well that was a rather surreal. definitely the way to stream i've had for a while. there was a memorable ceremony. is one pretty sure the high priestess never spoke to me. what was it she said it's full of the flame or something. there's. a lot more of course of base. from which the top story this morning than the still g.

twenty pulteney libby claims the dr did mosque a seven days off it was in the ancient greek city of olympia carried by russia's deputy prime minister dimitri cool with ak if i travelled in a small mountain to breath when i was president vladimir putin spoke of its meaning for the russian people. to live big chill the symbol of the world's primary sports competition of peace and of friendship. but he has come to russia. there are many marks the start of the longest tools relay in a limb take a street the flame puts greatness so many people have turned out to the start of the russian relay it looks like a lot of fun out there. in a minute. but it was. the stone i picked up in and then it was on my mantel piece and if that isn't a sign i don't know what it is. i knew i had to get down to red square and experienced

atmosphere for myself fortunately they were having a two day event. so from sunny greece to rather soggy moscow just at the very start of the torch is journey around the whole of russia i'm excited. the days first run there was paralympic star alessi of logic who picked up two gold medals in the beijing and london games. possibly do he's still a big gold medalist is still something special for you i guess of course it's a unique feeling because i had never carried the torch before i had first i ran with a quite easily then i felt i was becoming heavier and heavier but i was determined to carry it properly and show it to everyone so that they could all appreciate the moment and. the delight and the crowd's reaction word factious

i missed out on going to my home games in london and i was determined not to let such a twenty four team pass me by there were fourteen thousand torchbearers slots up for grabs one of them was going to be mine. when we were making the technical order for the factory we say look let's make the thing we want to who. you know whole and also desirable should be like wow. a lot of questions where are. weight it's quite heavy we have to take all the

cover and the middle that out by the machine extra weight of the aluminum so it's really fine. it's the feather feather over the period of burton firebird in the russian. stories and fairy tales and to get this better from the firebird is a super challenge for the field. the problem can be. underneath here and it just caused the fire but in this kid we have a special. wiring inside which melting and of like really a red color. and it's the fire so basically it's a rift fire in itself. i

was going to have to wait a while before i found out if i'd been picked as a torch bearer more than enough time to try and learn a little more about my mysterious stone. some of russia's most eminent geologists live in. the center of russia's diamond industry on the rocks down here in the most expensive in the country. the paper descends more than a kilometer under and uses the most sophisticated drilling equipment to get to the precious.

stones have been taken to a sorting sense and closely examined each rough gem is appraised and valued and i had a close only focused on my precious stone to. add must be some kind. there i can see small crystals here proving that it's ancient rock. but really shouldn't stop should it was amiss and. know it's false but it's luminescent as from. ok maybe you could make it luminescent if you really believed it right thank you did you really expect it to glow. maybe maybe i'm just not right.

there's certainly something very special about this and this ground i don't know but it might just be because they use to pulling glittering thing this out of the dark here. but who wants minis diamonds with the top attraction in turn it was time to head towards the city's most well known landmark where they were getting ready to welcome some very special guests. from all in forty years these huge realized trucks two more of the most famous symbols in your couture carrying the region's diamonds from its quarries and factories and now. it's getting ready for its most important passenger ever. it must have been close to minus forty celsius but these olympic torch is and torch bearers are made of stern stuff. this huge quarry has been the frozen heartbeat of the

city for more than fifty years producing more than seventeen billion dollars diamonds my stone it meant i was here to watch the parade but what was i supposed to do next. great shot. chance these kinds. lives so when two mates were hit. and again show me the way. caro. choice. they can be few more famous natural landmarks in russia than lake baikal the oldest and deep this lake on the planet on the site of a very special olympic celebration. for

the first time ever they're planning to light the olympic flame on the water. in this case your average tool which isn't going to cut it so special equipment is required and special people to carry it and who better than the local rescue ranger . are professional activity is mostly dedicated to rescuing people on lake baikal our job is important difficult interesting and in a way romantic by cow has many faces and winter it's tough and in summer it's beautiful you can't help but admire its power because it attracts you and it's very important to me because it's a jewel of russia. everything's ready let's go then as nicholas puts the final touches to his equipment the excitement begins to build

along the water's edge. rallies have been warmly welcomed across the country but the crowds here are about to witness something that's never been done before. and there's plenty of local show own hands went to tame them while they wait. a massive noise and color to cheer the torch bearers on. this torch is based on a special system there is a pyrotechnic charge that can burn at any depth in any temperature and under any circumstances. when it's under water it's like a second sun the flame literally illuminates the entire lake. autumn when you curious you can feel its enormous power. of the water temperature is four degrees celsius it's really freezing we could feel it on our uncovered faces but we were united by this flame that had absorbed the

energy of the entire country of every single person who cares about the flame that was what united us and that's why everything went perfectly. as i was tremendous on the water you could almost feel the crowd's energy coming across the waves it had been another remarkable spectacle for this record breaking two inch really i was wondering what could possibly top it. looks like along the right track. so well but.

there's so little self reflection on the part of both the american public and that american decision makers i wonder why is that. country of three hundred and fifty million people very self-absorbed we are. slated from the world by two large oceans. which and to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people rather than that but something we participate in. u.s. president barack obama's public opinion ratings are in the doldrums he may finish his days in office as one of the country's worst presidents how do historians and the public determine the success or failure of an american president and why are some presidents rehabilitated years or even decades after they leave office.

what the american public hasn't really understood is that this is not a normal banking scandal and that these banks like h.s.b.c. have the blood of american soldiers on their hands that i.e.d. going off in afghanistan killing and killing an american or you know allied soldier that is being financed through our banks that's a problem. moved from one ship to another but what a ship. i was on board the ice breaker fifty years of victory the pride of the russian nuclear fleet for a truly once in a lifetime experience. deliberate flame was traveling to the north pole i was going with it. if my stone was telling me to follow the flame i was going to take it as far as i could. see hundred nautical miles of stark beautiful ocean between us and

the top of the world. just in case you didn't actually believe we were going to the north pole i think that eliminates any doubt. it's another historic first for the sochi torch and a relay around the ship was planned for the occasion. and you can learn so many new things. if you get the chance to test your own as well as the crew's experience. what the ice breaker is really capable of. i mean this tour of the olympic torch to the north pole never before has a surface ship gone this so late in the the season. nice was much heavier and to cope with it we almost needed the ice breakers maximum power.

we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice like bazza and after only four days we were already near our destination that's a world record pace. we made it. less to do ninety degrees north and sit top of the world. ah. once the champagne and been finished everything kicked into gear but torchbearers went off to get ready and our organizing committee began making preparations for the relay and we loved one on the other one and. tried to hold it the right way. i got one. with everyone in position we were ready to go but our captain was given the owner

of starting off the run my main task was to keep the torch warm and make sure it goes into pass hand in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collection g c. i think that's when we now. thank you very much yes so i'm going to take a look off the list and return it later. i wasn't good. yeah go through it no slips. no. we stepped off the ship and on to the ice the torches glow flickering through the pitch black polar nights. pioneering servia polar explorer to a chilling gorup would ignite the culture of the most northerly place on the planet . it's not often you get to witness a moment in history this is the first time the olympic flame is ever been at the

north pole. and i'm here to see it. from as far north as it's possible to go it was time to head east with the olympic organizing committee . to flame the ip that it is has its own security team at all times not to mention its own private jets. who got this special service with the plane keeper which is just responsible for the security of the plane the keep the plane a little on the. on the special food bill you know all of these flamed will never go up. each city's greasing ceremony is unique and hundreds of volunteers helped make the occasion memorable. there's

a possibility also to keep the security for the torchbearer you know and nobody will harm me nobody will get this fish. place just. because he's just a flame and it's very dangerous for everybody. this is camp shot of a peninsula that's one of the most easterly places in russia. that is to hold the highest so that you don't burn yourself when your torches lit are going. for the mood fortune never taxed to the flaming torch bearer and washing because you never . everybody every had an inhabitant of the city's just very proud that comes to his cd i must say that i feel a chanel free of. it

was the end of another relay and i was in one of the most beautiful places in the country on the shores of the pacific itself but i was beginning to lose patience. i've come to the end of. what's. what do you want. where am i to go. i literally run the house of land. but the torch would move all over the mountains across the sea. even else of this world.

we live. in yes another historic moment it paid a visit to the international space station more than four hundred kilometers above the planet. and although safety reasons made lycee its on board a heavily fueled rocket so real the bad idea the world's first olympic spacewalk was no problem. back down and i was getting some inspiration of my own. yes. i've come so far with the torch i was going to have to see it through to the end but what so many different people in relays all over russia and even beyond now i was going to have my own moments with the symbol of the sochi games i was

a new father in the south of the country in under two hours i was going to be a torch bearer. for my full uniform. because. it was time to suit up pick up the most vital piece of equipment. i think. make. up to their english training thank you. mary and source at last. more than two hundred of us would be running through the streets and the excitement was already beginning to build there was just time for a few tips on how to make the most of the moments. smile and wave your hand then they put out my torch and i step back and i'm not there anymore it's

your turn you start and i'll be in the car that will be filming us starts to move and we run towards it ok go to. the russians are. none of us could wait to get started on the pulse he was in full swing as we moved through the city thousands of people had turned out to cheer us all and watch the parade and we even had a few guests from the north pole putting in an appearance. we were dropping off people every two hundred meters so i just had a few minutes to go. my neighbor cotton mills. you can really imagine how exciting it is. looking forward to the moment when the whole country will see me. on

a sleep i can't believe it. did school was freezing today isn't it. planned so let's meet our church. as i wave to the crowd i hadn't expected to be so nervous one whole epic journey led to this moment and as i waited for number one million three to pulse me the flame all i could think of was for goodness sake don't drop it. by. the dream come true i missed london twenty games i never thought of the gods to be part of another day and now i'm. going to play with this moment.

i think i finally understand. i'm going to little further to go on with this story . i was with it when it was for the very first time in a limpia increase it went deep underground into diamond mines and you could see i was with it when it plunged into the waters of lake baikal and i was with it when the winds by president of the very top of the world and then it went out. to the international space station. to believe. if you could. you can base metal into gold this tool which of those elements even a fifth element the quintessence from space itself. i believe. has the

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