Photos – Olympic Torch Relay, alternative carrying modes
Perhaps the most exciting and most original part of the Canadian Olympic torch relay is that the torch is carried by “alternative” mode of transportation across the country. This is really smart. With the torch being transported by different modes of means, it ensures photos generated from each day of the “longest domestic torch relay ever” will be unique and photogenic. I will try to continuously post photos of torch relays from now on. Stay tuned.
And, the more such photos appear, I feel more connected to the Games each day. :)
The men's eight Olympic gold medalists carry the Olympic Flame on their boat during the Olympic Torch Relay in Victoria, B.C., Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The Olympic Flame which travelled from Olympia in Athens will now start a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (CP)
Men's eight Olympic gold medalist teammate Kevin Light of Sidney, B.C., right, passes on the Olympic Flame to the coxsain of the junior team during the Olympic Torch Relay in Victoria, B.C., Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The Olympic Flame which travelled from Olympia in Athens will now start a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (CP)
Surfer Raph Bruhwiler, right, falls as he receives the Olympic flame from surfer Ruth Sadler (centre), 72, after she walked into the Pacific Ocean to meet him during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games torch relay in Pacific Rim National Park near Tofino, B.C., on Sunday November 1, 2009. Bruhwiler then surfed to shore. (CP)
Ruth Sadler, left, hands off the Olympic Torch to Raph Bruhwiler as he surfs at Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park located near Tofino, B.C., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. The Olympic Flame which travelled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (CP)
Torchbearer Percy Williams is seen in a Haida canoe as he arrives to a blessing ceremony in Skidegate, B.C. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Olympic Flame which travelled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (CP)
Torchbearer Martha Benjamin carries the Olympic Flame on a dogsled in Old Crow, Yukon, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The Olympic Flame which travelled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (CP)
Torchbearer Erika Tizya-Tramm, hugs Allan Benjamin after she passed the Olympic Flame on to him in Old Crow, Yukon, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The Olympic Flame which travelled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (CP)
Torchbearer Annika Trimble, left, passes the Olympic Flame off to Mark Lee Orbell who is traveling in a snow grooming machine in Inuvik, NWT, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The Olympic Flame which traveled from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (CP)
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