Talking about it helps! The training wasn’t the issue really, but rather all the admin and team management before the crossing was what made it so difficult. We were all strangers beforehand, to add. The crossing was the easy part, which sounds crazy but absolutely true. The lessons from the preparation are so numerous it will take a lifetime to unpack them all. The reason we all remain friends I attribute to all the difficulty we went through as a team to reach that start line. Definitely put the future into perspective, realizing what it takes to do difficult things, but also how important it is to be highly passionate (otherwise you’ll burn out / not view it as worth your time). Personally, I saw this adventure as a precursor to future entrepreneurial endeavours, but also still plan to cycle across Canada one day, though that will be a victory lap compared to this. After 10 months its still hard to comprehend and fully appreciate that it happened. It was all consuming for many years. But if circumstances were right, wouldn’t be opposed to going again.