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believe. j.c. addressed some parts of. the back here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories at a tourist website hosted in finland and supporting a lot of the world's most wanted terrorist is in the spotlight again it's out of there is going on trial for smuggling illegal immigrants from the north caucasus but many claim it's spreading extremism dads he should really be in the dock for. coalition leaders vow to keep off the military campaign levy until colonel gadhafi leaves britain also proposes to employ security contractors there an idea criticize
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due to the bad name off the practice. of the russian president once again calls for alternatives to the make up of the existing financial world at an economic summit known as the asian davos that's kicked off in china comes a day after the leaders of the world's faster emerging economies agreed on the need to revamp the global monetary system at their meeting. now we follow extreme raphe there are staking out a challenge of some of the wildest waters in rush hour a special report on the baylor weaver is next. sunlight cannot reach the depths of this gorge the torrents of water gushing through it crushed up against the treacherous rocks this is where the belisle river as its narrowest locals colas place gold for.
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the sake of millions of years for bella river to wind its way through the great caucasus mountain range the end result is made up of rocky banks clues in the rough place all along the school's. seven people decided to take the unpredictable river and they intend to navigate the casa de granite walls a block down stranded on an inflatable raft. in gold or some olive branch together is water. borne echoing. on the way that childlessness feel the full impact of the mountain streams unforgiving spirit. make sure you stay up on top
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live it latch on to the ball. to the bottom tell you. in the deep pool it's the group of tourists who come face to face the big challenge of nature. little. the belying river begins on the mountain tops of the caucasus range as the main waterway of the republic of add to gain and russia's south the mountain separate republic from the black sea coast. i dates a one of the local ethnic groups that once lived up in the mountains. many years ago our digs with the first to leave the highland homes and descended into the
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plain well the mountains was followed soon later today there is ethnic groups inhabit such villages in the foothills historically people in these parts have been called circassians but when the republic came into being here it was named idea and would change the title to this day. most of the villages are scattered around the banks of the belisle river locals know it's capricious current to the old some well they never ventured down stream of wooden raft so now it bugs the rafters a bold enough to descend into steep gorges and perceived the fields see the freezing cold water well pools nor rapids complete them off the adrenaline seeking men devils. and one can tell i'm one and two in winter time the actual level of the belisle river drops revealing shop rocks and large boulders before embarking on such
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a dangerous trip for the block gauss coming in several members of the rafting team tested their skills in a kayak. we're going to be weaving through the rocks as we go along the right bike . i really wish i hadn't given away my gloves but if you give your bugs to survey my hands are freezing. pay the starboard to starboard the starboard starboard i told you. the crew wants to see how low the belisle river has dropped so they can spot the rocks that have been merged from shallow water on the strong rapids of the form raft just like to say this kind of standing helps them get what they like to call a feeling for the water. sally. are we going to get through here you'll have plenty of opportunity to maneuver elsewhere. where we go. the bella
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river flows freely between the rocks where this root lies occur and doesn't appear to be strong when seen from the bank since there's no need to struggle against it the flow itself will pull the boat on the right track but this is merely an inversion. thank you. even though the rafters capsized it was no big deal they were in shallow water close to the bank. or in the boat here on i'll grab it. not to come over with the paddles. thank you ok yes well that was fun.
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to pull venturing on the extreme route reffing instructions decide to take a group of tourists down the river. these people have been rafting several times before but only in the summer soon they will rafting in the shallow waters typical of winter. to press one of the anyone aged between swell and certainty can join a rafting perth's this time of year with the stronger people up front so that they can set the pace of the journey of those who we think are weaker that sit in the middle the result is a close knit group capable of wearying all obstacles along the road. on the bank of the river in the village of brazil a people tourists are issued with special wet suits to keep warm and white water to
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trip a change out in the open and makeshift cabins the simple conditions don't discourage them from their objective all the rafting infused jets care about is getting their share of adrenaline as soon as possible. get hold of your pedals. your not to take off your shell mitts or vests. and make sure right away that you're all buttoned up. before starting out on the expedition tamely does give out instructions that you must learn to use the paddle correctly take it by the handle and touch your helmet with it you need to bend your elbow joint at a right angle keep the palm of your hand on top ok put it down and no one can ever predict what surprises will be in store during the trip the starting point is where the stream is fairly wide and the current is slow the group has to place several boulders of up to one metre height and five or six rapids. i dare say
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everybody is ready to face the extreme or it i think it's realizing how and get run into obstacles right stern everybody's turn right bow everybody go. even seasoned kids find it difficult to completely roots and. there is little water in the wintertime and it surfaces the tourists feel the strength of the current with the stroke narrative for everybody paddled way is one get out.
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there the way that the way well done. come over everybody clutch at the pedal and get a hold of the boat with the other hand. get to the left side come closer. get back to where you were. last the fourth now. everybody who are all of you less bored again right good guys. peacetime an obstacle is clear the tourists are allowed to bring them. when spring comes around the river will begin to belch out fun just for this reason russians such as the caucasus the river the name. of the good light. those who live up in the mountains named the river washing up the cultural ends when the bill for the numbers show a fall the couple to be thrown into the part of. strongest. lives
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will be given by the river itself. to shore and survive the ordeal when the old prince fell ill as. the prince repented and ordered the river to be named in honor of his jewel to come. washing literally means mistress of the house legend has it that since then the girl spirit decides the fate of those who seek to trouble her. that's what's really cool i was it. did you enjoy it great. what about the watermelon that was great. after just an hour tourists are completely drenched and exhausted by top into what little strength they have left to drag the boat onto the riverbank. oh super i took a plunge because the water is simply beautiful. and
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his politics has a few. people take precautions in these sport just like any all the. the focus what they do on the bella reeva is safe sportsman and then much like. this small russian bathhouse stars in the bank of the belie river it is covered in a thick film secured in a wooden frame their adventures in a wood five stone on the floor inside the temperature is over one hundred twenty four degrees fahrenheit four ninety degrees celsius. just ten minutes in here and a single person in the day is put off by how cold the water is in the belisle if. that's how the russian grafters relax.
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cultures that some of you are going to try to overcome if i think that nothing less than any other legal intervention approved by the u.n. now in the ivory coast a former leader is one seated at the expense of hundreds of civilian. space is about all of our national security there is no substitute and there is no alternative to military dominance in space. bombs on target the time battle. that. philip outlets will be able to look through space to see. better. footing. the bill.
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and we must. be. several hundred. years of investment in the peaceful uses of barter space. this incredible investment from the united states and from the european union to canada other countries like this all this stuff is completely in jeopardy if we start putting weapons in outer space. to live in a country that can understand that there's more violence in the streets of this country than there are in the streets in afghanistan or baghdad. one minute this spring. break for. good vibes or limbs.
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the. road to those looming in the streets of the. early in the morning a group of rafters heads of block county and they're going to face the challenge of rafting in shallow water the route winds through the mountains at a much higher altitude in the bed of the belisle river. more than three thousand mountain streams and springs flow into the belisle river small waterfalls cascade from mountain tops into rocky gorges some canyons to form a full flowing river and many of the rocks overhanging the water
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a one hundred meters tall sunlight never reaches some of these places this is a kingdom of rock and water. the instructor insists that the crew hold a brief final training exercise in open water before reaching blackguards canyon this place is free from rapids and offers a good opportunity for safe training crewman put the finishing touches to stroke techniques and synchronised you know what it's like hell we can train here and you remember that we should have done it before we got to the canyon. what are we supposed to do in areas that. but yeah let's go skating. i think covers the lake they used to mine limestone here when the deposit ran dry water accumulated on the lakes bed it was then the rafters began using the lake for practice there is no other place anywhere near here without waves or strong current
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. the ice is breaking. let's go somewhere else. friends tell them by walkie talkie the situation for training is good in the belisle river the crew decides to go there to hold their final training exercise if they hope to end the expedition. but if we can cope there we might try to get a bit further upstream the current is weak there as it is we wasted thirty seconds although i think the going was a risk that broke up there slowed us down in a good surrogate don't forget to pull out here do it now slow down thirty eight. full members of the rafting team first couple school just tourists as time went by
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this extreme cold became a profession and the way of life many of them have left their regular jobs to become rafting instructors when they're not busy training they accompany tourists on rafting expeditions down the belle i really. do go go go. mind being gold keep it up. all right we've made it now let's keep going. the team began to train intensely only a year ago they aim to enter international competitions to take on the most complicated routes. just a few which is some rapids are very difficult to clear they're dangerous as the slightest mistake even one wrong stroke may lead to very serious consequence. once they're through the training exercise it's a makes
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a swift ascent raft and is not only about exciting trips down stream but also about mountain climbs here the same amount of drag to fulfil a ground raft all the way up the hill. to. the resting team takes a mountain road to get to block coming at. you. a team begins preparations for the trip on a small rock overhang by the side of the road the excitement of the rafters is reaching its peak. it's all about the adrenaline fantastic
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you get so much adrenaline care especially when a wave flushes over us it's sheer madness it makes your heart thump like mad it's so exciting. before heading down to the starting point all crew members have to sign an important disclaimer this is required by international ruffed and rules. as a member of this rotten expedition i have been told about the complexities and dangers involved in the route i take full responsibility for possible injuries or even my death i absolve extraditions head from responsibility for the above by mutual agreement neither participants in the expedition nor its head have been ensured that. the only people who can fight for their lives take part in this expedition this is better dunk alexa liz occurred at the misrule as for professionals not amateurs. it's difficult to reach the bottom of the canyon
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in a narrow gorge because the team will have to make their way from shaka slippery rocks before they get to the starting point once then turning back is pointless members of the crew believe they will be able to reach the bank down stream that same in mines they need to cover the whole roof without any mishaps on the way back step aside to delancey and they're going to set the boat there. rocks towered over the narrow river and lockouts county and. here a water is meets his deep. attention everybody in the boat is going to show looks on make sure you're always on top both those on the top most and on the lower most things. ok get moving everybody pulls. in the old days the leader of the local mountain dwellers muhammad amine used to
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throw warriors breaching the strict rules of the day from such cliffs into the abyss those of them who could safely reach the banks were allowed to live on however there were only a handful of survivors. more than a hundred years on a team of rafters went to the canyons balsam to put themselves to the test in a bid to get the upper hand on the powerful mountain stream a belisle river always keeps rafters on that clearing trap it is quite an ordeal. the. old ones the ones all if you want to. look once all of the ones. who are back away. rafters know the belisle river has an unpredictable character and extremely difficult rapids it is the site of international competitions each year tons of new it's
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a russian play bass and it boulders and treacherously conceal others. so dylan currents change cools to hollow out nieces on the rocks will pull spring up in the most unexpected places the river floods off any detail study of it is that full impossible to chart the best route to the rapids. yes all the boat everybody gets out. let's listen up before we go on we need a breather. after that how about a sound sam let's have some rest. with half of the journey behind them the team pauses to rest the strain of the rapids has taken its toll. which covered about half of the distance so for another four difficult records are still ahead of us so let's get go and. the rest is relax on
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a small flat patch of the bank. when spring comes around it will disappear hundred ten means a body of water becoming part of the river bed. this place can only be reached in wintertime when the water level is in the. fortunately those forward. towards rows were. told that everybody. now all together. where are you now to concentrate on what you're doing or side missed out on two strokes. stop talking and look this way. this turn goes in that direction then turns to the sensory. the river straits the full. behavior the rough does are unable to avoid
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a perilous accident despite vast experience and training. coming closer give me a hand. clinging to the side of the bus is the only option otherwise the powerful current will throw some against the ropes but doing nothing in this situation is just as dangerous. in the. under the rocky bank this would lead to an inevitable death. watch at the top of it is fast as you can. walk. the boat is sure to show up anytime now. he's going to show up. move forward move forward or go forward. that.
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that. move back well done good job everybody. don't do that to me you don't like it the rough does didn't panic they sized up the situation and kept calm to use their favorite phrase they felt the water and save themselves they were able to take the rough the slopes and didn't lose any members of the crew not even a single candle was lost this time shargel washing the spirits of the belisle river has allowed the crew to overcome a rapids nobody knows what's in store for them as they continue rowing down the mountain stream but it doesn't matter that the friend is what they're off to.
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