Man from Minto flies New Brunswick flag from atop Mount Everest

The New Brunswick flag has been raised to new heights.

At the top of the world, under a cold blue sky, Rick Irvine waved the provincial flag 8,849 metres high atop the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth.

“Surprisingly, when you do reach the summit … you are just so tired, you know, that you’re not jumping up and down — you’re just happy to have gotten there,” said Irvine, who’s from Minto, about 50 kilometres northeast of Fredericton, but has spent much of his life in South America.

He reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 24, following years of preparation and one previous