After months of heavy security and climbing restriction on Mt.Everest by both the Chinese and Nepalese Government to allow safe passaged for the Olympic torch to the summit, a 37 year old Jordanian climber Mostafa Salameh became the first man of his country to summit the 8848 meter peak on 25th May 2008 at south Ridge on Nepalese side where he took a Tibetan National Flag and fluttered it on top of
the world doing all Tibetans proud. He wrote " Free Tibet" and "Free Palestine" on the bottom of the flag.
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