Morris has been a professional in both road racing and mountain biking, competed in America as well as in Australia, survived the infamously brutal 10-day Crocodile Trophy event in northern Queensland (twice), ploughed through 700 sand dunes to win the epic 600km-long Simpson Desert Challenge and has also climbed the equivalent of Mount Everest (8,848m) in just 15 hours riding up and down Mt Kaputar in New South Wales.

As if all that was not amazing enough, he’s done it while dealing with Type 1 diabetes which means he’s in serious danger of dying if his blood-sugar levels are not properly managed.

“I love doing things like riding across the Simpson desert, or the Crocodile Trophy or Everesting up Mount Kapitur. Those kind of events that are a bit different from normal are a real spectacle - and spectacles make really good stories,” Morris says.

“I have a responsibility as an ambassador for Type 1 diabetes to share good stories and inspirational stories with other people living with the condition and doing things like that captures people’s imagination.

“Those events are also a good metaphor for living with the challenges of Type 1 diabetes.

“For example, the Crocodile Trophy was 10 days long and painful. It was very, very, very difficult. But I got through it, I finished on the podium, I conquered all the challenges that were thrown at me. It’s the same as living with Type 1 diabetes; it’s painful, it’s hard, but you will get through it.”

“During the Crocodile Trophy I felt so much pain that I considered never getting on a bike ever again – but now I don’t feel that pain at all. I just get to travel round the world and brag to people about it. The short-term pain was worth it for the long-term gain.”