UPDATE: 8:00p.m. May 7, Chinese climbers brings Olympic torch to summit."Chinese television showed the climbers, carrying special high-altitude torches, reaching the summit at 0920 local time (0100GMT).Huddled...
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Hi my name is Qasim Rafique from Glasgow Scotland, I am the Everest Climber who took the photos in the Article. I was @ base camp Everest a week ago and their was 72 expeditions stuck at camp 2 +3 waiting to summit because of the ban on summiting until the chineese summit first with the Olympic torch. Hence 72 expeditions is alot of human trafic at that altitude People say its going to be chaos for the climbers trying to summit at one go..... Lets hope for the best for all these Climbers.
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kasoceanat 14:46 on May 8th, 2008
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kasoceanat 14:53 on May 8th, 2008
Hi my name is Qasim Rafique from Glasgow Scotland, I am the Everest Climber who took the photos in the Article. I was @ base camp Everest a week ago and their was 72 expeditions stuck at camp 2 +3 waiting to summit because of the ban on summiting until the chineese summit first with the Olympic torch. Hence 72 expeditions is alot of human trafic at that altitude People say its going to be chaos for the climbers trying to summit at one go..... Lets hope for the best for all these Climbers.
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