70-Year-Old Yuichiro Miura Oldest to Summit Everest (and first father/son to jointly)

Professional skier Yuichiro Miura reached the summit of the 8,850-meter Mt. Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest climber to successfully make the ascent, his office said in Tokyo.
Before Miura, 70, Japan's Tomiyasu Ishikawa was the oldest person to have reached the Earth's highest mountain, achieving the feat during his climb in May last year at the age of 65.
Miura, his second son, Gota, and mountain photographer Noriyuki Muraguchi, left their base camp located at a height of 8,400 meters at 3 a.m. local time and reached the summit shortly after 12 noon, sources from his office said.
Yuichiro and Gota Miura are the first Japanese father and son team to jointly arrive at the top of Everest.
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