In this image made from television released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese climbers, carrying the Olympic flame, spurt to the top of Mount Everest at the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Olympic flame launched the final assault on Mount Everest in hopes of reaching the top of the world's tallest mountain around Thursday midmorning, state media reported. (AP Photo/CCTV via Xinhua)





