Let The Games Get Ready To Begin: WRAL Team Coverage From South Korea

From WRAL-TV's Richard Adkins: If cold is a knife, the temperature here is a razor blade. That's a saying I once heard, and it definitely applies here. (Richard, l to r, with Jamie Munden & David Crabtree)

From warding off the flu to prepping for live shots before the sun rises, the WRAL-TV in South Korea is ready to cover the 2018 Winter Olympics. WRAL-TV Anchors Kathryn Brown and David Crabtree and WRAL-TV Photojournalists Jamie Munden and Richard Adkins have tested uplink connections, traveled to venues and already know where to find the best coffee.

On Wednesday, February 7, Adkins shared some insight about his South Korea adventure.

If cold is a knife, the temperature here is a razor blade. That's a saying I once heard, and it definitely applies here, he posted. A quick update here for those who want to know how things are going in Korea. We left our workspace this evening to catch the 6:20 bus Which didn't come, and left us in 15 windchill weather for more than half an hour. Let's just say it's cold, damn cold.

He and Crabtree spent the day visiting the DMZ.

My trip to the DMZ was a great adventure, but not great television, wrote Adkins. The Army has a way of taking the wind out of your sails sometimes. We were limited to just a few minutes of photography time, and with a large tour of nearly 50 journalist, and there was a whole lot of pushing shoving, wrangling to get a spot. It was a 3 1/2 hour bus ride each way, and turned into a 4 AM to 8 PM day.

VIDEO: WRALs David Crabtree visits Koreas Demilitarized Zone

Inside WRAL Blog: Day three in South Korea: North to the DMZ

Working around the Olympic venues is pretty cool, and the people here working at the event or just awesome, very friendly, and for the most part things run efficiently. Except that bus tonight said Adkins.

From WRAL-TV's Kathryn Brown: Oh, heyyyy! Its womens hockey forward / Cary native / all-around-awesome-person Randi Griffin! We are all cheering for u!!!

He spoke of the complications of getting to the cafeteria for food, going through security and the hours that might or might not jive with the WRAL crews schedule.

Instead we've been adventurous, hitting many of the restaurants in the town where we are, Adkins explained. The area here is safe and walkable And the servers are very patient with those of us who need a lot of time to figure out the menu.

The WRAL crew is already working long hours with early wake-up calls, and fighting the bitter cold, to bring Olympic coverage live to central North Carolina viewers.

Find the latest scores, medal standings, television schedule and much more on WRAL.com and WRALSportsFan.com by searching for Olympics.

The WRAL Olympics team will begin reports on WRAL-TV every evening beginning Wednesday, live at 5:00, 6:00, the Olympic Zone at 7:30, and WRALs 11:00 News. Brown and Crabtree will also post daily on WRAL.com and Facebook.

Check out the latest blog entries from Brown and Crabtree on Inside WRAL

Thanks to WRAL-TVs Richard Adkins, David Crabtree & Kathryn Brown for these capcom photos.

SLIDESHOW: WRAL-TV Team in South Korea Begins Pre-Olympics Coverage

From WRAL-TVs Richard Adkins: If cold is a knife, the temperature here is a razor blade. Thats a saying I once heard, and it definitely applies here. (Richard, l to r, with Jamie Munden & David Crabtree)

From WRAL-TVs Richard Adkins: Richard (l to r), enjoys a meal in South Korea with his WRAL colleagues Jamie Munden & David Crabtree.

From WRAL-TVs Kathryn Brown: Oh, heyyyy! Its womens hockey forward / Cary native / all-around-awesome-person Randi Griffin! We are all cheering for u!!!

From WRAL-TVs Kathryn Brown: Sunrise in South Korea from our media platform. Thank goodness for the outstanding photojournalists traveling with us - Jamie Munden and Richard Adkins - they worked a little magic this morning to get us on TV.

From WRAL-TVs Kathryn Brown: Sunrise in South Korea from our media platform. Thank goodness for the outstanding photojournalists traveling with us - Jamie Munden and Richard Adkins - they worked a little magic this morning to get us on TV.

From WRAL-TVs Kathryn Brown: Sunrise in South Korea from our media platform. Thank goodness for the outstanding photojournalists traveling with us - Jamie Munden and Richard Adkins - they worked a little magic this morning to get us on TV.

From WRAL-TVs Kathryn Brown: Early wake up call for us! 3:45am alarm clock. David Crabtree and I getting ready for our first live shot from South Korea!

From WRAL-TVs Kathryn Brown: Early wake up call for us! 3:45am alarm clock. David Crabtree and I getting ready for our first live shot from South Korea!

From WRAL-TVs Kathryn Brown: Early wake up call for us! 3:45am alarm clock. David Crabtree and I getting ready for our first live shot from South Korea!

From WRAL-TVs David Crabtree: Signs posted around the Olympic venues urge extreme caution. Nine hundred troops have streamed into the area to help.1,200 people are sequestered in their rooms.and not because of anything related to North Korea and national security.

From WRAL-TVs Richard Adkins: In South Korea, ready to cover the 2018 Winter Olympics.

From WRAL-TVs Richard Adkins: In South Korea, ready to cover the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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