从希腊到2008年北京奥运会的漫长旅途中，奥运圣火将被传递到一个更高的山峰--珠穆朗玛峰。中国登山协会根据与奥林匹克委员会的合同，为这支高素质的远征团队正式发出招标，竞选一系列最优秀的登山装备，以保证奥运圣火顺利传递到这座世界最高峰上。德国登山运动装备生产商vaude公司在三类项目中投标，在激烈的竞争中角逐。经过严格选拔，vaude赢得大奖帐篷，背包及隔热垫。来自西藏拉萨的一名奥林匹克远征队成员--吉吉，早在2007年3月就于vaude签订合同，她是中国目前最知名的登山家之一。
Vaude将为这个伟大而艰巨的登山任务提供130个Space K2帐篷、80个Expedition Rock背包和80个Air Dream防潮垫。“最终决定选择vaude使我们感到非常自豪！在这次不平凡的挑战中，作为一家登山运动用具生产商，我们拥有高水平的专业知识以及高品质的产品，是获得陪审团认可的唯一理由。”vaude首席执行官Albrecht von Dewitz解释道。Dewitz已于2007年4月前往珠穆朗玛峰大本营进行筹备工作。
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原文：VAUDE Chosen for the Olympic Project
On its long journey from Greece to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Olympic flame will be reaching a new pinnacle, the summit of Mt. Everest. The Chinese Mountaineering Association, under contract with the Olympic Committee, chose the best equipment in an official call for bids for the highly qualified expedition team that will bring the Olympic torch to the highest mountain on earth. The German mountain sports firm VAUDE bid in three categories, running against stiff competition in a strict selection process. VAUDE won the award for tents, backpacks and insulation pads. One member of the Olympic Expedition team is Ji Ji from Lhasa, Tibet. She is currently the most well-known mountaineer in China and has been under contract with VAUDE since March 2007.
130 Space K2 tents, 80 Expedition Rock backpacks and 80 Air Dream insulation pads from VAUDE will support the mountaineers on their difficult mission. "We are proud that the jury made the decision to choose VAUDE. Our high level of expertise as an alpine outfitter and the quality of our products convinced the selection panel to depend on VAUDE for this extraordinary challenge," explained Albrecht von Dewitz, VAUDE CEO. Dewitz travelled to Base Camp on Mt. Everest in April 2007 for the preparations being taken there.
The torch will travel from Greece to Beijing through approximately 20 of the world's cities, over Mt. Everest and through each of China's provinces, until it finally arrives in Beijing on the 8th of August for the opening celebrations where it will take centre stage. This torch relay will be the longest yet and may well go down as the most suspenseful in the history of the Olympic Games. It will take far-reaching provisions to bring the flame up the 8844 meters to the summit of Mt. Everest unscathed. The preparations at Mt. Everest have been running at full speed since April 2007. China's best mountaineers, the camera crew and TV journalists are competing to qualify. In order to be accepted onto the 40-person expedition team, they will need to be able to withstand extreme physical stress in the oxygen deficient zone above 6,000 meters.
