China’s ambitious plan to bear an Olympic flame to the top of the world’s highest mountain paid off yesterday as the torch reached the summit of Everest. The feat — three months to the day before the opening ceremony in Beijing — has been cast as the highlight of the relay, dogged by protests as it travelled around the world.
The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, an emotional moment for China and the crowning of the Beijing Olympics torch relay that was dogged by anti-Chinese protests on its world tour. Anti-Chinese protesters caused serious disruption to some legs of the main torch relay on its journey around the world.