:00:04. > :00:14.Dreams. The Belgian Olympic squad take on the challenge of a trek
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:00:43. > :00:48.Iceland - the glacier. And 50 kilometres long, it is the second
:00:48. > :00:56.largest glacier in a Europe. For the nine athletes of the Belgian
:00:56. > :01:06.4x400 relay team, it will be home for five days. The purpose of the
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:01:20. > :01:26.trek is to prepare the team for the Day one of the expedition. The
:01:26. > :01:36.athletes prepared to leave. Twin brothers Kevin Borlee and Jonathan
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:02:20. > :02:25.Borlee, the stars of the tame, are Not the only sleeping well prove to
:02:25. > :02:35.be a problem. The expedition members will have to haul its 30
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:03:12. > :03:21.kilometres sledge -- 30 kilograms But one man hopes it will get even
:03:21. > :03:25.more cold. The father of Kevin and Jonathan, and the coach of the team.
:03:25. > :03:35.He is convinced his athletes will become stronger because of his
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:03:44. > :03:49.The expedition members have been travelling three hours to the foot
:03:49. > :03:59.of the place here. Ahead of them, a trek of 80 kilometres through snow
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:04:33. > :04:43.After barely 1.5 kilometres, the team is facing their first
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:05:13. > :05:23.Putting up tents in a storm can be The next day, all the stands are
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:06:24. > :06:34.still safely up. Overnight, there It is late afternoon when it stops
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:07:23. > :07:32.snowing, but they decide not to It is not just the waiting. The
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:07:57. > :08:04.cold is starting to take its toll. Among the athletes, this man is
:08:04. > :08:08.suffering most. He is from Nigeria, and snow is new to him. It is
:08:08. > :08:12.character-building. It helps you mentally. I'm just not enjoying the
:08:13. > :08:22.snow and the ice. Everything else is good. But the snow when the ice
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:08:59. > :09:09.Results is what this is all about. The Olympics will see only for
:09:09. > :09:19.athletes out of the group allowed to run. In 2010, Kevin won gold at
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:10:03. > :10:06.the European Championships in Today as well, Jonathan and Kevin
:10:06. > :10:16.Moore go to the extreme. Without waiting for the guides, they
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:11:07. > :11:17.But that is not to the liking of everyone. He manages to bring the
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:11:54. > :12:04.group together after a hellish two The expedition is behind schedule
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:12:23. > :12:33.so that decide to keep walking and After 10 hours' trekking, they
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:12:48. > :12:57.decide to set up camp. The athletes Training in the rain in Belgium,
:12:57. > :13:07.that is what I miss. Not snowing or... You know... The North Pole
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:13:21. > :13:30.Des four of the expedition stars under a perfect sky -- day. It is
:13:30. > :13:40.paradise! It is warmer today and the wind has settled. The mood in
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:13:57. > :14:01.Push your limits, keep going until the end, is his mantra and with
:14:01. > :14:11.four children he expects complete discipline. Sometimes that is a
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:15:16. > :15:24.After four hours they reach the top The bad weather has played havoc
:15:24. > :15:30.with the schedule and Alan increases the tempo. A way do we
:15:30. > :15:34.want to go? We want to go further but the body says no. William is
:15:34. > :15:44.having a hard time. His blisters her burst open and he is suffering
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:16:22. > :16:32.If it makes wrinkles it is going to At that stage, Alan it did not
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:17:26. > :17:34.realise that the real baptism of William has frozen fingertips. He
:17:34. > :17:44.has poured warm water in his glass but they have now frozen. -- his
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:18:16. > :18:26.It stormed heavily through the entire night. It is dawn before the
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:19:07. > :19:13.But William is completely exhausted. It would be dangerous to push him
:19:13. > :19:23.any further. Alan decides to take the shortcut. He wants to arrive
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:19:49. > :19:59.William can barely drank his own Sledge any more but there is a lot
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:20:13. > :20:23.of solidarity. His team-mates come The end it is still not in a side.
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:20:24. > :20:34.The athletes fear they will have to camp another night on the glacier.
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