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Dreams. The Belgian Olympic squad take on the challenge of a trek

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Iceland - the glacier. And 50 kilometres long, it is the second

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largest glacier in a Europe. For the nine athletes of the Belgian

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4x400 relay team, it will be home for five days. The purpose of the

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trek is to prepare the team for the Day one of the expedition. The

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athletes prepared to leave. Twin brothers Kevin Borlee and Jonathan

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Borlee, the stars of the tame, are Not the only sleeping well prove to

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be a problem. The expedition members will have to haul its 30

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kilometres sledge -- 30 kilograms But one man hopes it will get even

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more cold. The father of Kevin and Jonathan, and the coach of the team.

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He is convinced his athletes will become stronger because of his

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The expedition members have been travelling three hours to the foot

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of the place here. Ahead of them, a trek of 80 kilometres through snow

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After barely 1.5 kilometres, the team is facing their first

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Putting up tents in a storm can be The next day, all the stands are

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still safely up. Overnight, there It is late afternoon when it stops

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snowing, but they decide not to It is not just the waiting. The

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cold is starting to take its toll. Among the athletes, this man is

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suffering most. He is from Nigeria, and snow is new to him. It is

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character-building. It helps you mentally. I'm just not enjoying the

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snow and the ice. Everything else is good. But the snow when the ice

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Results is what this is all about. The Olympics will see only for

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athletes out of the group allowed to run. In 2010, Kevin won gold at

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the European Championships in Today as well, Jonathan and Kevin

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Moore go to the extreme. Without waiting for the guides, they

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But that is not to the liking of everyone. He manages to bring the

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group together after a hellish two The expedition is behind schedule

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so that decide to keep walking and After 10 hours' trekking, they

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decide to set up camp. The athletes Training in the rain in Belgium,

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that is what I miss. Not snowing or... You know... The North Pole

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Des four of the expedition stars under a perfect sky -- day. It is

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paradise! It is warmer today and the wind has settled. The mood in

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Push your limits, keep going until the end, is his mantra and with

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four children he expects complete discipline. Sometimes that is a

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After four hours they reach the top The bad weather has played havoc

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with the schedule and Alan increases the tempo. A way do we

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want to go? We want to go further but the body says no. William is

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having a hard time. His blisters her burst open and he is suffering

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If it makes wrinkles it is going to At that stage, Alan it did not

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realise that the real baptism of William has frozen fingertips. He

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has poured warm water in his glass but they have now frozen. -- his

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It stormed heavily through the entire night. It is dawn before the

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But William is completely exhausted. It would be dangerous to push him

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any further. Alan decides to take the shortcut. He wants to arrive

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William can barely drank his own Sledge any more but there is a lot

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of solidarity. His team-mates come The end it is still not in a side.

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The athletes fear they will have to camp another night on the glacier.

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