Vancouver Mayor, Gregor Robertson disembarks with the miner's lantern containing the Olympic Flame for it's first touchdown on Canadian soil at British Columbia's capital city, Victoria.
The most ambitious Olympic torch relay ever assembled will see the flame carried for 106 days across all 10 Provinces and 3 Territories, being carried in a canoe, on a surfboard, a logging truck and even coming within 900 km of the North Pole while visiting the most northern point of land in Canada on Ellesmere island. 12,000 people will participate in the torch relay with the torch arriving for the opening ceremonies in Vancouver on February 12, 2010.
It is an exciting time for British Columbian's as we eagerly await the start of Canada's Games!
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Very cool! I loved it when we had the Olympics down in Atlanta - I was able to go and it was definitely an amazing experience!
We had the flame come right through our little town when the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City in 2002, very cool experience!
That is very exciting, Scott. I've never seen it but would love to. Just haven't been at the right place at the right time, I guess. I think you meant 2/12/2010 though right? I hope you get to see it!
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Emily: We are certainly looking forward to the experience!
Lisa: A lot has been learned from our friends in Salt Lake on how to do things right!
Joyce: One day eh? and thanks correction made.
Kyle: Activerain doesnt = Raining on other people parades.
I would love to go down to Vancouver to see some hockey and curling. I guess ill be watching closely on TV :)
Roch: no hockey tickets for me :( I tried, the lord knows I tried!
Scott:
Having the Olympics in my hometown of Atlanta was an amazing event. I worked as a greeter at the airport and met International delegations as they arrived in Atlanta. During the brief and chaotic weeks of the Olympics my family met and got to know people from all aver the world. How great was that! Trading pins, watching sports I had never seen in person (rowing, volleyball, wrestling) was just amazing. I highly recommend volunteering and getting yourself fully immersed in the experience.
By the way, Aaron from Texas left the exact same remark on my featured post today.
"Interesting post. Relevant? I don't know. Deserved to be Featured? Unlikely. But interesting none the less."
Guess he is having a bad Monday.
Sally: Thanks for the note, yes I checked out your feature, he's been a busy little cut and paster LOL
It was great watching the flame come through little ol' Stone Mountain Village a few years back. Definitely worth the crowd and the wait.
Scott,
This is the most ambitious torch relay in the history of the games; too bad the protestors wouldn't lay off though.
Cool Post Scott!! Waaaaaay looking forward to the winter olympics in 2010!!! BC will be the place to be!! All the best this holiday season!!
Scott,
We are looking forward to the Olympics in one of the most beautiful spots in Canada. Our favorite part is that we are in the same time zone as Canada, and we should not be having feed delays. Hurray!