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for. me soon which bryson new moon and sun moon from suns to transition movies. who threw stones on t.v. don't come. without you like most of us do we come out of our top stories the rocketing energy prices caused by its home all in the arab world leads to a european a scramble to secure its own energy future exports horrible warm that old school with so phobia cost the e.u. as it looks to develop more expensive alternatives to russian energy also. the u.s. is being accused of failing to protect hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes
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by simply ignoring the problem for activists say the government is more likely to look up those at risk instead of stepping in to help. from the ethnically cleansed one of persons largest gypsy communities is being booted out and being thrown out of its home of decades or so because of complaints that there are an eyesore whose presence is driving down local property prices. time for some fun. time to make stream rafting some white water rafting and the carcasses not so enjoy so. sunlight cannot reach the jets of this gorge the torrents of water gushing through it crushed up against the treacherous rocks this is where the bell on a river as it's now a list locals call is placed gourds. this
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a chameleon's is for bella river to wind its way through the great caucasus mountain range the end result is made up of rocky banks world police and rough it school and its tools. seven people decided to take the unpredictable river. they intend to navigate the passages granite walls of block gastronomy honestly rob. gold. kemal of the long together is water. borne echoing. on the way to childlessness feel the full impact of the mountain streams on the giving 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 with big kalitan a. little. the belisle river begins on the mountain tops of the caucasus range as the main waterway of the republic of add to gain in russia's south amounts and separate the republic from the black sea coast. i degas 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 descend on the plain although mountain dollars followed suit later today various ethnic groups
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inhabit such villages in the foothills historically people in these parts of being called so customs when the republic came into being here it was named idea and retains the title to this day. most of the villages are scattered around the banks of the belisle river locals know it's capricious current so old some well they never ventured down stream on a wooden ramps or marriage but it's in the rafters of bold enough to descend into steep gorges in pursuit of thrills me the freezing cold water well pools nor rapids can put them off the adrenaline seeking men devils. i'm one and i'm one and two in winter time the actual level of the belisle river drops revealing shot rocks and large boulders before embarking on such
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a dangerous trip to the block gauss coming in several members of the rafting team tested the skills in a kayak. we're going to be weaving through the ropes as we go along the right bank . i really wish i hadn't given away my gloves why did you give you cause to survey my hands are freezing. pay the starboard starboard the starboard starboard i told you. the crew wants to see how low the belisle river has dropped so they can spot the ropes that are the mud from shallow water in the strong rapids of the pool and rough just like to say this kind of scouting helps them get what they like to call a feeling of the water. tally. are we going to get through here you'll have plenty of opportunity in the news or elsewhere. where we go. the bella
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river flows freely between the rocks where this one root lies occur and doesn't appear to be strong when seen from the bank seems there is no need to struggle against it the flow itself will pull the boat on the right track but this is merely an illusion. thank. you. even though the rafters capsized it was no big deal they were in shallow water close to the bank. bringing the boat here mon i'll grab it. not to come over with the paddles. thanks does everything ok yes well that was fun.
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to pull venturing on the extreme route the reffing instructions decide to take a group of tourists down the belisle river. these people have been rafting several times to full but only in the summer soon they will be rafting in the shallow waters typical of winter. depressed but anyone aged between twelve and sun's you can join a rafting perth this time of year we put the stronger people up front so that they can set the pace of the charge of those who we think are weak or sit in the middle the result is a close need for capable of wearying all obstacles along the route. on the bank of the river in the village. was able tours are issued with special wet suits to keep warm on the whitewater trip they change out in the open in makeshift cabins
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a simple conditions don't discourage them from their objective all the rafting enthuse yes care about getting nash air of adrenaline as soon as possible you also must get hold of your pedals. you're not to take off your helmets or best just make sure right away that you're all buttoned up. before starting out on the expedition to me 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 the right angle keep the palm of your hand on top ok put it down but 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 meeting height and five or six rapids.
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i daresay everybody is ready to face the extreme or it i think it's your realizing how unfit running to obstacles right stern everybody's turn right go everybody but . even seasoned raptors find it difficult to completely bridge in one go there is little water in the river in winter time and it surfaces the tourists feel the strength of the current with the stroke and then. it's a for everybody paddled way is one get it out. there go way back
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away well done. come over everybody clutch at the pedal and get a hold of the bull with the other hand. gets to the left side come closer to me. get back to where you were. last the fourth now you forward everybody who are all of you less bored again right good guys. these tylenols to come is clear the tourists are allowed to bring them. when spring comes around the river will begin to belch out phone it is for this reason russian citizen the corpus is the river the name. of the book means white. those who live up in the mountains named the river chicago wash it out to the filter of the friends when the guilford in love with a ship and a father the young couple to be thrown into the parts of the current was strongest he said to. be given by the river itself. to love those who
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washed ashore and survived the ordeal when the old prince fell ill is going to send some medicinal hooves the prince repented and ordered the river to be named in honor of his dil to come to washington this remains mistress of the house legend has it that since then the girl spirit decides the fate of those who seek to trouble. that's most really i was it. did you enjoy grace. what about the water marina that was great. after just an hour the tourists are completely drenched and exhausted they top into what little strength they have left to drag the boat onto the riverbank. oh super i took a plunge the water is simply beautiful. because
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the king and his supporters has a. lot of people take precautions in these support just like any other. this is just what they do on the belo reeva is safe both for sportsmen and amateurs like me. this small russian bathhouse down in the back of the belie river it is covered in a thick film secured on a wooden frame their adventures in a wood fired stone on the floor inside the temperature is over one hundred twenty four degrees fahrenheit or ninety degrees celsius. just ten minutes in here also a single person in the group is put off by how cold the water is and the belisle of them. that's how the russian grafters relax.
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coming 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 little time battle minimum level unless will easier it will deliver through space ship land and sea. better. company. down the field. coward.
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and we must. be. several hundred. years of investment in the peaceful uses of barter space. just 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 don't 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 the liberation. by.
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mr. crowd gathers looming. the streets of the. early in the morning the group of rafters heads of block gas canyon 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 pool just some canyons to form a full flowing river 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 black canyon this place is free from rapids and offers a good opportunity for safe training crewman put the finishing touches to stroke techniques and synchronize commands you know what it's like hell we can train here . we should have done it before we got to the canyon. what are we supposed to do in areas it dear. yeah let's go skating. thick ice covers the lake they used to mine line started here when the deposit run dry water accumulated on the makes bed it was then the rafters began using the lake the practice there is no other place anywhere near here without waves or strong
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currents. the ice is breaking. let's go somewhere else. friends tell them via walkie talkie of the situation for training is good and the bella river crew decides to go there to hold the final training exercise here they hope to end the expedition. but if we can't 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 brisk that broke up there slowed us down in a good surrogate don't forget to pull up here now slow down sturdy. all members of the rafting team first took up the schools as tourists as time went
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by this extreme cold became a profession in 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 belisle river. 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 rules. is the q. which is some batons are very difficult to clear their dangerous the slightest mistake even one wrong stroke may lead to very serious consequence. once they're through the training exercise the team makes
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a swift ascent rafting is not only about exciting trips down stream but also about mountain climbs here the team have to drive the forty kilogram raft all the way up the hill. to. the rafting teams takes a mountain road to get to block strung in. the 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 is to make your heart thump like mad it's so exciting. it's full heading down to the starting point all crew members have to sign an important disclaimer this is required by international rafting rules. as a member of this rafting 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 the expedition's head from responsibility for the above by mutual agreement and either participants in the expedition or its head have been unsure. i don't know only people who can fight for their lives to hard in this expedition this is better done collectively as a crew of the mysteries for professionals not amateurs. it's
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difficult to reach the bottom of the canyon in a narrow gorge because the team will have to make their way from shop 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 group without any mishaps on the way step aside to delancey and they're going to set the book there. rocks tower over the narrow river in block canyon. here the water is thirteen meets his feet. attention everybody the boat is going to lurch all the time make sure you're always on top both those on the top and on the lower most saying. ok get moving everybody pulls. in the old days the leader of the local mountain ahmed amine used to throw warriors
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preaching 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 the belisle river always keeps rafters on that clearing rapids is quite an ordeal. the. older ones the ones old ones are the ones who are the ones who are back away. rafters novella river has an unpredictable current and extremely difficult rapids as is the science of international competitions engineer tones of nature rushing from the poles play
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bass and boulders and treacherously conceal all those. so dylan currents change cools to hollow out main issues on the rocks will cold spring up in the most unexpected places the river floods off any detail study of it it is that full impossible to chart the best route to the rapids. well the boat everybody gets out. let's listen up before we gone we need a breather. after going out about us on sand let's have some rest. with half of the journey behind them the team pauses to rest a 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 meets a body of water becoming part of the river bed. this place can only be reached in winter time when the water level isn't. we're. all back everybody. now all together. whenever you count concentrate on what you're doing your side missed out on two strokes. stop talking and look this way. this turn goes in the direction then turn to the sensory. straits the full. behavior of a raft to avoid
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a perilous accident despite the vast experience. coming closer give me a hand. clinging to the side of the boat is the only option otherwise the powerful current throw against the ropes nothing in this situation is just as dangerous the current in the boat and the people under. this would. be much at the top of it is fast as you can. see. the boat is sure to show up any time. he's going to show up. move forward move forward would go forward. that.
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that. move that well done good job everybody. don't text 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 wall to unsafe themselves they were able to keep the raft afloat and didn't lose any members of the crew not even a single candle was lost this time chicago washing the spirits of the belisle river has allowed the crew to overcome a rabbit's nobody knows what some stores of them they contain rolling down the mountain stream but it doesn't matter the trend is what they're up to.
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