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Wow! Any interesting stories<br />
from the trip?<br />
One part of the Silk Road trip<br />
that really stood out was our<br />
stay in Arslenbob, Krygsztan. Arslenbob<br />
survived on having the<br />
largest walnut forest in the world,<br />
but in winter that meant there<br />
was 90 per cent unemployment.<br />
A local man, Hyatt, campaigned<br />
community based tourism and<br />
set us up to stay in the village<br />
with the locals and ski through<br />
the walnut forest each day with<br />
Hyatt who had taught himself to<br />
ski from watching it on TV.<br />
Wow, what a trip! And you<br />
volunteer helping disabled<br />
people ski?<br />
Yes, my twin sister and I have<br />
been quite involved in disabled<br />
skiing. It’s really nice to see<br />
people who are really struggling<br />
with a disability just forget that<br />
when they’re skiing – like they’re<br />
just any other person. A lot of<br />
them might use sit-skis or be<br />
assisted in some other way, so it<br />
really just levels the playing field.<br />
It’s so good to see patients come<br />
who might have quite a debilitated<br />
quality of life restore that<br />
through skiing.<br />
And you’re involved in adventure<br />
racing too?<br />
DETERMINATION: Madeleine<br />
Martin competing in the<br />
Coast to Coast in February.<br />
Yes, I just did the Coast to<br />
Coast again this year, I came fifth<br />
in the women’s section so I guess<br />
that’s alright. I tried not to take it<br />
too seriously. I’ve done it before,<br />
the first time I did it was 10 years<br />
ago when I completed it together<br />
with my twin sister. We were the<br />
first twins to complete the Coast<br />
to Coast together actually.<br />
And you followed that up with<br />
the GODZone Adventure<br />
Race?<br />
Yes, that was soon after the<br />
Coast to Coast, and it was a huge<br />
mental challenge. We finished<br />
the course in six days, which was<br />
around mid-field, but we decided<br />
right at the start we were going<br />
to get some proper sleep so we<br />
actually finished the race feeling<br />
okay and still getting on well as a<br />
team. We finished behind Richie<br />
McCaw’s team by about a day I<br />
think, but they hardly slept.<br />
Those are some pretty intense<br />
events, how do you fit training<br />
around full-time work?<br />
I don’t know, you just do it<br />
really. It’s always hard to find<br />
balance but I think it’s really<br />
important to keep your hobbies<br />
up outside of work.<br />
So have you always lived in<br />
Christchurch?<br />
I was born in Christchurch, I<br />
grew up here and studied here<br />
before moving to Auckland for<br />
five years to work with Fisher<br />
& Paykel. So apart from that,<br />
and an exchange to the United<br />
Kingdom during my engineering<br />
degree, yes I have always lived<br />
here. My partner, Blair, and I<br />
love it here. It’s great just being<br />
able to have the lifestyle and its<br />
conducive to fitting in the likes of<br />
my training.<br />
TWINS: Madeleine and Charlotte Martin.<br />
Would you tell me a bit about<br />
your family?<br />
Yes, well my partner is commuting<br />
between here and<br />
Auckland at the moment, and we<br />
don’t have any kids at this stage<br />
but I’ve got enough little nieces<br />
– three of them – to keep me<br />
busy [laughing]. I’m also one of<br />
five children. Charlotte and I are<br />
the second-eldest in our family.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re all thinking about doing<br />
the Coast to Coast next year actually,<br />
I might just support-crew<br />
for once though [laughing].<br />
You say you love Christchurch,<br />
so what are your favourite<br />
places to go here?<br />
My partner and I have a dinner<br />
club we like to go to with friends,<br />
where we try new places as they<br />
pop up around the city. <strong>The</strong> last<br />
one we went to was <strong>The</strong> Laboratory<br />
in Lincoln, and I always like<br />
to go back to <strong>The</strong> Monday Room<br />
as I really enjoy the food there.<br />
What would you say to people<br />
wanting to follow their passions?<br />
I just take every opportunity<br />
I’m given really. <strong>The</strong>y’re all challenges<br />
but I enjoy it.<br />
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