The Olympic flame was carried to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday morning. The ascent was carried live on China's official television network. Climbers braved gusty winds and freezing windchill to bring the symbol of the Beijing Olympics to the world's highest point.
A 23-year-old Tibetan woman carried the flame atop the peak. That might have been symbolic, considering the torch relay has been pestered by demonstrations against China's actions in Tibet.
Here is some of what our spies overheard at the summit:
10. Man, the air's thinner than a post-surgical Star Jones
9. Smile! This'll be aired live on NBC -- in two weeks
8. Female mountaineers know about shrinkage, right?
7. How cute! The tanks look just like little ants from up here
6. I'm pretty sure we shook the last protestor at 27,000 feet
5. Damn, I'm colder than Barry Zito
4. Sorry, no sherpas -- they're all indoors playing Grand Theft Auto
3. If only I had some oxygen, I'd blow up a White Sox sex doll
2. I'm more light-headed than A-Rod in the delivery room
1. Whaddya mean there's no Starbucks?
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Comments (461)
Good stuff, Pete. #3 is a classic.
captainbarky | 05/08/08, 10:37 AM
Report Offensive CommentWhaddya mean there's no Starbucks?
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Peter King was there?
DOC - Major Medical | 05/08/08, 10:38 AM
Report Offensive Comment11) I can finally see over Barry Bonds head
Hart - | 05/08/08, 10:39 AM
Report Offensive CommentI'm so out of breath, just like Charles Barkley after he raced that old ref.
mleonard | 05/08/08, 10:39 AM
Report Offensive Comment(than A-rod)
Anthony Verna | 05/08/08, 10:40 AM
Report Offensive CommentNo Starbucks?
Like that couple I know. . . they met each other at Starbucks. But not at the same Starbucks. They were looking at each other from Starbucks that were across the street. They'd wave and smile and one day, he left his own Starbucks to say hello to her in her own Starbucks.
Anthony Verna | 05/08/08, 10:41 AM
Report Offensive CommentMan, I am higher than Josh Howard
Uncle Ben - GFY | 05/08/08, 10:41 AM
Report Offensive CommentHey, I can see my house from up here.
mleonard | 05/08/08, 10:43 AM
Report Offensive CommentZang!
Uncle Ben - GFY | 05/08/08, 10:44 AM
Report Offensive Comment"Can you hear me now?"
Caveman HC6 | 05/08/08, 10:45 AM
Report Offensive CommentThey asked Ali to light the torch again for this Olympics.
Muhammed stated he cared not to float like a butterfly and freeze like a bee.
rock_chalk | 05/08/08, 10:45 AM
Report Offensive CommentHello Dalai
DOC - Major Medical | 05/08/08, 10:45 AM
Report Offensive CommentWho's got the fire wood?
Rickapolis-Bard of Who's Who | 05/08/08, 10:47 AM
Report Offensive CommentYetttttiiiii!!!!!
Rickapolis-Bard of Who's Who | 05/08/08, 10:48 AM
Report Offensive Comment6. I'm pretty sure we shook the last protestor at 27,000 feet
As a skywriter spells out "Darfur."
Caveman HC6 | 05/08/08, 10:48 AM
Report Offensive CommentBeing up here this close to heaven really makes me feel one with Tyler Hansbrough
manta | 05/08/08, 10:48 AM
Report Offensive Comment13) gusty winds? freezing windchill? Nothing compared to what the San Fransisco torch bearers had to endure
buddy&ozzy | 05/08/08, 10:49 AM
Report Offensive Comment14) Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga.
manta | 05/08/08, 10:50 AM
Report Offensive CommentWho's got the fire wood?
Rickapolis-Bard of Who's Who | 05/08/08, 10:47 AM
And the marshmallows.
mleonard | 05/08/08, 10:50 AM
Report Offensive Comment'If we just start a tiny snowball rolling downhill, by the time it gets to Peking it can wipe the place out!
Rickapolis-Bard of Who's Who | 05/08/08, 10:50 AM
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