Members of climbing team Luo Bu Zhan Dui (L) and first torchbearer Ji Ji (R) lighting up the Beijing Olympic torch 8 May 2008

Members of the climbing team display Chinese national flag and Olympic flags after carrying the Olympic flame and the torch to t 8 May 2008

Members of the climbing team display Chinese national flag and Olympic flags after carrying the Olympic flame and the torch to t 8 May 2008

Journalists at the base of Mount Everest as the Olympic flame is carried to the top 8 May 2008

Mount Everest, Tibet 8 May 2008