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Took a few months off of work and decided to bicycle through the Philippines. One day was a very hard mountain stage, driving from Bacolod to San Carlos, on Negros island. Arrived at the top completely exhausted, layed on the roadside in an attempt to recover. Suddenly a car stopped and a young couple of locals handed me a sandwich and wished me luck. I'll never forget them

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If a hill climb has you lying down at the top, that’s got to be a good hill.

[brokencipher]

When it all started, I had no training whatsoever, and, I carried a backpack with my stuff. But along the way, this all improved