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Paralympic flame lit on Snowdon by Gwynedd scouts Paralympic flame lit on Snowdon by Gwynedd scouts
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The Paralympic flame is to be sparked at the summit of Snowdon as part of the London 2012 Games. The Paralympic flame has been sparked at the summit of Snowdon as part of the London 2012 Games.
Scouts will use a metal rod and strike it against a rough steel surface to ignite sparks to light the flame. Scouts used a metal rod and strike it against a rough steel surface to ignite sparks to light the flame.
It will then be placed in a miner's lantern and taken to Cardiff for a day of Paralympic celebrations.It will then be placed in a miner's lantern and taken to Cardiff for a day of Paralympic celebrations.
Simultaneously, flames will be lit at the summits of the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Paralympics start on 29 August. Simultaneously, flames were lit at the summits of the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Paralympics start on 29 August.
A group of disabled and non-disabled scouts from Gwynedd will strike the ferrocerium rod on Wednesday. A group of disabled and non-disabled scouts from Gwynedd struck strike the ferrocerium rod on Wednesday.
They were accompanied by former athlete and Games organising chair Lord Coe for the trip up the mountain. They were accompanied by former athlete and Games organising chair Lord Coe who walked up the mountain.
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Lord Coe, chair of London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog), said the focus was on human endeavour and team work. At the top of a wet Snowdon, Lord Coe said that he believes when people see the quality of Paralympic sport they will be "blown away".
Earlier, he said the focus was on human endeavour and team work.
"We have created a unique identity for the Paralympic torch relay which will be celebration of courage, determination, inspiration and equality that every Paralympian represents," he said."We have created a unique identity for the Paralympic torch relay which will be celebration of courage, determination, inspiration and equality that every Paralympian represents," he said.
"By creating the Welsh flame through human endeavour at the summit of Snowdon we will ensure that the spirit of Wales is represented in the Paralympic flame.""By creating the Welsh flame through human endeavour at the summit of Snowdon we will ensure that the spirit of Wales is represented in the Paralympic flame."
He added: "[Endeavour and teamwork] that's really the basis of Paralympic sport.He added: "[Endeavour and teamwork] that's really the basis of Paralympic sport.
"I think when people watch Paralympic sport, often for the first time - in a way that a lot of people watch Olympic sports for the first time - they are going to recognise this is something that 99% of the population cannot do it.""I think when people watch Paralympic sport, often for the first time - in a way that a lot of people watch Olympic sports for the first time - they are going to recognise this is something that 99% of the population cannot do it."
The Welsh government's Sports Minister Huw Lewis added Paralympic athletes demonstrated "disability is no barrier to incredible achievement".The Welsh government's Sports Minister Huw Lewis added Paralympic athletes demonstrated "disability is no barrier to incredible achievement".
The lantern will arrive in Cardiff on Monday, 27, August for a day of Paralympic celebrations involving a cauldron being lit outside City Hall and a flame festival in Cardiff Bay.The lantern will arrive in Cardiff on Monday, 27, August for a day of Paralympic celebrations involving a cauldron being lit outside City Hall and a flame festival in Cardiff Bay.
From Cardiff the flame will be taken to Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, where it will be united the other three flames.From Cardiff the flame will be taken to Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, where it will be united the other three flames.
A ceremony will be held on Tuesday 28 August and a single Paralympic flame will be created for the 24-hour torch relay that ends at the Paralympic Stadium on Wednesday.A ceremony will be held on Tuesday 28 August and a single Paralympic flame will be created for the 24-hour torch relay that ends at the Paralympic Stadium on Wednesday.