Olympic torch to ascend Mt.Everest Everest along the north slope


Updated: 2008-05-07 15:28

China mountaineering team spokesman Zhang Zhijian details on a diagram the proposed route for the Beijing Olympic torch's ascent of Mt. Qomolangma, also known as Mt. Everest, at the Mt. Qomolangma base camp,  Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 7, 2008. Beijing Olympic torch relay will be taken to the world's highest peak by the traditional climb route along the north slope, Xinhua citing Zhang as saying. [Xinhua]

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