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I am Staff writer Sleep deprivation lead to going to do when things get okay with what I saw and hallucinations for most of tough. I want to know how very proud of my results. The human body has lim- the second night. I react mentally and physi- I’ll take it.” its, but no one seems to “I started seeing animals have told Sgt Dan Bodden. and people on the side of The search and rescue the road that weren’t there. technician at the Joint For a while it was kind of Rescue Coordination funny, but after a couple Centre scratched another hours it really became a high intensity race off his problem. I didn’t know bucket list July 22 when what was real.” he finished the Race Across During the last leg of the Oregon. race, a 24 kilometre climb For two days he rode his up part of Mt Hood, his bicycle non-stop across the mind and body gave out just three kilometres from TOP NEGOTIATOR Oregon countryside, rack- ing up 828 kilometres. The the crest. 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