QOMOLANGMA, Tibet, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mountaineers on a mission to carry the Olympic flame over the top of Mount Qomolangma will start their last spurt to the world's highest peak on Thursday, said Shao Shiwei, an official with the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG) on Wednesday night. "The headquarters at the Base Camp made the decision on the basis of the weather conditions and the climbers' physical conditions," said Shao, deputy director of the communications department of the BOCOG.

"The route and all the camps along the way up have been finished, the climbers are all in good shape and they will choose proper timing tomorrow to ascend the mountain and carry the Olympic flame over it," added Shao.

This picture taken on May 7, 2008 shows tents at the Attack Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 8,300 meters in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Chinese mountaineers will carry the Beijing Olympic flame to the top of Mt. Qomolangma on May 8, an official of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee announed at the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma on May 7.

Beijing promised in its bidding reports seven years ago that the sacred flame of the Olympics would reach the snow-covered peak. It will be the first time for the Olympic torch relay to be held on the 8844.43-meter mountain.

The Olympic flame's first trip atop the mountain which spans Nepal and southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will also be televised live.

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