In what sounds more like an April Fool’s joke, China has announced that it plans to build a highway to Mount Everest to help bearers of the Olympic torch.

The audacious — and controversial — plan, announced on Tuesday, is intended to “ease the path” of the bearers of the Olympic torch ahead of next year’s Beijing Olympics, the official news agency Xinhua reported. China, which wants the Olympics to be an unmatched extravaganza, had earlier announced that the torch relay will take in the 8,900-metre peak that’s called Mount Qomolangma in Tibetan.

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