all of my worries for my youth in perspective when I was worrying about

perspective when I was worrying about

perspective when I was worrying about how am I gonna pay the bills what my

how am I gonna pay the bills what my

how am I gonna pay the bills what my friends think of me suddenly it didn’t

friends think of me suddenly it didn’t

friends think of me suddenly it didn’t matter compared with how am I going to

matter compared with how am I going to

matter compared with how am I going to survive

survive

survive just through this day but having the

just through this day but having the

just through this day but having the weight of my own responsibility for my

weight of my own responsibility for my

weight of my own responsibility for my own life on my shoulders was incredibly

own life on my shoulders was incredibly

own life on my shoulders was incredibly difficult to and find myself just stood

difficult to and find myself just stood

difficult to and find myself just stood still when a climb became too hard or

still when a climb became too hard or

still when a climb became too hard or when the wind picked up in the sandstorm

when the wind picked up in the sandstorm

when the wind picked up in the sandstorm hit my face and I just begin to cry

hit my face and I just begin to cry

hit my face and I just begin to cry there were times some days when I pushed

there were times some days when I pushed

there were times some days when I pushed the bike for six hours through snow

the bike for six hours through snow

the bike for six hours through snow through sand and then at the end after

through sand and then at the end after

through sand and then at the end after all of this hard work I could look back

all of this hard work I could look back

all of this hard work I could look back and I could still see the place where

and I could still see the place where

and I could still see the place where I’d packed the tent that morning I was

I’d packed the tent that morning I was

I’d packed the tent that morning I was pushing myself through limits that I

pushing myself through limits that I

pushing myself through limits that I never knew existed before my time in

never knew existed before my time in

never knew existed before my time in Tibet came to an end when I met this man

Tibet came to an end when I met this man

Tibet came to an end when I met this man who I could probably introduce as the

who I could probably introduce as the

who I could probably introduce as the most expensive taxi driver I ever took

most expensive taxi driver I ever took

most expensive taxi driver I ever took it turned out that it’s forbidden to

it turned out that it’s forbidden to

it turned out that it’s forbidden to ride a bike through Tibet but the police

ride a bike through Tibet but the police

ride a bike through Tibet but the police found me and they needed to remove me

found me and they needed to remove me

found me and they needed to remove me they wanted to take me back to that

they wanted to take me back to that

they wanted to take me back to that desert way I started the journey now for

desert way I started the journey now for

desert way I started the journey now for me that was impossible I didn’t have a

me that was impossible I didn’t have a

me that was impossible I didn’t have a visa that was stretched long enough to

visa that was stretched long enough to

visa that was stretched long enough to go back there I needed to go forward

go back there I needed to go forward

go back there I needed to go forward they detained me for a week and at the

they detained me for a week and at the

they detained me for a week and at the end of it they came back and played this

end of it they came back and played this

end of it they came back and played this good cop bad cop routine so when I get

good cop bad cop routine so when I get

good cop bad cop routine so when I get the good cop alone I start to tell him

the good cop alone I start to tell him

the good cop alone I start to tell him you know I can’t go back that way it’d

you know I can’t go back that way it’d

you know I can’t go back that way it’d be impossible I need to go forward to

be impossible I need to go forward to

be impossible I need to go forward to Nepal how are we going to do it well it

Nepal how are we going to do it well it

Nepal how are we going to do it well it turns out that if you’ve got 200 pounds

turns out that if you’ve got 200 pounds

turns out that if you’ve got 200 pounds and it slips into the right persons hand

and it slips into the right persons hand

and it slips into the right persons hand you can go quite a long way through this

you can go quite a long way through this

you can go quite a long way through this part of the world so with that in mind I

part of the world so with that in mind I

part of the world so with that in mind I took the last few hundred kilometres

took the last few hundred kilometres

took the last few hundred kilometres through Tibet in the back of a police

through Tibet in the back of a police

through Tibet in the back of a police car I descended and came to the

car I descended and came to the

car I descended and came to the Friendship Bridge I pushed my bike

Friendship Bridge I pushed my bike

Friendship Bridge I pushed my bike across it into Nepal I found the first

across it into Nepal I found the first

across it into Nepal I found the first wooden shack that I came to lent the

wooden shack that I came to lent the

wooden shack that I came to lent the bike against it and looked around and I

bike against it and looked around and I

bike against it and looked around and I had a moment that brought me to tears I

had a moment that brought me to tears I

had a moment that brought me to tears I realized that I’ve been in this frozen

realized that I’ve been in this frozen

realized that I’ve been in this frozen world it was lifeless for so long I’d

world it was lifeless for so long I’d

world it was lifeless for so long I’d pushed my limits to survive and now I

pushed my limits to survive and now I

pushed my limits to survive and now I found myself in this beautiful area of

found myself in this beautiful area of

found myself in this beautiful area of life I looked around

life I looked around

life I looked around there were trees with green leaves there

there were trees with green leaves there

there were trees with green leaves there are red flowers I took a breath I could

are red flowers I took a breath I could

are red flowers I took a breath I could smell the food cooking in the local

smell the food cooking in the local

smell the food cooking in the local cafes down the road I could smell the

cafes down the road I could smell the

cafes down the road I could smell the the shampoo of people washing in the

the shampoo of people washing in the

the shampoo of people washing in the street and as I turned I could hear the

street and as I turned I could hear the

street and as I turned I could hear the children playing in the school down the

children playing in the school down the

children playing in the school down the road in that moment I realized what I’d

road in that moment I realized what I’d

road in that moment I realized what I’d done I’d ridden a bike from the

done I’d ridden a bike from the

done I’d ridden a bike from the industrial heart of the UK to the prayer

industrial heart of the UK to the prayer

industrial heart of the UK to the prayer flags and the incense of Nepal in that

flags and the incense of Nepal in that

flags and the incense of Nepal in that moment I realized that I had gone from a

moment I realized that I had gone from a

moment I realized that I had gone from a time when no one believed in me to

time when no one believed in me to

time when no one believed in me to pushing my limits way beyond what I

pushing my limits way beyond what I

pushing my limits way beyond what I thought was possible in that moment I

thought was possible in that moment I

thought was possible in that moment I thought about every country I’d been

thought about every country I’d been

thought about every country I’d been through and all of those cultures that

through and all of those cultures that

through and all of those cultures that had been different and I’d had to adapt

had been different and I’d had to adapt

had been different and I’d had to adapt to and through adapting I’d got myself

to and through adapting I’d got myself

to and through adapting I’d got myself through situations that I never even

through situations that I never even

through situations that I never even thought and get myself into and in that

thought and get myself into and in that

thought and get myself into and in that moment I knew without a doubt that I’d

moment I knew without a doubt that I’d

moment I knew without a doubt that I’d go on to ride a bike around the world I

go on to ride a bike around the world I

go on to ride a bike around the world I knew that I’d built something inside

knew that I’d built something inside

knew that I’d built something inside myself that was that strong and all

myself that was that strong and all

myself that was that strong and all clicks back to this moment as a child

clicks back to this moment as a child

clicks back to this moment as a child that sensory explosion that feeling of

that sensory explosion that feeling of

that sensory explosion that feeling of adventure and I was big again in my own

adventure and I was big again in my own

adventure and I was big again in my own life it turned out that all I needed to

life it turned out that all I needed to

life it turned out that all I needed to do in order to discover my place in the

do in order to discover my place in the

do in order to discover my place in the big wide world was that I just needed a

big wide world was that I just needed a

big wide world was that I just needed a bigger bunny bike now what I’d hope to

bigger bunny bike now what I’d hope to

bigger bunny bike now what I’d hope to leave you with from my adventure around

leave you with from my adventure around

leave you with from my adventure around the world is that I didn’t get to ride a

the world is that I didn’t get to ride a

the world is that I didn’t get to ride a bike around the world by playing it safe

bike around the world by playing it safe

bike around the world by playing it safe and conforming to society I didn’t get

and conforming to society I didn’t get

and conforming to society I didn’t get to find my true place in the world by

to find my true place in the world by

to find my true place in the world by conforming or playing it safe either I

conforming or playing it safe either I

conforming or playing it safe either I would say that if you truly want to find

would say that if you truly want to find

would say that if you truly want to find your place in the big wide world you’ve

your place in the big wide world you’ve

your place in the big wide world you’ve got to step out of your comfort zone

got to step out of your comfort zone

got to step out of your comfort zone you’ve got to go into the unknown and

you’ve got to go into the unknown and

you’ve got to go into the unknown and harness that childlike adventurer inside

harness that childlike adventurer inside

harness that childlike adventurer inside you and maybe more importantly like I’m

you and maybe more importantly like I’m

you and maybe more importantly like I’m doing enjoy the ride

doing enjoy the ride

doing enjoy the ride thank you

[Music]

[Music] you

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