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An Dubhlan (The Great Challenge)

Episode 5 of 35

Although blind since he was 15, Tahir is determined to complete The Great Challenge - a bike race running 540 km across a major mountain in Norway.

'S e duine 貌g a th' ann an Tahir agus tha e air a bhith dall bho bha e 15. Chaill e a fhradharc ri linn galair tearc agus tha e na dheugair le fada cus cuideim. Air sg脿th sin dh'fh脿s Tahir d霉inte bho theaghlach . Aon latha nochd poileas chluainidh, rin canar Vidar, ann am beatha Tahir. Thabhainn an n脿baidh cuideachail Tahir a thoirt air cuairt tandem. Bhon latha sin tha c霉isean air a dhol gu math. Agus a-nis tha iad airson a dhol a-steach ann am farpais r猫is dh霉bhlanaich an t-saoghail, 'Den store styrkeproven' (an d霉bhlan m貌r). Tha an r猫is ga ruith bho Trondheim gu Oslo, 540 cm tarsainn air pr矛omh bheanntan Nirribhidh. D霉bhlan an 矛re mhath do-dh猫ante dhan mh貌r-chuid, ach 's e aisling bhalachais Tahir a th'innte agus tha Vidar air gealltainn a toirt gu buil, eadhon is e air faighinn a-mach, bliadhna ron r猫is, gu bheil aillse air. Tha Vidar is Tahir a' di霉ltadh g猫illeadh agus iad a' cur romhpa an r猫is a ruith ge bith d猫 a thachras.

Tahir is a young man who has been blind since he was 15. A rare disease caused him to lose his sight and become very overweight. As a result, Tahir withdrew from his family. One day a retired policeman called Vidar appeared in Tahir's life. The helpful neighbour offered to take Tahir out on a tandem bike. Since that day, they have not looked back. Now they want to complete one of the world's toughest bike race, 'Den store styrkeproven' (The Great Challenge). The race runs from Trondheim to Oslo, 540 km across one of Norway's major mountains. An almost impossible task for most people, but Vidar has promised to make Tahirs's dream to complete it come true - even when he is diagnosed with cancer a year before the race. Vidar and Tahir refuse to give up and are determined to finish the race at all costs.

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