Everest 2008: Olympic Torch Snuffed Out on the Summit?

Word is coming out through both The Adventure Blog and the Everest is Ours Blog that China reached the summit of Mt. Everest yesterday with the Olympic Torch. On the lighter side, the Torch was blown out by high winds forcing the Chinese to abandon their efforts and hope for another day. The goal being that China would like to be filmed on the summit with the torch-

I reported yesterday that China had started for the summit. After what should have been long enough to get there, the news abruptly stopped coming out. We can all guess why that happened now.

The reports on the Chinese Everest attempt is coming by way of Peak Freaks, who for some odd reason are on the South side of Everest–completely opposite the Chinese team on the north–but are getting more info out to the public than the reporters in Chinese base camp. Kudos for them, anyways, in giving us a glimpse of what is actually taking place.

Perhaps mother nature has taken it upon herself to blow the Olympic Flame out on top of the world’s highest peak. China can not be happy. (In a weird way, all of us can, though;)

The stories from Mt. Everest this season get stranger by the day…