ADVANCES IN FIRE

The Olympic torch will be carried to the top of Mt Everest. This desolate oxygen starved peak is the highest elevation on the earth. Maintaining the flame is no longer a concern as the Chinese, the people who invented gunpowder, have assured us that they have developed the technology to keep
the flame alit on the summit, where human climbers, even after acclimation periods, still resort to carrying an additional supply of oxygen. Soon there may be campfires on the moon.