23 May, 2013
Japanese 80-year-old breaks Everest record | Sydney Morning Herald
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to conquer the world’s highest mountain.
Yuichiro Miura, who took the standard southeast ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 60 years ago, reached the top of the 8,848 metre mountain at roughly 9am local time. He was accompanied by three other Japanese, including his son, and six Nepali sherpas.
“It feels great,” he told family members and supporters gathered in Tokyo by satellite phone from the summit.
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