Olympic flame confirmed to ascend Mount Everest - News - Wulin Blog Network

In the Mount Everest exhibition activity of carrying the Olympic flame, mountaineers will follow the traditional route on the northern slope of Mount Everest to reach the world's peak. According to Sun Bin's introduction, there are currently nearly twenty routes to summit Mount Everest, and both the southern and northern slopes have their own advantages and disadvantages. Regarding the northern slope located within China, the traditional route taken by Sun Bin and 17 others last May when they summited to test the torch combustion will be the route selected for this Olympic Flame Mount Everest exhibition activity. Selecting this route is actually no longer a secret. On the official website of the Beijing Olympic Games torch relay, journalists have also seen the same "route map" and introductions to important camps along this traditional route. Moreover, the captain of the Chinese Mountaineering Team...