Transcription of the first minutes of the podcast:
– Le petit matin Sud Radio. 5am-7am. Benjamin Gleize.
– It’s 6:40 a.m., Sud Radio. Real life, today is the international day of people with disabilities.
– This morning, we tell you about the crazy bet of two cousins, a successful bet of two cousins. One is disabled, the other is not.
– Together, they managed to cross Europe in a sidecar. Hello, Marc Bouzik.
– Hello, Benjamin.
– And thank you for being with us this morning on Sud Radio. You decided to speak up for your cousin, since François Ponce, who became disabled following an accident, it was difficult for him to speak on air.
– He has difficulty expressing himself. We obviously think very highly of him. How did your cousin’s life change, Marc Bouzik? My cousin had a car accident on his way home from work. And overnight, he found himself in a situation of quite strong dependence.
– He’s in a wheelchair. He has difficulty coordinating.
– He has difficulty expressing his movements. And he has trouble speaking.
– Although he is basically a great sportsman, this black belt in judo.
– He is a black belt in judo. He is a great traveler. So I wanted to get him back on track by offering him this trip.
– How did you come up with this idea? Was it to finally give him a taste for traveling again despite this accident and the situation he was in? What I wanted to prove to him was that he could still do extraordinary things despite his handicap.
– Things that even able-bodied people wouldn’t do.
– And so you have decided to embark on this sidecar adventure from France to Vladivostok.
– So you have to understand, Vladivostok is the far eastern tip, let’s say, of Russia.
– That’s quite a ride.
– That’s 30,000 kilometers.
– 30,000 kilometers. It’s huge. And I imagine… So that was in 2022. How long…
– Absolutely.
– How long did it take you to make this trip? Absolutely.
– And I imagine that there are images that particularly marked you on this journey.
– The trip took us 4 and a half months to cover the 30,000 kilometers.
– The basic route was to go from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast, to Vladivostok.
– It turns out that when we arrived in Iran, the borders were closed. So we had to turn back.
– We took a different route. And in the end, we covered more kilometers than planned.
– And to answer your question, the incredible images are the images from Iran, mainly.
– That’s to say ? Iran is a magnificent country, both very desert, but also very wooded.
– And above all, they are people who are extremely welcoming.
– Extremely welcoming. And you continued this journey. What did your cousin François Ponce learn from it? You have it…
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