Final six minutes on top

9:11 am: Climber Norbu Zhamdu lights the first torch.

9:12 am: First torchbearer Gyigyi, 38, ascends her 10-m leg.

9:13 am: Second torchbearer Wang Yongfeng, 46, starts his climb.

9:15 am: Third torchbearer Nyima Cering yells "One World, One Dream" and begins his steep route.

9:16 am: Fourth torchbearer Huang Chungui scales the final few meters to the peak.

9:17 am: Final member of the team, Cering Wangmo, lights her torch with the flame from Huang as the Olympic fire arrives at the top of the world for the first time.

     

(China Daily 05/09/2008 page7)