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So, in 2018, you made history when you
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became the first person to kayak solo
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from Australia to New Zealand. Took you
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62 days, and this was your third attempt
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at doing it.
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>> Probably should start by explaining what
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the Tasman is. It's It's actually harder
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than it sounds. They've been crossing
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larger bodies of water for years, like
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the Atlantic, for example, that was
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pedled a long, long time ago. There's a
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reason for that. It exists with trade
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winds. So, you jump in a tractor tire
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tube, you'll get there eventually. The
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Tasman's not like that. You've got a a
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driving weather force across the top of
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the Tasmin and across the bottom of the
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Tasman going in opposite directions. And
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in the Tasine, you got a whole lot of
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circles. You're going to go backwards.
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It's nothing you can avoid out there cuz
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you cannot predict what's coming. The
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Tasman is a bunch of circles, which
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makes that body of water tricky, which
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is why it hasn't been done till now.
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>> 2014, you're almost finished. You You're
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how close to land? Uh,
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>> I know. 70 80. What? What happened?
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That's devastating.