when she says she struggled most on day three when she,
and another rider “Jules were sweeping” and had to pick
up “bikes on dunes several times”.
“It was physically hard going,” she continues. “I was
getting exhausted and had to find the courage to speak
up to the group for help.
“This made me think about Dolly and the phrase
‘speak even if your voice shakes’,” it’s clear that this ride
has impacted Kim and that it is alright to ask for help,
perhaps even expected.
As the group came out of the desert and headed to
Mount Dare all had been touched, by the ride, by the
reason … by Dolly.
“I learnt that people genuinely don’t know what is hap-
pening unless you actually speak up and let them know,”
simple, yet profound words from Kim who took away
much more than an experience.
“I learnt that when you really ask for help people will
step up, support you and give you any assistance needed.
I learnt that hugs are okay, there was a lot of hugs,” she
grins proudly.
Asking for help is not an admission of failure, it’s a
way of finding an easier way to succeed. Failure would to
have not attempted the ride in the first instance and for
all these women that was never an option. At times they
all asked for help and for that they all succeeded.
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