(The record was not released)
2008 Beijing yesterday met the challenge to crown the Everest with the Olympic torch. A week after China abandoned the expedition base camp, the 22 year old Tibetan climber Ciren Wangmo were last to win the 8,848 relay in altitude of top of the world supported by the other 18 fellow climber. Chinese officials described the event as "historic for China and the Olympics."
To raise the Olympic flame to Mount Qomolangma, as Everest is known in China and in Tibet, the mountain had been cut off since April by Chinese security forces and Nepalese. For fear of human rights protests, no one but the mission was Olympic access to Everest and its surroundings. Despite this, Li Zhixin said in changes detected in the mountain climbers groups not identified with the intention of sabotaging the expedition, reports the South China Morning Post.
The identity of the components, the route and location of the equipment is not made public until the closing stages of the mission. To enable the mission built a road to the base camp. The television broadcast was technically excellent, the best ever made in the mountains, according to organizers, but only were broadcast late on the rise. Multiple channels of CCTV throughout the day reproduced images of adventure and patriotic slogans accompanied by epic music reminiscent of a hybrid soundtracks Chariots of Fire and What the Wind . Only official media and a dozen foreign journalists were allowed to cover the Olympic event. Half of the foreign correspondents who were elected to continue the relay received the news late that they had no tickets, or are advised against the trip because his physical condition would not allow adapt to the altitude. Chinese journalists and instead took days acclimatizing at base camp.
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