http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/highest-ever-field-sports-match-%e2%80%93-on-mount-everest/7189 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:11:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/highest-ever-field-sports-match-%e2%80%93-on-mount-everest/7189/comment-page-1#comment-166226 LBNA Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:56:30 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=7189#comment-166226 When FIFA decided that it was not 'safe' to play soccer in the altitude, no international matches could be held in the only FIFA-legal stadium in Bolivia. Then, president Evo Morales, a long-time soccer fan, decided to prove FIFA wrong and play a match at the highest point in Bolivia. This was the Nevado Sajama which stands at 6,542 metres (21,463 feet). It was tough, but they made their point! I don't know how this one will compare... it will be a lot more brutal. When FIFA decided that it was not ’safe’ to play soccer in the altitude, no international matches could be held in the only FIFA-legal stadium in Bolivia. Then, president Evo Morales, a long-time soccer fan, decided to prove FIFA wrong and play a match at the highest point in Bolivia. This was the Nevado Sajama which stands at 6,542 metres (21,463 feet). It was tough, but they made their point! I don’t know how this one will compare… it will be a lot more brutal.

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