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TOM: Ready?

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PAUL: Yeah.

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TOM: Pedal.

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[CREAKING]

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PAUL: Back.

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TOM: Yep.

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I am in the foothills of the Dolomite Mountains,

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about an hour north of Venice, in Italy.

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And this is a place called Ai Pioppi, The
Poplars.

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40 years ago, a man called Bruno opened a
restaurant

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and then, he learned to weld,

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and he thought, okay, I'll make some small
bits of playground equipment

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for the kids who come to my restaurant.

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Well, it's now 40 years later, and Bruno's
welding looks like this.

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This is the terrifying Wheel of Death? Bicycle
of Death?

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-- I'm not sure how to translate it -- at
Ai Pioppi.

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Like all the rides at this bizarre, kinetic,
playground, theme pa--aahh!--rk --

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it is entirely human-powered.

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Everything here has no more energy that what
people put into it,

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in this case by pedalling.

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There are all sorts of bizarre contraptions,
and --

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Augh!

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Go on!

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[BOTH YELL]

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Here we go!

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Pedal! Pedal!

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[LOUD YELLING]

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Go on! Go on! Yes!

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[MORE YELLING]

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It is astonishing. It exists only in -- come
on!

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Keep pedalling!

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That is... oh boy, that's my phone!

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That's my phone. That's my phone.

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All right, let's -- oh, here we go again.

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Break there?

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PAUL: I'm done.

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TOM: So, um, I might have broken my phone.

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Good news! I didn't break my phone.

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Bad news: I did break my face.

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About five minutes after filming that.

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Entirely my fault, not theirs.

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I ran on a bit of metal that I shouldn't have
done.

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Tripped, fell face first, next thing I know
a lovely Italian doctor

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is putting seven stitches into my cheek.

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Obviously there's an acceptable level of risk
when you go and do something like this.

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If you're not willing to take that risk, then
don't go, but --

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I do recommend you do. It is wonderful,

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everyone there was wonderful, they provided
first aid as well.

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But if you go: please, don't get reckless.
Don't do what I did.

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Don't think you're invincible just 'cos you've
done a couple of somersaults on a bike.

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Follow the safety warnings, be really careful,
and I'll see you around.

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And if there's no video next week,

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it is because I'm having seven stitches removed
from my face!

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