71-year-old man is oldest climber to scale Everest

A 71-year-old Japanese mountain climber has become the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

71-year-old man is oldest climber to scale Everest
Tue, 29 May, 2007 - 14:24
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A 71-year-old Japanese mountain climber has become the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

“I didn’t think I would make it,” Katsusuke Yanagisawa said in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu today, after returning safely from the world’s highest mountain. “No more high mountains,” he added.

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