Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

Chinese mountaineers display the Olympic flame lanterns after they returned to the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 5,200 meters, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 9, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

　

    BEIING, May 11 -- Members of the team who made history by carrying the Olympic torch to the world's highest peak have received a hero's welcome at the Mount Qomolangma base camp.

    All the team members were presented with a "hada" as they arrived back at the base camp. After resting at the base camp, which is at an elevation of 52-hundred meters, they will descend to a lower part of the mountain today.

    A special ceremony will be held there in the morning to celebrate the successful torch relay on Mount Qomolangma.

    (Source: CCTV.com)

Chinese climbers back to Qomolangma Base Camp after grand torch relay

    QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, Tibet, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Mountaineering Team has been given a hero's welcome as they went down Mount Qomolangma to the 5,200-meter-high Base Camp after nine hours' trek on Friday.

    The 36-member team, who impressed the world one day earlier by sending the Olympic flame atop the earth's summit, came back to the 6,500-meter-high camp late Thursday and headed for the Base Camp at about 10 a.m. Friday. Full story

Mankind brings Olympic flame to top of the world

    BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Mankind has taken the Olympic flame to the top of the 8,844.43-meter (29,035-foot) Mt. Qomolangma (Everest) for the first time in history Thursday morning at 9:17 a.m. Beijing time, after overcoming a string of difficulties.

    The 19-member team, of one ethnic Tu, 13 Tibetan, and five ethnic Han mountaineers, climbed from an 8,300-meter-high camp on Mt. Qomolangma early Thursday with the Olympic flame in a special canister. Full story

Chinese mountaineers carrying Olympic flame lanterns safely return to the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 5,200 meters in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 9, 2008. Chinese mountaineers relayed the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch to the top of Mt. Qomolangma on May 8. (Xinhua/Gesang Dawa) Photo Gallery>>>

Gyigyi, one of the two female climbers of the Chinese Mountaineering Team, smiles as she returns with her team to the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 5,200 meters, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 9, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Wu Yingjie, executive vice chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region (L) greets Norbu Zhamdu (R) who lit the Olympic torch of the first torchbearer at the top of Mt. Qomolangma on May 8, at the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 9, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>