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Video transcript for Ephraim Gudgeon - Journey from back injury to professional bodybuilder
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Ephraim Gudgeon doing pull ups whilst sitting in a wheelchair
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “My name is Ephraim Gudgeon. I’m 26 years old and in 2017 on Waitangi Day,”
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People around and on a cliff of a waterfall
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “I was swimming at a waterfall just with some family during the summer.”
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People jumping into the water and Ephraim Gudgeon recording himself about to jump in the waterfall
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “I jumped off the waterfall and upon hitting the water, I burst my T12 vertebrae and”
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Multiple people swimming in the water
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “as a result, I became paralyzed from the waist down.”
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Clips of people watching and standing by the waterfall waiting for someone to jump off the cliff and into the water
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Ephraim Gudgeon jumps off the cliff and into the water as his family members watch.
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Ephraim Gudgeon trying to swim underwater
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “All I could remember was not being able to feel my legs. I remember yelling for help but no one could hear me and say I just had to swim it to edge. By the time I got to the edge, everyone else had realized something was wrong."
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People on the side of the waterfall watch as the helicopter hovers over the water
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Paramedic and other people watch and comfort Ephraim Gudgeon
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Ephraim Gudgeon putting on his red hoodie whilst sitting on the bed and then getting up
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “Since my accident, I’ve had to learn how to overcome a few challenges. The main one being how to train”
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Woman passing a drink to Ephraim Gudgeon in the kitchen
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “in a gym”
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Ephraim Gudgeon doing dumbbell shoulder raises in the gym
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “as a wheelchair user so that I can still stick to my passion which is bodybuilding.”
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Ephraim Gudgeon wheels himself to the car
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “Along with other things such as learning how to drive”
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Car driving in the city from a first persons view
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “and still enjoy the outdoors.”
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Ephraim Gudgeon with a woman on a side walk by the beach
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “My advice to someone in the same situation would be to learn”
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Ephraim Gudgeon and a woman crossing a pedestrian crossing
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “to appreciate the things that you do”
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Ephraim Gudgeon and a woman moving down a street looking at various shops
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “currently have instead of focusing on the negative.”
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Ephraim Gudgeon entering a supermarket clips of him looking at various fruits and vegetables
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “I never regret jumping off the waterfall and I’m not saying that I will do it again.”
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Ephraim Gudgeon having food at the dining table and laughing
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “But I am saying that I’m grateful for the many opportunities, the people”
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Gym instructor demonstrating an exercise to Ephraim Gudgeon
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Ephraim Gudgeon – “that I have been able to meet and all the work that I have been able to do since the time of my accident.”
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Ephraim Gudgeon with a woman sitting by the beach