Olympic flame reaches Mount Everest summit

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updated 7:15 p.m. ET May 8, 2008
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China’s 19-member mountaineering team ascends world’s highest peak
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese climbers cheer with the Olympic torch and flags at the top of the Mount Everest, reaching the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak of the world's tallest mountain Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ngawang Chagxi)* v% l6 t. j; ~' Q# B+ C& @
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Officialscelebrate at base camp as a Chinese mountaineering team with Olympictorch make their way to the top of Mount Everest Thursday, May 8, 2008.
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BEIJING - A Chinese mountaineering team tookthe Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular featdreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 g& b" F& r* e/ s& ?
Theclimbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live televisionbroadcast as five torchbearers each shuffled a few feet before passingon the flame to the next person. A colorful Tibetan prayer flag linedthe path and fluttered in the wind.5.39.217.774 d0 y$ l$ ^/ d& V2 V# |8 S- ^* _  }

/ P' U# k3 E1 z# D$ B公仔箱論壇Thefinal torchbearer, a Tibetan woman named Cering Wangmo, stood silentlyon the peak with her torch while other team members unfurled smallChinese and Olympic flags. They then clustered together, cheering “Wemade it,” and “Beijing welcomes you.”

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Hooray!