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just launch. one happened in those few seconds. what you could see these are sealed barrels still. you're ignoring. one archie. this week's top stories here in our team a matter of blasts rocked the capital of bel rosa killing thirteen and injuring hundreds five people believed to be behind the bombing are under arrest. and. the editor of a website that supports one of the world's most wanted terrorists has gone on trial in finland but it's over claims of smuggling people from the north caucasus into the country even though many wanted to face charges of spreading extremism and. the hype around russia's presidential election of one thousand and twelve is gathering
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pace with still no clarity about the candidates prime minister putin this week said it's too premature to talk about the race stressing there's no rivalry between him and president would be at. an e.u. upson gauge in how to handle the wave of immigrants coming from the wildstorm air war old you know his decision to offer tens of thousands of temporary residence permit causing a stir in the u.s. it's reason we traveled might see the accident scene and to neighboring countries. out time for some extreme rafting and the caucuses mountains with r.t. crew. 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 of locals colas place goods. this
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a chameleon's appears for bella river to wind its way through the great caucuses mountain range the end result is made up of rocky banks world clues in the rough a school of the school's. seven people decided to take the unpredictable river as they intend to navigate the casa just granted more as a block down stranded on inflatable raft. can go and play some olive branch together is water. borne echoing. on the way to childlessness feel the full impact of the mountain streams unforgiving spirit. make sure you stay up on top
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banks living large unsuitable. to the bottom tell you. in the deep pool of the group of tourists who come face to face with the big kalitan a. little. the belisle river begins on the mountain tops of the caucasus range as the main waterway of the republic of and to get in russia's south a mountain separate the public from the black sea coast. i daves 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 descend on the plain on
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the mountain dwellers followed suit later today various ethnic groups inhabit such villages in the foothills historically people in these caught something called so customs 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 old some well they never ventured downstream wooden ramps or marriage but it's the rafters a bold enough to descend into steep gorges in pursuit of froze me the freezing cold water well pools nor rapids can put them off the adrenaline seeking men devils. and one can tell i'm one and two in winter time the it's a lover of the bell i read the drops revealing shot rocks and large boulders before
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embarking on such a dangerous trip to the block scummy and 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 but did you give you cause to survey my hands are freezing. pay the starboard starboard to starboard starboard i told you. the crew wants to see how low the belisle river has dropped so they can spot the opposite of immersion shallow water in the strong rapids of the forum's rough just like to say this kind of scouting helps them get what they like to call a feeling of the water. entirely. are we going to get through here you'll have plenty of opportunity to maneuver elsewhere. perry go. the
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bel-air 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's no need to struggle against it the flow itself will pull the boat on the right track but this is merely an illusion. thanks. for hanging ok. 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. thank is everything ok yes well that was fun.
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before 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 before but only in the summer soon they will be rafting in the shallow waters typical of winter. depressed about anyone aged between twelve and sounds you can join a rafting purchase this time of year we put the stronger people up front so that they can set the pace of the truck 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 route. on the bank of the river in the village. was able tours issued with special wet suits to keep warm and white water trips a change ounce in the open in makeshift cabins and simple conditions don't
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discourage them from their objective all the rafting enthuse just care about getting their share of adrenaline as soon as possible. get hold of your pedals. you're not to take off your helmets or bests 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. 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 meets a height and five or six rapids. i daresay everybody is ready to face the extreme
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or if i take it you're realizing how unfit run into obstacles right stern everybody's turn right bowl everybody but. even seasoned raptors find it difficult to completely root in one there is a little water in the river in winter time and it surfaces the tourists feel the strength of the current with each stroke their. richard ford everybody paddle away is one get it out. to art deco way better way well done. come
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over everybody clutch at the pedal and get a hold of the boat with the other hand. get 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 clear the tourists are allowed to bring them. when spring comes around the river will begin to child fun it is for this reason russian circus and the caucasus the river the name. of the good things white. those who live up in the mountains named the river chicago russia the jewel true friends when the guilford in love with a ship and a fall the older the young couple to be thrown into the possible business the current was strongest he said life's been given by the river itself.
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to love those who washed ashore and survived the ordeal when the old prince fell ill his goal to send him the dissonance hooves the prince repented and ordered the river to be named in honor of his daughter come to washington this remains mistress of the house legend has it that since then the girl's spirit decides the fate of those who seek to travel. that's most read it i was it. did you enjoy it 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 a boat onto the riverbank. oh super well i took a plunge because the water is simply beautiful.
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to look up to any sport is hazardous. people take precautions in these poll it just like any all the you. the just what they do on the belo reeva is safe for sportsman and amateurs like me. this small russian bathhouse stars in the bank of the bell lie river it is covered in a thick film secured on a wooden frame there are benches 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 also a single person in the group is put off by how cold the water is in the belisle if . that's how the russian grafters relaxed.
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space is about all of our national security there is no substance and there is no alternative to military space. bombs on target real-time bellman. about them actually are evil to deliver through space should she keep. her out of any frame how to build a. tower. and we must. be. several hundred. years of the best in the peaceful uses of the outer space.
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of 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 you start putting we have been seen outer space. to live in a country that got understand that there's more violence the streets of this country than there are in the streets in afghanistan or baghdad. one of the spring. breaks of a. buzz or. just from the. crowd gathers for a moment. on the streets of the. early
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in the morning the group of rafters heads for a block gauss 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 on 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 and canyons to form a full flowing river and many of the rocks overhanging the water 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
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this place is free from rapids and offers a good opportunity for safe training and crewman put the finishing touches to stroke techniques and synchronize commands you know what is the world like hell we can train here don't you remember that we should have done it before we got to the canyon. what are we supposed to do in areas it dear. that yeah let's go skating. thick ice covers the lake they used to mine limestone here when the deposit run dry or sort of humiliated 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 currents. the ice is breaking. and let's go somewhere else.
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friends tell them by walkie talkie of the situation from training is good in the bella river the crew decides to go back to hold the final training exercise if 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 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 surrogate. pull members of the rafting team first took up the school to tourists as time went by this extreme form 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 bell my river. go go
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go. mine being gold keep it out. 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 bratton's are very difficult to clear they're dangerous and the slightest mistake even one wrong stroke may lead to very serious consequence. once they're through the training exercise that same makes 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.
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the rafting team takes a mountain road to get to block gastronomy and. the team begins preparations for the trip on a small rock overhangs by the side of the road the excitement of the raptors is reaching its peak when. it's all about the adrenaline fantastic you get so much adrenaline here specially when a wave flushes over us it's sheer madness it makes your heart thump like mad it's so exciting. the formatting down to the starting point all crew members have to
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sign an important disclaimer this is required by international rafting rules. as a member of this raft and 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 to ensure. that the only people who can fight for their lives stick part in this expedition this is better dunk alexa liz approved this rule is for professionals not amateurs. it's 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
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mines they need to cover the whole route 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 couse canyon. here a water is thirteen meets his feet. attention everybody in the boat is going to merge all the time make sure you're always on top all flows on the top most and on the lower most things. ok to get moving everybody pulls. in the old days the leader of the local mountain dwellers muhammad amine used to throw warriors breaching the strict laws 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
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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 rough as on my toes clearing trap it is quite an ordeal. the. older ones are the ones old ones like the ones are the ones. who are back away. rafters know the velayat river has an unpredictable character and extremely difficult rapids it is the science of international competitions engineer tones of which are rushing from the coolidge play bassam to boulders and treacherously conceal all those. turbulent currents change cools to hollow out mini-series under the rocks well pulls spring up in the most unexpected places the river flood moves off any detail
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study of it it is that full impossible shot the best route and the rapids. yes all the boat everybody gets out. let's listen up before we gone we need a breather. oh i'm going out about a soundtrack let's have some rust. 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 rapids are still ahead of us so let's get going. the rest is relax on a small flat patch of the bank. when spring comes around it will disappear under a ten needs a body of water becoming part of the river bed. this place can only be reached in winds of time when the water level isn't.
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we're. all back everybody. now all together. whenever you count concentrate on what you're doing. stop talking and look this way. this turn goes in that direction then turn to the sensory. straits the full. the rafters are unable to avoid the accident despite the vast experience. coming closer to me ahead. clinging to the side of the bus is the only option
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otherwise the powerful current will throw against the ropes but doing nothing in this situation is just as dangerous. the people on the bank. fast as you can. see. the boat is sure to show up any time. he's going to show up. move forward move forward won't go forward. that. that. move that well done good job everybody. don't get
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that from a young like in the rafters 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 keep the raft afloat 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 in rowing down the mountain stream but it doesn't matter adrenaline is what they're after.
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