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Open Door - Back Up

Television (Full Length) – 2006

We actually don’t throw them straight in the deep end. You don’t throw somebody off a really steep cliff without telling them it’s going to happen. You build them up to it, you’ve got processes you actually follow and how you actually instruct the activity.

– Course instructor Jim, in part two

I don’t know… I might give it a miss, I think.

– Course participant Ross sees the rough ocean and wonders if he can skip the surfing lesson in part two

I was really, really proud of him because he was in the pool for two hours, he didn’t give up and he didn’t think ‘oh, my legs won't do what I want them to do, it’s making it hard so I’m going to stop.’

– Course Coordinator Tracy talks about Back Up participant Shane overcoming difficulties during the scuba diving activity in part three