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it would cost them just. one. few seconds. sealed barrels still but. you're ignoring. the live from our studios here in central moscow the week's top stories for you. comes face to face with the mobile specter of terrorism for the first time five people have already been arrested. last week killed thirteen and wounded over two hundred. years fighting continues between pro and anti-government forces in libya amid reports of more nato air strikes but the united states' involvement could do more harm than good experts say it's poisoning the ground with radioactive ammunition. struggles to deal with the reality of multiculturalism it's really
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straining its borders to accept a rising wave of immigration and muslims in france are outraged of the book. in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime it's time for adventure and a bit of a splash in the caucasus mountains with team of explorers it's a special report for you 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 a tips narrowest locals colas place gourds. this a chameleon's it is by law a river to the wind its way through the great caucasus mountain range the end
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result is made up of rocky banks world who lives in the rough a school of the school's. seven people decided to take the unpredictable river kettle they intend to navigate the passages granite walls of lockdown strung on inflatable rocked. by a bold play come on all of the wrong together is one. born to get away. on the latest childlessness feel the full impact the mountain streams unforgiving spirit. make sure you stay up on top live it watching too big. to boredom tell you. in the gene pool it's the group of tourists who come face to face the big challenge
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of nature. it. the belisle river begins on the mountain tops of the caucasus range of the main waterway of the republic of again in russia's south the mountain separate the public from the black sea coast. by day to 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 plain on the mountains was followed suit later today various ethnic groups inhabit such a village is in the foothills historically people in these cots have been called customs when the republic came into being here it was named idea and retains the
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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 ralph never ventured down stream and wooden rafts or marriage but it's in the rafters of old enough to descend into steep gorges in pursuit of thrills me the freezing cold water well police nor rapids can put them off the adrenaline some can end this. i'm one and i'm one and two in winter time the actual level of the bell i read the drops revealing shot rocks and large boulders before embarking on such a dangerous trip to the block down scummy and several members of the rafting team tested their skills in a kayak. we're going to be weaving through the ropes as we go along the right bank
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. i really wish i hadn't given away my gloves how did you give your bugs to. my hands are freezing. the starboard to starboard to starboard starboard i told you. the crew wants to see how low the belisle river has dropped so they can spot the uplift of the ministry shallow water in the strong rapids of the forum's rough just right 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 to maneuver elsewhere. farrago. the bella river flows freely between the ropes where this room lies the current 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
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an inversion. 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 come on i'll grab it. cannot you come over with the paddles. thank you ok yes well that was fun. and full venturing on the extreme route and rafting instructions decided to take
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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 most of the anyone aged between twelve and sun's you can join a rafting earth this time of year we put the stronger people up front so that they can set a pace of the charge of those who we think are weaker that sit in the middle the result is a closely earth capable of wearying all obstacles along the route. on the banks of the river and the village. was able tours issued with special wet suits to keep warm on the whitewater trip they change out in the open in makeshift cabins and simple conditions don't discourage them from their objective all the rafting enthusiastic care about is getting their share of adrenalin assoon as possible. get
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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 team leaders 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 and prepares to place several boulders up to one meeting height and five or six rapids . i daresay everybody is ready to face the extreme or it i take it you're realizing how and get run into obstacles right stern everybody's turn right go everybody but
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. even seasoned raptors find it difficult to complete the greens and. 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 now. which of course everybody paddle away is one get it out. toward back away back away well done. come over everybody like the paddle and get a hold of the boat 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
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who are all of you less bored again right good guys. piece time and clear the tourists are allowed to bring them. when spring comes around the river begins a bell child phone just for this reason russian citizen the caucasus 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 jewel true friends with a girlfriend in love with a ship and the father of the young couple to be thrown into the part of the current was strongest he said life's been given by the river itself. to love those who washed ashore and survived the ordeal when the old prince fell ill his tool to send in the dissonant hooves the prince repented and ordered the rivets of the named in honor of his dil to conquer washington this remains mistress
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of the house legend has it and since then the good spirit decides the fates of those who seek to trouble. that's most read it i was it. did you enjoy it grace. what about the water that was great. after just an hour the tourists are completely drenched and exhausted they top into what little strength they have left to drive the boat onto the riverbank. oh super i took a plunge because the water is simply beautiful. coming to scoop up the debris and this ball it is has it. the stuff other people take precautions in the sport just like any other. this is just what they do on the belo reeva is say you vote for sportsman and then watch your sled.
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this small russian bathhouse stand in the back of the belisle river it is covered in a thick film secured in a wooden frame there are benches in a wood fired stone on the floor inside the temperature is there one hundred twenty four degrees fahrenheit or ninety degrees celsius. so just ten minutes in here also a single person in the day is put off by how cold the water is in the belisle river . and that's how the russian grafters relax. the way space is about all of our national security there is no substitute and
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in the morning the group of rough just heads for a block gauss canyon they're going to face the challenge of rafting in shallow water a route winds through the mountains of a much higher altitude in the bed of a belisle river. more than three thousand mountain streams and springs flow into the belisle river small wars force cascade from mountain tops into rocky gorgeous 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 black canyon this place is free from rapids and offers a good opportunity for safe training and crewman put the finishing touches to
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stroke techniques and synchronised you know what it's 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. but yeah let's go skating. thick ice covers the lake they used to mine line started here when the deposit run dry was laid on the makes bed it was then the rafters began using them like the practice there is no other place anywhere near here without waves or strong currents. the ice is breaking. let's go somewhere else. friends tell them via walkie talkie of the situation for training is good in the bella river the crew decides to go back to hold their final training exercise if
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they hope to end the expedition. 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 very seconds although i think the going was what breeze that broke up there slowed us down and get sergei don't forget to pull out here now slow down surrogate. all members of the rafting team first took up the sport as tourists as time went by this extreme home 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 bed and i really. do it go go go. go mine dangle keep it up.
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all rights 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 wrappings are very difficult to clear they're dangerous the slightest mistake even one wrong stroke may lead to very serious consequence. once they're through with the training exercise it's a makes a swift ascent rafting is not only about exciting trips down stream but also about mountain climbs to the team have to drag the full to fill a gram raft all the way up the hill. to. the resting team takes
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a mountain road to get the book out strung it. up . 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 you get so much adrenaline here especially when a wave washes over us it's sheer madness is what makes 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
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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 either participants in the expedition or its head have been unsure . only people who can fight for their lives to bargain this expedition this is better junk alexa lizard heard 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 and full 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 room without any mishaps and way back step aside to delancey and they're going to set the boat there. ropes towered over
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the narrow river and lockouts canyon. here the water is the meat says seek. attention everybody in the boat is going to lurch all looks on make sure you're always on top of all those on the top most and on the lower most trying. ok get moving everybody pulls. in the old days the leader of the local mountains well as one homage to mean used to 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 the belisle river
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always complained rough is on that clearing trap it is quite an ordeal. the. old ones the ones old ones are the ones who are the ones. who are back away. rafters know the velayat river has an unpredictable current and extremely difficult rapids as is the science of international competitions each year tons of me it's a russian play bass and boulders and treacherously conceal all those. turbulent currents change cools to hollow out my nieces under the rocks will pull spring up in the most unexpected places the river flood moves off any detail study of it is that impossible to chart the best route to the rapids. yes
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all the boat everybody gets out. let's listen up before we gone we need a breather. i got out about a santana let's have some rest. with half of the journey behind them at st paul's is to rest the strain of the rapids has taken its toll. we've 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 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 winter time when the water level isn't.
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hold back everybody. now all together. whenever you concentrate on what you're doing. just tropes. stop talking and look this way. this turn those in that direction then turn to the censors. demonstrates the full. behavior. to avoid the accident. coming closer to me and then. clinging to the side of the bus is the only option otherwise the powerful current will throw it against the ropes doing nothing in this situation is just as dangerous. the people under the bank this would.
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be much of a topple 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 the world goes forward. that. that. move that well done good job everybody. don't get 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
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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 rapids nobody knows what some stories of them as they continue rowing down the mountain stream but it doesn't matter adrenaline is what they're after.
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