It was a known fact that the Beijing Olympic Torch was moving across various parts of the world. Recently the Beijing Olympic flame reached the summit of Mt Everest on Thursday morning, marking high point of the torch relay.
The mountaineers celebrated the event at a height of 8,844 metres, the highest peak in the world, holding Chinese national flag, one of Beijing Olympics and another with Olympic's five-rings.
The squad consisted of 19 members with 7 members in the backup group.The team set out for the mission on Wednesday evening which was called the "final assault" by the senior official.
The Chinese authorities had to make the decision of taking up the mission based on the weather conditions and the physical condition of the team.
The climbers started the final assault at the worlds highest peak from the ''Attack Camp'' located at 8,300 metres above sea level at 3 am local time (2330 IST) and the flame reached the summit at 9.18 am (0548 IST).
A folk song at 1.30 am woke up the mountaineers and they prayed in a ritual at 2 am before they set out for the most ambitious feat of the Games.
The flame that was carried to Mt Everest is a separate one from the main torch that is being paraded across China.
It will be reunited with the main flame later in the relay.
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